Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
April 16, 2014
The Both’s Aimee Mann and Ted Leo – HuffPost 4.16.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Aimee Mann: Oh my God, Ted, you get it. Ted Leo: Do something else. MR: [laughs] AM: I don’t know what somebody would do if they were just starting out. Honestly? Be good. Care. Give a s**t. Give a s**t about making good music because […]
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April 15, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Rodney Crowell by Mike
Rodney Crowell – HuffPost 4.15.14
Mike Ragogna: You mentioning that brought Goat Rodeo to mind, where even Yo-Yo Ma joined in for the fun. Rodney, what advice do you have for new artists? Rodney Crowell: Follow your heart. Pretty much any artist that I know of that has found that mentor status, if they’re generous and okay to bestow a […]
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April 15, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Stanton Moore by Mike
Stanton Moore – HuffPost 4.15.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Stanton Moore: For new artists? Start bands. Start projects. For me, everything that I’ve done, I would start a band. For Galactic I met up with Robert Mercurio and Jeff Raines and we started that thing. Garage A Trois we started that. As for this, […]
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April 14, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Chuck E. Weiss by Mike
Chuck E. Weiss – HuffPost 4.14.14
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Chuck E. Weiss: Well I’d say, because the field is so unlimited out there, it’s such a big mess, that I think that if you want to be special, you have to be with the old traditional way of going with a record company. I think there […]
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April 11, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Allen Kovac by Mike
Allen Kovac – HuffPost 4.11.14
Mike Ragogna: I guess this is a good time to ask this. What advice do you have for new artists? Allen Kovac: My advice for any artist, including a new artist, is that if you want to cut through the clutter, it’s all about quality of content. It’s not just whether or not you have […]
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April 11, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Mark Rivera by Mike
Mark Rivera – HuffPost 4.11.14
Mike Ragogna: Okay mister, so you knew I was going to ask so let’s just get this over with. What…yes, what is your advice for new artists? Mark Rivera: Go online and find Bruce Springsteen’s South By Southwest keynote speech and listen to it, and don’t assume that you’re listening to an old man, assume […]
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April 9, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Carlene Carter by Mike
Carlene Carter – HuffPost 4.9.14
Mike Ragogna: Carlene, I literally asked Linda Ronstadt this about a half hour ago and now it’s your turn! What advice do you have for new artists? Carlene Carter: Oh, be unique. Be yourself. And every person is unique. Don’t try to be like somebody else. You’ll be miserable. You need to be yourself and […]
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April 9, 2014
Oak Ridge Boys’ Joe Bonsall – HuffPost 4.9.14
Mike Ragogna: Joe, what advice do you have for new artists? Joe Bonsall: Well, I don’t know what advice I can give to artists these days because there seem to be so many. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, and my gosh, you can go downtown right now this afternoon and walk down Second Avenue and […]
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