Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
March 14, 2014
Capital Cities’ Sebu Simonian – HuffPost 3.14.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Sebu Simonian: Be very internet savvy and spread your music out as much as you can as free as you can. I think exposing the music is more important than making money off of downloads because once you get the exposure and the recognition, people will […]
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March 12, 2014
Grouplove’s Christian Zucconi – HuffPost 3.12.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Christian Zucconi: Write honestly, never compare yourself to anyone else, and stick with it. Don’t give up, and don’t have a Plan B.
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March 12, 2014
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Dr. John – HuffPost 3.12.14
Mike Ragogna: All right. Hey Mac, I’ve got one last question for you, what is your advice for new artists? Dr. John: Hey listen, if they want to play music, listen to every music. Don’t be shut down to no music. The second thing I always tell them is learn how to get paid. If […]
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March 12, 2014
Jon Langford – HuffPost 3.12.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jon Langford: Success of someone else’s terms don’t mean a f**king thing…that’s actually a lyric I wrote a long time ago.
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March 10, 2014
Skaters’ Michael Ian Cummings – HuffPost 3.10.14
Mike Ragogna: Hey, what is your advice for new artists? Michael Ian Cummings: Just work really hard. I don’t think there’s anything else to be learned from what we’ve done. We’ve just really worked non-stop every day from when we started the band. Sleep less, work more.
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March 10, 2014
Korn’s Jonathan Davis – HuffPost 3.10.14
Mike Ragogna: So what advice do you have for new artists? Jonathan Davis: For new artists? Hustle your ass off. When we were trying to get signed we had a sound that nobody knew what the f**k to do with and was scared of. All we did was hustle and hustle, playing shows, putting our […]
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March 7, 2014
Guns N’ Roses’ Matt Sorum – HuffPost 3.7.14
Mike Ragogna: Matt, what advice do you have for new artists? Matt Sorum: Well, take Matt Sorum’s Fierce Joy. Why did I have to call it that? The obvious is I have to be able to find my fan base, I have to be able to talk to gentlemen like yourself, and I think about […]
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March 5, 2014
Seventh Key’s Billy Greer – HuffPost 3.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Right, and for having so much expertise this is a fair question to ask you: What advice do you have for new artists? Billy Greer: All I can say is “Don’t give up on your dreams.” Have in your mind that you’re going to make it and if you don’t, be satisfied with […]
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