Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
March 5, 2014
Jimbo Mathus – HuffPost 3.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jimbo Mathus: The advice I would give any artist, be they visual, musical or otherwise, would be this: Know in your soul that the artist’s life is your true calling, and never deviate from the path that the calling provides. Be fearless, work hard, and […]
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March 5, 2014
Jimbo Mathus – HuffPost 3.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jimbo Mathus: The advice I would give any artist, be they visual, musical or otherwise, would be this: Know in your soul that the artist’s life is your true calling, and never deviate from the path that the calling provides. Be fearless, work hard, and […]
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March 5, 2014
Phish’s Mike Gordon – HuffPost 3.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Mike Gordon: That’s an interesting one. You know, I do this thing where I watch DVDs on the treadmill. I have a bunch of music-related ones. Usually the ones that people have given me, one promoter gave me thirty DVDs to promote his acts. Yesterday […]
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March 5, 2014
Jonny Two Bags – HuffPost 3.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jonny Two Bags: Just try and keep your motivation pure. Never lose sight of why you started making music in the first place…for fun and for free. If it becomes solely about success and that doesn’t work out you might just abandon it. I almost […]
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March 5, 2014
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Jonny Two Bags – HuffPost 3.5.14
Mike Ragogna: How do you want to evolve further as an artist? Jonny Two Bags: I would hope to use the momentum from this and continue making records. I also spend lot of time trying to improve as a player, learning new instruments, styles etc. I’m one of those people that has to work extra […]
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March 3, 2014
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Geoff Downes – HuffPost 3.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Geoff Downes: Stay with your own beliefs and don’t be swayed by trends or fashions, or what others think you should be doing. Only accept the advice you acknowledge from those who you know have your best interests at heart.
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March 3, 2014
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Carl Palmer – HuffPost 3.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Carl Palmer: Today the market has so much of everything. There are so many different genres of music that just didn’t exist when I started and there’s nothing wrong with that. If there’s art to be created, let’s create it. But it’s really, really difficult. […]
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March 3, 2014
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John Wetton – HuffPost 3.3.14
Mike Ragogna: Hey, John, what is your advice for new artists? John Wetton: Sticking on. Looking at my personal life, most of it is fairly tragic. If anybody wants to follow in my footsteps try and avoid the pitfalls that I’ve made. Don’t become an alcoholic, don’t get divorced. Stick to your guns. Whatever your […]
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