Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
January 21, 2014
The Fray’s Isaac Slade – HuffPost 1.21.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Isaac Slade: Man, I don’t know. Keep at it. Long as you can. If you do it long enough, and if you do it well enough, someone will eventually come along and pay you for it. No guarantees they’ll pay you enough to make a living […]
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January 21, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Graham Colton by Mike
Graham Colton – HuffPost 1.21.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Graham Colton: Stop being so precious with your music. People don’t want perfection. They want honesty.
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January 14, 2014
Mary Chapin Carpenter – HuffPost 1.14.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Mary Chapin Carpenter: Oy-oy-oy! MR: You know, to someone just starting out. MCC: I think back to that point, the landscape of business realities and the technological advances that have occurred in the past years have changed everything. The fact that you can be fifteen years […]
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January 14, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Doug Paisley by Mike
Doug Paisley – HuffPost 1.14.14
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Doug Paisley: Don’t be discouraged when the scale of your success seems out of whack with that of others. Perseverance is what will ultimately distinguish you.
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January 6, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Jac Holzman by Mike
Jac Holzman – HuffPost 1.6.14
Mike Ragogna: Jac, what is your advice for new artists? Jac Holzman: Don’t try to take it public until you’ve got it right privately. Go out there and woodshed and woodshed and woodshed. Don’t worry about the record contracts or how it looks being a star, just get the music right. And that takes time. […]
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January 3, 2014
Tim Hauser – HuffPost 1.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Tim Hauser: Yeah, I think more of my son than myself because my son is in the business now. He just got a mention from Billboard. He’s with Datsik. They have a single out called “Closer To The Sun.” It’s great. It’s really good. I don’t say […]
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January 3, 2014
Alan Paul – HuffPost 1.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Alan Paul: Follow your heart. Follow your heart, take risks and know the business. Know what you’re doing ahead of time, because today, you’ve got to be a business man in order to make it.
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January 3, 2014
SmoothJazz.com’s Sandy Shore – HuffPost 1.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Sandy Shore: Make music for you and not for the radio. If it happens to be that the music you make fits the commercial vibe of radio airplay, then great! If that’s not the case, then whatever you’re meant to do with your music will […]
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