Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
December 31, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Johnny Rivers by Mike
Johnny Rivers – HuffPost 12.31.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Johnny Rivers: Always take your wallet on stage.
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December 31, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Paul Rodgers by Mike
Paul Rodgers – HuffPost 12.31.13
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Paul Rodgers: Don’t do it. [laughs] I’m just kidding. It’s such a different world since I started. It was like a village when I started out, and now it’s a great big corporate city and you’ve got to be very careful. There’s so much to watch out […]
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December 27, 2013
The Bongos’ Richard Barone – HuffPost 12.27.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Richard Barone: This never changes… Be true to yourself. Record labels, websites, magazines, trends — they all come and go. The only constant is you. Your creativity. We will always need artists — real artists. They are the content providers that every music app and website […]
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December 27, 2013
Niambe McIntosh – HuffPost 12.27.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Niambe McIntost: Listen to my father’s works. It may seem odd or “uncool” for young artists to listen to songs from the 1970s and 1980s, but his works are really timeless. He was, and still is, an original, and the thousands of people who flock […]
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December 23, 2013
Thirty Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto – HuffPost 12.23.13
Mike Ragogna: I normally ask “What advice do you have for new artists,” but to that point, what are some of the things that have been successful for you? What are some things that you think an artist can do for themselves? Jared Leto: That’s a good question. One of the things that I’ve learned […]
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December 23, 2013
Alan & Marilyn Bergman – HuffPost 12.23.13
Mike Ragogna: Considering the incredible careers you’ve had, what advice do you have for new artists? Marilyn Bergman: Do you mean writers or singers? MR: If you want to cover both, that’s cool. Al Bergman: Well, for one thing I would say know the literature of popular music. Go back and listen to the great […]
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December 19, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Maceo Parker by Mike
Maceo Parker – HuffPost 12.19.13
Mike Ragogna: Maceo, what advice do you have for new artists? Maceo Parker: You know, I always say something like, “Try to get into a situation where you can play as much as you possibly can,” because I think that the most important thing is just experience and the only way to get experience is […]
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December 17, 2013
Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith – HuffPost 12.17.13
Mike Ragogna (to Roland): What advice do you have for new artists? Roland Orzabal: The music business has changed beyond recognition. It was so much easier in those days, I think. It was still an expanding market. It was still growing like crazy and you could make money from selling hard copies. So what advice […]
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