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Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Mary Kay Place: Follow your instincts. Listen to the wisdom of your body. If your gut alarm is going off, something’s wrong. Reassess.
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Elvis, what advice do you have for new artists? Elvis Costello: I wouldn’t really presume to tell them anything. I think that their experience has got to be very different from the one that I had. I look at my beginnings. I ended up having myself come from just working out of one […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Josh Dun: There’s a lot. From the very beginning, if you’re a new artist… We didn’t know what we were doing and I don’t think there’s any true formula for any specific band. But what I will say is that the very simplistic approach that […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Livingston Taylor: The advice I have for new artists is keep your head down, learn how to observe, stick your head above the trench, live to fight, the world will find you gatekeepers. Actually, you will probably be some of the new gatekeepers in the […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Euge Groove: What advice for new artists? Oh my goodness. I think diversity at first until you figure out exactly the path that you want to go down. When doors open, just be ready for them to open. I think one thing that I learned […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jimmy Browns: In terms of songwriting which is the most important part, I’d say work really hard to find those moments were you feel truly connected and excited about an idea that you have and start from there. If it doesn’t feel right to you […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: …how do you feel about that thing called “jazz”? What would you have the meaning be? David Sanborn: Thank God I don’t control it. I think it’s going to follow its own voice. My wish would be that everybody was free of those kinds of self-loathing ways of thinking about how they can’t […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: I’m an advocate for new artists and I’d like to know what your advice is for them? Jonathan Butler: Man, stick to your guns, you know? Stick to your guns. Go sing in the coffee bar. If you’re a songwriter, take your guitar to a coffee bar or a little hole in the […]
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