Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
November 8, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Earl Klugh by Mike
Earl Klugh – HuffPost 11.8.13
Jonnie Cohen: Do you have any advice for new artists? Mike Ragogna: Hey, that’s MY question! [laughs] Earl Klugh: Some people like jazz or blues or country. With me, I really try to embrace all of those styles and find something that I like out of all of them. When I first heard country music, […]
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November 6, 2013
Portugal. The Man’s John Gourley – HuffPost 11.6.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice to you have for new artists? John Gourley: I’m the worse to be advising, because my advice is to don’t do it! Just don’t do it, its way more work than you expect it to be. The thing is, being in a band is the hardest job you will ever have. […]
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November 6, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Jon Batiste by Mike
Jon Batiste – HuffPost 11.6.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jon Batiste: New artists have to remember why they chose to be an artist in the first place. As simple as that sounds, when you get into money and you get into fame and notoriety and all that stuff that comes with creating a career, […]
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November 6, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Jon Anderson , Yes by Mike
Jon Anderson – HuffPost 11.6.13
Mike Ragogna: Jon, what advice do you have for new artists? Jon Anderson: It’s very, very simple: You practice, you practice, and then you practice more. The breaks will come if you keep working. There’s no point in sitting around waiting to be a star. It’s not going to happen. You’ve got to work on […]
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November 4, 2013
Roger Daltrey – HuffPost 11.4.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Roger Daltrey: I haven’t got a clue. [laughs] I do not understand the music industry today. It’s so different from what we did in those days, it’s such a different world now. MR: Is there something on the creative level that never really changes? RD: […]
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November 4, 2013
It’s Casual’s Eddie Solis – HuffPost 11.4.13
Mike Ragogna: Eddie, what advice do you have for new artists? Eddie Solis: You have to remember something. If your work is going to be here and you’re actually going to sustain a living off it, you have to be patient and build a foundation. Facebook and Instagram and Twitter are great tools. They’re a […]
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November 4, 2013
INVSN’s Dennis Lyxzen – HuffPost 11.4.13
Mike Ragogna: Dennis, what advice do you have for new artists? Dennis Lyxzen: Get a real job? [laughs] It’s not worth it. No, the thing that I always do, try to stay true to what you want to accomplish. Find yourself an identity, find yourself an idea of what you want to represent and what […]
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November 1, 2013
Brian Culbertson – HuffPost 11.1.13
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Brian Culbertson: The advice is these days you sort of have to do as much as you can yourself when you’re first starting out because relying on other people is really tough right now. You’ve got to learn how to run Pro Tools and Logic and get […]
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