Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
September 30, 2013
The Ramones’ Marky Ramone – HuffPost 9.30.13
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Marky Amone: Try to be original. I know it’s hard to do because a lot of thing have been done already. Rehearse a lot because you’re going to have a lot of competition, try to be the best you can be. Don’t smoke cigarettes, don’t do any […]
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September 27, 2013
Cheryl Bentyne – HuffPost 9.27.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Cheryl Bentyne: Well…listen! Listen and work your craft. Don’t stand in line for three weeks to get on American Idol. Go home, take classes, go to college, learn an instrument. Piano is a great instrument, guitar is too. But I think piano is the overall best […]
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September 27, 2013
Janis Siegel – HuffPost 9.27.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Janis Siegel: There’s no doubt that the music business has changed radically and is changing at a hightening rate of speed because of technology and just the way the world is changing. I still think that the best advice really is to work hard and […]
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September 27, 2013
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Jeff Lorber – HuffPost 9.27.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jeff Lorber: Or for students or aspiring artists perhaps? I used to actually be less encouraging because the music business is very competitive and it’s tough. You have to really love it and work very hard to succeed, so I used to think that if […]
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September 25, 2013
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Colin Gilmore – HuffPost 9.25.13
Mike Ragogna: Colin, what advice do you have for new artists? Colin Gilmore: Any advice I could give is going to sound really cliché but just remember that your job first is to make really good music and to make music that speaks to people and that really shines from the heart. What you’re worth […]
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September 25, 2013
Graham Nash – HuffPost 9.25.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Graham Nash: I never give advice. I’m trying to deal with my life for f**k’s sake. But if I had any advice, it would be to only act from your heart. I think we instinctively know what is good and I think we instinctively know […]
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September 25, 2013
Allen Toussaint – HuffPost 9.25.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Allen Toussaint: New artists? This is a wonderful time because of the technology. They have so many avenues to take to get where they would like to go. If I was to say something, and I rarely give advice, I would say surround yourself with […]
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September 23, 2013
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311’s Nick Hexum – HuffPost 9.23.13
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? I know it’s a little tricky these days. Nick Hexum: Yeah, the mechanics of distributing your music are so different now. You can launch just from a viral video. In a way, we didn’t really need a major label just to get started in the beginning. That’s […]
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