Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
September 23, 2013
Cage The Elephant’s Matt Schultz – HuffPost 9.23.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Matt Schultz: Just to pour your whole heart into your creative works. With each one of our records, we try to become more and more transparent and to hide less of ourselves with each song that we write and also to pour everything we have […]
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September 23, 2013
Chris Thile – HuffPost 9.23.13
Mike Ragogna: Chris, what advice do you have for new artists?” Chris Thile: Oh, let’s see. My chief advice right now would be to have periods of both voracious listening and complete silence. Listen, listen, listen, listen, be so honest with yourself about what you love and what you don’t love about what you’re hearing […]
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September 13, 2013
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Jonny Lang – HuffPost 9.13.13
Mike Ragogna: Jonny, I have a traditional question and I asked you this last time, but what advice do you have for new artists? Jonny Lang: I’ll offer some blanket advice. Everyone has their own journey, but I think–and I’ve said this before–just remember at any given point along your journey where you’re sort of […]
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September 13, 2013
Christopher Cross – HuffPost 9.13.13
Mike Ragogna: Chris, I have to ask you, what is your advice for new artists? Christopher Cross: Oh, you know, I think the same advice for the way I’m living my life right now. You make records and write songs and all this because it’s what we do. This new record I’m doing, I’m self-financing […]
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September 13, 2013
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Tommy Keene – HuffPost 9.13.13
Mike Ragogna: Tommy, what advice do you have for new artists? Tommy Keene: Hmm. Don’t be too hasty making decisions that you might think are completely obvious choices. When you’re younger, things are going so fast and it’s really difficult sometimes to take in all these things that people are telling you to do–everybody from […]
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September 11, 2013
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Max Frost – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: Nice. What is your advice for new artists? Max Frost: Find people who you truly believe, and who believe in what you do, not people who think that they could be the piece that makes you right, whether it be musically or whether it’s business. I’m not someone who comes along and says, […]
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September 11, 2013
Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Keith Secor: Oh, gosh, I don’t put a lot of credit in what’s going on currently. I often times try and steer people to listen to the source material. If you were going to write this article and they said, “Well you’ve got to talk to […]
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September 11, 2013
Five For Fighting’s John Ondrasik – HuffPost 9.11.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? John Ondrasik: Definitely milk the social platforms. I think as frustrating as it can be within the major labels, music is being consumed more now than ever and it’s easier than ever to get your music heard. That was my problem coming up. So really […]
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