Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
March 18, 2013
Diane Arkenstone – HuffPost 3.18.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Diane Arkenstone: I would say just follow your heart. Absolutely follow your heart. I remember when I was young, my parents absolutely had no interest in me being a musician and I had to take all of these classes in school and college and so […]
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March 11, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Young Guru by Mike
Young Guru – 3.11.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Young Guru: For new artists, I would say number one is to study the landscape. It used to be before that, you’d say, “I’m going to sit at home and I’m going to make a bunch of music and then I’m going to take that […]
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March 1, 2013
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Boz Scaggs – HuffPost 3.1.13
Mike Ragogna: All right, I have a standard question that I ask everybody, which is what advice do you have for new artists? Boz Scaggs: I’d say play live. For my generation, in the blues idiom and the R&B idiom that I grew up in as a kid in small-town Texas and Oklahoma, it was […]
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February 27, 2013
Joan Armatrading – HuffPost 2.27.13
Mike Ragogna: So that leads nicely to my question what advice do you have for new artists? Joan Armatrading: I don’t know what advice I have for new artists, but what I did do on my 2012 tour when I went around Britain was I took fifty-six local artists, fine artists, with me. So instead […]
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February 25, 2013
Chris Stamey – HuffPost 2.25.13
Mike Ragogna: Chris, what advice do you have for new artists? Chris Stamey: There would be a lot of things. One thing I would say maybe is learn — in Nashville it’s called the number system — learn how the chords function, not just what the chords are, so that you know if you’re in […]
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February 22, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Beth Hart by Mike
Beth Hart – HuffPost 2.22.13
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Beth Hart: Number one, get a great manager who’s smart, well-connected, and really, really cares about you personally. It can’t just be like you’re a meal ticket or he says he’s going to make you a star and be all business. Really get someone you […]
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February 18, 2013
Terri Lyne Carrington – HuffPost 2.18.13
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Terri Lyne Carrington: I talk to my students all the time, and everybody is different, but the one thing I’ve realized is that experience is king. Experience is what will get you where you need to be. You’ve got to be prepared of course, and […]
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February 18, 2013
- in Advice for New Artists , Tom Wopat by Mike
Tom Wopat – HuffPost 2.18.13
Mike Ragogna: Tom, what advice do you have for new artists? Tom Wopat: Oh boy. Be passionate. Don’t sell yourself short, be passionate and make sure that you’re passionate, otherwise, it doesn’t really work, I don’t think. I don’t know, maybe there are some technicians out there who don’t really care about it. But for […]
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