Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
November 9, 2012
Trouble Lights’ Adrien Daller & Phil Rabalais – HuffPost 11.9.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Adrien Daller: Be yourself to the bajillionth, gajillionth degree. Completely be yourself. Do it for you. Do what makes you happy, and work insanely hard at that — not spending a lot of energy on other stuff. Do whatever makes you happy and do it […]
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November 6, 2012
Appleseed Recordings’ Jim Musselman – HuffPost 11.6.12
Mike Ragogna: Nice. Speaking of young people, what advice do you have for new artists? Jim Musselman: Oh, it’s tough. I would say “Persistence, persistence, persistence.” I think it’s the key to everything. Don’t ever give up on your dream. I think it’s about being persistent and continuing to knock on doors and not giving […]
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November 6, 2012
All That Remains’ Philip LaBonte – HuffPost 11.6.12
Mike Ragogna: All right, that’s fair, although I’m merely a contributor, a blogger. However, you can’t escape my traditional question, sir. What advice do you have for new artists? Philip LaBonte: Oh, God. Don’t even try it. [laughs] The thing is, just write stuff that you believe in and don’t expect to be a rock […]
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November 5, 2012
The Bad Plus’ Ethan Iverson – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice must you have for new artists? Ethan Iverson: Oh, I don’t know. In terms of the jazz world, I do think that our idea of making sure you have a band has really worked for us. If their are jazz musicians looking at this, this is something rock musicians have understood […]
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November 5, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Gary Clark Jr. by Mike
Gary Clark, Jr. – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: Gary, what is your advice for new artists? Gary Clark, Jr.: My advice to new artists, I don’t know. I could just say that the advice that I’ve been getting is be you, and be true to yourself. Don’t hold back. All you’ve got is what you’ve got, so do something big with […]
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November 5, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Kaki King by Mike
Kaki King – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Kaki King: Do what you need to do. I’ve found that, like anything else that is sold in this world, word of mouth is the best advertisement. If you make really good music and share it with some good people–and there are so many ways […]
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November 5, 2012
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Lindi Ortega – HuffPost 11.5.12
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Lindi Ortega: If you want to get into the music industry, be prepared to work your ass off. It’s a very tough industry, and you have to be involved very much, and you have to sacrifice other areas of your life. You have to be full-on, […]
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November 2, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Fourplay , Harvey Mason by Mike
Fourplay’s Harvey Mason – HuffPost 11.2.12
Mike Ragogna: I have to ask you my traditional question. What advice do you have for new artists? Harvey Mason: New artists? Believe in yourself, work extremely hard, don’t take “no” for an answer if you really believe in yourself and you really feel that you have something, and just continue to go for it. […]
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