Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
August 2, 2012
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Peter Cincotti – HuffPost 8.2.12
Mike Ragogna: Peter, we’ve come to that part of the interview when I ask you what advice do you have for new artists? Peter Cincotti: I guess it would be something along those lines. I mean, it’s tough. You’ve got to do it if you need to do it. If there’s no other option in […]
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August 2, 2012
Peter Himmelman & David Hollander – 8.2.12
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Peter Himmelman: I guess it’s the same advice that I would give myself — and I won’t talk about delivery systems like Twitter or Facebook to advertise your music. But I suggest getting involved with a lot of activities that move you. Meet people and […]
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July 30, 2012
Cassidy/Erin Boheme – HuffPost 7.30.12
Mike Ragogna: Cassidy, do you have any advice to offer new artists? Cassidy/Boheme: Oh, God. Go to college. (laughs) I’m just kidding. No, I’m not. (laughs) My advice is, “To thine own self be true.” Also, if at some point something doesn’t feel right, run. Don’t stay in a situation because you think if you […]
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July 30, 2012
Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas – HuffPost 7.30.12
Mike Ragogna: Rob, what advice do you have for new artists? Rob Thomas: I think that’s it. If you’re going to start now, the first thing is, in this celebrity-obsessed world that we’re orbiting around right now, you have to do it because you love to do it. You have to do it because you’re […]
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July 27, 2012
Billy Joe Shaver – HuffPost 7.27.12
Mike Ragogna: Billy Joe, what advice do you have for new artists? Billy Joe Shaver: New artists? Are you saying artists or songwriters? It’s going to be long before people are so in tune with where their money goes and how much they’re getting for their money that I believe one day, it’s going to […]
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July 25, 2012
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda – HuffPost 7.25.12
Mike Ragogna: Mike, what advice might you have for new artists? Mike Shinoda: It’s hard for me to give advice to new artists, because the industry environment we grew up in was so different. We were coming up playing shows at little clubs and everything. We’d put out a sign-up list to keep in touch […]
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July 23, 2012
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Mike Stern – HuffPost 7.23.12
Mike Ragogna: Mike, what is your advice for new artists? Mike Stern: I would say play your heart out. It doesn’t matter what you play — rock, country, classical, all of the above. Music is a universal language of the heart. You can say things that touch people’s emotions better than any other language. That’s […]
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July 23, 2012
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Rob Zombie – HuffPost 7.23.12
Mike Ragogna: Rob, do you have any advice that you’d like to offer to new artists? Rob Zombie: My advice for new artists is never do this. (laughs) No, the main thing that I would tell anyone is that you have to do what you love. Don’t take the advice of your manager, your label, […]
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