Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
April 19, 2012
Hot Water Music’s Chris Wollard & Jason Black – HuffPost 4.19.12
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists or bands? Chris Wollard: Practice. Enjoy every moment. Pace yourself. Jason Black: It sounds very silly and obvious, but the best advice I could give to someone is to make sure you really love what you’re doing. It isn’t easy–ever–so if you don’t love it, you’re […]
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April 18, 2012
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Steve Gadd – HuffPost 4.18.12
Mike Ragogna: Okay, let me ask you, what advice might you have for new artists? Steve Gadd: To just follow your heart, and just try to get out what you got inside, and have fun. It’s not like you have fun after you get there. It’s trying to enjoy the journey, you know?
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April 18, 2012
Eric Hutchinson – HuffPost 4.18.12
Mike Ragogna: Eric, what kind of advice would you have for new artists? Eric Hutchinson: For me, the stuff that’s been most helpful is to just keep getting better, to keep writing as much as possible. I think if you’re not a songwriter, you should start trying to be as soon as possible because that, […]
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April 16, 2012
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne – HuffPost 4.16.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Wayne Coyne: In today’s environment where there’s this seemingly collapse of what we feel like is organized record companies–what we really mean by that is that they can’t make as much money any more because so much music is out there for free–you should always […]
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April 16, 2012
Milo Greene’s Andrew Herringer & Graham Fink – HuffPost 4.16.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you guys have for new artists? Graham Fink: I’ve got some. Like Andrew was saying, we had been doing this a long time with other bands before we got Milo Greene going. The one thing that sticks out to me with respect to the success we’re having so far is […]
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April 16, 2012
fun.’s Jack Antonoff – HuffPost 4.16.12
Mike Ragogna: It seems that once you get out into the trenches, you’re seeing bands seasoned in a way that they’re so at home in the sweat and the crowds. Jack Antonoff: The greatest bands have that, and it’s the only thing you can’t fake. There’s so much you can fake, there’s millions of great […]
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April 13, 2012
Trampled By Turtles’ Dave Simonett – HuffPost 4.13.12
Mike Ragogna: Dave, got any advice might you have for new artists? Dave Simonett: I think, to keep it short, be true to yourself and music. I think if you start to gain momentum as a band, you’re going to have all sorts of people telling you what you’re doing wrong, how you can change […]
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April 13, 2012
Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz – HuffPost 4.13.12
Mike Ragogna: Adam, what advice might you have for new artists? Adam Duritz: This is a great time to be in a band, probably the best time I can remember to be a new musician since the ’80s when all the great college radio stations were popular and the big indie labels were starting up. […]
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