Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
March 19, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Joan Osborne by Mike
Joan Osborne – HuffPost 3.19.12
Mike Ragogna: Joan, what advice do you have for new artists? Joan Osborne: Well, that is a good question. I think that if you can love doing this at every stage, even at the stage where you’ re just starting out and you don’t have much of an audience yet and you’re not making any […]
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March 7, 2012
Todd Rundgren – HuffPost 3.7.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Todd Rundgren: I’ve got one word for you… YouTube! That’s two words stuck together, but yeah, I think that you know, a lot of people still make the mistake in thinking that their success will come by getting signed to a record label. The real […]
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March 5, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Peter White by Mike
Peter White – HuffPost 3.5.12
Mike Ragogna: Peter, what advice do you have for any new artists? Peter White: Play music that you love because you love it. If you’re expecting fame and fortune, it may never happen, but you have to hang in there because you love it. That’s the reason you’re in the music industry. Just get out […]
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March 2, 2012
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PT Walkley – HuffPost 3.2.12
Mike Ragogna: Advice for new artists? What would you say? PT Walkley: It depends what you want to do. My breaks have taken me one way, which didn’t really include jumping in a van and going on the road and trying to cultivate a following. But then again, as I went on, becoming a “rock […]
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March 2, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Edward Burns by Mike
Edward Burns – HuffPost 3.2.12
Mike Ragogna: Yeah, I’m with you. Let me get advice from you for new artists. Edward Burns: I’ve been to film schools a long time and taught students and now it’s interesting. For kids who want to make movies, they’re in a similar place as to where musicians have been in the last ten years […]
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February 29, 2012
Blues Traveler’s John Popper – HuffPost 2.29.12
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? John Popper: Wow, well, do it your way. Looking back, that’s the thing that I value most about what we’ve done. You’re going to make mistakes, you’re going to do things right. We could not have done it if we didn’t approach it like a […]
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February 29, 2012
- in Advice for New Artists , Anais Mitchell by Mike
Anais Mitchell – HuffPost 2.29.12
Mike Ragogna: Anais, what advice do you have for new artists? Anais Mitchell: Hmm…as an artist, I don’t believe you “find your voice” and then just get to keep it. I think it changes and you have to keep searching for it and that it requires constant vigilance to be true to it, whatever it […]
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February 29, 2012
Chris Thile – HuffPost 2.29.12
Mike Ragogna: I wanted to ask you, after all your years of playing, being the musician’s musician, what advice would you have for new artists? Chris Thile: I meet a lot of aspiring musicians who are so worried about their careers, worried about their professional advancement, getting discovered and getting a break and all that […]
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