Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
September 9, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Sergio Mendes by Mike
Sergio Mendes – HuffPost 9.9.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Sergio Mendes: I take one thing at a time. I don’t make any future plans. I’ve been very blessed and lucky to have a long career and to be still playing music that I love. That’s what I love to do, performing and travelling and […]
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September 9, 2014
Dustin Bates – HuffPost 9.9.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice to new artists? Dustin Bates: Focus on songwriting. The song is the most important piece of the equation. This advice likely sounds obvious to non-artists, but I constantly see artists focusing too much energy on the wrong things. Getting big gigs and selling tickets, for instance, does not matter […]
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September 8, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Rocco DeLuca by Mike
Rocco DeLuca – HuffPost 9.8.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Rocco DeLuca: I would hope that a new artist wouldn’t try to please or be liked by anybody. I would hope that they did a thing for its own sake. An ambitious musician is one of the scariest things I have ever seen.
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September 8, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Vance Joy by Mike
Vance Joy – HuffPost 9.8.14
Mike Ragogna: What do you think it was about that song [“Riptide”] that resonated… Vance Joy: I think the recording is really special. We did it in a day. My drummer and I went to a studio in Melbourne and spent seven hundred dollars recording it. It was my first proper experience in a proper studio, […]
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September 8, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , John Velghe by Mike
John Velghe – HuffPost 9.8.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? John Velghe: Take time every day to be centered and work on your craft. Write about everything. Feel everything. Find your own unique way to see the life you have. Do this for something outside yourself, expect the rewards to come from inside yourself, and […]
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September 8, 2014
Loudon Wainwright III – HuffPost 9.8.14
Mike Ragogna: What’s your view of the “singer-songwriter” genre these days? Loundon Wainwright III: You’ve got me. My focus is mostly subjective. I’ve been trying to do my job, which is come up with the next song. In terms of what’s happening to the scene or folk or Americana or whatever you want to call […]
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September 5, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Jason Flom by Mike
Jason Flom – HuffPost 9.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Jason, what advice do you have for new artists? Jason Flom: It’s interesting. It’s changing. I think the most important thing is to get out there. Get out of your garage if you’re in there practicing, play as many shows as you can, make your presence known on social media any way you […]
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September 4, 2014
Warren Cuccurullo – HuffPost 9.4.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Warren Cuccurullo: Be yourself, never compromise, always do your very best, work hard. That’s what I did. Not sure if it still works. MR: What was the best advice you ever received? WC: Frank Zappa once said to me during a parting embrace “don’t spend […]
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