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. I don’t know if you’re going to be a superstar tomorrow or not, but it’s possible to be in a band and survive and even thrive now in a way that hasn’t been possible in a long time. It’s really great. It’s so much easier to record now, it’s so much less expensive and there are so many great bloggers out there writing about music who love music, as opposed to being like really entertained by how clever it is when they talk about how much they hate music. There are a lot of people out there writing who love music and who are completely motivated to talk about your band. So bands can make records, tour, and build audiences, and they can survive now. I think it’s really great. I tell people to learn to use the studio in your computer and join Twitter. Make friends. I’ve made so many friends through Twitter. So many of my friends are musicians and bloggers I’ve met through Twitter.