Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor – HuffPost 10.2.12

Mike Ragogna: Roger, what advice do you have for new artists?

Roger Taylor: Of course, you would say something different now. We were lucky when we started. We came just after The Beatles and Queen and The Stones, bands that had this huge catalog of music and longevity. David Bowie was another one. There was a lot of money swinging around in the industry, so they signed a lot of different people and we were one of many acts that got signed to EMI that year. It was a land of opportunity at that point. Now, it’s difficult. The advice is to just keep working it. Work hard. You have to work all the different mediums. My son’s is in a band. He is also a DJ, a mixer, and a producer. I think you do have to diversify and work a lot harder, I think.

MR: Social media as well.

RT: Social media as well, which is another thing you have to work.

MR: Yeah, you almost have to work, as the old phrase goes, as a one-man band.

RT: You do. Unfortunately, I think it is a product of the illegal downloading. There’s no money left in the industry and none to invest in new artists and bring talent on. I’m afraid we’re at the point where the illegal downloading has brought us to, which is a tough point in the music industry.