Mike Ragogna: All hail Emperor X! Hi, Chad Matheny. Chad Matheny: Hello, it’s nice to talk to you. MR: It’s nice to talk to you too, especially with you’re being the son of Pat Metheny. CM: Probably more like seventh or eighth cousin would be my guess. We spell our names differently, and I don’t […]
Continue reading[Note: This is a segment of my interview with JB that might be helpful to new artists.] Mike Ragogna: What are your some of your favorite jazz standards that you are performing? JB Baretsky: One of my favorites is “Mack The Knife” and I’m always surprised about how many people love that song when I […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Yeah, we’ve got Lee Loughnane of Chicago. That’s right. Lee Loughnane: How are you doing, Michael? MR: I’m doing good, how are you sir? LL: I’m doing fine. MR: Nice. Hey Lee, you’re up to Chicago XXXIII–that’s a pretty big number. Who knew you guys would have made so many albums and been together […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Lee Loughnane: If this is your passion, do not let go of it and move forward. It’s always going to look like there’s no way you’re going to make it. Trust me, there’s a way, and if you’re intense enough as we were, once you get […]
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Mike Ragogna: Hey JB, are you there? JB Baretsky: Hey, I’m here. MR: JB, tell us a little bit about yourself. JB: I’m from Long Island, New York, I love jazz and just about anything that has to do with things that happened fifty years ago. MR: And all at four in the morning. JB: […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Yo-Yo Ma: For new artists, there are two important things. Know yourself, which is hard to do because you keep changing. Who are you? And then also, know the world. And make a relationship between the two.
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