Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Jill Scott: I do! I would tell new artists to perform everywhere you can for free. Establish your home base and I say for free because this is where your education comes. You’re actually paying them to learn how to command an audience, how to […]
Continue readingJill has the #1 album in the country, and features Anthony Hamilton on her latest single, “So In Love.” Here, she gives us some background on how her duet came about.
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Graham, how are you today? Graham Colton: Doing great, Mike. MR: Good to hear. Pacific Coast Eyes is your third album? GC: That’s a fantastic question because it depends on how you define it. (laughs) But, yes, I believe this is my third full-length album. MR: Does that number include the self-made album that got […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Kevin Cronin: Well, for a new artist–that’s a little bit different. For a new artist, the biggest advice I could give you is by sharing this story that I have. When I was a young songwriter, the publishing company I was working with in Nashville […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Graham, what advice do you have for new artists? Graham Colton: Well, now, I think there’s more opportunity out there to be heard than ever before, and I have to take my own advice and say that the key is just getting stuff out there. Regardless of how it gets out there and […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: David, what advice would you have for new artists at this point? David Berkeley: Go and do it. (laughs) I think that you have to really believe in what you’re doing and try to be true to what it is that inspires you to want to make music. And just do the best […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: David! David Berkeley: Hello there. MR: Dude, what the heck have you been up to? DB: Most recently, I’ve been working with a couple of DJs doing an odd departure from my normal folk singer-songwriter world–collaborating on dance tracks. I’ve been writing vocals and singing melodies over long, extended drum and bass and […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Ladies and gentlemen, lead vocalist of REO Speedwagon, Kevin Cronin. Kevin Cronin: Hi Mike, how are you doing buddy? MR: I’m doing very well. Thank you for your time today. KC: My pleasure, man, we appreciate the support. This is a big year for us–the 30th anniversary of Hi Infidelity, so we’re celebrating and […]
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