Mike Ragogna: Thomas, your new project is the transmedia game, The Floating City, that also connects to your music in a unique way. Can you go into a bit? Thomas Dolby: The setting for the game is a sort of an alternative ’40s–sort of a dystopian vision of what Europe might have turned into had World […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Nick Hexum: I tell people that you really have to focus on your craft. Practice your instrument, and don’t expect anything to come to you with any shortcuts. There’s the book that says that ten-thousand hours is what you need to be great at any field, […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Nick, 311’s new album Universal Pulse is all set for release with “Sunset In July” its premier single. Nick Hexum: Yes it is. We’re super excited about it. It’s kind of like the ultimate Summer jam, and about the experience of touring. If it’s July, we’re always on tour. Sometimes, the tour is June/July, sometimes […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Thomas Dolby: Well, I think you need a wider variety of skills than you did when I started out. You’re going to be competing with fifty-thousand other artists just like you, and in order to do that, you’re going to have to be very creative […]
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