A Rocket To The Moon’s Nick Santino – HuffPost 3.25.13

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists?

Nick Santino: Man, I just say keep going. You can’t really give up. There are a lot of times–whether we play a crappy show or nobody comes–where I can’t help but be bummed out and think, “Why am I even doing this anymore?” Then I go and open Twitter and see all these people saying things like, “This song that you wrote helped me through this time in my life.” A lot of people give up before they even get a shot, and I think you’ve just got to push through that and make yourself get better. You’ll eventually get somewhere. I’ve got a long way to go, but I think I made the right move by making music in the first place, and then, luckily, getting signed by an amazing label like this.

MR: And what is the best advice that you’ve ever gotten?

NS: Oh man, I don’t know. Just from touring with a bunch of bands you kind of learn from them. In 2010, when we went out on tour with Hanson, they would talk to us and hang out with us every single day. I don’t think they ever gave us a single word of advice, but just hearing their stories… They started playing music when they were practically babies, and they still do it, still love it, and they still make amazing music. So, being on tour with a band like that, and seeing that you can get passed trivial things I think is very inspiring. Just being on the road, you learn a lot of new stuff, and you might get advice that someone doesn’t even know they’re giving you.