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Mike Harris
Mike Harris is a freelance writer and professor in the Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management department at Columbia College Chicago, where he teaches a course on cultural criticism. Prior to that, he was editor of the Illinois Entertainer, a monthly magazine with a circulation of 80,000. A well-known music critic, Harris has also written for Rolling Stone, Spin, Chicago Magazine, and other regional and national publications.
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Music writer and teacher Mike Harris outlines the steps he takes when writing a piece on an artist, explaining why extensive research is the key to establishing credibility with an artist, and how to avoid a canned response during an interview.



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December 2007
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