all the music that you’ve combined the electronic new wave punk it’s not
electronic new wave punk it’s not
electronic new wave punk it’s not necessarily the lyrics that people will
necessarily the lyrics that people will
necessarily the lyrics that people will listen to it’s the whole sensation of
listen to it’s the whole sensation of
listen to it’s the whole sensation of the whole song so how do we translate
the whole song so how do we translate
the whole song so how do we translate into messages well that’s interesting
into messages well that’s interesting
into messages well that’s interesting because when I was a philosophy major I
because when I was a philosophy major I
because when I was a philosophy major I mainly focused on linguistic philosophy
mainly focused on linguistic philosophy
mainly focused on linguistic philosophy and a big my frame about to get really
and a big my frame about to get really
and a big my frame about to get really boring but a big part of linguistic
boring but a big part of linguistic
boring but a big part of linguistic philosophy is understanding how people
philosophy is understanding how people
philosophy is understanding how people respond to information and and where
respond to information and and where
respond to information and and where where meaning is derived from and I grew
where meaning is derived from and I grew
where meaning is derived from and I grew up my mom was an English major and I
up my mom was an English major and I
up my mom was an English major and I grew up in a very sort of like
grew up in a very sort of like
grew up in a very sort of like intellectual literary household and I
intellectual literary household and I
intellectual literary household and I like words quite a lot but what I’m
like words quite a lot but what I’m
like words quite a lot but what I’m really fascinated by that’s one of the
really fascinated by that’s one of the
really fascinated by that’s one of the reasons why i was drawn towards dance
reasons why i was drawn towards dance
reasons why i was drawn towards dance music and disco was the ability to take
music and disco was the ability to take
music and disco was the ability to take banal words and infuse them with tons of
banal words and infuse them with tons of
banal words and infuse them with tons of really poignant meaning you know like
really poignant meaning you know like
really poignant meaning you know like the lyrics of I love you you know it’s
the lyrics of I love you you know it’s
the lyrics of I love you you know it’s been sung a million times and it means a
been sung a million times and it means a
been sung a million times and it means a million different things and that’s one
million different things and that’s one
million different things and that’s one reason I love working with disco divas
reason I love working with disco divas
reason I love working with disco divas because you give a great disco diva
because you give a great disco diva
because you give a great disco diva really trivial lyrics but somehow they
really trivial lyrics but somehow they
really trivial lyrics but somehow they can sing them in such a way that it’s so
can sing them in such a way that it’s so
can sing them in such a way that it’s so pregnant with meaning and significance
pregnant with meaning and significance
pregnant with meaning and significance so and I like I certainly like I love
so and I like I certainly like I love
so and I like I certainly like I love the Leonard Cohen approach to lyric
the Leonard Cohen approach to lyric
the Leonard Cohen approach to lyric writing or someone like Bruce Coburn you
writing or someone like Bruce Coburn you
writing or someone like Bruce Coburn you know people who really focus on lyrics
know people who really focus on lyrics
know people who really focus on lyrics but I also really love taking almost
but I also really love taking almost
but I also really love taking almost painfully simple lyrics and trying to
painfully simple lyrics and trying to
painfully simple lyrics and trying to infuse them with you know subtext and
infuse them with you know subtext and
infuse them with you know subtext and meta text and different like there’s one
meta text and different like there’s one
meta text and different like there’s one song on this album last night called I’m
song on this album last night called I’m
song on this album last night called I’m in love and I think the whole song has
in love and I think the whole song has
in love and I think the whole song has nine words and to me that’s kind of an
nine words and to me that’s kind of an
nine words and to me that’s kind of an interesting challenge like how do you
interesting challenge like how do you
interesting challenge like how do you take a song with nine words and give it
take a song with nine words and give it
take a song with nine words and give it meaning so that’s I don’t it’s almost
meaning so that’s I don’t it’s almost
meaning so that’s I don’t it’s almost like an inside challenge that like me
like an inside challenge that like me
like an inside challenge that like me the former sort of philosophy major who
the former sort of philosophy major who
the former sort of philosophy major who focused on on linguistic studies it’s
focused on on linguistic studies it’s
focused on on linguistic studies it’s like a challenge I give myself to an
like a challenge I give myself to an
like a challenge I give myself to an extent like is it
extent like is it
extent like is it you could write 800 words and actually
you could write 800 words and actually
you could write 800 words and actually convey less meaning than you could with
convey less meaning than you could with
convey less meaning than you could with just a few I mean when you work with
just a few I mean when you work with
just a few I mean when you work with vocalists what what do you look for in a
vocalists what what do you look for in a
vocalists what what do you look for in a vocalist for electronic music well what
vocalist for electronic music well what
vocalist for electronic music well what I love in a vocalist either great
I love in a vocalist either great
I love in a vocalist either great technical proficiency like someone who’s
technical proficiency like someone who’s
technical proficiency like someone who’s just got a beautiful voice or someone
just got a beautiful voice or someone
just got a beautiful voice or someone with a really distinctive voice more
with a really distinctive voice more
with a really distinctive voice more often than not actually i think i prefer
often than not actually i think i prefer
often than not actually i think i prefer the distinctive voice is there a lot of
the distinctive voice is there a lot of
the distinctive voice is there a lot of people who have technically great voices
people who have technically great voices
people who have technically great voices without a lot of character that’s
without a lot of character that’s
without a lot of character that’s someone who has like a truly unique
someone who has like a truly unique
someone who has like a truly unique voice you know that even if it’s not
voice you know that even if it’s not
voice you know that even if it’s not technically perfect something that
technically perfect something that
technically perfect something that really strikes a chord with any what you
really strikes a chord with any what you
really strikes a chord with any what you see is the future of dance music well
see is the future of dance music well
see is the future of dance music well done from my perspective dance music and
done from my perspective dance music and
done from my perspective dance music and I don’t want to sound overly
I don’t want to sound overly
I don’t want to sound overly reductionist or simple but dance music
reductionist or simple but dance music
reductionist or simple but dance music is any music that makes people dance and
is any music that makes people dance and
is any music that makes people dance and that could be poka poka it could be
that could be poka poka it could be
that could be poka poka it could be klezmer music it could be disco and can
klezmer music it could be disco and can
klezmer music it could be disco and can be the Rolling Stones it can be hip-hop
be the Rolling Stones it can be hip-hop
be the Rolling Stones it can be hip-hop I mean I just love that idea of music
I mean I just love that idea of music
I mean I just love that idea of music that makes people dance whether they’re
that makes people dance whether they’re
that makes people dance whether they’re dancing at a wedding whether they’re
dancing at a wedding whether they’re
dancing at a wedding whether they’re dancing in their living room or in a
dancing in their living room or in a
dancing in their living room or in a nightclub whether they’re dancing like
nightclub whether they’re dancing like
nightclub whether they’re dancing like really cutting-edge electronic music or
really cutting-edge electronic music or
really cutting-edge electronic music or whether they’re dancing to porgy and
whether they’re dancing to porgy and
whether they’re dancing to porgy and bess you know like I just I love that
bess you know like I just I love that
bess you know like I just I love that music has that power to get people to
music has that power to get people to
music has that power to get people to stand up and move around and finally
stand up and move around and finally
stand up and move around and finally sorry to jump around like this but um
sorry to jump around like this but um
sorry to jump around like this but um what your name mo be as inspired by your
what your name mo be as inspired by your
what your name mo be as inspired by your great great uncle’s book classic Moby
great great uncle’s book classic Moby
great great uncle’s book classic Moby Dick have you had any attachments from
Dick have you had any attachments from
Dick have you had any attachments from the special origins of your name uh yeah
the special origins of your name uh yeah
the special origins of your name uh yeah I mean well my full legal name is
I mean well my full legal name is
I mean well my full legal name is Richard Melville haul and I’m supposedly
Richard Melville haul and I’m supposedly
Richard Melville haul and I’m supposedly related to Herman Melville it’s
related to Herman Melville it’s
related to Herman Melville it’s complicated because he had a really
complicated because he had a really
complicated because he had a really strange life he had a lot of success
strange life he had a lot of success
strange life he had a lot of success with a book class I’m what’s called
with a book class I’m what’s called
with a book class I’m what’s called typhoo um when he was young and then as
typhoo um when he was young and then as
typhoo um when he was young and then as he became better at writing he became a
he became better at writing he became a
he became better at writing he became a lot less successful and he sort of ended
lot less successful and he sort of ended
lot less successful and he sort of ended his life penniless and in obscurity you
his life penniless and in obscurity you
his life penniless and in obscurity you know he was a shipping clerk and he’d
know he was a shipping clerk and he’d
know he was a shipping clerk and he’d written Moby Dick and when it was
written Moby Dick and when it was
written Moby Dick and when it was released no one liked it we’ve got
released no one liked it we’ve got
released no one liked it we’ve got terrible reviews didn’t
terrible reviews didn’t
terrible reviews didn’t sell very well and I think was only
sell very well and I think was only
sell very well and I think was only about like 20 or 30 years after he died
about like 20 or 30 years after he died
about like 20 or 30 years after he died that people started to discover it and
that people started to discover it and
that people started to discover it and on that side of the family like the
on that side of the family like the
on that side of the family like the Melville side of the family there are a
Melville side of the family there are a
Melville side of the family there are a lot of very sort of dark tragic men and
lot of very sort of dark tragic men and
lot of very sort of dark tragic men and it’s weird I’m always aware of that
it’s weird I’m always aware of that
it’s weird I’m always aware of that because I definitely have a propensity
because I definitely have a propensity
because I definitely have a propensity to be a little dark I take myself too
to be a little dark I take myself too
to be a little dark I take myself too seriously so I almost have to force
seriously so I almost have to force
seriously so I almost have to force myself to not be too self-involved and
myself to not be too self-involved and
myself to not be too self-involved and take myself too seriously well it’s been
take myself too seriously well it’s been
take myself too seriously well it’s been a pleasure to talk to you thank you so
a pleasure to talk to you thank you so
a pleasure to talk to you thank you so much for your time seriously I’m very
much for your time seriously I’m very
much for your time seriously I’m very happy to meet you
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