{"id":5848,"date":"2017-04-26T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2017-04-25T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T00:24:06","slug":"artist-spotlight-patty-melt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/artist-spotlight-patty-melt\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist spotlight: Patty MeLT"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Ashton Newton\r\nEntertainment Editor<\/pre>\n
For many students, music is a great hobby. Writing, playing and even listening to music is beneficial and rewarding. Western student Patrick Jaursch, sophomore psychology major, takes that one step further by pursuing music as a passion.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy music is very freeing. For me, I write music to get away from the stresses of life. Music is a way for me to relieve and get things off my head while I express myself through a creative outlet which allows me to make something that I can enjoy doing and other people can enjoy hearing,\u201d said Jaursch.<\/p>\n
Jaursch goes by the name Patty MeLT for all his music, a name he carefully chose.<\/p>\n
\u201cI chose Patty MeLT as a name because I love music so much that I wanted to take the whole \u2018rapper\u2019 stereotype out of its box,\u201d said Jaursch. \u201cI\u2019m Patty MeLT because it clicks in your head and makes you say \u2018isn\u2019t that a sandwich, that\u2019s kind of weird.\u2019 I just wanted to evoke an emotion that\u2019s off-putting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaursch is actively writing and recording new music. In 2016, he released a 10-track album called \u201cTIMBERLINE: A Comprehensive Journey\u201d that featured rap, some folk and a skit. A new single, \u201cT I D E S,\u201d was released on April 10 and marks a shift in Patty MeLT\u2019s music.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m moving onto bigger and better things, making music that actually comes from my heart. I\u2019m doing things because it\u2019s what other people do, I\u2019m on my own path now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patty MeLT\u2019s next big project, which doesn\u2019t have a release date yet, comes straight from the ideas that he begins to work with in \u201cT I D E S.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says the album \u201cis about saving the world. It\u2019s a story, an audiobook. It\u2019s not actually an album, I can say that much. While there\u2019s music in it, more than anything I want to convey a message, so I\u2019m trying to tell a story. I wrote a book and I\u2019m having somebody, who if people listen to my music they\u2019ll know who they are very well, narrate the album.\u201d<\/p>\n
When he\u2019s not making music, Jaursch enjoys hanging out with friends, writing poetry and doing anything creative.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just like to be creative, I\u2019m a very creative person. I\u2019ll just draw, I\u2019ll make music\u2014 anything that entertains me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Western has helped Jaursch follow his passions of music with their music program and services on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cWestern does a great job of being sure that students have access to resources. For example, our music program has studios on campus and drum labs that are both useful, and students who are music majors and minors have access to them. Western has been great at accompanying me with a studio that I can work with,\u201d said Jaursch.<\/p>\n
To anyone else wanting to follow their passions in music or any other field, Jaursch made sure to point out that it\u2019s important to do what\u2019ll make you happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollow your dreams, follow your passions. Do what makes you happy in life more than anything,\u201d expressed Jaursch.<\/p>\n
Patty MeLT\u2019s music is available for streaming right now on Bandcamp and Soundcloud.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalentertainment@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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