August 17, 2022 • 60 mins
Richmond Punch is a violin virtuoso who delivers a riveting, dynamic, explosive, and powerful performance! A native of Dallas, Texas, Richmond graduated from the top-rated Arts Magnet Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He honed his craft and earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the famous Juilliard School of Music in New York and received a Master’s Degree from the prestigious Yale University. He specializes in live violin music for all types of special events including corporate, concerts, festivals, weddings and worship. As an accomplished musician, Richmond has produced 4 CDs in various genres that include Jazz, Hip Hop Jazz and Gospel. The titles of his four CDs, which are available online everywhere are “Finally”, ‘Back That Violin Up”, “Gospel Covers” and “Hymns for Botham"
Throughout his career, Punch has traveled the world dazzling audiences as large as 15,000 from Alaska to Cuba, New York to LA and everywhere in between. Richmond is a featured entertainer for the Disney Cruise Line Entertainer, Dallas Cowboys Club and Dallas Love Field Airport, W Hotels and St. Regis Hotel He is also a feature on Amazon Prime’s “The Focus.” Richmond can be seen and heard as guest violinist in TD Jakes’ Movie “Lust”, now out on Lifetime Network.
In 2020, Richmond played a 4 hour set on live broadcast internationally for Rayshard Brooks’ Viewing Service, in which was viewed by over 1,000,000 people total across ABC, NBC, Time, Reuters, Reuters UK, Daily Mail, and Evening Standard platforms.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Yeah, yeah, old school, that's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Listening.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
This thing's for everybody. Some of y'all need to hear it.
I know you're in the trenches fighting, but check it out.
I'm gonna put it down like this.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Why I can hear him the things understand everything you're
going through. It's all part of the master plant or
what you say, cause you got saved.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Everything was gonna be pictures with Queen.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
You better wake up. Son.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Don't nothing come to a super but train? Where is
dead reaching firele? You know what he says? He don't work,
don't blacks, don't get said. Yeah, he's just said. He
hoops his hands to the pot, looks back to say
makes fit. Some of y'all ain't been in the switch
of five minutes and you're not ready to quit. I
ain't mad. I'm just hitting you with the wheel. If
you got from me I was Now, how do you
think that makes you feel?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Check this out? He's gas This is deep, huey. I
may y'all have saw nothing but the stunner trying to
reach something. But I tho he who was there for
the position of farmers fight his glory trumping might be
part of your testimony, But it ain't end.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
To the stoke. Now I want to stuff his proper's
side way back in the day. Why I sing the
hook right here. See if the church get.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
My lace.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Working out, working up, we can make.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Work.
Speaker 6 (01:16):
Yes can, yes, he can.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Think youre not saying the fire reposit of just fly
you you say, why you what your shirt shake? What
would Jesus do? Why you're asking if you ain't trying
to do what he's saying. You told you he was
gonna have tipulations, but you thought he was played One minute?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
You trying? How good guy? The beca't nobody missing? Talk?
The next vintage your backsight so fast like your moon walking.
Oh yeah, I'm listening to myself, souse. I ain't no better.
It ain't like I've been hollering at every word O
being it to the letter.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
But we're told us we gotta remember that. We say yo, yeah,
found down the fat say humble, let him annoy.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It ain't even as I thought it was. I've been
lying up, I told you, but it showed up being
better all the time. Trusted. That's the best, ain't If
we're going through the KP Hill?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
God put that on this hub, like they say, you
can shop now if you walk to because not the book.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
So why are you talking about it? Don't even shout.
You're gonna be your time quacking. We're glad. I'm oki.
You don't stop.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
I know we can't make it.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We can make out.
Speaker 6 (02:10):
Well starting work it up?
Speaker 5 (02:13):
You can let me.
Speaker 6 (02:14):
Can you work it out?
Speaker 7 (02:17):
And we can no make it?
Speaker 6 (02:21):
I know, well, yeah, I have to get the game.
Speaker 7 (02:25):
We can an.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Then you can.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Work it out, working out, working.
Speaker 7 (02:35):
Work it out, to work it out?
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Oh, I know who We can't make it.
Speaker 7 (02:43):
We can know anywhere it's not work it out?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You have to can we get to get he is
going to.
Speaker 8 (02:49):
Work it out for men and my nose good, well,
he can.
Speaker 7 (02:52):
Work it out on the cord.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah, welcome everyone holds Lamar Patterson. Yeah, we're gonna pump
the brakes right there. I just had to give a
couple of minutes a big boy upstairs. I mean every
time I hear that song, you know it inspires me,
motivates me, energized me, and give me that little bit
of energy and knowledge to know that you know we're
(03:52):
gonna make it. You know we're gonna make it through
this thing called life. You know, this journey, boy, because
it got ups and down, twists and turns, pitt falls
and you know, quick fan and all kind of crazy
stuff going on. You know, but it's gonna be alright
because big Boy said so, you know, and I believe
him and I hope he do. You do too. Anyway, Yeah,
(04:13):
you listen to me, and then we got a great
show lined up for you. You know, I'm very excited
about this young man that's gonna be joining us here
in just one second. Mister Richmond Punch home well actually
out of Dallas, Texas and done some tremendous, tremendous things,
and you guys gonna be very very excited and interesting history.
(04:35):
He's already been around the world. You know, he's got
four albums out, he's in toured with just about everybody
you can name it into it, everybody except me yet,
but that's still coming, you know, CD out finally back
that violent up gospel covers and hymns for both of them. Yeah,
this guy is awesome. Anyway. Let me see if he's
(04:57):
plane didn't landed, let me see if he's here with us.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Loom are you going?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
How you doing? Man? Are you with us. So I
guess you are got you heard your voice? Excuse me, man,
Like it's a little silly today, man, but it's a
good day.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Oh that's all right. Good to you here, you man.
Good to be here.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, Man, glad to have you. Man. I'm excited to
have you here. Man. I mean you've you've been putting
in work, young man, you've been putting in work.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Yes, sir, it's been a blessing, you know, post pandemic
is he's a blessing for God. Some people looking at
it almost like it's a double blessing, like I'm gonna
give you like double what you've been missing.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Wow. Man, you know I was excited hear you're a
native of Dallas. Man. You know I kind of came
up down the street from there.
Speaker 9 (05:58):
Where what what area.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I'm over near Paris and Sherman, Texas.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Okay, Yeah, Paris where they do pair of sexts, where
they do have an Eiffel Tower. Uh in Paris, Sexes, Yes, sir.
In Sherman, that's not too far from my people who
come from Henderson and Reclall, Tyler, Athens, Corsicana, those those places.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I'm familiar with all that, man, because my hometown was bottom.
Nobody ever really heard of Bottom Texas man. But two
when I came out of there, man either he played sports,
played music, or pick cotton. M Oh wow, that was it.
So of course I picked the music one man, because
(06:49):
I couldn't do the cotton thing. I wouldn't. That wouldn't
for me. Mm hmmm. Yes. So so let's talk about you,
mister punch.
Speaker 9 (07:00):
I call you Richmond.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Yes by all means.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, let's talk a little bit about you man, because
you play a play an instrument that that is, I
guess common in certain circles. But I mean you you've
been able to do some wonderous thing with was Uh
how did you get to start with your violin?
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Yes, sir, well, I was in public school. My mom
wanted me to have a good education. Put me in
a great public school where the access to music was made,
you know, for for all types of people. I actually
(07:45):
came from South Dallast and when got into the school,
they had a like a public monssori with a waiting
list program, and they just they had they were out
for for equality and diversity, and they had they had
the music, and we didn't even know they had music.
Speaker 9 (08:03):
Actually.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Wow, well it's kind of similar to was what I
was saying too. You know, we didn't have a lot
of opportunities, and our parents was able to see things
that we were too young to see to open up
those opportunities to put us in those places, you know,
where we could grow. Yes, sir, yeah, that's that's you know,
(08:32):
we definitely think look look back on our parents able
to see that and put us in those positions. There's
definitely no question about that. So, man, you just got
so much music here. Man, I want to start off really,
I guess with our listeners or put their ears on
some of your work and then we could, you know,
(08:56):
top it.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
Up a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
So, Richmond, what would you like to start the show
off with?
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Let's see, well, I gave you a few different songs. Maybe, well,
actually let me know which songs do you have?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
We have finally we have back that violin up, we
got extra sauce, and we got from parents with love.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
M let's go with Let's go with finally?
Speaker 2 (09:34):
All right, Well that's what we shall do. Everybody were
talking to Richmond Punch and this is a song finally.
So you know what I like to say is let
your winners down, turn the air condition up, and put
your ears on.
Speaker 7 (09:48):
This scatt.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
Cuding by Percy thing thing extinct.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
And that was awesome.
Speaker 9 (14:17):
Man, it's a violin.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
It's such a beautiful instrument.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Like I said, it's coming that you don't hear uh
that often, man, but they are such and such a
beautiful instrument. So so Richmond, what what drew you to
the music in the first place?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Really, I guess it's started with church and just being
around music all the time, especially on Sunday and hearing
all the choir and hearing the sermons, like where it
says h praising them with songs him spiritual song, you know,
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and in such and like let the symbols play in
the you know, there's strange the horns that you know, everything,
And that's that's really where my love starts because that's
what I heard all the.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Time in church. It's amazing, you know, well it's not
really amazing, but so many of us, you know, church
because that's where we had to be, you know, every Sunday,
whether we wanted to us or not, you know. And
it's funny, you know, the school that you came out
of Booker T Washington. You know, Bonham had a Booker T.
(15:39):
Washington also, I guess every city does too, but those
are kind of close together, yes, sir, Yeah, but I
wanted to ask you, man, I've played the last song,
and I know a lot of artists that you know
that's out there, you know, I mean, they have the
same thoughts and probably want to get into another musician's head.
(16:03):
I mean when you when you're constructing your songs, to
coming up with your songs, I mean, are you thinking
about life experiences or what is your uh should I
say your creative producing process? What what I'm trying to
get my questions correct. What motivates you and expires you
(16:25):
to write the music that you play?
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Sure, yes, sir. Well, the this song finally was about
me trying to make it in the entertainment business, particularly
like for everything that I learned in music and everything
I prepared for that, so I finally come together where
I can have maximized touring, you know, recordings, collaborations you uh,
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you know, and so forth and so on. It was
was a lot of the inspiration for that song. As
matter of fact, Actually, I'm still want to get my
recording output to the numbers that that I would like
to be at, you know where and where I can
be getting like rewards there and uh. But in terms
(17:24):
of a lot of my songs, I have, like a
song called Mother's Love, which you don't have today, was
written for my mother, uh when when she was alive.
She's no longer with us, but her legacy does live on.
You have a song which you called from Paris with Love,
was written for both my wife and myself for our
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love for Paris, having both visited there, and actually our
our daughter is actually she's going to Paris tonight. But
I've been trying to get but I've been trying to
get back, you know, and on repeat, you know, career wise.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
You know, well, well, hopefully after the day we'll be
able to help you with that a little bit, because
you know, I show a lot of our associates on
that part of the world, and you know, they listening
and we send music back and forth to each other.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
So that's awesome thing.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Yeah, So that that'd be a great thing, man. So
I mean, since you mentioned Paris with Love, man, let
us go ahead and roll with that one a little bit.
Since you kind of like, you know, segue into that
one a little bit. We'll go and put put our
listener's ears on that one, and then we'll come back
and chop it up. Okay, everybody, you know the drill,
you know, let the windows down, turn the air conditioned up,
(18:50):
and put your ears on. This just is from Paris
with Love with mister Richmond.
Speaker 10 (18:54):
Punch him in high in with your hope in the.
Speaker 7 (22:39):
Mind, my hat man. Your pinions about a minute, been.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
A time all the time?
Speaker 10 (22:44):
Come, I am indeed.
Speaker 6 (22:54):
Mister raise many good to win?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
How win? Yeah, we're back from mister Richmond punch before
the commercial thing we were listening to from Paris with Love.
I hear a movie, man, I hear soundtrack stuff all.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Over that, yes, sir, yes, sir. That's definitely part of
my goals as well, to really increase uh you know,
getting music out of there in a grander scale, but
also residual music.
Speaker 8 (23:27):
You know.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Well, I mean, yeah, well that makes.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
Sense, yes sir, yes, but I wanted it to be
able to bump, not just if you were going to
watch it on screen, you know, I want I wanted
to bump in your car too.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah. Well, I mean I hear you man, I know
you've got that feeling. I mean, you know you already
write there knocking on the door, you know. So I'm
looking at some of the people that that you had
the pleasure of, you know, playing and uh, Fiela Davis,
which is actually a friend of mine. I worked on
the show with her a whole bunch of times, Gray's Anatomy,
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How to Get Away with Murder, those different series, Danny Glover,
Sir Charles Barkley, of course, Bishop p d Jakes, Kirk, Franklin,
Emit Smith. I mean, I wasn't to play for some
of these people, I know. You know Diana Ross, I
know that was off the change.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
Oh yeah, yeah, that's a matter of fact. One of
my most requested songs post Pandemic. I found out even
newer love for Donna Ross is for instances. I'm coming out,
uh you know. But I'm also trying to get into
that because I saw for the first time her What's
(24:48):
what's the movie she did with with the fashion? I
can't even think of it.
Speaker 9 (24:54):
This come on, some.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Of my listeners out there, call it and let us
know what that movie was. Yeah, yeah, they might know.
Speaker 4 (25:01):
And and then she has like songs like the Boss. Yeah,
is it the Boss? I'm a boss, you know, just
like all those you know types of songs upside down
you know what I mean, like upside down that those
of the deep grews. But but yeah, it was it
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was an honor to in her case, I was backing
her in the orchestra and it was just amazing to
watch that whole production. Uh, to be around that Viola Davis.
It was great to entertain her in an intimate setting.
In that case was in a home of at home
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and actually still been trying to reconnect to her because
I'm headed towards the northeast during Congressional Black Caucus uh
in late September. I'll be back out that way and
trying to go to it means many places as as
are possible out that way. Yeah, Danny Glover was awesome.
(26:07):
That was would have been out from your NECKLA was
That was actually Tyler College where I played for Danny Glover,
I know for on repeat years he takes part in
Tyler College and their fund raising and supporting them. And
then Charles Barkley. Ah, that was really really cool because
(26:31):
that was like I'm gonna say, like during the pandemic
and I was playing a cigar bar at the time
in Atlanta, and like every I know every so often
every uh and or often, and that particular time, he
was there and he was had in the back and
I tried to like play and be cool and like
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not bother him, but he Uh. One of the things
that struck me the most is that he stayed there
for just about four hours listening to my band. You know,
we were we were there for I think it was
a three or four or however long. But that whole now,
he didn't move. Wow, he didn't leave just about to
just about to just before we left, before we finished.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
It was definitely some some great music that you don't
hear every day. Man. So you definitely in the league
of your own. So outside, I mean, I know you
do a lot of classical stuff. So uh, I think
I read somewhere R and B hip hop stuff, jazz
stuff that's on separate projects.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
Yes, sir, I have. Yeah, there are various projects. Like
one of them I kind of call my hip hop
jazz projects, even though all the drummers are not hip
hop jazz. But that's back that violent up. It's one
that I rely to that kind of style. Finally, is
(28:03):
a ceed itself. I put that in more like the
Smooth Jazz Gospel Covers is a gospel album. And I
also have hymns but both them, both of those are
gospel gospel projects. And then I have the two newest
singles one you just heard from Comparis with Love as
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well as Extra Sauceage.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
So, out of all.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
The music that you play, do you have a favorite
genre or is there any thing such for you? Uh?
Speaker 4 (28:43):
You know, because I am an improvising musician, you know,
I do play on on listening. A lot of it's
ear based, you know, because because I'm an instrumental, I
want to listen to the song, the original artist or
my original music, and then put the put my flavor
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with it, you know. Uh, you know my name is
Richmond Punch, you know, so I gotta put a flavor.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Yeah, I gotta have some punch to it.
Speaker 4 (29:17):
Yeah, you know, I got to put some flavor. But yeah,
that's what I love. Two Uh to do you know
with music? And and Love has allowed me over the
years to I actually play every style of music. My
My whole business is custom based, and I get asked
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to play all kinds of different songs.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
I think that's great, you know, as a musician, as
an artist, I mean, it takes you out of the box.
You know, you're not you're not limited, you know what
I mean. And that's great. You know, that is great.
It's great to have that that of experience and professionalism
(30:03):
and all that. I didn't ask you, Richmond, and in total,
how many years you've been playing? How long have you
been doing this? I won need to start playing.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Oh man, that's I guess it's been thirty over thirty
five years. I just turned forty two.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Okay, okay, well yeah, I just want I listened though,
if they if they try to get to your level
of perfection on that estrument, you know how much time
they got to put in.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
Oh man, that's a I could short some it up.
Practice do you get to Cornigie Hall and then practice
some more? But basically I mean practice why itself. You
need to get to the point because in your going
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up in your development, obviously pre high school you may
not hit that point. But we're talking. You know, you
want to be at two to four hours and whatnot,
you know, pre college or whatnot. You know, but by
the time you get into your some of your highest
learning years. You want to get that number up to
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six to eight hours.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Got it? Got it? So tell us Richmond, what has
been your favorite most been your favorite job you've had
to this point.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
I'm let's see. Well, you know what, there was a
huge one that happened when I moved to to to Atlanta.
That that although the reason is not the reason you
want to have to perform, but it was the Race
Art Brooks viewing service, which was I was on national
(32:02):
and international television. So it was right after George Floyds
uh killing by you know police brutality, you know racecar
Brooks as well, you know the Wendy's in Atlanta. But
then it was being on national television for uh in
(32:22):
the international televisions during that h wasn't it wasn't unbelievable
experience because I had never been especially live broadcasted on
national television. So that that was that was something really forgettable.
(32:43):
And then there was as far as other events, uh,
you know, I still go back to like my first
time I ever played for large scale audience like fifteen
thousand in the house plus you know, thirty thousand or
what not, or online when I debuted at Potter's House
Church in Dallas sixes. But that that was such an
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amazing feeling there to to be able to do that.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Were you nervous?
Speaker 4 (33:17):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I was nervous plus church nervous,
you know, because there's already musical skills nerves that apply.
And then I was nervous that if I miss this note,
you know, not that I'm not, they ain't gonna let
me back in the church no more, at least not
on the stage, you know, to to play, to try
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even try to attempt to hit a high note. You know,
I was. I was nervous about that, you know. Uh.
I think Bishop was like just speed feed away from me,
like fifteen feet, you know or something. I was like
a counting of feet.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
CD.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Jacob's like fifteen feet from me, Like I want to
keep if I missed this note, like how like how
is he gonna hear it? Like how much would he
hear it?
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Look where you get them eyes?
Speaker 9 (34:13):
Where you get that?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Where you get the look?
Speaker 9 (34:14):
Would you get to look?
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Mm hm?
Speaker 4 (34:19):
And actually I remember later seeing him in a restaurant
and he stopped his bodyguard and he was like, man,
this is the greatest violentist around. And that's actually how
I got to quote which which I use. You'll see
it on my website. Sorry, this is man. Let me
introduce you this this this violence, young man. This is
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the baddest violinist around. That's those are the exact words.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
Wow, that's awesome, man, that's awesome.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
But you deserve it.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Man. You didn't. You didn't put any work man in
your talent shows. So I'll definitely add to that list.
If if you had the opportunity to collaborate with some
people out there, I mean, who would it be? I
mean who do you see that you see yourself with?
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
Man, you know what after some of the work I
just heard, Well, it's always been like people like like
like Beyonce, you know, and like Kendrick Lamar, J Cole
or jay Z. You know. But also after that that CD,
I just started listening to Alicia Keys's. It's like she
went all the way back. She got Ella Lina Simon.
(35:35):
I don't know what's going on and everything, but you know,
to collaborate with her. My favorite R and B singer's
Lucky Day. There's play for male R and B singer
female Really they're like too many. You know, I'd be like,
I want to collaborate with like money Long, I want
to collaborate with her, uh lama. It was like it
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was like it was way to me.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
Yeah, bruh, But you know what you're supposed to do,
you know. And I know you heard in the church.
You know, sometimes you got to talk thing into existence.
Speaker 9 (36:08):
Man, you got to put it out there.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
You know.
Speaker 4 (36:11):
Oh yes, sir, yes they're and and you know some
and then in that social media I was gonna say
some of that has been extremely impactful. Not because I
because I take a cover during an event and I'll
play someone's song and now I'm I'm finally starting to
get some responses.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Let's chat about that for like one quick second. Uh,
in social media in terms of the music industry, as
you being an artist, you know, and I talked to
a lot, a lot a lot of artists you know
coming up in the game, and you know, and the
first thing they want to do is go seek management.
And I have to explain to them that, you know,
until you have something to manage, I mean, who's gonna
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manage you? You know, So there's a certain amount of
work you have to put into yourself first. You have
to make yourself marketable for a lack of a different phrase,
which is just reality. I mean, nobody wants to invest
in a bad investment, you know, nobody wants to do that.
You know, But in your opinion, the social network and
(37:13):
social media, how important do you feel that is in
your career as an artist.
Speaker 4 (37:20):
Oh, it's extremely important.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
You have to.
Speaker 4 (37:27):
You have to know how or like. One of the
great ways they say it is I learned from my
web designer. It's either with my web designer or someone
like that. They say. If you don't have a website
and various social media platforms, is basically like your company,
your gift, your service, whatever, basically does not exist in
(37:53):
today's world because you have to you have to have
a reach beyond you know, say somebody opening your doors
or whatever between nine and five. If they can't reach
you beyond being able to see you on your product
in person, I thinkn't reach you beyond that, then you
(38:15):
can't you can't be successful at it. So that was
the one things I try to really push for every day.
I've recently, I remember recently during the pandemic, I passed
a ten thousand hurdle on Instagram. That was really cool.
I remember I discovered it must be up there like
(38:38):
four thousand or whatnot, folks, and y'all, this is like
real good advice here, good tips here that you can
go live on TikTok after having like four thousand something
like that followers, What else if I find out, is
(38:58):
social media just just the power being on all the platforms.
You need, uh you need LinkedIn, You're gonna need Instagram,
you need TikTok, you need uh Facebook, you need a website,
you need all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Yeah, all that stuff which is not important because you know,
a lot of senior artists that I know, unfortunately they
didn't get that memo about how important, you know, social
media is, and a lot of them unfortunately not even
computer literate, which is another setback, you know, and hopefully
the ones that are established, you know, it doesn't hurt
(39:34):
them so bad, you know, but you've got a lot
of great artists out there just don't have that. There's
not computer lyric literate. They don't have that savvocus. I
think it hurts them. So, yeah, it's it's really super
super important. I agree. So listen, man, we're gonna play
some more of your music. Man, I'm interested in hearing
back that violin up.
Speaker 4 (39:55):
Oh, back the awesome your sir. That gets into my hi,
into that groove, into that glovebody everybody, everybody loves after
they nine and five. You know what I'm saying. You
take off my tie, you know, pulling me a nice
martine in and see what La Monk got.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Yeah, here you go, y'all. This is Richmond Punch putting
that punch into it. This is back that violin up.
You know, Let the one that's down, turn the air
conditioning up and put your ears on this.
Speaker 8 (41:02):
Stack and strut to Susta in the stanist Susta Strett
(41:33):
the street.
Speaker 6 (41:48):
Stool, Jacob Setta stop.
Speaker 5 (42:24):
Story story story.
Speaker 2 (43:38):
Yeah, we're back with Richmond Punch and that was back
that violin up, Yes, sir, Yeah, I can see he's
swinging that in a joint.
Speaker 4 (43:53):
Yes, sir, that's uh yeah, that's a good one to
play usually always, you know, because I like for people
to feel music to the point that they're you know,
move and responding, you know, participating in the concerts, you know,
really enjoying.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
O Man. Yeah, Man, definitely definitely got a great sound. Man.
I'm sure everybody's listening to it, man, because I see
the switchboard is lit up, so I can imagine the
people bobbing their heads somewhere doing their thing. Just pay
attention to the road if you're in your ride, and
then if you sit behind the computer to death somewhere,
you make sure the boss down't catch and you got
(44:31):
your headphones on, you know.
Speaker 9 (44:34):
Yes, sir?
Speaker 2 (44:35):
Yeah, So what's what's what's next for you? Sir? What
you got planned? What's gonna do next?
Speaker 4 (44:41):
Is there? Well, I am in the middle of the
World Tour two I have upcoming. I'll be in let
me go to it. I'll be in September later this month.
(45:03):
I'll be in Greenville, North Carolina around September ninth, and
I'll just pulled everything up just now, okay, Greenville, South Carolina.
I'll be back in Greenville, South Carolina September eighteen, Congressional
Black Caucus and as well as where I'm trying to
(45:23):
tackle the DMV, you know, DC, Maryland, Virginia, the Northeast,
you know, from September twenty eighth to October second, and
what I hope will be more. I'll be in Dallas
the weekend that week in October twenty second, and just
announced I'll be in Nashville the October, like the Halloween
(45:51):
weekend October twenty ninth till to November second, you know.
And so I'm looking for somebody you know to call
hire me where I can come in and you uh,
you know, you know Halloween intense thriller version of the
Devil went down to Georgia.
Speaker 2 (46:15):
I might be coming. I might be coming through that
way in October. Me come down into my pinion down
to Dallas for Worth area Arlington.
Speaker 4 (46:30):
Mcinnie twenty second weekend.
Speaker 2 (46:37):
Yeah, if I make it, man, I definitely higher at
you before I roll out, man, so I can come
through that man, check out your show and stuff.
Speaker 4 (46:48):
Yes, sir, please do. I'll make sure. I'll send you
more information and invite to be able to come, which
is very good as well. I want to make sure
everyone and checks me out like at Violent Richmond on Instagram. Yeah,
I have any questions about the locations because I don't
always have every single location or the ticket information, Just
(47:12):
do message me and I'll as I get more updates
and I'll send that your way.
Speaker 9 (47:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
Well, while you're doing it, man, go ahead and tell
everybody how they can reach out and touch you man,
and and get at you.
Speaker 4 (47:30):
Oh yes, sir, well, my name is Richmond Punch International
violinist and entertainment contractors of bands, duos, vocalists, bandwidth vocalists, dancers,
DJs and even some of the added things like lighting
(47:53):
and fog and everything. I started getting into all that.
So you can find all that at Richmondpunch dot net,
which is my website. I'm on Instagram at violin Richmond, LinkedIn,
Richmond Punch, UH, Richmond Punch, and Facebook Richmond Punch. Definitely
(48:21):
connect and I look forward to seeing you out there
at events that I have often and I promise you
you we will enjoy yourself absolutely.
Speaker 2 (48:34):
That's what I'm talking about, because I know they're enjoying
themself right now. Richmond talk to is real quick man.
We got extra sauce, man, so we're gonna put that
on that put that on them before you get out
of here.
Speaker 4 (48:48):
Okay, Well, you want to know about that song Extra
Sauce is was actually written during the pandemic, and it
has a cool little story to it that you know,
when during the pandemic, when you know, we like everyone else,
when you're at home and you wanted to eat your food,
you ordered it out and you would get what they
(49:09):
sent you. It's generally was not everything that you ordered
as far as during the pandemic, so including you know,
getting a steak. You know, sometimes you spend extra money,
you know, even one hundred, two hundred dollars, you know
during the pandemic, you know for at home delivery. You
get the steak, mashed potatoes, your baccolini, and you have
(49:34):
no you know, uh, no knives, no forks, no napkins,
you know, no plastic ware, no os u sauce, you
know what I mean. There's no as you to go
with the steak, you know, to go with you know,
the bread, all that stuff. You know, like during a
couple of even post pandemic, me and my wife ordered
(49:56):
Windy's and the chili and the baker tato we had.
We ain't had no butter, no chides, no sour cream,
no uh the chili didn't have a fork. So I
don't know if I was supposed to eat chili with
my hands or what.
Speaker 2 (50:11):
But they don't they don't care. They look, they don't care.
They couldn't they bottom line.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
They took a pandemic hit.
Speaker 2 (50:22):
It don't matter, It don't matter. Look, you better turn
that cup up and start slurping.
Speaker 9 (50:32):
They don't care.
Speaker 4 (50:34):
Yeah, only gets you some chili juice.
Speaker 2 (50:37):
Yeah, look, and don't and don't feed the shirt and
blouse in the meantime, Yes sir.
Speaker 4 (50:46):
Yes sir, go feed yeah pizza, yes sir. And this
is the song that was born out of all that
because I basically I wanted all my sauce and uh,
this song is called extra sauce.
Speaker 2 (51:01):
Here you go, ladies and gentlemen, let the windows down,
put your ears on this and get your extra sauce.
Speaker 5 (52:18):
Costal to costal sea to resent, costaltal sistal sisstaltence to
(53:29):
totance to the.
Speaker 9 (53:41):
EXPRESSI it's another awesome song. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (55:28):
Appreciate it, very very very nice, very very nice.
Speaker 9 (55:32):
Man.
Speaker 2 (55:33):
You know, I wanna definitely tell our listeners right now
that if you came in the show late, it'll be
available in a few minutes worldwide, and she having problems
finding it's on all the platforms, so you shouldn't have
any issues at all here in the show in its entirety.
You could always ask your mama to ask your daddy,
ask your neighbor across the street, the milkman, you know,
(55:56):
the dude at the gas station, the guy behind this
confy at the supermarket. But somebody be able to tell you,
you know, we can hear the show that you don't
want to miss it. Yes, sir, I have to put
that one out there, man, because sometime my brother and Sissami,
well you know, we call part of the show, but
we didn't hear the other song. So I just want
(56:19):
to lady so they know how to go back and
hear all the songs, you know what I mean? Yes, sir,
so man, this has been great. It's been been an
awesome man. In time always flies when you're having fun. Man,
And in your travels, man, where would you like to
visit that you haven't been yet? Let me put that
(56:41):
one in there?
Speaker 4 (56:43):
Oh yes, sir, well, I mentioned earlier the song from
Paris with Love, So definitely Paris is one of those
vices been there?
Speaker 2 (56:57):
I'm talking about somewhere else you already been there, haven't
been to? Right?
Speaker 10 (57:03):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (57:03):
Man?
Speaker 1 (57:03):
I got you?
Speaker 4 (57:04):
Okay, Cape Town? Well, the reason why Paris is on
that list is because I was a full ad ho
right Okay, I feel like I haven't seen, you know,
see it as an adult. You know where I can army,
you know, but Cape Town, South Africa. I gotta go
(57:25):
to my roots. I gotta go to Africa. Sydney, Sydney,
Sydney or Melbourne, Hawaii is on the list. What else
is on the list? Italy, Tokyo, uh, you know those?
(57:46):
Even South Korea. Just this is a lot of places
that I would love to see.
Speaker 2 (57:54):
Okay, Well, you know, like I said, to help me
put it out there, man, so like we may that
you get there, you know, so we can see you
on that end.
Speaker 4 (58:05):
Hell you, sir, I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (58:07):
Yeah, all right, man, listen, we appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (58:10):
Man.
Speaker 2 (58:11):
Keep doing what you're doing, and we're gonna make sure
we keep playing your music on this side of the
world and everybody know about you. They didn't know about
you yesterday, just don't know about you today and tomorrow.
So we're gonna do our part, you know, and on
your end, you know, keep keep sharing the show man,
so people can continue to put theirs on that so
you know, they know what we're trying to do over here.
(58:31):
On this is we're end as well, because we're trying
to spread the love, spread the music, spread the knowledge,
you know, and help inspire somebody else to do what
we do.
Speaker 1 (58:42):
It.
Speaker 4 (58:42):
Sir, thank you so much. And you're out there on
the West coast, is that correct, Yes, sir, Yes, sir,
man I love it out there. Man. I also want
to give a shout out out there to my sister's
business out there which will talk about occasion. It's called
weed Ology Tours. Yeah, she's in that panic.
Speaker 2 (59:08):
Yeah, we're definitely gonna have you to come back so
we could talk about that for sure.
Speaker 4 (59:12):
For sure, Yes, sir, I appreciate you so much for
this opportunity.
Speaker 2 (59:18):
All right, everybody, we're gonna see you guys next week,
same time. And please check out our new friend Dynamic
guardist Richey Punch. He's doing great things and we're gonna
see you guys next week.
Speaker 7 (59:29):
Love you much, Charlie start here and now always.
Speaker 4 (59:38):
I am in it with your hosts.
Speaker 1 (59:43):
On Blave Talk Radios.
Speaker 9 (59:45):
Every Briday at GUTM.
Speaker 7 (59:46):
You're looking on your phone three four seven three zero
eight eight seven.
Speaker 1 (59:51):
Four block talk.
Speaker 6 (59:56):
For sutterrise.
Speaker 10 (59:59):
You you.
Speaker 1 (01:00:02):
Wouldn't really had fold.
Speaker 8 (01:00:04):
To make your still time can't come with the.
Speaker 6 (01:00:12):
Stipple and dip the food, so hold your hands.
Speaker 5 (01:00:24):
The boy
Yeah, yeah, old school, that's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Listening.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
This thing's for everybody. Some of y'all need to hear it.
I know you're in the trenches fighting, but check it out.
I'm gonna put it down like this.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Why I can hear him the things understand everything you're
going through. It's all part of the master plant or
what you say, cause you got saved.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Everything was gonna be pictures with Queen.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
You better wake up. Son.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Don't nothing come to a super but train? Where is
dead reaching firele? You know what he says? He don't work,
don't blacks, don't get said. Yeah, he's just said. He
hoops his hands to the pot, looks back to say
makes fit. Some of y'all ain't been in the switch
of five minutes and you're not ready to quit. I
ain't mad. I'm just hitting you with the wheel. If
you got from me I was Now, how do you
think that makes you feel?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Check this out? He's gas This is deep, huey. I
may y'all have saw nothing but the stunner trying to
reach something. But I tho he who was there for
the position of farmers fight his glory trumping might be
part of your testimony, But it ain't end.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
To the stoke. Now I want to stuff his proper's
side way back in the day. Why I sing the
hook right here. See if the church get.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
My lace.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Working out, working up, we can make.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Work.
Speaker 6 (01:16):
Yes can, yes, he can.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Think youre not saying the fire reposit of just fly
you you say, why you what your shirt shake? What
would Jesus do? Why you're asking if you ain't trying
to do what he's saying. You told you he was
gonna have tipulations, but you thought he was played One minute?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
You trying? How good guy? The beca't nobody missing? Talk?
The next vintage your backsight so fast like your moon walking.
Oh yeah, I'm listening to myself, souse. I ain't no better.
It ain't like I've been hollering at every word O
being it to the letter.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
But we're told us we gotta remember that. We say yo, yeah,
found down the fat say humble, let him annoy.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It ain't even as I thought it was. I've been
lying up, I told you, but it showed up being
better all the time. Trusted. That's the best, ain't If
we're going through the KP Hill?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
God put that on this hub, like they say, you
can shop now if you walk to because not the book.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
So why are you talking about it? Don't even shout.
You're gonna be your time quacking. We're glad. I'm oki.
You don't stop.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
I know we can't make it.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We can make out.
Speaker 6 (02:10):
Well starting work it up?
Speaker 5 (02:13):
You can let me.
Speaker 6 (02:14):
Can you work it out?
Speaker 7 (02:17):
And we can no make it?
Speaker 6 (02:21):
I know, well, yeah, I have to get the game.
Speaker 7 (02:25):
We can an.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Then you can.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Work it out, working out, working.
Speaker 7 (02:35):
Work it out, to work it out?
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Oh, I know who We can't make it.
Speaker 7 (02:43):
We can know anywhere it's not work it out?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You have to can we get to get he is
going to.
Speaker 8 (02:49):
Work it out for men and my nose good, well,
he can.
Speaker 7 (02:52):
Work it out on the cord.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah, welcome everyone holds Lamar Patterson. Yeah, we're gonna pump
the brakes right there. I just had to give a
couple of minutes a big boy upstairs. I mean every
time I hear that song, you know it inspires me,
motivates me, energized me, and give me that little bit
of energy and knowledge to know that you know we're
(03:52):
gonna make it. You know we're gonna make it through
this thing called life. You know, this journey, boy, because
it got ups and down, twists and turns, pitt falls
and you know, quick fan and all kind of crazy
stuff going on. You know, but it's gonna be alright
because big Boy said so, you know, and I believe
him and I hope he do. You do too. Anyway, Yeah,
(04:13):
you listen to me, and then we got a great
show lined up for you. You know, I'm very excited
about this young man that's gonna be joining us here
in just one second. Mister Richmond Punch home well actually
out of Dallas, Texas and done some tremendous, tremendous things,
and you guys gonna be very very excited and interesting history.
(04:35):
He's already been around the world. You know, he's got
four albums out, he's in toured with just about everybody
you can name it into it, everybody except me yet,
but that's still coming, you know, CD out finally back
that violent up gospel covers and hymns for both of them. Yeah,
this guy is awesome. Anyway. Let me see if he's
(04:57):
plane didn't landed, let me see if he's here with us.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Loom are you going?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
How you doing? Man? Are you with us. So I
guess you are got you heard your voice? Excuse me, man,
Like it's a little silly today, man, but it's a
good day.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Oh that's all right. Good to you here, you man.
Good to be here.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, Man, glad to have you. Man. I'm excited to
have you here. Man. I mean you've you've been putting
in work, young man, you've been putting in work.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Yes, sir, it's been a blessing, you know, post pandemic
is he's a blessing for God. Some people looking at
it almost like it's a double blessing, like I'm gonna
give you like double what you've been missing.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Wow. Man, you know I was excited hear you're a
native of Dallas. Man. You know I kind of came
up down the street from there.
Speaker 9 (05:58):
Where what what area.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I'm over near Paris and Sherman, Texas.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Okay, Yeah, Paris where they do pair of sexts, where
they do have an Eiffel Tower. Uh in Paris, Sexes, Yes, sir.
In Sherman, that's not too far from my people who
come from Henderson and Reclall, Tyler, Athens, Corsicana, those those places.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I'm familiar with all that, man, because my hometown was bottom.
Nobody ever really heard of Bottom Texas man. But two
when I came out of there, man either he played sports,
played music, or pick cotton. M Oh wow, that was it.
So of course I picked the music one man, because
(06:49):
I couldn't do the cotton thing. I wouldn't. That wouldn't
for me. Mm hmmm. Yes. So so let's talk about you,
mister punch.
Speaker 9 (07:00):
I call you Richmond.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Yes by all means.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, let's talk a little bit about you man, because
you play a play an instrument that that is, I
guess common in certain circles. But I mean you you've
been able to do some wonderous thing with was Uh
how did you get to start with your violin?
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Yes, sir, well, I was in public school. My mom
wanted me to have a good education. Put me in
a great public school where the access to music was made,
you know, for for all types of people. I actually
(07:45):
came from South Dallast and when got into the school,
they had a like a public monssori with a waiting
list program, and they just they had they were out
for for equality and diversity, and they had they had
the music, and we didn't even know they had music.
Speaker 9 (08:03):
Actually.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Wow, well it's kind of similar to was what I
was saying too. You know, we didn't have a lot
of opportunities, and our parents was able to see things
that we were too young to see to open up
those opportunities to put us in those places, you know,
where we could grow. Yes, sir, yeah, that's that's you know,
(08:32):
we definitely think look look back on our parents able
to see that and put us in those positions. There's
definitely no question about that. So, man, you just got
so much music here. Man, I want to start off really,
I guess with our listeners or put their ears on
some of your work and then we could, you know,
(08:56):
top it.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
Up a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
So, Richmond, what would you like to start the show
off with?
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Let's see, well, I gave you a few different songs. Maybe, well,
actually let me know which songs do you have?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
We have finally we have back that violin up, we
got extra sauce, and we got from parents with love.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
M let's go with Let's go with finally?
Speaker 2 (09:34):
All right, Well that's what we shall do. Everybody were
talking to Richmond Punch and this is a song finally.
So you know what I like to say is let
your winners down, turn the air condition up, and put
your ears on.
Speaker 7 (09:48):
This scatt.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
Cuding by Percy thing thing extinct.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
And that was awesome.
Speaker 9 (14:17):
Man, it's a violin.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
It's such a beautiful instrument.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Like I said, it's coming that you don't hear uh
that often, man, but they are such and such a
beautiful instrument. So so Richmond, what what drew you to
the music in the first place?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Really, I guess it's started with church and just being
around music all the time, especially on Sunday and hearing
all the choir and hearing the sermons, like where it
says h praising them with songs him spiritual song, you know,
(15:01):
and in such and like let the symbols play in
the you know, there's strange the horns that you know, everything,
And that's that's really where my love starts because that's
what I heard all the.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Time in church. It's amazing, you know, well it's not
really amazing, but so many of us, you know, church
because that's where we had to be, you know, every Sunday,
whether we wanted to us or not, you know. And
it's funny, you know, the school that you came out
of Booker T Washington. You know, Bonham had a Booker T.
(15:39):
Washington also, I guess every city does too, but those
are kind of close together, yes, sir, Yeah, but I
wanted to ask you, man, I've played the last song,
and I know a lot of artists that you know
that's out there, you know, I mean, they have the
same thoughts and probably want to get into another musician's head.
(16:03):
I mean when you when you're constructing your songs, to
coming up with your songs, I mean, are you thinking
about life experiences or what is your uh should I
say your creative producing process? What what I'm trying to
get my questions correct. What motivates you and expires you
(16:25):
to write the music that you play?
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Sure, yes, sir. Well, the this song finally was about
me trying to make it in the entertainment business, particularly
like for everything that I learned in music and everything
I prepared for that, so I finally come together where
I can have maximized touring, you know, recordings, collaborations you uh,
(16:58):
you know, and so forth and so on. It was
was a lot of the inspiration for that song. As
matter of fact, Actually, I'm still want to get my
recording output to the numbers that that I would like
to be at, you know where and where I can
be getting like rewards there and uh. But in terms
(17:24):
of a lot of my songs, I have, like a
song called Mother's Love, which you don't have today, was
written for my mother, uh when when she was alive.
She's no longer with us, but her legacy does live on.
You have a song which you called from Paris with Love,
was written for both my wife and myself for our
(17:47):
love for Paris, having both visited there, and actually our
our daughter is actually she's going to Paris tonight. But
I've been trying to get but I've been trying to
get back, you know, and on repeat, you know, career wise.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
You know, well, well, hopefully after the day we'll be
able to help you with that a little bit, because
you know, I show a lot of our associates on
that part of the world, and you know, they listening
and we send music back and forth to each other.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
So that's awesome thing.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Yeah, So that that'd be a great thing, man. So
I mean, since you mentioned Paris with Love, man, let
us go ahead and roll with that one a little bit.
Since you kind of like, you know, segue into that
one a little bit. We'll go and put put our
listener's ears on that one, and then we'll come back
and chop it up. Okay, everybody, you know the drill,
you know, let the windows down, turn the air conditioned up,
(18:50):
and put your ears on. This just is from Paris
with Love with mister Richmond.
Speaker 10 (18:54):
Punch him in high in with your hope in the.
Speaker 7 (22:39):
Mind, my hat man. Your pinions about a minute, been.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
A time all the time?
Speaker 10 (22:44):
Come, I am indeed.
Speaker 6 (22:54):
Mister raise many good to win?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
How win? Yeah, we're back from mister Richmond punch before
the commercial thing we were listening to from Paris with Love.
I hear a movie, man, I hear soundtrack stuff all.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Over that, yes, sir, yes, sir. That's definitely part of
my goals as well, to really increase uh you know,
getting music out of there in a grander scale, but
also residual music.
Speaker 8 (23:27):
You know.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Well, I mean, yeah, well that makes.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
Sense, yes sir, yes, but I wanted it to be
able to bump, not just if you were going to
watch it on screen, you know, I want I wanted
to bump in your car too.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah. Well, I mean I hear you man, I know
you've got that feeling. I mean, you know you already
write there knocking on the door, you know. So I'm
looking at some of the people that that you had
the pleasure of, you know, playing and uh, Fiela Davis,
which is actually a friend of mine. I worked on
the show with her a whole bunch of times, Gray's Anatomy,
(24:07):
How to Get Away with Murder, those different series, Danny Glover,
Sir Charles Barkley, of course, Bishop p d Jakes, Kirk, Franklin,
Emit Smith. I mean, I wasn't to play for some
of these people, I know. You know Diana Ross, I
know that was off the change.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
Oh yeah, yeah, that's a matter of fact. One of
my most requested songs post Pandemic. I found out even
newer love for Donna Ross is for instances. I'm coming out,
uh you know. But I'm also trying to get into
that because I saw for the first time her What's
(24:48):
what's the movie she did with with the fashion? I
can't even think of it.
Speaker 9 (24:54):
This come on, some.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Of my listeners out there, call it and let us
know what that movie was. Yeah, yeah, they might know.
Speaker 4 (25:01):
And and then she has like songs like the Boss. Yeah,
is it the Boss? I'm a boss, you know, just
like all those you know types of songs upside down
you know what I mean, like upside down that those
of the deep grews. But but yeah, it was it
(25:23):
was an honor to in her case, I was backing
her in the orchestra and it was just amazing to
watch that whole production. Uh, to be around that Viola Davis.
It was great to entertain her in an intimate setting.
In that case was in a home of at home
(25:43):
and actually still been trying to reconnect to her because
I'm headed towards the northeast during Congressional Black Caucus uh
in late September. I'll be back out that way and
trying to go to it means many places as as
are possible out that way. Yeah, Danny Glover was awesome.
(26:07):
That was would have been out from your NECKLA was
That was actually Tyler College where I played for Danny Glover,
I know for on repeat years he takes part in
Tyler College and their fund raising and supporting them. And
then Charles Barkley. Ah, that was really really cool because
(26:31):
that was like I'm gonna say, like during the pandemic
and I was playing a cigar bar at the time
in Atlanta, and like every I know every so often
every uh and or often, and that particular time, he
was there and he was had in the back and
I tried to like play and be cool and like
(26:52):
not bother him, but he Uh. One of the things
that struck me the most is that he stayed there
for just about four hours listening to my band. You know,
we were we were there for I think it was
a three or four or however long. But that whole now,
he didn't move. Wow, he didn't leave just about to
just about to just before we left, before we finished.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
It was definitely some some great music that you don't
hear every day. Man. So you definitely in the league
of your own. So outside, I mean, I know you
do a lot of classical stuff. So uh, I think
I read somewhere R and B hip hop stuff, jazz
stuff that's on separate projects.
Speaker 4 (27:41):
Yes, sir, I have. Yeah, there are various projects. Like
one of them I kind of call my hip hop
jazz projects, even though all the drummers are not hip
hop jazz. But that's back that violent up. It's one
that I rely to that kind of style. Finally, is
(28:03):
a ceed itself. I put that in more like the
Smooth Jazz Gospel Covers is a gospel album. And I
also have hymns but both them, both of those are
gospel gospel projects. And then I have the two newest
singles one you just heard from Comparis with Love as
(28:23):
well as Extra Sauceage.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
So, out of all.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
The music that you play, do you have a favorite
genre or is there any thing such for you? Uh?
Speaker 4 (28:43):
You know, because I am an improvising musician, you know,
I do play on on listening. A lot of it's
ear based, you know, because because I'm an instrumental, I
want to listen to the song, the original artist or
my original music, and then put the put my flavor
(29:05):
with it, you know. Uh, you know my name is
Richmond Punch, you know, so I gotta put a flavor.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Yeah, I gotta have some punch to it.
Speaker 4 (29:17):
Yeah, you know, I got to put some flavor. But yeah,
that's what I love. Two Uh to do you know
with music? And and Love has allowed me over the
years to I actually play every style of music. My
My whole business is custom based, and I get asked
(29:37):
to play all kinds of different songs.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
I think that's great, you know, as a musician, as
an artist, I mean, it takes you out of the box.
You know, you're not you're not limited, you know what
I mean. And that's great. You know, that is great.
It's great to have that that of experience and professionalism
(30:03):
and all that. I didn't ask you, Richmond, and in total,
how many years you've been playing? How long have you
been doing this? I won need to start playing.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Oh man, that's I guess it's been thirty over thirty
five years. I just turned forty two.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Okay, okay, well yeah, I just want I listened though,
if they if they try to get to your level
of perfection on that estrument, you know how much time
they got to put in.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
Oh man, that's a I could short some it up.
Practice do you get to Cornigie Hall and then practice
some more? But basically I mean practice why itself. You
need to get to the point because in your going
(31:00):
up in your development, obviously pre high school you may
not hit that point. But we're talking. You know, you
want to be at two to four hours and whatnot,
you know, pre college or whatnot. You know, but by
the time you get into your some of your highest
learning years. You want to get that number up to
(31:20):
six to eight hours.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Got it? Got it? So tell us Richmond, what has
been your favorite most been your favorite job you've had
to this point.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
I'm let's see. Well, you know what, there was a
huge one that happened when I moved to to to Atlanta.
That that although the reason is not the reason you
want to have to perform, but it was the Race
Art Brooks viewing service, which was I was on national
(32:02):
and international television. So it was right after George Floyds
uh killing by you know police brutality, you know racecar
Brooks as well, you know the Wendy's in Atlanta. But
then it was being on national television for uh in
(32:22):
the international televisions during that h wasn't it wasn't unbelievable
experience because I had never been especially live broadcasted on
national television. So that that was that was something really forgettable.
(32:43):
And then there was as far as other events, uh,
you know, I still go back to like my first
time I ever played for large scale audience like fifteen
thousand in the house plus you know, thirty thousand or
what not, or online when I debuted at Potter's House
Church in Dallas sixes. But that that was such an
(33:09):
amazing feeling there to to be able to do that.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Were you nervous?
Speaker 4 (33:17):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I was nervous plus church nervous,
you know, because there's already musical skills nerves that apply.
And then I was nervous that if I miss this note,
you know, not that I'm not, they ain't gonna let
me back in the church no more, at least not
on the stage, you know, to to play, to try
(33:42):
even try to attempt to hit a high note. You know,
I was. I was nervous about that, you know. Uh.
I think Bishop was like just speed feed away from me,
like fifteen feet, you know or something. I was like
a counting of feet.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
CD.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Jacob's like fifteen feet from me, Like I want to
keep if I missed this note, like how like how
is he gonna hear it? Like how much would he
hear it?
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Look where you get them eyes?
Speaker 9 (34:13):
Where you get that?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
Where you get the look?
Speaker 9 (34:14):
Would you get to look?
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Mm hm?
Speaker 4 (34:19):
And actually I remember later seeing him in a restaurant
and he stopped his bodyguard and he was like, man,
this is the greatest violentist around. And that's actually how
I got to quote which which I use. You'll see
it on my website. Sorry, this is man. Let me
introduce you this this this violence, young man. This is
(34:42):
the baddest violinist around. That's those are the exact words.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
Wow, that's awesome, man, that's awesome.
Speaker 9 (34:51):
But you deserve it.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Man. You didn't. You didn't put any work man in
your talent shows. So I'll definitely add to that list.
If if you had the opportunity to collaborate with some
people out there, I mean, who would it be? I
mean who do you see that you see yourself with?
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
Man, you know what after some of the work I
just heard, Well, it's always been like people like like
like Beyonce, you know, and like Kendrick Lamar, J Cole
or jay Z. You know. But also after that that CD,
I just started listening to Alicia Keys's. It's like she
went all the way back. She got Ella Lina Simon.
(35:35):
I don't know what's going on and everything, but you know,
to collaborate with her. My favorite R and B singer's
Lucky Day. There's play for male R and B singer
female Really they're like too many. You know, I'd be like,
I want to collaborate with like money Long, I want
to collaborate with her, uh lama. It was like it
(35:58):
was like it was way to me.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
Yeah, bruh, But you know what you're supposed to do,
you know. And I know you heard in the church.
You know, sometimes you got to talk thing into existence.
Speaker 9 (36:08):
Man, you got to put it out there.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
You know.
Speaker 4 (36:11):
Oh yes, sir, yes they're and and you know some
and then in that social media I was gonna say
some of that has been extremely impactful. Not because I
because I take a cover during an event and I'll
play someone's song and now I'm I'm finally starting to
get some responses.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Let's chat about that for like one quick second. Uh,
in social media in terms of the music industry, as
you being an artist, you know, and I talked to
a lot, a lot a lot of artists you know
coming up in the game, and you know, and the
first thing they want to do is go seek management.
And I have to explain to them that, you know,
until you have something to manage, I mean, who's gonna
(36:52):
manage you? You know, So there's a certain amount of
work you have to put into yourself first. You have
to make yourself marketable for a lack of a different phrase,
which is just reality. I mean, nobody wants to invest
in a bad investment, you know, nobody wants to do that.
You know, But in your opinion, the social network and
(37:13):
social media, how important do you feel that is in
your career as an artist.
Speaker 4 (37:20):
Oh, it's extremely important.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
You have to.
Speaker 4 (37:27):
You have to know how or like. One of the
great ways they say it is I learned from my
web designer. It's either with my web designer or someone
like that. They say. If you don't have a website
and various social media platforms, is basically like your company,
your gift, your service, whatever, basically does not exist in
(37:53):
today's world because you have to you have to have
a reach beyond you know, say somebody opening your doors
or whatever between nine and five. If they can't reach
you beyond being able to see you on your product
in person, I thinkn't reach you beyond that, then you
(38:15):
can't you can't be successful at it. So that was
the one things I try to really push for every day.
I've recently, I remember recently during the pandemic, I passed
a ten thousand hurdle on Instagram. That was really cool.
I remember I discovered it must be up there like
(38:38):
four thousand or whatnot, folks, and y'all, this is like
real good advice here, good tips here that you can
go live on TikTok after having like four thousand something
like that followers, What else if I find out, is
(38:58):
social media just just the power being on all the platforms.
You need, uh you need LinkedIn, You're gonna need Instagram,
you need TikTok, you need uh Facebook, you need a website,
you need all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Yeah, all that stuff which is not important because you know,
a lot of senior artists that I know, unfortunately they
didn't get that memo about how important, you know, social
media is, and a lot of them unfortunately not even
computer literate, which is another setback, you know, and hopefully
the ones that are established, you know, it doesn't hurt
(39:34):
them so bad, you know, but you've got a lot
of great artists out there just don't have that. There's
not computer lyric literate. They don't have that savvocus. I
think it hurts them. So, yeah, it's it's really super
super important. I agree. So listen, man, we're gonna play
some more of your music. Man, I'm interested in hearing
back that violin up.
Speaker 4 (39:55):
Oh, back the awesome your sir. That gets into my hi,
into that groove, into that glovebody everybody, everybody loves after
they nine and five. You know what I'm saying. You
take off my tie, you know, pulling me a nice
martine in and see what La Monk got.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Yeah, here you go, y'all. This is Richmond Punch putting
that punch into it. This is back that violin up.
You know, Let the one that's down, turn the air
conditioning up and put your ears on this.
Speaker 8 (41:02):
Stack and strut to Susta in the stanist Susta Strett
(41:33):
the street.
Speaker 6 (41:48):
Stool, Jacob Setta stop.
Speaker 5 (42:24):
Story story story.
Speaker 2 (43:38):
Yeah, we're back with Richmond Punch and that was back
that violin up, Yes, sir, Yeah, I can see he's
swinging that in a joint.
Speaker 4 (43:53):
Yes, sir, that's uh yeah, that's a good one to
play usually always, you know, because I like for people
to feel music to the point that they're you know,
move and responding, you know, participating in the concerts, you know,
really enjoying.
Speaker 2 (44:09):
O Man. Yeah, Man, definitely definitely got a great sound. Man.
I'm sure everybody's listening to it, man, because I see
the switchboard is lit up, so I can imagine the
people bobbing their heads somewhere doing their thing. Just pay
attention to the road if you're in your ride, and
then if you sit behind the computer to death somewhere,
you make sure the boss down't catch and you got
(44:31):
your headphones on, you know.
Speaker 9 (44:34):
Yes, sir?
Speaker 2 (44:35):
Yeah, So what's what's what's next for you? Sir? What
you got planned? What's gonna do next?
Speaker 4 (44:41):
Is there? Well, I am in the middle of the
World Tour two I have upcoming. I'll be in let
me go to it. I'll be in September later this month.
(45:03):
I'll be in Greenville, North Carolina around September ninth, and
I'll just pulled everything up just now, okay, Greenville, South Carolina.
I'll be back in Greenville, South Carolina September eighteen, Congressional
Black Caucus and as well as where I'm trying to
(45:23):
tackle the DMV, you know, DC, Maryland, Virginia, the Northeast,
you know, from September twenty eighth to October second, and
what I hope will be more. I'll be in Dallas
the weekend that week in October twenty second, and just
announced I'll be in Nashville the October, like the Halloween
(45:51):
weekend October twenty ninth till to November second, you know.
And so I'm looking for somebody you know to call
hire me where I can come in and you uh,
you know, you know Halloween intense thriller version of the
Devil went down to Georgia.
Speaker 2 (46:15):
I might be coming. I might be coming through that
way in October. Me come down into my pinion down
to Dallas for Worth area Arlington.
Speaker 4 (46:30):
Mcinnie twenty second weekend.
Speaker 2 (46:37):
Yeah, if I make it, man, I definitely higher at
you before I roll out, man, so I can come
through that man, check out your show and stuff.
Speaker 4 (46:48):
Yes, sir, please do. I'll make sure. I'll send you
more information and invite to be able to come, which
is very good as well. I want to make sure
everyone and checks me out like at Violent Richmond on Instagram. Yeah,
I have any questions about the locations because I don't
always have every single location or the ticket information, Just
(47:12):
do message me and I'll as I get more updates
and I'll send that your way.
Speaker 9 (47:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
Well, while you're doing it, man, go ahead and tell
everybody how they can reach out and touch you man,
and and get at you.
Speaker 4 (47:30):
Oh yes, sir, well, my name is Richmond Punch International
violinist and entertainment contractors of bands, duos, vocalists, bandwidth vocalists, dancers,
DJs and even some of the added things like lighting
(47:53):
and fog and everything. I started getting into all that.
So you can find all that at Richmondpunch dot net,
which is my website. I'm on Instagram at violin Richmond, LinkedIn,
Richmond Punch, UH, Richmond Punch, and Facebook Richmond Punch. Definitely
(48:21):
connect and I look forward to seeing you out there
at events that I have often and I promise you
you we will enjoy yourself absolutely.
Speaker 2 (48:34):
That's what I'm talking about, because I know they're enjoying
themself right now. Richmond talk to is real quick man.
We got extra sauce, man, so we're gonna put that
on that put that on them before you get out
of here.
Speaker 4 (48:48):
Okay, Well, you want to know about that song Extra
Sauce is was actually written during the pandemic, and it
has a cool little story to it that you know,
when during the pandemic, when you know, we like everyone else,
when you're at home and you wanted to eat your food,
you ordered it out and you would get what they
(49:09):
sent you. It's generally was not everything that you ordered
as far as during the pandemic, so including you know,
getting a steak. You know, sometimes you spend extra money,
you know, even one hundred, two hundred dollars, you know
during the pandemic, you know for at home delivery. You
get the steak, mashed potatoes, your baccolini, and you have
(49:34):
no you know, uh, no knives, no forks, no napkins,
you know, no plastic ware, no os u sauce, you
know what I mean. There's no as you to go
with the steak, you know, to go with you know,
the bread, all that stuff. You know, like during a
couple of even post pandemic, me and my wife ordered
(49:56):
Windy's and the chili and the baker tato we had.
We ain't had no butter, no chides, no sour cream,
no uh the chili didn't have a fork. So I
don't know if I was supposed to eat chili with
my hands or what.
Speaker 2 (50:11):
But they don't they don't care. They look, they don't care.
They couldn't they bottom line.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
They took a pandemic hit.
Speaker 2 (50:22):
It don't matter, It don't matter. Look, you better turn
that cup up and start slurping.
Speaker 9 (50:32):
They don't care.
Speaker 4 (50:34):
Yeah, only gets you some chili juice.
Speaker 2 (50:37):
Yeah, look, and don't and don't feed the shirt and
blouse in the meantime, Yes sir.
Speaker 4 (50:46):
Yes sir, go feed yeah pizza, yes sir. And this
is the song that was born out of all that
because I basically I wanted all my sauce and uh,
this song is called extra sauce.
Speaker 2 (51:01):
Here you go, ladies and gentlemen, let the windows down,
put your ears on this and get your extra sauce.
Speaker 5 (52:18):
Costal to costal sea to resent, costaltal sistal sisstaltence to
(53:29):
totance to the.
Speaker 9 (53:41):
EXPRESSI it's another awesome song. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (55:28):
Appreciate it, very very very nice, very very nice.
Speaker 9 (55:32):
Man.
Speaker 2 (55:33):
You know, I wanna definitely tell our listeners right now
that if you came in the show late, it'll be
available in a few minutes worldwide, and she having problems
finding it's on all the platforms, so you shouldn't have
any issues at all here in the show in its entirety.
You could always ask your mama to ask your daddy,
ask your neighbor across the street, the milkman, you know,
(55:56):
the dude at the gas station, the guy behind this
confy at the supermarket. But somebody be able to tell you,
you know, we can hear the show that you don't
want to miss it. Yes, sir, I have to put
that one out there, man, because sometime my brother and Sissami,
well you know, we call part of the show, but
we didn't hear the other song. So I just want
(56:19):
to lady so they know how to go back and
hear all the songs, you know what I mean? Yes, sir,
so man, this has been great. It's been been an
awesome man. In time always flies when you're having fun. Man,
And in your travels, man, where would you like to
visit that you haven't been yet? Let me put that
(56:41):
one in there?
Speaker 4 (56:43):
Oh yes, sir, well, I mentioned earlier the song from
Paris with Love, So definitely Paris is one of those
vices been there?
Speaker 2 (56:57):
I'm talking about somewhere else you already been there, haven't
been to? Right?
Speaker 10 (57:03):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (57:03):
Man?
Speaker 1 (57:03):
I got you?
Speaker 4 (57:04):
Okay, Cape Town? Well, the reason why Paris is on
that list is because I was a full ad ho
right Okay, I feel like I haven't seen, you know,
see it as an adult. You know where I can army,
you know, but Cape Town, South Africa. I gotta go
(57:25):
to my roots. I gotta go to Africa. Sydney, Sydney,
Sydney or Melbourne, Hawaii is on the list. What else
is on the list? Italy, Tokyo, uh, you know those?
(57:46):
Even South Korea. Just this is a lot of places
that I would love to see.
Speaker 2 (57:54):
Okay, Well, you know, like I said, to help me
put it out there, man, so like we may that
you get there, you know, so we can see you
on that end.
Speaker 4 (58:05):
Hell you, sir, I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (58:07):
Yeah, all right, man, listen, we appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (58:10):
Man.
Speaker 2 (58:11):
Keep doing what you're doing, and we're gonna make sure
we keep playing your music on this side of the
world and everybody know about you. They didn't know about
you yesterday, just don't know about you today and tomorrow.
So we're gonna do our part, you know, and on
your end, you know, keep keep sharing the show man,
so people can continue to put theirs on that so
you know, they know what we're trying to do over here.
(58:31):
On this is we're end as well, because we're trying
to spread the love, spread the music, spread the knowledge,
you know, and help inspire somebody else to do what
we do.
Speaker 1 (58:42):
It.
Speaker 4 (58:42):
Sir, thank you so much. And you're out there on
the West coast, is that correct, Yes, sir, Yes, sir,
man I love it out there. Man. I also want
to give a shout out out there to my sister's
business out there which will talk about occasion. It's called
weed Ology Tours. Yeah, she's in that panic.
Speaker 2 (59:08):
Yeah, we're definitely gonna have you to come back so
we could talk about that for sure.
Speaker 4 (59:12):
For sure, Yes, sir, I appreciate you so much for
this opportunity.
Speaker 2 (59:18):
All right, everybody, we're gonna see you guys next week,
same time. And please check out our new friend Dynamic
guardist Richey Punch. He's doing great things and we're gonna
see you guys next week.
Speaker 7 (59:29):
Love you much, Charlie start here and now always.
Speaker 4 (59:38):
I am in it with your hosts.
Speaker 1 (59:43):
On Blave Talk Radios.
Speaker 9 (59:45):
Every Briday at GUTM.
Speaker 7 (59:46):
You're looking on your phone three four seven three zero
eight eight seven.
Speaker 1 (59:51):
Four block talk.
Speaker 6 (59:56):
For sutterrise.
Speaker 10 (59:59):
You you.
Speaker 1 (01:00:02):
Wouldn't really had fold.
Speaker 8 (01:00:04):
To make your still time can't come with the.
Speaker 6 (01:00:12):
Stipple and dip the food, so hold your hands.
Speaker 5 (01:00:24):
The boy
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The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.