![]() We would go to New York and play these showcases, like at Brownies, with four or five bands. ![]() All we knew was how to write and go out and play shows. We had only been a band for a couple of years when all that happened to us. I mean we don't have any illusions about our place or whatever, but I kinda feel like the records are still getting better, so I wanna keep trying. If the best thing you're ever gonna do happened 17 years ago, then you should probably stop. I mean anytime people talk about The Lees, they pretty much talk about Superdrag because Brandon's there too, but I think at a certain point you need to let it go. It's really nice to be able to start something new with no attachment. I can't speak for the other dudes but I know for me, with these reissues coming out and all and a lot of conversation about stuff that happened 17 years ago, I'm just kinda ready to let it be what it was. With all the others commitments and families, we just couldn't drop everything and play 200 shows. I kind of feel like with the record we made and the amount we were able to be on the road, that we took it as far as we could at the time. ![]() John: Well I think there were a lot of different factors. There were certain requirements for that style of music that I don't think we necessarily bring, but I'm cool with it if that's what people wanna call it. I mean I don't know, to me, I think a lot of what was kind of lumped in with shoegaze, I don't know if we necessarily fit the profile. Just certain ones that I feel like - you know besides the obvious like of course My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver - that they played guitar like that, that was huge to us when were trying to figure out what we wanted to do. There were other things obviously, but you know, Yo La Tengo's Painful. When I listen to it and think about it, I hear all those records that played in the house nonstop. Stylistically, when I think about this material, I kind of feel like it's the record we would have made in '94 if we had known what we were doing at the time. I got the flu one time and I missed three days of work, so I didn't do anything except watch Twin Peaks. I did watch both seasons of Twin Peaks at one point, I think that had a lot to do with it ( laughs). With these songs, they just kind of ended up this way. There have been times where I've deliberately pushed a sound in a specific direction, like that band Epic Ditch that we had, there was a very specific influence in mind stylistically. He is a classically trained jazz guitarist, a former instructor at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, and has played in several bands before playing exclusively for his two-year-old daughter.John: It's hard to say really. Dan began his career as the founder of Leina Design, where he worked on projects for the Northwestern Office of STEM Education Partnerships, SBA.gov, and the Annual BET Awards website.ĭan holds a bachelor’s degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in information systems from Northwestern University. Before becoming Reverb’s third employee, Dan was the tech lead for a team of engineers developing internal tools for Groupon and as a software developer for computer software company Obtiva. Since launching in January 2018, the marketplace has more than two million records for sale, thousands of sellers, and artists like Moby using the website to sell their own records.ĭan has been with Reverb since the company’s inception in 2013, serving as a senior software developer and Director of Engineering before ultimately becoming Chief Operating Officer. ![]() Using what they learned while building music gear marketplace, Dan and his team created a platform that provides record stores, collectors, and fans with a painless selling experience, tailored tools and services, an easy-to-use interface, and the lowest fees in the industry. A record collector of more than 20 years, Dan wanted to create an easier and more cost-efficient option for buying and selling records online. Dan Melnick is President at Reverb LP, ’s marketplace for buying and selling records. ![]()
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