Dave Matthews Band, The Most Compelling Band Around
Dave Matthews Band is a unique, musically gifted band. Its combination of sounds of folk, jazz, rock, world beat, and reggae give it its originality and musicality that extends the bounds of music. The five members of the band: Dave Matthews, Boyd Tinsley, LeRoi Moore, Stefan Lessard, and Carter Beauford, provide a blend of influences that create this originality. It's an interracial music group compromising of three blacks, and two white, and an age difference of over 20 years between members. (Guitar World: "Different Strummer") "Our musical style illustrates our different backgrounds, both musically and non-musically," says Matthews. "We've been influenced not only by pop, but by African music, jazz, just about everything. We incorporate lots of different textures, so we've been able to create a very unique sound -- a very American music." (Relix Magazine: "One Nation Under a Groove") As LeRoi Moore states, " It is this blend of influence that creates the blend of texture. " (FAQ) This rich texture from the blend of influence is what creates the most compelling band around, Dave Matthews Band. The band came to be in April 1991, playing its first gig for an Earth Day celebration. Dave Matthews had always dreamed of sta
3) "The Officials Dave Matthews Band Page" www.dmband.com Boyd Tinsley's unique character adds to the bands own uniqueness. As LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley contributed to the bands sometimes-classical sounds. 1985, he was a classical violinist, then he switched to rock and roll; thus contributing a rock and roll sound into the blend. Tinsley defined the rock 'n' roll violin sound. Previously to joining with Dave Matthews, Tinsley had his Boyd Tinsley Band. After making demo tapes with Matthews, Beauford, Moore and Lessard, he made a decision to quit his band and join theirs. His words were, "I like what you're doing, I like your sound, so I'm going to quit my other bands and join you guys. (The Official Dave Matthews Band Website) Tinsley wasn't originally going to be added to the band. He was first brought in to play the violin for "Tripping Billies." However, both DMB and Tinsley fell in love with the idea of a violinist being added, adding to the both classical and acoustic influences in the band. Tinsley is more than just any other violinist. He is a one of a kind with the image he presents of himself, musically as well as physically. "My whole life pretty much revolves around working out..", Boyd says. He spends three hours a day, six days a week working out, making him the most in-shape sideman in music. (Spin Magazine: "Fanfare For The Common Man") This is quite a picture; a dreadlocked, 6'2'' violinist. Boyd is quite a unique character. rting his own band. He approached his favorite jazz players, (who he also served drinks to as a bartender) LeRoi Moore and Carter Beauford to make a demo tape of the songs he had written. Moore and Beauford liked what they heard and decided to stay with Matthews. He also approached Stefan Lessard to play with them, a 16-year-old prodigy bass player. Boyd Tinsley was added to the band after playing the violin in the song, "Tripping Billies" in the album Crash. Soon the band began playing gigs at area bars, fraternities, Universities, They soon later joined the band circuit, H.O.R.D.E. In 1993, they released their first Album, Remember Two Things, which sold over 150,000 copies. After that, another successful album, Before These Crowded Streets, was released, selling more than 30,000 copies in the first week alone. (Guitar World: Different Strummer) DMB is a big touring band, making long and exhausting concert tours. Dave Matthews is more than just a radio band, they are a band that can play its music live and have it still sound good, for they use acoustic instruments. DMB is a band to be admired for these reasons. (Relix Magazine "One Nation Under a Groove.") 6) Paul, Allen. "Different Strummer" Guitar World The ways he plays the guitar and sings is how he makes his unique contributions to the band. His guitar playing is influenced by the sounds of African percussion. Dave explained his hard-driving guitar playing as this: "I think it's a love of drum and a love of percussion that led me there. I really almost try to think of the guitar and each string on the guitar as a percussion instrument." (The Boston Globe: "How Dave Matthews Found His Groove"), 2) "The Dave Matthews Band Forum : A DMB Info File " AOL, keyword: DMB Another factor in provoking emotion is through its instrumentation. Dave Matthews Band helps capture such emotion through the instrumentation of acoustic guitar, violin, bass, drums, and a variety of woodwinds. Such instrumentation will be hard to find in another band. Dave Matthews puts it as; "Maybe we're just a retro group that sounds like all the other old rock bands that had acoustic guitar, violin, saxophone, acoustic drums, and one electric instrument. Which, I can't think of any offhand."(Spin Magazine: "Fanfare For The Common Man") Each individual of the band has their own instruments to play to their interpretation of each song, giving off a variety of sounds and emotions. . In listening t
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