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Originally Posted by Jamima2fl
DISCLAIMER: This is a copy / paste from my comment in the new studio album thread. I hope either post gets a few reads for consideration...
I'm ready to put my life savings on betting that DMB is following the path of the Grateful Dead... it's in their DNA and they've been plugging away at it for a bit. I feel stupid for not recognizing it sooner. Coran is a huge GD fan and DMB's model was based on theirs. They inherited their sound system, they followed their recording policies, they are following the whole process of what made GD such a long-term success. Look at Record Store Day releases (RSD)... Amongst the mob turnout for Taylor Swift albums are Deadheads STILL grabbing the latest Grateful Dead / Jerry Garcia Band releases.
I believe it will be live albums moving forward, even for new music... the future of their discography will be live albums. We'll get some gems like live takes in a controlled environment (Dave & Carter's Haunted Hollow set for example / D&T Performance). Anything studio would be an occasional single or a cover song for a compilation / tribute album for another artist.
Perhaps a few old studio session tracks get released as companions to anniversary or vinyl releases & re-presses. The "New Studio" stuff will actually be old... and "New Songs" will be on live albums.
This is the formula... all of the parallels are there. I don't hate it if I KNOW this is the process.
The sheer momentum and success of the Big 3 (followed by TWLS / Everyday / Busted Stuff) was such a hell of a ride that I feel like I've had the blinders on in hopes to recapture that. Beautiful albums, but this is a live band... still willing and wanting to tour. In sitting and thinking about this, I fear a studio pulls these guys further apart than playing on a stage together. As badly as I'd love to hear more studio tracks like the Big 3... if this is the formula, I'm 100% on board and it will change the negative feelings I've had about the direction of DMB in regards to recent studio efforts.
If any of you feel this holds weight... I'd encourage you to adopt the mentality and keep this in mind going forward. I think I believe it and I know it will change my outlook for DMB positively... I also feel AM.org could use that positivity. It's pretty heavy with disappointment in here, and it's a bad look for us as fans and supporters of DMB. I'm partially guilty.
Thoughts???
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Just some thoughts on this...
1 - The Grateful Dead didn't enjoy working in the studio, but they still did it. DMB does (per Stefan, Dave and Carter).
2 - The Grateful Dead released studio albums all throughout their career, albeit towards the end they were spaced out a bit more.
3 - The Grateful Dead's biggest studio album was released 20 years after their first studio album, and they capitalized on that momentum by releasing another studio album two years later.
4 - The Grateful Dead had been working on a new studio album since 1992, it was just never finished. The rumored songs said to be recorded for the album were released on the live album "Ready Or Not".
It was never the model of the Grateful Dead to abandon the studio and release live albums only. They didn't stop working in the studio until Jerry's death and Grateful Dead disbanded.