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Originally Posted by kelchlsm
The whole "the band hasnt sounded the same since Leroi" is kind of comical to me. I mean I get it, dont get me wrong, I prefer just Boyd/ Leroi, and no horn section just like everyone else. I miss the old sound, and as a result have not gone to as many shows as I would have like to because of this current lineup.
That said, what I find funny is that if Leroi was still in the band today, im not so sure the sound would be that much different- and thats where a lot of people i think always give him way too much credit IMO. Im assuming it was his idea (or atleast a big part) in bringing in Rashawn to add the horn section in DMB. It began when he was still playing even. So youd still have the horn section and youd still have Tim Reynolds overpowering everyone.
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Originally Posted by crashintonickdm
One sweet worlds main riff on horns is what's being discussed
It is in short horrendous
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These are the 2 biggest issues I have with the band's sound today. The first one is pretty obvious: Tim is overpowering. It completely changed the band's sound more than anything else. It's why you hear Tim and Carter more than anyone else. This band's sound was built around Dave's guitar and you can barely, if ever hear it anymore.
The other thing, the often shrill horn notes like in One Sweet World need a little more explaining and as a sax player myself this has always bothered me since Rashawn came on board. Generally, I have no issue with Rashawn or Jeff (I was a huge JC fan from his Flecktones days) and this was even a problem before Roi died:
While we have 2 incredible horn musicians in the horn section, many of the horn
arrangements are terrible. For the non-musical instrument playing folks out there it means specifically what notes they choose to play in the pre-written parts that are played every time, and a great example is in OSW. There is no melody and harmony/countermelody happening. The horns play the same thing in unison, meaning they play the exact same notes as each other. When 2 horns do this, even the slightest differences in intonation (one of them being slightly sharp or flat of the other) become painfully obvious and that's what gives that shrill sound. If one was playing a harmony, it would blend 100x better.
The other place this comes to mind that this happens is the horn line at the end of Ants. When Roi played this alone it was probably my favorite part of any DMB song. For the record, it's both an issue when Roi was around (check out LT 13/14) and now with Jeff (LT 32).