The Decision: Boyd Leaving DMB

[TheLastPig]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

I have tweet notifications turned on for him because he deletes them so often

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Holy shit is this all from last night about ants?

[AJF_41]

fonz 100% replaceable.


only two that aren't are dave and carter.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by snake911

I think two things play into it 1) hes hard to hear on live releases quite a bit, thats why I loved LT 40 so much. the bass was finally up in the mix.
2) people hear other instruments much clearer, the bass is often not the focal point, but if you removed the bass track the song would sound terrible. Most people aren't listening for what the bass does. Then you hear someone like Wooten, where the bass is more the focus, and you say "see, now thats a talented bass player!". Which he is of course, but with a different role.

Fonz is an incredible bass player and the "put another talented bass player up there and it sounds the same" is nonsense. The Fonz/Carter backbone of the band is very important to the sound.

Bolded is truth, I think most likely it would be fellow bass players and/or musicians in some form that are most likely to hear what the bass is doing in the mix. I never find Stefan's parts hard to pick up and he definitely isn't making the least amount of mistakes. Even on released titles you can hear flubs if you know what you're listening for - hard to find a version of Busted Stuff where Fonz doesn't play at least one bum note. Crash from LT4, Melissa from PP.

Still, turn up the LFE and listen to the 5.1 mix of Jimi Thing from CP, this is a great example of why I liken Fonz to McCartney...he's very busy and adds a lot to the flow of the song...but most won't really hear that unless you sit them down and point it out or direct them to listen specifically to what he's doing.

[bowa36]

Originally Posted by AJF_41

fonz 100% replaceable.


only two that aren't are dave and carter.

and stefan

[bowa36]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Bolded is truth, I think most likely it would be fellow bass players and/or musicians in some form that are most likely to hear what the bass is doing in the mix. I never find Stefan's parts hard to pick up and he definitely isn't making the least amount of mistakes. Even on released titles you can hear flubs if you know what you're listening for - hard to find a version of Busted Stuff where Fonz doesn't play at least one bum note. Crash from LT4, Melissa from PP.

Still, turn up the LFE and listen to the 5.1 mix of Jimi Thing from CP, this is a great example of why I liken Fonz to McCartney...he's very busy and adds a lot to the flow of the song...but most won't really hear that unless you sit them down and point it out or direct them to listen specifically to what he's doing.

capn is a good example of this

[dmb41er]

With so many unanswered questions it is hard to form a solid opinion on the Boyd situation, but it is likely connected to the hiatus which was announced over two years ago.

[TheLastPig]

No idea what the bashing his friend who took his life stuff is... sounds like he either took a joke wrong or is making it up.

[2stepnstone]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

No idea what the bashing his friend who took his life stuff is... sounds like he either took a joke wrong or is making it up.

That was a retweet

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

No idea what the bashing his friend who took his life stuff is... sounds like he either took a joke wrong or is making it up.

Wtf? Who are you even talking about? Boyd?

[TheLastPig]

Originally Posted by tyler3440

Wtf? Who are you even talking about? Boyd?

Read the page tyler.. click the link Danny posted

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

Read the page tyler.. click the link Danny posted

Yeah I just needed so direction LP because I'm in the middle of class and saw your post and didn't feel like looking for it

[TheLastPig]

I also like how he calls us an anti fan site... hell this site helps people every year with tickets and info and talks about a 26 year old band daily, he should be thankful it even exists and the community is here instead of being a whiny pissant who gets upset if he hears one criticism. He sounds like the head of the DMB Family.

I never criticize Stefan and I also dont think he is very replaceable because hes a founding member.. but that really irritates me. Welcome to the internet dude, youre gonna see some criticism when youre in the spotlight.

[Carbon Copy]

Originally Posted by AJF_41

fonz 100% replaceable.


only two that aren't are dave and carter.

j. mayer could easily replace dave in dmb

[#41Tom]

So nobody knows who this friend was from Danny's link?

[Dannyyankou]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

Holy shit is this all from last night about ants?

Yeah and there were more too, they didn’t all fit in the screenshot

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[Seek#41Up]

Originally Posted by Carbon Copy

j. mayer could easily replace dave in dmb

no way

[greenpick41]

I don’t understand any of this discussion on replaceability of band members. It’s not like they ever had a tryout and the only people who made the cut were the best of the best or something. They’re just artists who naturally gravitated toward each other to create an entertainment product and make a living. This isn’t a fantasy football team.

[2stepnstone]

Originally Posted by Carbon Copy

j. mayer could easily replace dave in dmb

Dave's acoustic sound, absolutely he could. But similar to the Dead & Company role of filling Jerry's part, you just can't duplicate the vocals.

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by Carbon Copy

j. mayer could easily replace dave in dmb

This is probably the worst post I've seen in the history of this website, and I am a John Mayer fan

[groogrux27]

Originally Posted by ToySoldier#34

This is probably the worst post I've seen in the history of this website, and I am a John Mayer fan

agreed hahaha

[dkamis]

Originally Posted by JordanCascata

We obviously need Lindsey Stirling. Female, connects well with the young audience, not classically trained, has been on Dancing With The Stars. (Bonus.)

She’s Mormon and doesn’t play on Sunday so likely she wouldn’t play with an atheist. My early suggestions would be Gabe from Punch Brothers or Ryan from Trampled By Turtles. There are so many good fiddle players out there they honestly couldn’t go wrong.

Boyd needs to be replaced.

[vklugf]

Originally Posted by Carbon Copy

j. mayer could easily replace dave in dmb

Phillip Phillips could easily replace Dave. 😂

[tyler3440]

Originally Posted by ToySoldier#34

This is probably the worst post I've seen in the history of this website, and I am a John Mayer fan

[groogrux27]

Originally Posted by dkamis

She’s Mormon and doesn’t play on Sunday so likely she wouldn’t play with an atheist. My early suggestions would be Gabe from Punch Brothers or Ryan from Trampled By Turtles. There are so many good fiddle players out there they honestly couldn’t go wrong.

Boyd needs to be replaced.

im LDS, it's not like we dont do anything with people who dont believe the same things we believe, she might not play on Sunday, but playing with an Athiest would be no problem

[tyler3440]

Y'all can't be legit serious?

[dontdrink36]

Why would John Mayer want to be in DMB? He already has a strong solo career and side project with Dead and Co. I can't think of a reason why he would want to do anything with DMB other than guest if he was town.

[dkamis]

Originally Posted by groogrux27

im LDS, it's not like we dont do anything with people who dont believe the same things we believe, she might not play on Sunday, but playing with an Athiest would be no problem

I’ve known enough Mormons to know it is highly dependent on how strict she is. I guess we could see if she’ll drink a soda...

This absolutely won’t happen by the way. LS wouldn’t want to take a side role either. She too big to be a backing musician.

[kelchlsm]

Think you guys are feeding an obvious troll comment

[dkamis]

Don’t tell me how to have fun on the internet. Trolling trolls is one of my favorite things.

[RSSR]

Originally Posted by AJF_41

fonz 100% replaceable.


only two that aren't are dave and carter.

That’s funny, I would have said Boyd was the most replaceable as a musician and composer, easily. Once that actually happened, lots of people all over the internet freaked out citing his stage presence prancing around the stage being an essential part of DMB.

Fonz gave us The Dreaming Tree, Boyd brought True Reflections, a song that was once thought of as DMB’s weakest song pre-Everyday.