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Originally Posted by GraceBuckley
I was totally out of the DMB loop from 2004-2020. When I had a rental car for a week last year with Sirius radio in it, it was really my 1st time hearing a lot of post-2004 (and more importantly post-2008) versions of songs.
I definitely would be able to quickly tell whether it was a pre- or post-2008 version, and as much as I love Jeff Coffin the post-2008 versions are not my thing, but it's interesting to hear some literally want to "fire Rashawn". Is that because people think he's bad? Or he's skilled but not the sound that works for DMB songs? Or what is most behind the ideas that he should go?
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I think it comes to for most people that think that way (not saying I agree):
1.) he's not the most skilled, he hits clams all over the place, and generally like all trumpet players, he shoots for notes 1 skill level above himself and loves a good off-key shrieking final note of every song.
2.) the trumpet sound just isn't DMB, it's a guest horn sound.
3.) he takes a lot of blame for the horns going from a play what you feel when you feel it, to canned lines. Even though, it's not really true. Roi pushed for that sound, and he and Jeff still make up their own harmonies and rhythms on the fly, you can see them working it out during songs. Obviously they do still have the "canned" lines in songs as well.
4.) The biggest sin to the group was when he, a non-original member, started playing a role in the band this type of group didn't feel he earned. The main offense - jokingly being called the Musical Director for coming up with ideas that this type of group loved like the 2010 segues.
5.) Doing what everyone here would do, blocking trolls on social media.
oh and I forgot:
6.) This one time he did an interview and it sounded like he had a Caribbean accent even though he was born in the Virgin Islands and probably does still talk that way, just not all the time.