Exploration Six: Joey Tinnerello

An artist/ band that has impacted since my childhood is Dave Matthews Band. Their music brings back memories of my childhood and is a good stress reliever. After a long day at school, or just in general, I’ll turn on Dave Matthews just to relax. His music is very soothing as he includes many different instruments such as the saxophone and piano, but still uses the guitar. It’s an extremely soft rock, his voice is unique, but very natural. It does take some getting used to. Dave Matthews Band is different from other bands because of their unique style of making music. Matthews said when he started to put the band together, he would walk in the room, explain what he was trying to get at, and they’d get straight to it. He also stated that all his band members were so good at their craft, so when they made music, they flowed, and it went smoothly. With a song like ‘Crash into Me,’ it describes itself immediately, and as a listener, you understand lyrically what the band is trying to say immediately. It’s a song that you can listen to him sing solo without a band and it sounds fine. In their song ‘drive in, drive out,’ the band is needed, each instrument has a special part, so when you lose one instrument, it’s like a part of the song is missing. I think this band is capable of lifting people up when they’re going through dark times in their life because of their meaningful lyrics and soothing instruments 

As said before Dave Matthews is a different kind of rock. They’re hard to compare to any other artist. They can be a slower rock, and then sometimes up the tempo. But Dave’s voice never changes, and the smooth sound of the instruments is what separates Dave Matthew’s from everyone else. They recently released an album in 2018 and it took me back to their music when they first came together, all my hope came back. It was like they never lost a beat. After listening to their music, you would notice how they separate themselves from other bands, they are just so different stylistically.  

A few songs where Dave Matthews’ have stapled themselves into music history are ‘Crash into Me’, and ‘Idea of You’. As most Dave Matthews fans know, ‘Crash into Me’ is their biggest hit, and this is where they really became huge. This song is in an older album, but the song explains what Dave is going through and really exemplifies the kind of band they are with its’ multitude of instruments. In their most recent album, ‘Idea of You’ appeared and this brought fans back to the past. He explains how he falls so hard to the idea of some, I think this song shows what the band is about lyrically. Emotionally attached to their lyrics and so into every song, Dave Matthews Band is exceptional. The easiest place to find their music is YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU2E1lX1geY

Dave Matthews Band sitting together for a picture. 

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