On Tuesday May 10, I attended a concert by the rock band, Dorothy at The Echo. The band lineup included: Dorothy Martin(vocals), Mark Jackson(guitar), Gregg Cash (bass), Zac Morris (Drums). Unfortunately, I was only able to hear two original songs of their own creation: “Missile” and “After Midnight”. Both songs were met with enthusiastic applause and praise. I was actually anxious to see them perform live as they were mentioned in Rolling Stone magazine as a promising new band and because I had fallen in love with the song, “After Midnight”, in particular. I was very impressed with the overall performance and this report will recapitulate my experience in both objective and subjective terms. The first song to be performed was, “After Midnight”.
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Musically, however, Dorothy is quite different from either of those bands in that the “heaviness” commonly associated with the genre is not entirely present alongside the emphasis on virtuosity. The song opens with the interesting and nuanced vocals of Dorothy Martin. In register, she is a Mezzo Soprano with a twangy, husky vocal timbre. This compliments both the dark lyrics she is singing about and also the rest of the musical arrangement. Once the vocals are established for a short period of time, the rest of the arrangement joins the melody, drums first. The electric guitar, in particular is a dominantly heard instrumental force. The register of this combined melody is lower in pitch and moodily dark in timbre but not entirely bleak in sound. In texture, the song is primarily homophonic as the lead vocals drive the melody and the instrumentals are accompaniments. Towards the end of the song, however, …show more content…
I found it to be delightfully edgy and provocative, both in lyrics and sound. I also quite liked the timbre of Dorothy’s voice being that I have a weakness for husky female singing voices. Most of all, I enjoyed the energy of not only this song but the performers themselves. Dorothy had quite the stage presence and I noticed that whenever she would get excited and start belting, the audience would respond with great enthusiasm. The rest of the band seemed genuinely captivated by their own music and lost in the trance of the rhythm. The lyrics themselves were powerful because they had to do with the theme of liberating oneself from negative influences and forces which is something virtually everyone can relate to. Personally speaking, the topic of asserting my own power and independence from negative individuals will always hit close to home. It doesn’t matter if you’re attempting to free yourself from drugs, gang life, or a sexist society; everyone has an albatross around their neck that they must overcome. It’s always amazing to me how lyrics can come alive through their
Musically, however, Dorothy is quite different from either of those bands in that the “heaviness” commonly associated with the genre is not entirely present alongside the emphasis on virtuosity. The song opens with the interesting and nuanced vocals of Dorothy Martin. In register, she is a Mezzo Soprano with a twangy, husky vocal timbre. This compliments both the dark lyrics she is singing about and also the rest of the musical arrangement. Once the vocals are established for a short period of time, the rest of the arrangement joins the melody, drums first. The electric guitar, in particular is a dominantly heard instrumental force. The register of this combined melody is lower in pitch and moodily dark in timbre but not entirely bleak in sound. In texture, the song is primarily homophonic as the lead vocals drive the melody and the instrumentals are accompaniments. Towards the end of the song, however, …show more content…
I found it to be delightfully edgy and provocative, both in lyrics and sound. I also quite liked the timbre of Dorothy’s voice being that I have a weakness for husky female singing voices. Most of all, I enjoyed the energy of not only this song but the performers themselves. Dorothy had quite the stage presence and I noticed that whenever she would get excited and start belting, the audience would respond with great enthusiasm. The rest of the band seemed genuinely captivated by their own music and lost in the trance of the rhythm. The lyrics themselves were powerful because they had to do with the theme of liberating oneself from negative influences and forces which is something virtually everyone can relate to. Personally speaking, the topic of asserting my own power and independence from negative individuals will always hit close to home. It doesn’t matter if you’re attempting to free yourself from drugs, gang life, or a sexist society; everyone has an albatross around their neck that they must overcome. It’s always amazing to me how lyrics can come alive through their