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...classify thier music as “tri-vocal funkcoustic instrument-swap groove,” Dispatch still cling to the three-frontman style that gained them that label. Braddigan is more than just a drummer, lending his voice and guitar playing skills to many of the tracks. Similarly, Chetro and Repete also “instrument-sawp” during any given show, ensuring that each song will have a sound and feel slightly different from the one before it. “When you try to categorize [our music], it doesn’t really work...
Comenting on the turn that many Internet trading sites have begun taking, Chetro added, “It makes sense that they’re going towards some sort of subscription-based infrastructure. We got to know Napster really well and found that CD sales actually went up. It was a resurgence of our music and of independent music in general and not just the big poppy N’ Sync-to-Creed spectrum...
...they like to call their “D-Team.” ‘Reps’ across the country can log onto the Dispatch website and report on anything from ticket sales to album sales and the growth of the band’s local following. Chetro admits that the administration needed to maintain the D-Team on the band’s side of things have, at times, fallen by the wayside, which if nothing else is a testament to the loyalty of fans who have been following Dispatch since...
...It’s kind of tricky because there’s so much negative energy to turn around, but you also don’t want to do it at a time that is insensitive to other people.” While setting up for their next song, Chetro thanked the members of the Islamic Society for hosting the singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, last year; because of that event the bandmembers were able to meet one of their musical influences. The acknowledgement also appeared to be an attempt to create unity with a minority group...
Because all three member of Dispatch sing and play a variety of instruments, it would be harder for them to fall into the trap that causes tension in many bands, namely the lead-singer-vs.-back-up-guys rut. Not only do Braddigon, Chetro and Repete each write some of the Dispatch tunes, but each of them is also involved with separate solo projects, an outlet for more individual creativity. “I don’t think any of us would let the others [take the spotlight],” affirmed Chetro, “we?...