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...Axelrod says he usually comes up with an idea for a song and presents it to the other two members of The Rhythm Method. The three of them work together on arranging the tune to fit each member of the band in the best way, he says. When writing music, Axelrod says, "We are a triangular nucleus. We are each interdependent on each other. You have to be selfless rather than selfish...
Inspiration comes in a variety of ways, the student composers say. Axelrod says he most often gets ideas for songs when travelling between classes. "I don't need a piano to write music on," he says. However, "Sometimes when you get to a piano it doesn't sound anything like what you thought it would because when you write a song you hear all the parts in your head and the piano is only one instrument," Axelrod adds...
Themes for his songs include: the nuclear arms freeze, the importance of individuality and the disappearance of the institution of love in the modern world. "In order to write a good song it is necessary to take a personal experience that is seen as universal," Axelrod says...
...Axelrod and the rest of the band says they are adamant in their resolve not to compromise their originality in any way. The band strives to bring something new and interesting to the traditional "Top 40 radio" sound. "Some people write songs according to the formulas followed by leading pop songs of today," says Axelrod, adding that these people write only to please the commercial market and make money...
...money. We want to make really good music and get it out to as many people as possible," Axelrod says...