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First there's the attitude. The members of Chicks on Speed brazenly admit they're not skilled musicians ("There are too many musicians already in music") and that producers help them compose their songs. Then there's the unabashed entrepreneurship. The rock/techno trio, based in Berlin, wears bizarre homemade clothes...
But many U.S. record buyers may still resist the Chicks. Americans over the past 35 years have remained attached to the idea of rock as an earnest, romantic mode of expression, never fully embracing the proudly incompetent Sex Pistols or the proudly impersonal technowizards like the Orb and Aphex Twin...
As a composer, Schuller has written over 180 works in virtually every genre. His tight schedule forces him to compose in his limited free time. "Because I'm on the road all the time, I compose in airplanes, hotel lobbies, bathrooms, you name it. I'm not one of those...
THC: How do you and the other members of the band write your songs? Do you sit around and have jam sessions or do you sit down and deliberately compose each song?
"I've known David and Vincent since they were undergraduates," Schoenberg said. "In 1997 I had dinner with David and Vincent and they asked me to compose a wish list of my hopes for the center and community. My list included everything from making a $500 film series to optimistically...