Word: jn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...JN: I'm a sax player. I'm from around here and since high school I've been playing in a ska band. We've put out some albums and had some tours...
...JN: They even say "no drums, no amplified instruments allowed." I have a lot of friends in music school and the hardest part sometimes for me is seeing the contrast with the lifestyle of a musician here. It's not really a difference of talent. It's just that people have so much less time. Scheduling rehearsals, forget about...
...JN: The tradition of most American colleges is to be bastions of creative or experimental music, or even experimental forms of mainstream music like indie rock. At Harvard, I think there's a desire to be culturally conservative. I was shocked that people had such a negative reaction to the Violent Femmes concert last year. At any other college, people will get very excited about a band that original and that distinctive playing. Here you can see the UC posters. "Who wants the Violent Femmes? We want Third Eye Blind...
...JN: I'm a spectator for them most of the time, and there are always incredibly positive reactions. It's very accessible music, mainly because it's so personal and expressive...
...JN: I'm sure that there are other bands...