Word: methodically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Men of Clay was the only Harvard band at Rising Star that night, it is far from the only band at the University. While Men of Clay features a fusion jazz sound, Christian and the Infidels say they play "strictly rock and roll." The Rhythm Method concentrates on pure pop music...
...Rhythm Method does not cover the music of other artists, preferring to play original tunes and their own versions of other groups' songs, says lead singer John N. Axelrod '88. "We perform covers in the same way that Van Halen does Roy Orbison." As a result, The Rhythm Method generally does not play at Harvard functions...
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...
...music and, of course, make a little money. The Infidels get $1000 for an off-campus performance and only $850 for on-campus shows, says Andrew E. Bush '88. However, Men of Clay earns $750 for performances both on and off campus, Ben Hammond says. Similarly, The Rhythm Method received $800 when they played last week at New York's China Club, Axelrod says. The money does not go all that far, band members say, because they have to pay about $300 a show for sound equipment...
...probably best remembered for his 1970 A Midsummer Night's Dream, which uncovered weighty conflicts of the sexes and social classes in what had been seen as amiably airy farce. That production, gymnastic and visually abstract, signaled a revolutionary intent from the first glance. This time Brook's method is less obtrusive: though there are no sets to speak of, the costumes are in period and the air is abuzz with patronymics. Still, once again he has revisionism in mind...