Editor's Note: Steve Gordon, Esq. served as moderator of the Convergence of Music and Fashion Special Seminar.

In preparing for tonight's event, I wanted to provide a summary of the influence of music on fashion through history. So I went to the library to do some research. I thought I would find a huge amount of material. In fact, I found almost nothing on the history of music and fashion. What I did find were books and articles on how music has influenced fashion in the last several generations. For instance, the book by Tommy Helfiger with Anthony DeCurtis, "Rock Style," goes back in time as far as Motown and Elvis. Another example is "Rock/Fashion" by Joshua Sims, which goes back only as far as Rock and Roll.

By Anne Freeman,

If you are a beginning songwriter, there are some things to think about before joining a song writing organization. But first of all, congratulations for starting your creative journey! Secondly, don't rush! Spend some time exploring your "muse," your inner creative voice. Express yourself any way you want to and don't worry about "doing things right" at this time. Become comfortable with writing songs. You have the rest of your life to learn the Whys and How-tos of writing songs. Fortunately, song writing is one area of the music business where being young and pretty are not important to your success as a songwriter. Relax and have fun with it.

For my first 10 years of playing music, I was in a succession of bands that went nowhere. Armed with the foolhardy belief that we were destined to succeed just by playing out and releasing product, we played gig after gig to dismal audiences and sent out hundreds of CDs to radio and media, yet received little notice. After years of frustration, I channelled my energies into a solo techno project. I hit pay dirt and was signed to a record company after sending out only 20 cassettes.

At 10, a young Martin Pronn found his father's guitar tucked away in the back of a closet. Fearlessly, he dragged the instrument from where it was hidden and from that moment on, Martin Pronn was a guitarist. "My father, he was pretty much happy with me playing his guitar," laughs Martin, recalling the event. "He had stopped playing it, so he was happy that I had found it."

When did the band first form?

Clarissa First was the project in Cuba. After back in Berlin we formed the band.

What brought everyone together as one band?