Festival Music Acts
Event calendar | Indie Music Night

Calabasas, Calif., March 28, 2006 - Music events highlight a week of screenings, workshops and networking events at the 8th annual The Method Fest film festival. Following are details about some of the acts that will be performing:

Filmmaker Reception March 30, 7pm-10pm
Tom Bishel

Hailing from San Jose, California, Tom Bishel can't remember a time in his life when he wasn't singing. Tom loves listening to Neil Finn, Tears for Fears, the Beatles, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett and Led Zeppelin, so you just may hear some of those influences in his music. He recently completed a self-produced CD. Welcome Back includes collaborations with two award-winning songwriters. Tom was "fortunate" enough to get a speeding ticket, which prompted him to attend traffic school, where he met fellow lawbreaker and Golden-Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated composer, Arthur Hamilton ("Cry Me a River"). They hit it off and wrote one of the CD's catchiest tunes, 1000 Hellos. He has scored three short films, including "In Order of Appearance," playing at Method Fest, for which he also served as musical director.

Opening Night Gala April 1, 9:30pm-12:30am

Naked Rhythm

Naked Rhythm plays exotic world electronica, Middle-Eastern techno, Asian techno, and Brazilian/latin ranging from smooth groovy lounge to up tempo dance floor pleasers!

By seamlessly fusing exotic world music elements with electronic dance beats Naked Rhythm exposes Western listeners to the sounds of the Middle-East, India, Africa, and South America. The result is a captivating experience perfect for entertainment industry. Naked Rhythm has performed for Sting, Stevie Wonder, Dianna Ross, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., The Black Eyed Peas and many others. Because collaborators Alex Spurkel and Avi Sills are both accomplished drummers there is a heavy emphasis on well crafted, booty-shakin' rhythms-a language that is understood all over the World! Naked Rhythm has just released 4 tracks on the latest compilation from Caravan Records entitled Electric Oasis. Their debut album "Frequency" was recently released.

Featuring: DJ Derek Boykins

World Premiere Party April 1, 9:30pm-12:30am

The Replacement Killers

Based in Los Angeles, The Replacement Killers are a collective of seasoned, soulful musicians who, in a belief that music should go back to the old days, cover a scintillating selection of obscure tracks from some of the great 60s and 70s soul artists. Featuring a six-piece line-up of bass, drums, tenor sax, alto sax, trumpet and a guitar player who sings, the Replacement Killers bang out an earthy, pure old school sound, drawing heavily on Motown, the Sound of Philadelphia, and Memphis Soul.

Awards Ceremony April 7, 10pm-12:30am

DJ Assaf

Born and raised in Israel, DJ Assaf uprooted to Los Angeles eight years ago and shortly thereafter became heavily involved with the local dance scene.

Still spinning vinyl in the age of CD's, DJ Assaf's style is a combination of European Trance and Progressive House. An eclectic mix of sensual melodic rhythms amid pumping good vibrations.a feast for your ears.  

Sunny Hilden

Surrounded by a who's-got-time-to-sit-on-a-couch family of musicians, her childhood living room was furnished with a grand piano, church organ, drum set, basses, and various woodwind, string and brass instruments.

Sunny's songs have been recorded by Ray Charles, Sting, Patti LaBelle, The Temptations, Herbie Hancock, En Vogue, Yolanda Adams, The Andrae Crouch Choir, Patti Austin, Shanice Wilson, Phyllis Hyman, Angela Bofill and many others. Her songs have been featured on platinum, gold, Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated CD's, with 14 songs charting, including four #1 singles in Europe, two of which featured Sunny as the artist. Sunny's written four primetime TV theme songs, songs for feature films, documentaries, Sony Playstation II games and Yamaha products, as well as songs for TV shows including "Touched By An Angel," "The Young and The Restless," "The Drew Carey Show," "Passions," "Guiding Light," "As The World Turns," HBO original documentaries and others.