Final Script

SAN JOSE MUSIC SCENE SCRIPT

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA GOT A MUSICAL SHOT IN THE

ARM THIS PAST WEEK DURING THE FIRST LEFT COAST

LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL. THE FIVE DAY EVENT, ORGAN-

IZED BY LOCAL MUSICANS AND MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS,

FEATURED OVER EIGHTY BANDS IN DOZENS OF VENUES

SPREAD THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE. THE

ORGANIZERS SOUGHT TO CHANGE THE WAY THE

SILICON VALLEY MUSIC SCENE IS PERCEIVED, AS WELL

AS HOW IT VIEWS ITSELF.


LOCAL MUSICIAN MARK HEAPS OF THE BAND POINT

THREE KNOWS THE SCENE WELL, HAVING PLAYED

AROUND THE BAY AREA SINCE TWO THOUSAND ONE.


HE SAYS THAT THE KEY TO BEING SUCCESSFUL IS

CONSTANT NETWORKING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL

ARTISTS, WHO IN TURN WILL SUPPORT OTHER ARTISTS.

THE FESTIVAL AIMS TO CONNECT MUSICIANS WITH

VENUES, EVEN ONES THAT PREVIOUSLY MAY NOT HAVE

FEATURED LIVE MUSIC. THE HOPE IS THAT BY HAVING A

LARGE ENOUGH EVENT WITH ENOUGH PUBLICITY,

PEOPLE WILL TURN OUT TO SEE LOCAL ACTS PERFORM.


HEAPS SAYS THAT PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA ARE

DISTRACTED BY ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE

TO THEM, BUT THAT THEY CAN BE SWAYED BY A

MEMORABLE ACT.


OF THE FESTIVAL, HE SAYS, HE LOVED SEEING ALL

THE PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS TO SEE THE BANDS

THAT WERE PLAYING. AND THAT WAS THE POINT.

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