The conversations on the couch; is the music scene gaining momentum? - by N.L. Belardes
There I was, sitting at the Syndicate Coffeehouse, staring into the eyes of this Berkeley Grad, spilling my tea all over myself. What’s the deal with this lid? These plastic no-spill lids are causing me a headache. I take a drink, the tea sloshes out. Maybe I was just too into the chai. Maybe I was thinking too hard. I'm a thinker. The wheels never stop. If I knew anything about shoes I would tell you what kind of brown shoes she wore; but since I traded in my shoe fetish years ago for a discount love affair with liking personalities and great lips, it’s just not the same. But that’s all beside the point. My spicy chai tea was burning a hole in my sleeve and pants. None to worry folks, I held my own and had a great and secret conversation about the music scene, where it can go, and what kind of exposure bands could get if a few changes were made around this one horse town. And you know what? I think she was listening...
Now wouldn’t you all like to know what was said on those dark Syndicate leather couches? Was I just holding her hand and whispering sweet nothings? “Baby, the scene, the musack, the punks, the screamos, the Brit Pop Funk Masters... hear me roar...”
Don’t you know you are my community service? Like I said a few articles ago, this great music scene is no soup kitchen: it’s a living breathing entity of multiple genres of music: Punk, Brit Pop, Screamo, Industrial, Post industrial, Metal, Post grunge, Jazz, fusion, country, rock, blues and more. And I'm here to uplift. Where is it all headed? Who will notice? And most importantly, will the good people of Bakersfield, its outlying communities, and even the Fresno area, care? Yes! Well that was the look I was getting anyway... that this woman cared...
The most vibrant scene I have ever witnessed in my years here in Bakersfield is right here, right now. I keep telling you there’s something exploding here... in just two months time the build-up has strengthened... the music scene is heard, loud and clear... the smoke from Wing Wahs stings our eyes, but something is happening... we cast it aside and pull together and all scream, "We can get through the fire and build this up bigger than ever..."
Now wouldn’t you all like to know what was said on those dark Syndicate leather couches? Was I just holding her hand and whispering sweet nothings? “Baby, the scene, the musack, the punks, the screamos, the Brit Pop Funk Masters... hear me roar...”
Don’t you know you are my community service? Like I said a few articles ago, this great music scene is no soup kitchen: it’s a living breathing entity of multiple genres of music: Punk, Brit Pop, Screamo, Industrial, Post industrial, Metal, Post grunge, Jazz, fusion, country, rock, blues and more. And I'm here to uplift. Where is it all headed? Who will notice? And most importantly, will the good people of Bakersfield, its outlying communities, and even the Fresno area, care? Yes! Well that was the look I was getting anyway... that this woman cared...
The most vibrant scene I have ever witnessed in my years here in Bakersfield is right here, right now. I keep telling you there’s something exploding here... in just two months time the build-up has strengthened... the music scene is heard, loud and clear... the smoke from Wing Wahs stings our eyes, but something is happening... we cast it aside and pull together and all scream, "We can get through the fire and build this up bigger than ever..."
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