b'videos. She draws on those videos, the sound archive and moreWEAVING CONNECTIONSto create the playlists and video material. Cynthia Bright, aPhil and Cynthia both grew up in San Francisco and met long-time volunteer in the local schools, keeps track of thethere. Phil was a sports kid baseball was his first love but constant additions to the music library and posts promotionaldiscovered drums as a teenager. He started doing AC/DC material, including Leonors videos, to the partners socialtunes, then noticed that the girls noticed. Ever the connector media channels. and organizer, he called on a couple friends and put together a When inspired by a musical theme, Phil Bright and Johnstonlittle band. In the ensuing years, he composed and played in the will compose the songs, then put together a band drawn fromCitys music scene, eventually learning to write, record, perform their decades of contacts in the music biz. Brights networkand market his music.includes drummers, bass guitarists, keyboardists, vocalists andJohnston spent his childhood bouncing between Dutch more who have played with artists such as Santana, BonnieFlat, Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. He first heard ragtime and Raitt, Prince and Journey. the music of Scott Joplin as a tot, and later learned boogie to And a journey it has been, with horizons opening into aplay boogie piano. When life brought him to a home on Searls future yet to be charted.The artists ofFusi Pumper Records set up a shot in the garage-turned-green-screen at the Bright family residence.(Photo by Trina Kleist)10 Nevada County Business Focus2025'