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# “The hard part is getting heard.”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-hard-part-is-getting-heard/
- Published: 2010-02-02T08:18:22.000Z
- Updated: 2010-02-02T08:18:22.000Z
- Description: "Art, fashion, live performance are the things that help us connect now. We think if people hear the music and what we have to say, then we can start a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/02/the-hard-part-is-getting-heard.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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**"Art, fashion, live performance are the things that help us connect now.** 

**We think if people hear the music and what we have to say, then we can start a relationship with them.** 

**But the hard part is getting heard."**

 – Steven Scott, guitarist and singer for the Afternoons in an L.A. Times article "[The path to success is no longer labeled](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-afternoons31-2010jan31,0,2004179.story?ref=hypebot.com)".