THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, THE FBI SAYS FLORIDA IS SEEING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SWATTING CASES.

FEDERAL AGENTS ARE WARNING PARENTS ABOUT THEIR KIDS ONLINE CONNECTIONS AND THE PREDATORS LOOKING TO RECRUIT THEM FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR COULD BE RECORD SETTING FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON.

THE REASONS WHY WE'RE SEEING MORE SEA TURTLE NESTS ON OUR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES COMING UP.

AND THE COMBINATION BETWEEN POP AND TRADITIONAL CULTURE, MEET THE TWIN SISTERS WHO ARE MAINTAINING THEIR INDIAN HERITAGE.

BUT GIVING IT A MODERN SPIN.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

IT'S BECOMING A GROWING CONCERN IMPACTING SCHOOLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT FLORIDA IS CALLED SWATTING.

ACCORDING TO TD OUR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, A COMPANY THAT TRACKS SCHOOL THREATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FLORIDA LED THE NATION IN SWATTING REPORTING MORE THAN 1500 SCHOOL INCIDENTS DURING THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE FBI SAYS ONLINE THREAT ACTORS ARE COMMITTING THE SWATTING ACTS AND EVEN RECRUITING KIDS TO TAKE PART IS JUST ONE OF MANY ONLINE THREATS.

FEDERAL AGENTS ARE WARNING PARENTS ABOUT.

>> SPECIAL AGENT ADAM GODFREY FROM THE TAMPA FBI OFFICE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> DREW, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> ALMOST EVERY CHILD IS ONLINE EVERY DAY FACING A DIGITAL LANDSCAPE THAT IS FILLED WITH POTENTIAL DANGER.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT KINDS OF THREATS ARE FACING OUR KIDS ONLINE?

>> HE ON FORCING A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

ARE THESE VIOLENT ONLINE EXTREMIST GROUPS, RIGHT?

AND YOU'LL HEAR TERMS LIKE 7, 6, 4, NIHILISTIC, VIOLENT EXTREMIST GROUPS OUT THERE.

BUT THESE GROUPS ARE TARGETING JUVENILES.

TYPICALLY USUALLY THERE, FOLKS THAT ARE THEY MAY HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES GOING ON, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR BULLY OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEY WILL TARGET THESE FOLKS ONLINE USING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, THEY WILL BEFRIEND THEM.

THEY WILL GROOM THEM AND THEN THEY WILL CONVINCED THAT TYPICALLY TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL ONCE THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THESE FOLKS WITHIN USE THAT TO EXTORT THEM.

THAT EXTORTION LOOKS LIKE A VARIETY OF THINGS.

IN MOST CASES, THOUGH, IT'S TRYING TO CONVINCE THESE VICTIMS TO COMMIT A VARIETY OF SELF-HARM COULD BE CUTTING TO BE ALL THE WAY UP TO SUICIDE.

WE'VE EVEN SEEN WHERE THEY'RE ENCOURAGING HARM OF.

THAT'S AND SIBLINGS.

AND JUST SOME SOME REALLY AWFUL STUFF.

>> HOW PERVASIVE ARE THESE BAD ACTORS?

>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, AT LEAST ON THE FBI SIDE.

SO WE'VE GOT OVER 500 CASES NATIONALLY RIGHT NOW ON THESE GROUPS.

IT DEFINITELY SEEMS TO BE INCREASING OF US WHO ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO WORK THIS.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.

OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICES ARE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FDLE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S ADDRESSING IT.

SO IT IS.

THESE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE SEEMS TO BE AN INCREASING PROBLEM FOR NOW.

>> AND WHAT AGES ARE BEING TARGETED.

>> FORTUNATELY, I'VE SEEN AS YOUNG AS 9.

I WOULD SAY TYPICALLY THEY TEND TO BE TEENAGE, BUT IT CAN BE ANY VARIETY.

WE'VE SEEN.

IT'S IT'S PRIMARILY FEMALE TEENAGE JUVENILE.

BUT WE'VE SEEN MALE VICTIMS, FEMALE VICTIMS, JUVENILES AND ADULTS.

BUT PREDOMINANTLY IS THAT KIND OF TEENAGER FEMALE VICTIM?

>> CAN TOUCH ON IN OTHER PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF IN THE MEDIA AND THAT IS SWATTING.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WEDDING IS AND WHY THOSE THREATS POSE A DANGER?

>> ANOTHER INCREASING ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT TO SWATTING ESSENTIALLY IS SOME WON.

CONTACTS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND REPORTS EITHER A VIOLENT EVENT THAT HAS HAPPENED OR IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT IT'S IT'S NOT A REAL EVENTS RED.

IT'S A HOAX.

CALL AND THEY'RE MAKING THESE CALLS IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND GENERATE A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.

SO THEY WANT TO SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW UP.

THEY WANT TO SEE A SWAT TEAM SHOW UP A BOMB TEAM SHOW UP AND IT'S IT'S A PROBLEM ON A VARIETY OF FRONTS.

IT'S A PROBLEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT.

IT PULLS RESOURCES AWAY FROM REAL ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S EXPENSIVE.

BUT IT ALSO PUTS PEOPLE IN DANGER, RIGHT?

ANYTIME YOU LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED A REPORT THAT THERE MAY BE SO VIOLENT ACT THAT'S GOING ON MAYBE A SHOOTING OR AN ACTIVE SHOOTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE RESPONDING VERY QUICKLY WITH, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY LIMITED AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND THAT CAN PUT PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT SCENARIO AND A HIGH STRESS, DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET HURT AS A RESULT OF IT.

>> ARE YOU SEEING MORE CASES OF SWATTING?

>> DEFINITELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, BARRON FORTUNE THE MAJORITY, THE BRUNT OF THESE CALLS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN AND RESPONDING.

BUT WE AS THE FBI ARE DEFINITELY GETTING MORE AND MORE INVOLVED.

WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT RECENT PROSECUTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY OF SWATTING NETWORKS.

AND WE'RE DEFINITELY OPENING MORE CASES THAT AT LEAST FROM WHAT I SEE HERE IN THE TAMPA DIVISION AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND AROUND THE FBI AND THERE ARE FEDERAL STATUTES THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR TO ADDRESS THESE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.

AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND TRAINING AND EDUCATION BOTH TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL AS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.

BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING IN PROSECUTING THESE CASES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> AND WITH THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR UNDER WAY, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO PARENTS WHO ARE LISTENING, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR KIDS AND ACTIVITY ONLINE AND THEY REALLY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO PROTECT THEM.

>> YEAH.

JUST KEEP TALKING TO HIM.

HE TALKING TO HIM, TRY TO TRY TO KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN, TRY TO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE.

YOU KNOW.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS EXTORTION WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THESE ONLINE GROUPS IS EFFECTIVE IS BECAUSE THEY THEY TAKE THESE EXPLICIT IMAGES THAT THESE YOUNG FOLKS OF PROVIDING, THEN THEY THREATEN TO RELEASE IT TO THEIR FAMILY OR PUT IT OUT ONLINE.

AND THAT'S A REALLY DEVASTATING THING FOR FOR YOUNG PERSON.

SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO YOU AND TALKING ABOUT THAT MONITORING WHAT THEY'RE DOING ONLINE.

JUST BE AWARE AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO THEY'RE TALKING TO.

AND ANY INDICATIONS OF SOME OF THE WARNING SIGNS WE DISCUSSED ON THE SWATTING CITED.

REALLY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TO REPORT THAT STUFF.

YOU KNOW, WE WE TALK ABOUT SEE WHAT TELL WHO AS PART OF OUR THREAT ASSESSMENT, THREAT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THE BUREAU.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

WANT TO KNOW THE WARNING SIGNS WITH THEN IT'S IT'S EQUALLY OR MORE IMPORTANT.

REPORTED WHETHER IT'S TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOOLS OUT THERE LIKE 4 TO 5, FLORIDA, THE STUDENTS CAN USE, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE TO SOME OTHER TRUSTED INDIVIDUAL.

IF IT'S IN SCHOOL, MAYBE IT'S A PROFESSOR, A COACH OR A TEACHER, A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.

SOMEBODY JUST GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF SOMEBODY THE CAN DEAL WITH IT APPROPRIATELY SO WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AGENT GODFREY.

>> MY PLEASURE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ONLINE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER ISSUES IMPACTING KIDS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP.

IT'S LIKE HAVING AN ART HISTORY DEGREE RIGHT IN THE IF YOU'VE BEEN TO DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS FOR ART, WALK, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE INSTALLMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE ART SCENE IN LEE COUNTY IN 2016.

23 IRON GIANTS WERE UNVEILED IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS SCULPTURES DEPICTING PEOPLE LIVING IN EVERYDAY LIFE DUE TO THE EXHIBITS.

POPULARITY.

THE CITY BOUGHT THE ART COLLECTION FOR PERMANENT DISPLAY AND THEN RELOCATED PIECES OF IT.

2 DIFFERENT PARTS IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE, GET UP CLOSE AND LEARN ABOUT THE ARTISTS, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT.

TOM HALL JOINS US NOW IN STUDIO.

AND TOM, WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN THE WORLD OF ART THIS WEEK?

WELL, >> CAROLYN GORA HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER AND PAST CHAIR OF THE FORT MYERS PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE FOR WELL OVER A DECADE.

DURING HER TENURE, THE COMMITTEE HAS CREATED ART HUBS AROUND THE CITY WITH THE 23 EDGARDO CARMONA SCULPTURES THAT THE CITY PURCHASE IN 2018.

THE COMMITTEE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OR CRA TO PUT IN THE GATEWAY SCULPTURE AT THE CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.

AND VERONICA SHOEMAKER BOULEVARDS IN DUNBAR.

25 PANEL MURAL AT MCCOLLUM HALL THAT TELLS A STORY OF ITS PLACE ON THE CHAT.

ONE CIRCUIT IN THE 1930'S THROUGH THE 50'S AND THE 57 YEAR-OLD WALKABLE, OUTDOOR ART AND HISTORY MUSEUM AT THE RIVER BASIN NEXT, A LUMINARY HOTEL, THE RECOUNTS, THE TOWN'S HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP TO THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER.

BUT SAYS SHE'S MOST PROUD CAST A FREE MOBILE APP.

THE PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH TEXT, HISTORIC AND INSTALLATION PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FOR EACH OF THE CITY'S 30 OUTDOOR ART WORKS.

MURALS AS WELL AS 25 A FORT MYERS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

>> AND IT IS AMAZING.

I LOVE TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT, HOW PEOPLE COMING BACK TO ME AND SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE CITY.

HAD ALL THIS ART OR ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE R AND IT TOOK A LOT OF RESEARCH AND A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THAT WAS DONE BY TOM HALL AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TO TALK ABOUT THE ART.

AND I EVEN GOT TO TALK ABOUT A PIECE OF ART THAT I HAD OF THE COMMUNITY.

HOW DO CAST WORK?

>> THE APP IS FREE AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN YOUR PHONE'S APP STORE AND ON GOOGLE PLAY.

NOW ON A CAST WURSTER GEO-LOCATION MAPPING.

SO YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AN ARTWORK OR HISTORIC BUILDING.

YOU HAPPEN UPON.

THERE'S NO NEED TO LOOK FOR A PLAQUE OR A QR CODE.

YOU SIMPLY TAP ON THE APP AND THE GUIDE AUTOMATICALLY COMES UP PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN ARRAY OF INFORMATION.

NOT ONLY ABOUT THE ARTISTIC OR WORST OR POINT OF REFERENCE, BUT ABOUT ANY OTHER NEARBY ARTWORKS OR STORE POINTS OF INTEREST.

IMAGINE YOU CAN BE SITTING AT A TABLE OF FORD'S GARAGE AND FUN.

FIRST READ HAVING A BURGER AND A BRO AND HEAR ABOUT THE HISTORIC DEAN HOTEL WHICH HAD THAT HOUSE VERY FIRST PHONE BOOTH IN THE LOBBYING.

AND LEARN ABOUT THE SCULPTURE ACROSS THE STREET.

2 DRUNKS ON THE BENCH, WHICH TELLS STORIES ABOUT THE TOWN'S RENOWNED MOONSHINER BILL KLEIN.

>> YOU CAN DO AS YOUR OWN SELF GUIDED TOUR THE PUBLIC ART IN CITY OF FORT MYERS.

AND WHILE YOU'RE WALKING IN FORT MYERS, THE AUTO CAST WILL ALERT YOU THAT THERE'S PIECE OF PUBLIC ART AND IT WILL TELL YOU THAT THE HISTORY IT WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE ARTIST.

IT'LL TELL YOU ALSO SAYS THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T FIND OUT BY JUST LOOKING AT IT.

IT WILL GET INTO THE DETAILS NOW ABOUT YOU.

I LOVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT HISTORY OR WHY SOMETHING IS THERE.

JUST I LOVE INFORMATION OF MORE INFORMATION THAT I COULD JUST SEE WITH MY EYES.

FORT MYERS PUBLIC, OUR PROGRAM IS POISED FOR EVEN GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE COMING DECADE.

>> IT HAS A NUMBER OF YOUNG, ENERGETIC NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, INCLUDING NEIL VOLZ, WHO SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS.

THE PUBLIC ART FUND HAS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW ART ART EVENTS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WORKS.

IT ALREADY HAS IN ITS COLLECTION AND THE CITY IS PORTION A NUMBER OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT COULD HELP.

FORT MYERS REALIZE ITS VISION BECOMING AN ARTS AND CULTURE DESTINATION WITH ART AND PARKS AND GREEN SPACES AND CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY LIKE ARTFEST, THE EDISON AWARDS, MURAL FESTIVALS THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE NEAR AND FAR.

AT LEAST THAT'S THE FUTURE THAT GORE FORESEES.

>> WELL, I AM FROM ST.

PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

AND FOR ME, THAT IS A ROLE MODEL.

WHEN I MOVED HERE ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO, ST.

PETERSBURG WAS BORING.

THERE WAS NOTHING THERE THAT PEOPLE WHAT GUN, POOR DESTINATION AND THEY WERE VERY LUCKY.

THEY GOT THE SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM, BUT THEY'VE ALSO EMBRACE THE WHOLE IDEA LARGE FOR THE PUBLIC.

IT IS EVERYWHERE.

THE PLACE IS WONDERFUL.

PEOPLE GO BECAUSE IT IS AN ARTS AND CULTURAL DESTINATION AND MY DREAM.

THIS IS THE CITY OF FORT MYERS TO SOMETHING LIKE IT HAS SO MUCH LIKE ST.

PETERSBURG IS SURROUNDED BY WATER.

IT HAS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

IT HAS.

WE HAVE SUCH POTENTIAL.

SO I AM HOPING THAT WE BECOME A DESTINATION.

ALSO AND PEOPLE MIGHT COME TO SAINT PETER'S PER TRAVEL ONTO FORT MYERS.

SEE THE ARTS GO TO NAPLES, GO ACROSS THE MIAMI.

WE HAVE A WHOLE OR TRAIL.

>> TOM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

IT WAS A PLEASURE BEING HERE.

>> FOR MORE STORIES FROM TOM HALL ON THE ART SCENE.

>> MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE WGCU DOT ORG.

>> CAR NOT MUSIC IS ONE OF THE MAIN JOHN ROSE OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ITS ROOTS DATING BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY.

BUT NOW 2 SISTERS ARE BLENDING CAR NOT TO BE SICK WITH POP MUSIC AND RAP RACKING UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE TWIN SISTER DUO WILL BE PERFORMING IN FORT MYERS ON AUGUST.

30TH WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE SPOKE WITH THE TWIN SISTERS ABOUT THE RISING FANBASE AROUND THE WORLD AND THE UPCOMING CONCERT.

>> IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU THEN.

AND IT WAS JUST A LITTLE MONEY.

THEY TURNED THE AND THEN ON TUESDAY, JOHN >> WITH MORE.

I'M JOINED WITH CARON AND MOVIE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

SO NOW YOUR MUSIC HAS GONE VIRAL.

MILLIONS OF FANS AROUND THE WORLD.

SO HOW DO YOU INVOLVE TRADITIONAL INDIAN MUSIC?

>> WITH THE POP INFLUENCES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT ALL STARTED IN 2020 WHERE I MEAN, THAT'S WHEN COVID HIT.

AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ESPECIALLY TIKTOK AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE FIRST A COUPLE VIDEOS THAT WE POSTED, ONE OF OUR FIRST ONE WAS AND THE SONG CALLED OVER AROUND 5 BOYLAN.

THE SERPENT.

AND WE JUST HAD THIS IDEA DOES POP UP IN OUR HEADS.

QUITE NOT.

WE TRY ADDING SOME INDIAN SO FETCH WHICH IS CALLED SWIMS, JUST LIKE INVESTOR IN CUSTOM MUSIC.

IT'S DURING THE FALL.

TO DO.

AND SO AN INDIAN COSTCO MUSIC, THOSE NOTES ARE SETTING UP OTHER NISA.

SO WE THOUGHT OF LIKE ADDING THAT INTO.

YOU KNOW, THE COVERS THAT WE DID.

AND SO LIKE SHE WOULD SING THE LEAD MELODY.

AND I WOULD KIND OF TO ACCOUNTABILITY USING THE AND WE JUST POSTED IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY EXPECTING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT THEN IT WENT VIRAL OVERNIGHT AND IT WAS AND VERY SURPRISING FOR US BECAUSE THIS WAS KIND OF A VERY NEW TO US AND TO SEE LIKE PEOPLE WE SAW SO MANY COMMENTS SAYING LIKE WHATEVER YOU DOING THERE LIKE THAT'S SO COOL.

AND IT KIND OF REALLY SHOWED THAT MUSIC HAS THE ABILITY TO UNITE PEOPLE END.

IT DOESN'T MATTER YOU KNOW.

THE LANGUAGE AREA, THE CULTURES.

YEAH.

>> AND THEN AS YOU BEEN GROWING THIS, YOU KNOW, FANBASE FOR ANYONE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH KINETIC MUSIC.

HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE THAT THIS MIGHT BE A FORNES DOWN TO THEM?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, >> I THINK A LOT OF WAYS KINETIC MUSIC IS REALLY SOME OCEAN JAZZ MUSIC.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF SOME FLURRIES AND LAKE AND THE COMMITTEE NOTES THAT ARE USED.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY LIKE SOUTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC.

THERE'S TONS OF SCALES AROUND US AND IN WESTERN MUSIC, THERE'S LIKE A COUPLE OF THOSE SKILLS, ESPECIALLY JAZZ.

PEOPLE USE A LOT OF TO.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF MODES.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCALES AND NOTES THAT ARE USED.

IT WAS THE PIECES.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF IMPROV THAT HAPPENS IN JAZZ MUSIC AND KINETIC MUSIC IS A LOT OF MONEY.

ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OF PERFORMING THE MUSIC TODAY IS PROVIDES A SHUN AND PEOPLE ARTISTS, IMPROVISED ON THE SPOT AND THEY CREATE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THIS.

DOESN'T THE SKILLS AND YEAH, IT'S JUST A WHOLE CREATIVE.

AND PROPOSITION ON STAGE.

SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A LITTLE SIMILAR TO A JAZZ KIND OF CONCERT.

NO DOUBT.

>> SO THEN WITH THAT IMPROVISATION, HOW DOES THAT HELP THEN WHEN YOU'RE SEEING TRYING TO TRANSITION AND MAYBE YOU TAKE WHAT IS MORE OF A TRADITIONAL AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXPERIMENTED WITH MAYBE SOME MORE OF LIKE A POP VARIETY OF IT FOR MAYBE MORE OF THE AMERICAN AUDIENCES ARE FANS THAT YOU'VE BEEN FINDING.

>> YEAH.

SO WHAT WE KIND OF DOING OUR CANNOT A CONCERT SAYS WE ARE ESPECIALLY SINCE HER VIDEOS WERE IT KIND OF IT WHEN IT BLEW UP WITH HER INDIAN SOUTH EDGE, LIKE SPA ROOMS ON INFUSED WITH POP MUSIC.

WE WOULD KIND OF SAYING SOME POPULAR A POP SONGS IN SWARMS.

WHAT KIND OF HINT IT INTO OUR CONCERT LIKE IF IF WE SING A CHRONIC INDIAN COSTCO, PEACE AND IF WE IMPROV WITH STORMS TO THAT SONG, WE KIND OF HAVE.

WE KIND OF INFUSE LIKE A POP SONG, MELODY OF A FAMOUS SONG LIKE CAN BE LIKE A MICHAEL JACKSON SONG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE KIND OF INFUSE THAT MELODY BASED ON THE ROD OF THE SONG.

THE AUDIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE GROWN UP WITH THERE AND AND KIND OF JUST INTERACT WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT WAY AS WELL.

>> AND THEN HOW DO YOU BALANCE MORE MODERN MUSIC WITH THE TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS OF KINETIC MUSIC?

>> AS LIKE?

>> TODAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE A LOT OF ARTISTS.

LOT OF WE SEE A LOT OF THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT PEOPLE ARE INFUSING.

A LOT OF THINGS.

PEOPLE ARE.

I THINK IT'S MORE THAN EVER THAT PEOPLE ARE ACCEPTING OF MANY CULTURES.

AND I THINK WE HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT OURSELVES.

SO INFUSING SOME POP ELEMENTS INTO OUR COUNTY CONCERTS.

EARLY, ALWAYS.

I THINK THAT IS MORE OF OUR IDENTITY AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH IT.

>> POP MUSIC.

A LOT OF VOCAL WARM-UPS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF POP MUSIC HAS HELPED US WITH OUR VOCAL RANGE >> AND I THINK THAT THAT ASPECT HAS REALLY HELPED US IN THE ARCTIC MUSIC AND KIND OF EXHIBITING THAT INNER CAN ARCTIC CONCERT.

>> AND THEN FOR YOUR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE HERE IN AUGUST, 30TH IN FORT MYERS.

IF YOU HAD TO CONVINCE SOMEONE WHO HAD NEVER HEARD THIS BRAND OF MUSIC BEFORE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY COME?

SEE YOU LIVE.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CONCERT WHERE?

DIFFERENT AS CAN BE FRESH AS CAN BE VERY UNIQUE.

IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.

AND IT'S.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONS.

IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE YOU CAN EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT THIS CONCERT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S HAPPINESS, WHETHER IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, FEELING VERY YOU KNOW, YOUR HEART WILL BE RACING AND MOMENTS.

THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DRAMATIC MOMENTS.

THE CONCERT HE'LL BE LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WHERE YOU WOULD BE VERY IT'S LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY EYECATCHING CONCERT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S HE WALK OUT OF THE CONCERT?

DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND MORE?

AND THIS WILL BE A LOT OF MIXED.

JOIN US AS WELL.

AND KIND OF.

MAKE YOU REMEMBER ABOUT SOME POPULAR POP SONGS AS WELL.

>> SOUNDS LIKE A CAN'T MISS PERFORMANCE.

SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> AFTER THE BREAK, TURTLE NESTING SEASON IS NOT OVER YET, BUT TURTLE LOVERS ARE ALREADY CELEBRATING >> WILDLIFE EXPERTS SAY IT'S BEEN A RECORD YEAR FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ON SOME SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES.

>> WGCU SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER TOM BAYLISS IS HERE WITH DETAILS ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE VERY POSITIVE NEWS FOR SEA TURTLES IN OUR AREA AS IF IT'S TRUE.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE YEAR FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING AROUND FLORIDA.

EVEN THOUGH SEA TURTLES AND DINOSAURS ONCE ROAMED THE EARTH TOGETHER, THE SPECIES THAT HAS SURVIVED MORE THAN 100 MILLION YEARS APPEARS TO FAVOR THOSE YEARS WITHOUT HURRICANES TO DEAL WITH.

AND THIS YEAR, SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA ISLANDS ARE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT.

SANIBEL HAS ALREADY SHATTERED ITS LOGGERHEAD NESTING RECORD AND SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA TOGETHER HAVE RECORDED NEARLY 1200 SEA TURTLE NEST THIS SEASON.

MORE THAN 920 LOGGERHEAD NESTS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON THE ISLAND.

SURPASSING THE RECORD SET 3 YEARS AGO.

AND THE SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SAYS THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO RISE AS NESTING WINDS DOWN COMBINED SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA ARE NOW JUST SHORT OF THEIR RECORD FOR LOGGERHEAD NESTS.

ELSEWHERE IN LEE COUNTY TURTLE TIME, VOLUNTEERS ARE MONITORING HUNDREDS OF NESTS FROM FORT MYERS BEACH TO THE COLLIER COUNTY LINE.

FORT MYERS BEACH HAS MORE THAN 100 NES THIS SEASON.

WHILE BONITA BEACH HAS EVEN MORE HATCHLINGS ARE ALREADY EMERGING FROM NESTS ON BOTH BEACHES.

Q A NILAND IN COLLIER COUNTY IS ALSO HAVING A STRONG NESTING SEASON.

SEA TURTLES HAVE BEEN SWIMMING IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS FOR MORE THAN 100 MILLION YEARS.

HATCHLINGS LEAVING FLORIDA BEACHES HAD OFFSHORE WHERE MANY SPEND THE EARLY YEARS LIVING AMONGST FLOATING SARGASSUM THAT PROVIDES FOOD AND PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS AS ADULTS.

SEA TURTLES CAN MIGRATE HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES BETWEEN FEEDING GROUNDS AND NESTING BEACHES.

FEMALES ARE REMARKABLE.

NAVIGATORS USING QUEUES AND INCLUDE THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD TO RETURN TO THE SAME BEACHES WHERE THEY WERE HATCHED DECADES EARLIER.

THEY TYPICALLY RETURN EVERY 2 OR 3 YEARS AND CRAWLED ASHORE SEVERAL TIMES DURING NESTING SEASON.

LAYING ROUGHLY 100 EGGS AND A CLUTCH EACH TIME.

THIS YEAR'S SUCCESS ALONG SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S BEACHES COMES DURING AN UNUSUALLY ACTIVE YEAR STATEWIDE.

A PRELIMINARY STATE FIGURES SHOW THROUGH THE END OF JULY.

MORE THAN 130,000 LOGGERHEAD NESTS HAVE BEEN LAYING ACROSS FLORIDA.

GREEN SEA TURTLES HAVE ADDED MORE THAN 33,000 NESTS AND MORE THAN 2000 LEATHERBACK NESTS HAVE BEEN COUNTED, WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR THE VERY LARGE ENDANGERED SPECIES.

>> MOTE MARINE HAS BEEN OUR CONTRACTOR.

THEY DO ALL THE TURTLE MONITORING AND RELOCATIONS OVER 500 TURTLE NESTS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED OUT OF THE PROJECT AREA SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR COMES BELIEVE THE RENOURISHMENT THAT IS GREATLY HAS GREATLY EXCEEDED WHAT MOTE WAS ANTICIPATING.

SO IT'S BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR THE SEE TURTLES.

>> BEACHES THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAVE BEEN A HOT BED FOR SEA TURTLE NESTS THIS SEASON.

NEW RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET ON SANIBEL AND KEY WADE AND RIGHT HERE ON VENICE BEACH, WHERE EVERY NURSE MONT WAS HAPPENING DURING MOST OF THE SEASON.

MORE THAN 500 NESTS HAD TO BE RELOCATED BY THE EXPERTS AT MOTE MARINE AND THEY HATCHED SENDING 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF LAGER HEADS INTO THE WATER HERE IN VENICE.

THIS YEAR.

HE'S GOING TO SET RECORDS THAT EVEN LAST YEAR'S RECORD-SETTING SEASON WILL BE.

ON VENICE BEACH.

WGCU NEWS.

I'M TOM BAYLISS.

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