Springboard West conference and music festival returns to San Diego

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SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) — The song that opens the video above is from Of Sea and Stone- a band playing in the Springboard West Music Festival.

It starts Thursday in Ocean Beach and provides aspiring musicians a chance to pitch their music to industry pros.

Barry Coffing - Springboard's founder who has also written #1 songs - and Dale Penner - a mentor with Springboard who discovered bands like Nickelback – stopped by Morning Extra to discuss the 3-day event.

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