Small Business Spotlight: Get Used to Different

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Long earlier you're immersed successful the sensory country of the Clovis Botanical Garden, you'll perceive the sounds of the swirl.

"People would travel into the park, perceive it and beryllium drawn into this space," says Jeff Millard.

Jeff Millard is simply a retired Clovis constabulary serviceman who has mastered the instrumentality and uses it arsenic a mode to proceed to service the community.

"I was conscionable showing up, tapping those things and letting God bash the rest," helium said.

Terese Polgrean and household followed the sounds portion connected mile 3 of their greeting walk.

"This conscionable made it other special," she said. "To locomotion through, perceive them playing and them to see us, it was beautiful."

Millard is fractional of the philharmonic duo "Get Used to Different," a testament to Jesus' interactions with his disciples successful scripture.

"They inquired what they were experiencing and seeing, and helium looked astatine them and conscionable fundamentally said, 'Get utilized to different.'"

"It's large radical are connecting with you done your music," says bandmate Jorge Apsay.

Apsay spent much than 3 decades arsenic a registered nurse.

"The accent is truthful high, and this is my 1 mode of making myself calm down," helium said.

Serving 30 years with the Clovis Police Department, Millard learned the healing powerfulness of euphony portion moving arsenic a situation negotiator. So overmuch so, helium requested a CD subordinate for his patrol car.

Pop-up performances are a staple successful Old Town Clovis. That's wherever you'll find Millard connected bass -- a washbucket bass.

"Seeing a chickenhearted connected the apical of a involvement attracts them in, and I connection them to play for themselves and effort the instrumentality out," helium said.

Through euphony and ministry, the duo continues their life's ngo to serve.

"We bash antithetic kinds of music, similar folk, stone and country," Apsay said.

You tin drawback "Get Used to Different" playing successful Old Town Clovis. They person conscionable signed connected for a monthly gig astatine Papa's Place.

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