"Community should not be trivialized," series founder Adam Bray notes in Soper's book, "FAA ONE." "This is bigger than all of us."

Bray's day job is with the National Council of Churches in Washington, working in environmental advocacy. He then advocates for a healthy environment for live music for local kids when he comes home from work.

He's the Fredericksburg's musical moral equivalent of George Bailey. He's made personal sacrifices over the last 18 months to create a wonderful life for the less fortunate in the local music scene, from formerly deprived teen fans who couldn't get into bars to see shows to budding rock bands looking for a sober audience that actually cares about music

"Adam is really in tune to music and to youth culture and making sure we have really good bands," the 28-year-old Soper said this week. "And he takes the high school bands under his wing. He's created a really exciting scene."

Bray, a 28-year old Stafford High School and Mary Washington College graduate, grinds it out during the week, taking the train to his job in Washington, then hits the road as part of the progressive pop band Tereu Tereu on Friday and Saturday nights. But he still finds time to put together the nonprofit indie and folk rock FAA series. It's played primarily, but not entirely, to youngish audiences, with the ages of fans ranging from 7 to 70.

"FAA is a safe place to be where they can have a good time, and where the artists can have a venue for their music," Soper said.

Years ago, when he was playing locally with the band Divide By Zero, Bray was unhappy about seeing fans turned away from shows in Fredericksburg because they were under 21.