Since 1972, San Diego has produced numerous compilation albums devoted to promoting local music. In the ensuing years, such series as “Homegrown,” “Staring at the Sun” and “Who’s Listening?” have covered the county’s burgeoning music scene. However, until the impending release of “Waves: A Compilation Featuring Ocean Beach Music,” none had focused on just one of the area’s neighborhoods. Due out June 27, the album features a dozen Ocean Beach-based performers singing about Ocean Beach. Timed to coincide with the June 27 Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off, the album features a dozen area favorites, including singer-songwriters John Miller (“Treated Me Well”) and duo CoCo & Lafe (“Ocean Beach”), as well as groups such as Danyavaad and the Shimmy Sisters (“Dance on the Waves”), Meld (“Buddy the Surfdog”) and Blackbirdz (“Living in OB”). “The inspiration for the album is the music scene of Ocean Beach itself,” said the CD’s producer, Chuck Schiele. “One day, the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association Promotions Committee was having a meeting. Somebody asked the question, ‘What are our resources down here?’ I said, ‘Music,’ on the bet that out of 18,000 residents, 17,000 of them play guitar. The CD idea was born.” Schiele contributes a track to the album with his group Bad Science Fiction and the appropriately titled “92107.” Asked if Ocean Beach music has a definitive “sound,” Schiele said, “Sure, but what that sound is depends on who you’re talking to. Let’s call that sound kaleidoscopic. You can find just about any genre here.” Scheiele said Ocean Beach’s attraction to musicians is obvious. “It’s the coolest neighborhood on the planet,” Schiele said. “Music is in the air here. There isn’t a weekend in the summer where you can’t walk down the streets and hear bands in three different directions playing a barbecue or something.” “Waves: A Compilation Featuring Ocean Beach Music” will be available at various locations around the street fair and will go on general sale soon after across San Diego. “It was important to have it out in time for the fair,” Schiele said. “It’s one of the biggest events of the year locally, and with such huge crowds out for some entertainment in the sun, it’s the obvious best way to let people know about Ocean Beach’s incredible music.” Keeping the project as OB-centric as possible, local photographer Jim Grant provided the album’s cover photography. All proceeds from the sales of “Waves” will go to the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association for community events, including the annual Fourth of July fireworks show. An additional CD release party will be held at the Masonic Lodge, 1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., on Friday, July 17. “This is exactly the sort of thing I like to see, a grassroots effort,” said Tim Pyles, an FM94.9 DJ and host of the station’s local music show. “This compilation is exactly the sort of thing that keeps a scene vital. It brings a lot of attention to the area itself, while at the same time spreading the music of the bands involved further. It proves Ocean Beach’s reputation as a haven for musicians is true.” Though the first edition is barely off the presses, Schiele is already thinking ahead to a second volume. “Of course it’s on the horizon,” Schiele said. “There is just so much talent in Ocean Beach and we all really love and appreciate where we live. Singing a song about it just sort of seems natural.” Schiele notes that many groups were not able to participate this time around because of time constraints. “The speed we turned this thing around in was very fast, so we had to limit this edition to 12 songs,” Schiele said. “That way we’d have time to master and prepare everything properly. Next time there will be less time constraints.” Schiele said he will be happy if the album accomplishes just one thing. “I hope that ‘Waves’ deepens community spirit,” he said. “Ocean Beach is one of the greatest places anyone could ever want to be in. And this compilation is a way of letting everyone know that.” For more information on “Waves: A Compilation Featuring Ocean Beach Music,” visit www.myspace.com/beachmusicmafia.