0:00:01 > 0:00:01Maybe between the wee gaps there, maybe a dubstep sound
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Hi, I'm Katy B and I love music
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and I'm taking a group of Londonderry kids
0:00:08 > 0:00:11who all love music too and giving them an opportunity
0:00:11 > 0:00:13to perform on the biggest stages I can find.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22We take talented young musicians
0:00:22 > 0:00:24who are more used to performing in their bedrooms
0:00:24 > 0:00:28and put them in front of an audience of thousands.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Big names...
0:00:30 > 0:00:32big performances...
0:00:32 > 0:00:35and plenty of passion.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This is Music City.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I'm in Derry, which this year is the UK City of Culture.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49This means its calendar is packed with world-class events.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53The city is determined that Derry's young people
0:00:53 > 0:00:55get a chance to be involved
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and have created an initiative called The Music Promise.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03As part of that we scoured Derry's schools
0:01:03 > 0:01:07to find 13 keen young musicians and give them the chance
0:01:07 > 0:01:10to up their game, work with some of the artists visiting this year...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I'm already liking your hand position. That's very good.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15How are you? I'm Amelia.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18..and perform on the biggest stages.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21CARIBBEAN DANCE FUSION
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I love music myself and as a recording artist I've been lucky
0:01:25 > 0:01:27enough to be able to make a life out of it.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31# I keep on moving with the lights on... #
0:01:36 > 0:01:37'I can't wait to get involved.'
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I'd love to be here all year, but I can't, so Derry musicians,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Glenn Rosborough and Jenny Grant are here to help me out.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Glenn plays in Wyldling -
0:01:58 > 0:02:01one of Northern Ireland's most promising bands.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04The spark of creativity they have really reignites the spark you have
0:02:04 > 0:02:07so I'm really looking forward to seeing where this is going to go.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13And Jenny is a leading Derry harpist and music teacher.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15It's really inspiring to think that these kids
0:02:15 > 0:02:17really have so much potential, so I'm really,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20really excited to see what they're going to come up with.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29First up this time is 15-year-old Connor.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32He loves music, and more to the point, loves it loud.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34TRANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Connor! Turn it down a bit!
0:02:42 > 0:02:46The way I like music is really loud, and it gets atmosphere
0:02:46 > 0:02:50and people - the way music generally makes people feel.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Recently, he's discovered the Lambeg.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56This drum, when played at full tilt,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59has the same decibel level as a jet plane taking off,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01so it's a match made in heaven.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03You're sitting in a concert, say,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06and someone's playing the fiddle or the cello or something like that
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and everyone's sitting, just falling asleep and then
0:03:09 > 0:03:12someone comes out with Lambeg! It's going to wake everyone up.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Connor is also a trail blazer.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17When he sits his exams in May
0:03:17 > 0:03:20he'll be one of the first pupils in Northern Ireland to ever use
0:03:20 > 0:03:23the Lambeg as his instrument for GCSE music.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Brilliant. Is that all right?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Yeah, so that's flowing really nicely now.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30OK, so what could you teach me?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Well, first of all, hold the sticks
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and make sure the bent side goes in towards the drum.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36OK. So like that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38All right, brilliant!
0:03:38 > 0:03:40When I was first learning I started learning the sixes,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44so it's just diddly dum de dum, so one, two, three, four, five, six.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46And it's like each hand...
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Yeah, so it's like, de de de de. All right, let's go.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Smack it! It's all right, it's a loud drum!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03'Now I like a racket as much as anyone, but I can see why this
0:04:03 > 0:04:07'is officially the loudest acoustic instrument in the world.'
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Thanks.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Big beats are in the family.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15His mum, Joanne, got Connor into dance music from an early age.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Well, I was brought up... when I was really young,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21my mum was really young as well, so she was sort of like into that
0:04:21 > 0:04:24sort of music at the same time, and she was sort of listening to trance.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I was into testo and all kinds of dance music and just generally
0:04:27 > 0:04:31everything. I'm more Lady Gaga and that kind of music now, but!
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Connor is now an aspiring DJ
0:04:34 > 0:04:37and loves producing his own tracks in his bedroom.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Most people don't want just DJs who can just DJ.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41They also want the producing side
0:04:41 > 0:04:44because you'll not get anywhere in life if you're DJing all the time
0:04:44 > 0:04:46and you can't make your own songs.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The producing side of things is where you start from scratch
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and you're making your own music.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Big loud drums and a love of producing dance beats...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58that sounds like a Music City collision
0:04:58 > 0:05:00that is just going to have to happen.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Someone else who likes noise of a more melodic kind
0:05:08 > 0:05:10is 14-year-old Darrell.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Well, I'd love to become a famous composer, go around the world.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I'm glad you're here to tell me. I was so impressed with his playing,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I arranged for him to meet Neil Cowley,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22who is City Of Culture's musician in residence.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I'm already liking your hand position. That's very good.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Neil has played on some of the biggest hits of this century,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30including Adele's Rolling In The Deep.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32# We could have had it all... #
0:05:32 > 0:05:36And he thinks Darrell has what it takes to go all the way.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40You've got everything within your grasp, technically, for you
0:05:40 > 0:05:43to do exactly what you want for the rest of your life.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I'm telling you you really have.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49But the only thing holding Darrell back was his schoolwork.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53But he promised me he'd try harder, and now his school report is in.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Time to find out how he's getting on. Report's here.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59What? What?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Look what came in today. Can you guess what this is?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05School report? Aye? School report?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Would you like to read it?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Aye, well, I have to, I guess.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13If you look at your maths - he's a very good comment there.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Because in January when I was talking to that teacher,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19he says you have a mental block when it comes to maths.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22And he's saying now he thinks you're going to get it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24But I kept at you about your maths.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Katy B, what did she tell you? She told you you need it
0:06:28 > 0:06:30and you don't want to do what I done
0:06:30 > 0:06:32where she had to go to night classes
0:06:32 > 0:06:34and do it later, and she says you've got to do it now.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38And your music's very good. First place in music, so that's very good.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Well, the report's very good and you've to keep up now the work.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44That's a really positive report. If Darrell keeps this up it looks like
0:06:44 > 0:06:47he'll pass his maths and there's even a reward for his efforts.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50There's a fiver now. Oh, thank you!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53If your grades improve, I will double that fiver.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Oh, we'll double it to a grand piano!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I think that might be pushing it, Darrell!
0:06:57 > 0:06:59No grand piano, no.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I think it would be great if Connor could use his producing skills
0:07:06 > 0:07:10to create a dance track using the unique sound of the Lambeg.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I've got him some studio time.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Well, we're just going starting off making a song and cos I'm a DJ
0:07:16 > 0:07:18and I play Lambeg, sort of incorporate the both
0:07:18 > 0:07:21in the one track, so today we're going to record
0:07:21 > 0:07:22maybe the Lambeg part of it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Serious tension in those things, isn't there?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Aye, it needs tightening.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It does need tightening more? Is it goat skin?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Aye, it's goat's skin, aye, just strung out and spread out.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38It must be some size of a goat.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41They must breed supergoats.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Connor records a variety of different beats
0:07:49 > 0:07:53and then chooses the best to work with for his dance track.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01So you kinda have two different flavours to work with, you know?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I'm really impressed the way it's all like compressed
0:08:03 > 0:08:07on that there, cos usually when you hear Lambeg recordings and stuff,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10they're all over the show, like, so that actually sounds clean.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Well, that's maybe the advantage of coming into the studio.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17You've got more control over the sound.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20If he does succeed in creating a Lambeg dance track,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23it could well be a world first,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and I've a plan to help him make that happen.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Darrell too loves creating new music
0:08:34 > 0:08:37but it's no easy matter, as he composes on a piano
0:08:37 > 0:08:41that has been in the family 70 years and doesn't stay in tune.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48But amazing mum Sharon has pushed the family budget to the limit
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and come to the rescue.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53I'm waiting on Darrell and Tyrese to come back from the beach.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56They think I'm away shopping to buy clothes but I've went
0:08:56 > 0:08:58and I've invested in a good piano for him.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's not paid for straight-out or nothing, you know.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It's on a bit of credit, like, but I think he deserves now,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06all the work he's been doing this year.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08He doesn't know that he's getting it
0:09:08 > 0:09:11so I'm just going to surprise him, and I've been thinking about it
0:09:11 > 0:09:16this past while. When Darrell comes back now, he's actually,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I think he could faint, even, for the shock of seeing this new piano.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I can't believe she has managed to keep this a secret.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I love a good surprise...
0:09:25 > 0:09:27That's them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Well, how did the beach go?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Was it good? Did you enjoy the beach?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Oh, my!
0:09:36 > 0:09:39This can't be real. No, no, no, this isn't real.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47How'd you get that? Ah, no, this is impossible!
0:09:51 > 0:09:53It's in tune and all!
0:09:56 > 0:09:57What will I play?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Even brother Tyrese is liking the sound of this.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11So shocked. It is a dream come true.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14like, I'm amazed that me mum's given me this.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Really happy, I really appreciate it,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and, like, best thing in the world to happen.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Like, new pianos means new tunes, basically,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26cos it's completely new, different touch.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29You know it's going to be different, it's going to be better.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Just time for one last goodbye to his old faithful.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40I will miss it in a way, but in a way I won't miss it.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Goodbye.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48But a new piano isn't the only surprise in store for Darrell.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Jenny is calling round with some exciting news.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Hi, Darrell.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I've heard that your mum has bought you a brand-new piano.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I hope this means that you're going to be helping out with
0:10:57 > 0:11:00the housework. I know you've been really enjoying
0:11:00 > 0:11:03working with Neil Cowley, and you know what?
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Neil was really enjoying working with you and he's very impressed.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Neil and his band have a massive performance coming up
0:11:10 > 0:11:14and guess what? He wants you to join him and play your own composition.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Are you serious? Oh, yes!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I'm so excited for you, Darrell, best of luck.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I can't believe this is happening to me.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Like, to get on stage with him for a proper performance!
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I'm really shocked. That's a massive surprise.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It's amazing how something so simple like getting a new instrument
0:11:33 > 0:11:35can really fire your creativity,
0:11:35 > 0:11:40and with a brand spanking new piano under the stairs, I can't wait to
0:11:40 > 0:11:43hear what Darrell is going to come up with for his big performance.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Connor has got one half of his dance track - the Lambeg recordings.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Now he needs to produce it into something that's going to get
0:11:53 > 0:11:56a crowd up on its feet and moving.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I've organised for him to go to Leeds to get some help
0:11:59 > 0:12:01from dance legends Utah Saints.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I thought it would have took me a good 10, 20 years to get this far,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09because that's what happens with most DJs.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12They start in their 30s or something like that.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16I'm grateful that I'm here and can't wait to get started and get going.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Utah Saints have been there and done it all.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25They've had massive chart success and are now recognised
0:12:25 > 0:12:28among the best producers in the business. If Connor is serious
0:12:28 > 0:12:30about producing his own music,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32there are no better people to be working with.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Right, so this is the studio.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42This is Dom, who's our engineer for the day. Hi, Dom.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Hi there. And so what have you got? Have you got your memory stick?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Can you give it to Dom, we'll get it up, have a listen
0:12:48 > 0:12:50and see what we've got to work with.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53The main bit we're interested in is how the Lambeg sounds,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56so we'll give that a listen
0:12:56 > 0:13:01and work out if we can make it sound absolutely enormous.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04LAMBEG TRACK PLAYS
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I think something like that's going to be the best starting point.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's really well played. You do a fantastic job there.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17We need to get the huge drum coming across in the track
0:13:17 > 0:13:20so I think we can do that with this sound. Sounds good.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26They start laying down some new musical layers on top of the Lambeg beat.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28The track is starting to take shape.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32One of the key things about dance music is obviously
0:13:32 > 0:13:37the dynamics and that, so probably the first thing to do now
0:13:37 > 0:13:41is a little breakdown and introduce some kind of melodic riff to it.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47DANCE TRACK PLAYS
0:13:51 > 0:13:54That all sounds... pieced together nicely
0:13:54 > 0:13:57and it's coming along greatly, so, not to sound rude or anything,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01but is there any way to just take a look at the bassline
0:14:01 > 0:14:02and see what's going on there?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04OK. Yeah, let's do that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08BASS TRACK PLAYS
0:14:08 > 0:14:11So this is quite a deep bassline. Yeah.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13So what would your thoughts be on this,
0:14:13 > 0:14:14if you were to add or take away?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Maybe between the wee gaps there, maybe a dubstep sound
0:14:18 > 0:14:21sort of comes to mind, or something like that could work.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25That's a good idea. Let's try something kind of dubsteppy.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Just give it a little bit of flavour.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31BASS LINE WITH DUBSTEP WOBBLE
0:14:31 > 0:14:35That sort of sound? That sounds better. You like that?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41It's so exciting that the Utah Saints think Connor's ideas are good
0:14:41 > 0:14:44but they have even more exciting news in store for him.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47In a few weeks' time, we're actually out in Derry. Are you?
0:14:47 > 0:14:51In your neck of the woods, and what we're going to be doing is a gig
0:14:51 > 0:14:54and we'd like to know if you'd be up for this,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56if you would care to support us.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58And then maybe you could drop the track
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and, you know, it would be... Aye, if yous will have me, like.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04No, we'd love you, it would be awesome to do.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Thanks for that anyway, like.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Congratulations. Thanks for working so hard today. It's brilliant.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Nice one, Connor. Aye, no bother.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Playing with your dance heroes is one thing,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18but playing your own tune that they've helped to produce
0:15:18 > 0:15:20is something else.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31With only a couple of weeks to go before he supports
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Neil Cowley on tour, Darrell is busy
0:15:33 > 0:15:36putting the finishing touches to his composition.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I want to really impress Neil,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42show him that I'm really putting in the hard work for this big gig.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Composing a piece on your own can be a bit hard,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51even with other people, a bit hard, but it's well worth it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53It's really enjoyable.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I've more or less done it now, actually,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58so I'm going to go down to the piano and try it out.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I think getting a new piano has really helped
0:16:11 > 0:16:14improve Darrell's skills, and in just a couple of weeks' time,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18he'll be playing his own tune in front of a crowd for the very first time.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I'm really excited about doing it.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Not even nervous - I'm just really excited.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30I can't wait to be sitting at that piano and just playing away
0:16:30 > 0:16:33in front of a big massive audience, like. It's so exciting.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Along with their own musical journeys,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46our Music City kids are also playing together
0:16:46 > 0:16:48as a City of Culture supergroup.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55And they're in the studio as well to record their unique cover version
0:16:55 > 0:16:57of Snow Patrol's hit song Chasing Cars...
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Ready when you are!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04..before making a music video to go with it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08But if you aren't used to being in the studio, it can be tough.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09I'm trying. I'm really trying.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Recording in the bag, it's time for the group to have some fun
0:17:17 > 0:17:20filming their very own music video.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24We are on our way to Belfast to record the music video
0:17:24 > 0:17:27in front of the green screen and I think we're really excited,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29aren't we, Brianna? Yep, I'm really excited.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Really looking forward to it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Well, I'm fine with everything else as long as we don't have to dance.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Can you see me?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Everyone will mime their parts in front of the cameras
0:17:47 > 0:17:49and then computer trickery enables any kind of background
0:17:49 > 0:17:51to be dropped in behind the kids.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It's important to look your best, and even the boys need make-up.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02You need to get your make-up on so you don't shine.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05The cameras in the studio are really strong so as soon as they shine on
0:18:05 > 0:18:10your face, any oil at all is going to be sparkling like a glitter ball.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11That looks lovely.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Make-up done, it's time to get on with making a video!
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I can't wait to see the finished product.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Connor is scheduled to debut his Lambeg dance track
0:18:31 > 0:18:35with the Utah Saints at City of Cultures Culture Tech festival.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41But before he can think about that, it's GCSE results day,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45and time to see if his Lambeg skills are up to the mark.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Auntie Laura and Gran have come along too.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Passed everything, like.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Wa-hey, very good.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Very good. Congratulations.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Passed music.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Passed music as well, pretty good. I'm all pleased for you.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01His Lambeg playing has passed the test -
0:19:01 > 0:19:03can his dance tracks do the same?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Tonight it's Connor's big night and he is due to support
0:19:12 > 0:19:14the Utah Saints with a half an hour DJ set.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18I'm kind of nervous at the minute but I think I'll get through it
0:19:18 > 0:19:21and I have all my family and friends there to support me.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Woo, party!
0:19:23 > 0:19:27The big crowd-pleasing tunes keep coming from Utah Saints,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30but how will Connor's Lambeg track stack up
0:19:30 > 0:19:32when it gets its debut play?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I don't know, I'm kind of nervous.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36No-one's ever heard it bar me and my family, like.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I hope it's a good reaction.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42But right now I think you should make some noise for Utah Saints.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43CHEERING
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Thank you.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48A few weeks ago, Connor sent us a unique noise
0:19:48 > 0:19:52that we in Leeds hadn't heard before, of a big Lambeg drum.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54CHEERING
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And the Utah Saints, we love big noises,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01and this is the first time ever it's been played out in a club.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's Connor's track and it really, really rocks!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08CHANTING: Connor, Connor!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11CONNOR'S TRACK PLAYS
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Connor did really, really well. He rose to the occasion
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and just made the party happen, so full credit to him.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32If someone would have come up to me nine months ago,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I wouldn't even have thought I'd even get near Utah Saints,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37never mind make a track with them and perform it tonight, like.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38It was just insane.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's been class and I've loved every minute of it.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Best time I've had since I used to rave ten years ago.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Brilliant, really buzzing. I thought it was amazing.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58I felt like crying, I was that proud.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08You could tell it was a big success because all the tracks
0:21:08 > 0:21:12we played either side of it were big, big records that are out
0:21:12 > 0:21:14at the moment, and right in the middle of that,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Connor plays his track, and you know, and it totally went off.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38TRACK ENDS
0:21:38 > 0:21:40CHEERING
0:21:49 > 0:21:51The track went down well and it was a good audience,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54everyone was loving it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Hopefully, Connor will now use this experience
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and take it to the next level. If he ever needs to ask some advice
0:21:59 > 0:22:02about record companies or whatever, then, you know, we're there.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And for Darrell, his big moment has arrived as well.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14He's made it to Lancaster Jazz Festival
0:22:14 > 0:22:16for his performance supporting Neil Cowley.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21There it is. It's becoming real now, isn't it? It really is.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24And it's time for his soundcheck
0:22:24 > 0:22:27to make sure everything is ready for tonight's gig.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36How you doing, Darrell? How you doing?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Hi, girls? How you doing, all right? Nice to see you. You too.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Tonight will be the first time a crowd will ever have heard
0:22:48 > 0:22:52one of Darrell's own compositions, and it seems Neil is impressed.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Wow!
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Darrell, I... you know what, your timing's really nice
0:23:04 > 0:23:08and you're fluid and just... You know, you exude something.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11It's really amazing, I'm really blown away, I really am.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12That's great.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19With the venue filling up for tonight's sold-out concert,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Darrell is raring to go.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I'm going to kill this audience.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29They're going to go off their seats and I am going to kill the audience.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35But one look at the crowd, and it's a different story.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Five minutes to the gig. I'm feeling nervous. Really nervous.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Me stomach's feeling sore and I...
0:23:43 > 0:23:47I feel sick, I feel really like I'm going to make mistakes but...
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Hello, mate, you all right? Nervous.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52You nervous? Yeah.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Come on, give us a hug.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55You're going to be fine.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Has it got to you, finally? Yeah. It was going to.
0:23:58 > 0:24:0120 minutes before now I was all right. Now, five minutes before...
0:24:01 > 0:24:04But this is... this is normal, natural, this is the way it should be.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06This is? Yeah, you need a bit of nerves,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08cos if you go out there all bolshie and confident
0:24:08 > 0:24:12it won't be quite the same performance. You need a little bit of nerves.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Good. Going to nail it. All right. Five minutes... Miss Piggy!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18(AS SCOOTER) Five minutes, Miss Piggy.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I was worried there for a second.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Working with Neil has really paid off for Darrell.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45This is world-class and he looks right at home on the big stage.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04CHEERING
0:26:20 > 0:26:24How do you feel? Great! Do you feel good? Thanks!
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Sounded fantastic. Thank you. That's class!
0:26:26 > 0:26:29That was class! Happy flippin' days!
0:26:30 > 0:26:34It's a big memory he's got now, it's a big tag in his brain saying,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37"I did that, I achieved that, I could do that again."
0:26:37 > 0:26:40I bet he's addicted. Best time of my life.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44It's the end of our Music City journey.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49It's been good getting involved with other musicians
0:26:49 > 0:26:52and especially with the group. It was good meeting new friends.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59You know, working with everybody, meeting new people,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I never thought I would get this opportunity.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I've really just enjoyed every moment of it.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14It just shows you, right, I play... it's literally a bit of wood.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16And it shows you how far it brought me.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21# On our own... #
0:27:21 > 0:27:24We're all part of each other's experience and we can look back
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and laugh and have memories and I'm sure we'll keep in contact.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32# Let's waste time
0:27:32 > 0:27:35# Chasing cars
0:27:35 > 0:27:39# Around our head. #
0:27:42 > 0:27:44# I need your grace... #
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Well, I never thought I would have achieved
0:27:47 > 0:27:49what I've achieved from the show.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52# To find my own... #
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It's changed me as a person.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58# If I lay here
0:27:58 > 0:28:01# If I just lay here
0:28:01 > 0:28:08# Would you lie with me and just forget the world? #
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Is this the end now? Was that it? Oh!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Oh, it was so short, it felt so short!
0:28:16 > 0:28:21# Would you lie with me and just forget the world? #
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Can I do it again? I don't want to be free, I want to do it again.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28I never knew it would be that good.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Ah, I'd do it again. I want to do it again.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Can I do that again?
0:28:35 > 0:28:40# If I lay here
0:28:40 > 0:28:45# If I just lay here
0:28:45 > 0:28:53# Would you lie with me and just forget the world? #