Darius Talks About His First Musical Instrument - BBC News, December 2004
- Sarah
- Sep 12, 2023
- 1 min read
In December 2004 Darius spoke to the BBC about his first foray into the world of music as part of a campaign to encourage parents to buy instruments for their children.
The campaign was organised by Blues musician Matt Schofield to raise money for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity, which uses instruments to help sick or disabled children and adults.
Darius told them:
“My first memory of playing a musical instrument came at four years old when my father brought me back a set of bongo drums from a trip to India.
I think dad was fed up with me banging away on the pots and pans. I quickly put them to good use playing the theme tune to the A-Team and, from that point on, I knew music was the only thing I wanted to do.
Music is a tool which can help express the inexpressible and instruments are part of that. They can drive children's creativity and imagination in the most unbelievable way.”
