00:00Myself, my sister and my brother all went to Deacons and we felt that we wanted to donate some of his equipment from his collection to local school where we all attended.
00:14We've donated today a bass guitar, a six-string electric guitar, a small amplifier and a rack to store the equipment on just as a starter and we're possibly going to be looking at donating more stuff that the school may need in the coming months or years to help them with their concerts and their students.
00:37And fingers crossed from this donation there'll be some new upcoming musicians that will be able to flourish within the local community.
00:47I mean, he'd be made up for sure. He was a very humble guy. He didn't brag about his talent and it was a real talent.
00:58I think he'll be looking down on a speed and very proud that myself and my sister are following and keeping his name within the local community and donating back to the place where it pretty much all started for him.
01:12So, yeah, I feel that accessing music for our students is really important for their mental well-being and it teaches them the character pillars of confidence, commitment and curiosity.
01:28Learning an instrument can alleviate any possible problems that the children might have to let themselves go through the music, to hold the instrument, to feel the vibrations.
01:43It's amazing. And I think the fact that they can learn at the junior college and then as they travel over to the secondary phase, they can still come over and carry on with that music right their way through until 6.4.
01:56I think that there are so many musicians in Peterborough who were taught by Nick, the fact that there'll be children that will be accessing his instruments and they then might go on to teach other children.
02:12They might become, you know, teachers themselves. I think Nick would find that he'd be lost for words.
02:19I'm very, very proud that his family of instruments are assisting other families in the Peterborough area.
02:27We're just so grateful to have extra instruments in our department, which means all the students will be able to have a look and a touch and a feel and even play the bass, have lessons on them.
02:38They can use them in the concerts. We can use them and demonstrate on them in lessons.
02:42So it's a really great contribution. We're so thankful.
02:46Well, I think he'd be very pleased. I mean, Nick, I'd describe Nick as a master of contemporary bass techniques.
02:53He could play like Mark King of Level 42, a slap technique as they call it.
03:01He was a master at it. And he was also a very, very friendly, warm human being.
03:07My brother had a school band with Nick when they were young and they won competitions that were open to adults.
03:13They were very good. And my own band, the drummer, met Nick on his first day of secondary school and they played together ever since.
03:23And they played very well together.
03:25And my bass player was taught by Nick when he was just in short trousers, a little lad.
03:31So Nick is in the fabric of my life, the tapestry of my life for years and years.
03:37Although I only played with him a couple of times, unfortunately, but we were always very friendly towards one another when we did meet.
