 Our first studio guest, first time in the studio, and it's Dara Doherty and Ronan Quick. How are you doing lads? That's a bad poll, yeah. Keeping well, keeping well. Right, who's going to speak first? I'll suppose I'll battle, hey, hey. Dara, how long have you been together as a duo? We've been playing for years now. We met in music class in the Holy Cross College in fourth year, so that would have been 2018. So we've just been messing about and playing together since then, so about five years or so. We're only starting to take it seriously now. Very good. And you just practiced together rather than gigged? Aye, that's hot. And are you just gigging much now? We just finished exams at college, so we're practicing all day now. Right, so you're out there looking for more? Out there looking for gigs, aye. If anybody has a slot for you, let us know here and we'll certainly pass it on to the boys. And yourself, Ronan? How's it going? You're studying? I'm studying, yeah, in Belfast. What are you studying? I'm in St Mary's studying religion and I'm looking to go on and do primary teaching. Religion, is that right? I've most come from your father's side. Aye, that's hot. But anyway, how long have you done there since your first year? That's my first year just done there. And how you find it? Aye, it was grand. It was grand. Good year. Is that a three year course? Aye, three years aye. And you come out then and hopefully get a job? I hope so. I hope so. And yourself, Dara? I'm studying Criminology, McGee. Criminology? Criminology. Aye, it's interesting though. I've no doubt. Does that mean you have to watch all them murder programmes, the TV and all the American ones? That's more the spare time. It's a bit more boring than you'd think from what you hear about. Aye. Aye. And where do you hope to work sort of stay here or is that job taking you away? That's what I'm figuring out at the minute, Paul. I don't know what I'm going to do after it but I find that you could do teaching after a Criminology degree so I might go down that path as well with me. We're all in here. And tell me this, how long is this your first year as well? First year I just finished. Okay, three years first. Three years of course aye. That's tough. And you're doing it on McGee? McGee aye. And enough. Closer to home way. Most from the doorstep. The college every day. And you're up and down? I'm up and down. Well I come down at the weekends but I'd stay up during the week in the student accommodation but glad to be back now for the summer. Aye. And tell me, the music scene in Belfast is great isn't it? Oh it is. There's some great bands and Jordan Devine from Sturban up there. Jelvis. Aye. Jordan. I know Jordan very well. Aye. And good lad. Is he still busking up there? Still flat out. Aye. Aye. There's some people booking them for the weekends. Aye. He's a good lad Jordan. So the music scene, I had a daughter loved up there and I used to go up and used to go to different bars, some crack and venues. That's great. And I used to love the Empire. I don't know if you've heard of her now. I've never been. I've never been. Unbelievable. Funny I was talking about Aslan. The last two times we were up there was two Aslan gigs. And just a great boss about printing music. You can pick your places you want to go you know. But I realised we're going to do a bit of music first. And then we'll chat more of this first offering you're going to do first. Aye. It's a sort of an original song. One of us. And when you say an original, written between the two of you. I was ready to do this. Aye. I was only rooting last week. Aye. Aye. Stop. Jeez we're on the riddle but I get a song. No more. Well that's nice. Whatever you're ready. Your own time. Would you like to become one of us? Would you fall again into the dust? It's been a long time coming but I'll find a way. Asking me to stay on ends up on. The cold never catches you that's what she said. The killer called fire's a key but it's awake. You kept your distance and said that's your mistake. The cold I tried to prove. Yeah. Bring it out. First official riddle play. Well done. It was a nice air gun three. I didn't like that. Thanks very much. What artist sort of would inspire you? There's just loads between us isn't there? Some contrasts to be fair but mainly the frames Glenn answered. We just after seeing them. A friend of mine was up to see them to you. What do you think? That was good though. That was good though. My friend just said she thought he was good. She didn't say he was brilliant. Exactly what he said. It was good. What do we have? You probably had a couple of albums there. I thought they were brittle. Not as upbeat as the first one. The first couple maybe. Big crowd of it. Big crowd sold out. Paul and Latini. You yourself run along the same lanes. Is that the type of style of music? Yeah. Some of the types of music we have contrast as well. Some music I would put on that he wouldn't be a fan of and vice versa. Keeps it a bit strong. Something they speak about. What about the older artists? All these big bands. Stereophonics, Radiohead, David Gray. There's a kind of Oasis going through that song. Oasis are brilliant. So have you gigged at all? Not really. Not together. Not together now. We just want to get out there and have the people know. Fortune and money we made. Have you recorded any material at all? I have. I recorded one song. Across the Times. I was recorded. We were going to play it in eight actually. I recorded with Include Youth. It was through an arts project. And I wrote the song. I got to record it in the studio. That was a good experience. Where was that done? That was done with up and down recording studios. That was all part of it. Wasn't a competition? No, it was just a project type with Include Youth. That was a good experience to get in the studio. See what's what. Is that going this year? That same program? No, it was just a one off. And just looking in off I was with the program. Stray with Include Youth. They were told to tell me about it. So I got the chance to write the song for it. As you say, bring that with you. But experience. Exactly. Excellent, excellent. So instruments, Dari, yourself. What do you play? Just the guitar? Just the guitar. I used to bash it with my drums. But as I got older, I moved on to the guitars. And that's what he called us. That's a segment action. That's my dad's guitar. Because you know what you have, right? He does. I made sure to ask him before I went out. With some help from him, Broke. And Ron, on yourself, how long have you been playing guitar? I've been playing guitar since I was about 10, so about 10 years nearly. Was it always something you wanted to do? It was something I always wanted to do. I got my first guitar when I was very young, but I never looked about playing it. And then as I grew older then, it was just something I really was interested in. Did you take lessons? I started off getting lessons in school, in primary school. And then after that, I was kind of teaching myself for a year or two. And then I went to the Arts Academy in Straban for a few years. And they kind of helped me progress. Excellent, Dari. And would you recommend that to people? 100%, 100%. They were great. 100%. And have you done much musical performance, not so much gigs, but have you done taking part in shows and that sort of thing? Well, I've played in the putt for shows. Like for the Arts Academy, they have the drama side of it. They have the shows in the IFAD or in Straban. So I would have played in the putt for a few of that. Right. And you've moved from the putt. I've moved from the putt. But you know, it's great that I love seeing young people involved in music and I love listening to their stories and whatever else. What's the plans? Obviously, the careers would be more important. But would you, you know, would you like, would you be striving towards sort of musical career or what? I'd see how it goes. I've always wanted to be like involved in music all my life. Like, and I hope it stays that way. It would be a bonus. It would be a very good bonus if we made it 3.5 of the music. Well, it would be. But then again, it's like everything else a tough business. That's surely, yeah. And would you, are you going to, are you plans for recording anymore or? I will have a couple of other songs in the works that aren't quite finished yet. But hopefully if they get them all sorted, we can send them away and see what we get back. What kind of, what way does a song start with? You know, if you're sharing between the two of these. What's the process for you? Usually the cards first. The cards come first. The lyrics have come way, way after. Once we've figured out what rhymes just... What rhymes, what rhymes. I suppose that's a good way of looking, all right. Only everybody does it differently. Don't need people to put the lyrics down and try and get the notes. Do you have a, do you have a pile of songs written between you? Not a pile of, not a pile of written, four-way written, because as I say, like the lyrics take a long time to come. If you started, if you started just... Well, you do, Grant. Just take your time. And because the songwriting is a great process too, there's great workshops out there for songwriting. If you ever see them or you get a chance, you know, there's some amazing ones, you know. Right, we're going to take a nap break. We're coming back with another track. What's the next one you're going to do first? Listen, girls, cover some of my Christopher song. Oh, my Christopher? Oh, cut. Would you be a fan of my Christopher? Oh, very big fan of his. Brilliant musician, the most.