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Boston Camp Gives Young Musicians a Jump-Start

Aired July 28, 2001 - 09:56   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Many kids dream about being a big rock star.

BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: And a camp in Boston is giving some youngsters a jump start on it.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, let's try the whole thing again. Two, three, go.

It's called Day Jams. It's a place for kids with little or no experience on their instruments to come and get better as individual musicians, and also to learn how to play in a rock band together.

No, cut right there, we cut.

The camp's about a -- it's a week long. Some kids stay for two weeks.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Guys, that's not what I said. You go down.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The ultimate goal is to perform the song that they've written as a group.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My name's Tony Greaves. I've been working at Day Jams. This is my first year.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think you should do that crazy chord up there.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: You get to start knowing what playing in a rock band is really all about.

I am Max Versteiner. I am 12 years old, and I've been playing the drums for about four years.

I learned not to get frustrated when you mess up playing, just be like, oh, it's all right, plenty of people mess up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jordan (ph), let me hear you. Two, three, four.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I wanted to learn how to play in a band. I'm Jordan Bailey. I've been playing guitar for about a year now. It's, like, seriously musician stuff.

Usually the guitars come up with the tune, and then we'll work on that, and the drummers will work on their beats, and Tony will help us, like, make it sound the best that it can.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want a clean ending, though. Danana-danada da, da, da, da.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It should go, da, da, da, whoo!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They learn to understand music on a deeper level, and it's amazing to see that process.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Making it perfect, making a perfect song, you -- just making up a song.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: You'll see me at VH1 "Behind the Music," you know -- be big.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, good. That's it, you're done.

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NELSON: That's good.

PHILLIPS: Bob Crowley from our Boston bureau put that piece together for us.

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