Lockdown has been tough for everybody, but a pair of young brothers from Malua Bay have found a way to beat their boredom through music.
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Julian and Django Dolphin, aged 9 and 7, have spent lockdown writing and recording their own music and pairing it with music videos recorded in and around their home.
The boys have made their own website (www.dolphinbrothers.com.au) with the help of their dad Paul, and have sent their videos to family and friends in the UK.
Paul told the Bay Post his two boys had both been drummers for about four years.
"When Djangon was about four or five he was jamming with some of the old guys at the Malua Bay Bowlo," he said.
"He did a full seven-minute version of Mustang Sally with all the old guys, and we bribed him with some chocolate from the grabber machine.
"They've got a full electronic drum kit, Django also plays the trumpet, and Julian plays the piano."
Paul said their drum background helped the boys come up with their own music.
"Now that they are playing musical instruments, they can what they need to play so well because of the rhythm," he said.
"Learning rhythm first has been really good for them - the recordings didn't take very long because they've got that rhythm set into them."
The first video titled 'We are the Dolphin Brothers' was uploaded to their YouTube channel on September 4, followed a day later by a second video 'Scatt People'.
Mr Dolphin said the videos were inspired after a close friend in the UK passed away.
"They were having a big festival for him over there, so the boys decided they would write some songs and do some videos to show at the festival," he said.
"Everyone who sees these videos love them - their teachers have shown the videos to their friends at school and they all think they're awesome.
"I edited all the videos on my phone, and we've got a bit of good musical and recording gear around, but this would have been a lot harder even two or three years ago.
"We've very fortunate to have the space we have as well - because we don't have clients coming in, our office has turned into a music studio.
"All the music gear is out, and the boys are creating things on it, which is great fun."
And although Paul and wife Emma both have a musical background, he said his boys needed very little help with their music videos.
"The boys came up with the stories for both music videos," he said.
"They're really big fans of the Beastie Boys, and they wanted to dress up like old men like they do.
"I was running the recording software for them, but Julian is learning that now. I've also played the bass guitar on one of the songs, but it's a bassline that Julian wrote."