Celebrations

Sep 22 2011 by Leona Greenan, Hamilton Advertiser

TWO HND Music students from Motherwell College are hoping to chart when their debut single is released this week.

Danielle Tonner and John Muir, both from Motherwell, make up the band Till This Night, and will release their single ‘Runaway’ tomorrow (Friday, September 23).

Having studied music at NQ level, then progressing to HNC and now HND in Rock and Pop, the pair work with producer Graeme Duffin of Wet Wet Wet.

Graeme helps run the Foundry Music Lab which has a strong partnership with Motherwell College, facilitating some of the more practical side of the music courses.

Danielle explained: “The advantage that we have being on the music course, is that a lot of the stuff we previously had dreamed about doing in music we get to do on a day to day basis by being at the college. To think we are in a position of releasing a single and going on our own UK tour as part of our coursework makes us feel very fortunate.”

The music courses at Motherwell College have gained a lot of press attention over the past year, having had guest lecturers such as Dave McGeehan and Dave Corbit who manage DF Concerts which run T in The park, music journalist Billy Sloan, and marketing expert Michelle Mone.

Last week the course was named music course of the year at the Scottish New Music Awards, and HND music student and ‘Till This Night’ member John was delighted with the achievement.

He said: “To be honest every single one of us feel the sense of achievement, our lecturers and fellow students have all been part of winning that award. We take our work very seriously and unless you are part of it, it is hard to explain how good an atmosphere there is on the music course.”

Till This Night start their college project/UK tour at the HMV Picture House in Edinburgh on Saturday, September 24, 2011.

Their single Runaway is available from Friday as a download from

www.soundcloud.com/tillthisnight and www.facebook.com/tillthisnight