So every station is different but I think for the most part when I offer a critique its from the side of what would/could make this story better. What mistakes can/should be corrected. I'll start with the obvious...great story content was here. What a nice feel good story...but the execution was way off which didn't allow for the true emotion of this to come through. You had time to do because this wasn't a 1:15-1:20 piece...so I'm not sure if its lack of vision by the reporter or what but you had something. This needed better setup before the "suprise" came into play...how important is music to this kid...does he usually play alone...would he love to record a demo/record...thats the setup you needed to draw viewers in to get to know the characters...then you move to the reveal...and the end is the happiness that he got to fulfill a dream. You and your reporter control the story...takes on the journey...get us from a begining to an end. So learn to collaborate with your reporter(s) on better story structure. Remember its more effective to have some better lighting and framing when it comes to emotional type interviews for emotional type stories. It'll give your overall piece a much different feel all around. Try and pick better locations for interviews and when you couple that with framing and setting...it really starts to come together. Audio was way rough...use some long fades maybe even a low audio bed underneath the interviews would have been a nice tough so it not so dramatic a tansition from loud studio to quiet interview. Always have the final product in mind when shooting...maybe that could help with finding shots, nats, interview locations. Keeping that in mind will really start to get your brain and photog eye working for the best possible story.