SONG-WRITING library assistants hope their musical notes will turn into banknotes to help victims of the Asian tsumani disaster.

Shaun Liddell, Peter Kidd and Steven Clayton, who work at Durham County Council's flagship Clayport Library, discovered they all played different instruments and so got together to form a band they call Infinite Monkey.

Now, they have written and recorded Growing Colder and hope to sell the CD to raise funds for the appeal.

The CD will sell for £3 and, once production costs are covered, they hope to donate almost £2 from each sale to the appeal.

Shaun said: "I was playing one night and came up with the words and basic tune which together we developed.

"It was recorded at home on a 24-track recorder, then we mixed it at White Wolf Recording studios, in Derwentside, where owner Ian Thompson gave us a deal, once again proving that if you show people a way in which they can do something then they're only too happy to help.

Shaun said: "The band's been together for about six months. We all got a job at Clayport Library and it seemed like a good idea to jam one night and see what happened.

"When we all heard of the tsunami disaster, we were all hit by the immense sadness and utter futility of it all."

The CD is available from Clayport Library and County Hall.