Giving a kid a drum set is supposed to be a parent’s worst nightmare. These dads would disagree…
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Most dads love playing with their kids’ toys—especially their musical instruments. Whether dad’s making music with his kids, on his kids, or just with their toys, there are a ton of totally adorbz and LOL-worthy videos out there to enjoy.
Most recently, custom guitar maker Frank Pasquale posted a video of he and a friend doing some Slayer on First Act instruments:
And the world of pink instruments will never be the same.
Also on a pink instrument—8BitDad posted this cute video of Benjamin Ames and his daughter singing “Tonight You Belong to Me” back in 2013 and it’s still cool:
Here’s a dad who is channeling his drumming through his son, Wyatt:
Coincidentally, “Wyatt the Baby Drummer” was invited on Jimmy Kimmel to share his magical skills with the world.
Sometimes the instruments aren’t the best:
But sometimes the song you’re covering isn’t the best either.
And because sometimes kids can be instruments too, here’s the drummer from the band Atticus Avenue playing his son like a drum machine:
And you’ll love how Comedian/Beatboxer/Vine user Vincent Marcus dropped the beat on his kid:
Also, because we like you, dear readers, we’ve got one more bonus video for you. It’s from DMK—which is a dude named Dicken Schrader and his kids—covering Depeche Mode songs on a whole bunch of wacky instruments and toys. (8BitDad talked to them YEARS AGO because we’re so digi-hipster.) Here’s DMK’s “Everything Counts”:
What’s your favorite dad-kid-instrument video out there? Link to it in the comments!
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Originally appeared on 8BitDad.com and is republished on Medium.
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