parenting

An alcoholic father routinely dumped angry messages in his son's voicemail, until his son took his words and set them over some beats and piano lines. The resulting track is incredibly dark, but a fascinating way of dealing with your problems.

Song is loaded with language that might be too strong and imagery that might be too graphic for some.

Accurate? Y/N

This is Jaxon Smith. He is six years old! He's already committed a significant amount of his young life to the drums, and can already accompany the Foo Fighters track "Pretender."

"No dear, I'll tell you what 'Jiggy' means when you're older."

The kid who said of Thom Yorke "I don't think he's got any friends" is a sharp little guy.

All you need to make a beat is bang two sticks together. A child could do it (confidential to percussionists: we're not really serious. Please don't sue for libel). YouTube performers Wax and Herbal T took this idea to its logical conclusion and made a rap song using sounds from Herbal T's toddler son's playground session.

An eight-year-old can play along with "Stratosphere" by Swedish Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and you can't? What are you doing with your life?

Warning: Turn your volume down.

...because there's NO WAY I could play a steady beat with a year of practice, let alone a year of living.