Playing with my Dad

Approximately a decade ago, I had the rare honour of having exclusive access to one of the most awesome home studios to do my music work while at college. My friend has a father who is quite successful at music and I was fortunate to be able to use what I needed to finish my projects.

The thing that I remember most of the times my friend and I worked on these projects together, is that his father was omni-present. I also remember my friend playing me demos saying "My father and I did this together" or "My father really likes this one." His father was always excited about the projects we were working on and when "the old man" was interviewed in magazines he loved mentioning his son. If you scroll down to the last question in this article you'll see Adrian gets mentioned. Our project gets mentioned in the second paragraph of this one.


I believe this is why we got along. I can say it as simply as Adrian and I both have cool dads, which is true. But it's more to the fact that my father and I have the same kind of musical relationship as they do.

As I get older and more children start coming through my life, (I kind of address this in a previous post about my niece) I really look back and appreciate being able to share music with my brother and my father, or the relationship between me and my niece, and to see the relationship between Adrian and his father. The picture to the left is of me, my brother, and my father all playing together in church one Sunday morning. I never really liked playing there in general but I would never turn it down for the opportunity to be with my family doing music. Those services were always special to me.

So it was to my complete joy that one of my best friends sent a video to me of her and her daughter jamming. This video embodies everything I love. It's just so incredible to watch. The little lady is not even two and she's grooving HARD. Please feel free to enjoy a family enjoying music. Roll the clip.