Over the last couple of years, I’ve been using proper professional equipment to make music. It’s certainly more reliable, but recently, I decided to regress and try out some music using some really crappy gear. Toy instruments. I’ve acquired a fair bit over the years through boot sales and charity shops, not to mention my own kids’ toys. I expanded the selection to include instruments made for children – not necessarily toys – such as recorders or glockenspiels.

So far, I’ve completed two tracks. The first, which I will probably make available another time, uses quite a lot of my son Albert’s Power Rangers toys, for noises and voices. The second, which I present here, uses recorders, glockenspiel, toy saxophone, my old faithful Casio MT45 (which I’ve had since I was 13) and a few cheapo keyboards, which I’ve modified to sound like they’re dying. The only grown-up instrument is a bass guitar, because toy instruments are not generally known for their low end.

The video naturally features kids playing musical instruments…