3-Year-Old Drummer Amazes Crowd With Adorable Rock Performance (VIDEO)

By Eric Corpus, Sunday, March 02, 2014

Some child musical prodigies perform their art with an android-like focus, leaning on hundreds of hours of disciplined practice and the resultant muscle memory. And then there's 3-year-old Howard Wong of Malaysia in this 2010 video.

In a shopping mall, Howard, clad in a Santa cap, plays a child-size drum kit like a champ along to Joan Jett's "I Have Myself for Loving You." At the beginning of the song, he's a little stiff, but by the time when we come in, he's smiling for the crowd and able to laugh off dropping a stick.

If you're curious, here's Howard at 6 from a couple of years ago. He's lost the baby fat and picked up a load of jazzy improv skills. Here's the viral video that started it all.