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  • S2011E01 Compose Something New A Day #1

    • January 2, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. This first one is a little spastic and jumps around a lot from idea to idea without ever really coalescing, but there might be a nugget of something worth keeping in there, I don't know. Here's the score. Sorry about the camera angle not really capturing my bass playing...whoops. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/1.pdf

  • S2011E02 Compose Something New A Day - #2

    • January 2, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. This second one is based on an idea I've worked out in the past - the first 4 measures is meant to be heard one way (and 1, and 2, and 3, and 4), but the rhythmic scheme gets turned around once the bass/drums come in. That 5/4 groove is something I might want to keep for later, otherwise, it came out decent. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/2.pdf

  • S2011E03 Compose Something New A Day - #3

    • January 2, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. This third one is a little out, but I think it works all right. It's a 5-bar passacaglia in D whole tone, with a canon in Eb whole tone superimposed on top, with a free melody voice in Eb whole tone on top of that. Weird. It eventually settles down into a groovey thing based on the free melody. Enjoy? Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-3.pdf

  • S2011E04 Compose Something New a Day - #4

    • January 4, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. This fourth one is a minimalist piano tune, performed by yours truly, on a really cruddy old MIDI controller with plastic keys and the worst possible action, so excuse the performance please. I tried to make it as simple as I possibly could, and yet keep it feeling very "unsettled." Here's the score, enjoy! http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-4.pdf

  • S2011E05 Compose Something New A Day - #5

    • January 5, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. This is number 5, a fairly stylistically consistent ragtime. You can see that I have a rather diverse taste in composition, given the previous offerings, haha. This one had to be sequence, unfortunately, because I just don't have anywhere near the piano technique to play it - hence the lack of a video. It's the classic ragtime formula, including modulating to the key of the IV after the recap of the A, although I did sneak in a rather anachronistic bluesy lick towards the end of it all. Check out the score down here. Enjoy! http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-5.pdf

  • S2011E06 Compose Something New a Day - #6

    • January 6, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. Number 6 here is just a nice little melody in 6/8 that repeats three times with different harmonizations every time. Nothing special, but still fun. Enjoy. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-6.pdf

  • S2011E07 Compose Something New A Day - #7

    • January 7, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. Number 7 is pretty much just a parody of math metal. It's nothing but tritones (actually, all 6 tritones happening at once) and the pattern is based upon the Fibbonacci sequence. Yes. I went there. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-7.pdf

  • S2011E08 Compose Something New A Day - #8

    • January 8, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. Number 8 is another simple one based on four repeating riffs. Nice and somber. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-8.pdf

  • S2011E09 Compose Something New A Day - #9

    • January 9, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. I'll be posting all of them up on my website at... http://adamneely.com/videosmusic/new-composition-a-day-challenge-january-2011/ Number 9 here is a nice little psychotic waltz in Lydian b3. The bridge is a jazzier thing with a new, specific harmonic technique I was trying out...which kinda failed...it kind of sounds like crap. However, the waltz bit I enjoy rocking out to. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-9.pdf

  • S2011E10 Compose Something New A Day - #10

    • January 10, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. I'll be posting all of them up on my website at... http://adamneely.com/videosmusic/new-... Number 10 is based upon the idea of "confused" rhythm, which is something I seem to really dig. It almost sounds like two separate, unrelated tempos and music at the beginning....very Charles Ives. Take your pick as to whether or not you like it. I lifted the 5/8 guitar ostinato straight from Billy Child's In Carson's eyes of his album Lyric....great record. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-10.pdf

  • S2011E11 Compose Something New A Day - #11

    • January 11, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. Number 11 is a 3-part fugue. I have zero piano technique, so excuse the performance method of hacking away at each voice individually. Baroque and roll, muthaf*ckas. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-11.pdf

  • S2011E12 Compose Something New A Day - #12

    • January 12, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. #12 is a reggaeton in A harmonic major. Can't really say anything else about it. Here's the score. http://adamneely.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/number-12.pdf

  • S2011E13 Compose Something New a Day - #13

    • January 13, 2011

    As a challenge to myself, I'm trying to I'll write/record something new, anything new, every day of January 2011, just so long as it's "a complete musical statement" (whatever that means). I'll be using Garage Band, so the quality level of sequencing probably won't be that high, but this is mainly just so I can get my creative chops going. Number 13 here is an attempt at a Strayhorn/Ellington style ballad. Part of the reason why I don't normally write in this style is because, like probably only Bach before him, Ellington reached absolutely mastery of the music, and to try and write like he did is rather depressing, actually, haha. Still, I had a lot of fun with this, playing piano too!

  • S2011E14 The L Train - Folsom Prison Blues

    • February 12, 2011

    Covering a song made famous by Johnny Cash. Elliott Klein - Guitar Adam Neely - Bass Shawn Crowder - Cajon/Percussion

  • S2011E15 Autumn Leaves Bass Chord Melody

    • February 20, 2011

    Groovey little chord solo thing to Autumn Leaves. I recorded this a while ago, but it's just now going up, for some reason. Enjoy! The bass is a Washburn AB-40, and its way sexy, although I do miss the high C string for chord melody stuff.

  • S2011E16 Michelle Bass Chord Melody

    • February 20, 2011

    Groovey little chord solo thing to the Beatle's Michelle. I recorded this a while ago, but it's just now going up, for some reason. Enjoy! The bass is a Washburn AB-40, and its way sexy, although I do miss the high C string for chord melody stuff.

  • S2011E17 Adam Neely - Angry Music for Jazz Orchestra Vol. III: Revenge and Variations

    • February 25, 2011

    Adam Neely conducts the MSM Concert Jazz Orchestra in a rousing rendition of his "Angry Music for Jazz Orchestra Vol. III - Revenge and Variations." I know this is a little different for my channel, since it's not me playing bass, but bear with me...

  • S2011E18 Bass Lesson - Practicing Major 7 Arpeggios

    • May 10, 2011

  • S2011E19 Bass Lesson - Practicing Minor 7 Arpeggios

    • May 11, 2011

  • S2011E20 Bass Lesson - Practicing Dominant 7 Arpeggios

    • May 14, 2011

  • S2011E21 Bass Chord Melody - What a Wonderful World

    • May 18, 2011

    Messing around with the classic made popular by Louis Armstrong. Bass is a Washburn AB-40 strung with TI Acousticore nylon strings.

  • S2011E22 "Free Improvisation" Lesson - Bass Guitar

    • May 23, 2011

    Solo free improvisation for bass guitar in any real sense beyond random wankery is almost non-existent, and it's something that I've been checking out recently. "Free improvisation" is definitely not the same as free jazz, and it doesn't me playing "out" versus "in." It simply means creating a logical and well-constructed piece of music with little to no given structure. For examples of great solo instrumental free improvisation, check out Keith Jarrett's the Koln concert, or Dave Liebman's The Tree. Skip to about 4 minutes in if you want to check out the free improv without the chatter.

  • S2011E23 Bass Lesson - Practicing Half-Diminished (Minor 7 b5) Arpeggios

    • May 23, 2011

  • S2011E24 Bass Lesson - Practicing Minor Major 7/Augmented Major 7 Arpeggios

    • May 24, 2011

  • S2011E25 Bass Solo - Variations on Chopin's Prelude Number 20 in C Minor

    • June 2, 2011

    My stab at a few solo bass ideas I've been working on one of Chopin's most famous preludes. Bass is Washburn AB-40 with TI Acousticore strings.

  • S2011E26 Adam Talks to an Audience Member After the Show

    • August 5, 2011

    The sad truth about being a working bassist revealed...

  • S2011E27 Vaguely Electronic Garage Band Bass Jam #4 - FIVE! AGAIN!

    • August 6, 2011

    This is another fivesploration, (exploration of 5/4....yeah...) as well as a means of messing with some of my pedals (ring mod! yay!). I think this is the debut of my P on this channel...woohoo? It's the best Mexican Fender I've ever played, and it's my go-to "working mans" bass right now. It's also strung with super heavy strings, which gets it a nice and fat sound. 2010 MIM Fender P, EHX Bass Big Muff, EHX Frequency Analyzer Ring Mod, Boss OC-2 direct in to Garage Band 2007.

  • S2011E28 Chords on Bass Lesson #1 - Pros and Cons

    • August 20, 2011

    First in a video series on chords on bass guitar. Third in a series on playing chords on bass. 1. Pros and Cons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkvkCLN4yY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2. Close Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIKNzuuw_g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3. Open Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiwKcAbN0g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 4. Harmonizing the Major Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 5. Shell Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 6. Alpha Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugt2wbcUOjs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

  • S2011E29 Chords on Bass Lesson #2 - Close Position Triads

    • August 21, 2011

    Second in a series of lessons on playing chords on bass. Third in a series on playing chords on bass. 1. Pros and Cons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkvkCLN4yY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2. Close Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIKNzuuw_g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3. Open Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiwKcAbN0g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 4. Harmonizing the Major Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 5. Shell Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 6. Alpha Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugt2wbcUOjs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

  • S2011E30 Chords on Bass Lesson #3 - Open Position Triads

    • August 22, 2011

    Third in a series on playing chords on bass. 1. Pros and Cons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkvkCLN4yY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2. Close Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIKNzuuw_g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3. Open Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiwKcAbN0g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 4. Harmonizing the Major Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 5. Shell Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 6. Alpha Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugt2wbcUOjs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

  • S2011E31 Chords on Bass Lesson #4 - Harmonizing the Major Scale in Triads

    • August 25, 2011

    Fourth in a series of playing chords on bass guitar. Third in a series on playing chords on bass. 1. Pros and Cons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkvkCLN4yY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2. Close Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIKNzuuw_g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3. Open Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiwKcAbN0g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 4. Harmonizing the Major Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 5. Shell Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 6. Alpha Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugt2wbcUOjs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

  • S2011E32 Chords on Bass Lesson #5 - Shell Voicings

    • August 22, 2011

    Fifth in a series on playing chords on bass. Third in a series on playing chords on bass. 1. Pros and Cons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkvkCLN4yY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2. Close Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIKNzuuw_g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3. Open Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiwKcAbN0g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 4. Harmonizing the Major Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 5. Shell Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 6. Alpha Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugt2wbcUOjs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

  • S2011E33 Chords on Bass Lesson #6 - "Alpha" Voicings

    • August 29, 2011

    Sixth in a series on chords on bass. Sorry for the background noises on this one, my roommate was shedding on his electric kit during this video and I didn't realize that it would pick up on this video! 1. Pros and Cons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkvkCLN4yY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2. Close Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIKNzuuw_g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3. Open Position Triads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiwKcAbN0g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 4. Harmonizing the Major Scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD_tNAfy78&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 5. Shell Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rT9NKRW54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 6. Alpha Voicings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugt2wbcUOjs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

  • S2011E34 Jazz Remix - Apologize (One Republic)

    • September 6, 2011

    Jazz arrangement of Apologize by One Republic Christine PLG - Vocals Shawn Crowder - Cajon/Percussion Adam Neely - Bass

  • S2011E35 Jazz Remix - Just Dance/Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)

    • September 6, 2011

    Jazz arrangement of Just Dance and Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. Christine PLG - Vocals Shawn Crowder - Cajon/Percussion Adam Neely - Bass

  • S2011E36 Jazz Remix - I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry)

    • September 8, 2011

    Christine PLG - Vocals Shawn Crowder - Cajon/Percussion Adam Neely - Bass

  • S2011E37 Stoddy - Hot Damn, Got a Woman (Live at Arlene's Grocery 9/19/2011)

    • September 22, 2011

    Stoddy Blackall - Vocals/Songwriting/Piano Adam Neely - Bass Shawn Crowder - Drums Recorded live as part of Stoddy's September Monday night residency at Arlene's Grocery in NY, NY.

  • S2011E38 Christine Gallagher Trio - Apologize (One Republic Cover)

    • November 6, 2011

    Live at Klimat in the East Village. Christine Gallagher - Vocals Adam Neely - Bass Guitar Shawn Crowder - Drums

  • S2011E39 Further critique of (and exploration of) One-Finger-Per Fret on Bass Guitar

    • November 9, 2011

    This video references a previous video of mine, which can be viewed below... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkSsapYYsA

Season 2012

  • S2012E01 Sean Kingston - Fire Burning (bass cover)

    • January 2, 2012

    Top 40 dance cover time. Signal chain for that bass tone is OC-2 - EBS Valve Drive - ZVex Mastotron - Line 6 M5 (Chorus) - Source Audio BEF Pro (Phaser)

  • S2012E02 Something's Missing Here

    • January 14, 2012

    The music to this was actually recorded 2 years ago, but I originally tracked the bass part piecemeal. I decided to go back and relearn the music and do it in one take...and it was not easy. Like....I really had to shed the crap out of this. It's long, boring, jazz, and you'll probably get tired of how awesome it is by the 8th minute of it. Sorry for the crappy webcam quality of the video, but it's all for the music! Many thanks to the talented Emma Boroson for singing the insane shit I gave her to sing. If anybody figures out what the title is in reference to, I'll give them free license to kick me in the balls for such a stupid joke. I'll give you a hint...the entire thing is in one meter. A really weird one. Consider my balls kicked. Emma Boroson - Vocals, syllable arrangement Adam Neely - Bass, piccolo bass, piano, drum/rhodes/violin programming/recording/producing, dancing.

  • S2012E03 Bass Lesson - Playing With One Finger

    • January 28, 2012

    Going through some of the possible advantages of developing a one-finger technique to bass guitar.

  • S2012E04 Jazz Fusion/Dubstep/Pop remix - Till the World Ends (Britney Spears)

    • March 13, 2012

    Adam Neely - Bass Guitar/Keyboards/Arrangement (http://adamneely.com) Christine Gallagher - Lead Vocals Emma Boroson - Background Vocals Elliott Klein - Guitars (http://gigmaven.com/thebloodlinemusic?f=c) Shawn Crowder - Drums/electronic percussion (http://shawncrowder.com/) All instruments were played live (no MIDI programming). Electronic percussion performed on Roland Octapad and bass guitar wobble effects performed with pitch bend and the Source Audio Hot Hand ring. Study scores complete with detailed analysis available for $10. Hey, I have to show my academic theory geek side one way or another.

  • S2012E05 Bass Lesson - Left Hand Thumb Placement

    • April 14, 2012

    This is a lesson on the concept of the right arm counterbalance and dispelling some pervasive myths about the left hand's thumb placement.

  • S2012E06 Adam Neely - Angry Music for Jazz Orchestra Volume I

    • April 30, 2012

    Adam Neely's Angry Music for Jazz Orchestra performed by large ensemble at Adam Neely's graduate recital at the Manhattan School of Music 4/1/2012. Featured on Tenor Sax are Jon Ragonese and Dan Wilkins

  • S2012E07 Adam Neely - Angry Music for Jazz Orchestra Volume III

    • April 30, 2012

    BETTER QUALITY AUDIO: https://massextinctionevent.bandcamp.com/track/angry-music-for-jazz-orchestra-volume-iii-revenge-and-variations Adam Neely's Angry Music for Jazz Orchestra performed by large ensemble at Adam Neely's graduate recital at the Manhattan School of Music 4/1/2012

  • S2012E08 Adam Neely's Bass Pedal Board Demo

    • June 5, 2012

    A demo of sounds/effects I've been working with recently. From what I've seen "on the scene," electronic sounds are becoming more and more necessary for a bass player working in contemporary music, regardless of genre. I've used this board and all it's tricks for top 40 dance gigs, modern rock gigs, and my own electronic fusion stuff. Pedals used: Boss LS-2 Line Selector Boss OC-2 Octave Digitech Bass Synth Wah ZVex Mastotron Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter Pro Line 6 M9 Ernie Ball Jr. Volume Pedal 25k (for expression) Source Audio Hot Hand The pedal board itself is the top part of an Ikea bench I spray-painted and velcro-ed. DIY!

  • S2012E09 Adam Neely - Bird on the Wing

    • August 7, 2012

    Lyrics - It was a song Cole Porter sang I sung too soon Not soon enough Adam Neely does indie/electronic/dance/jazz, and it turns out like this! Enjoy.

  • S2012E10 Inside//Outside - Desert of the Real (Live Excerpt from Shrine NYC)

    • November 20, 2012

    Electronic jazz fusion music from the band Inside//Outside. Check out the album below! http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com Inside//Outside is... Wim Leysen - Keyboard/Synth Adam Neely - Bass Guitar/Effects Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion

Season 2013

  • S2013E01 Inside//Outside - Anthem (live in the studio)

    • January 23, 2013

    Now available! http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com/ Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/insideoutsidemusic Composed by Adam Neely. inside//outside is... Wim Leysen - Piano, Rhodes, Synth, Fuzzy Head Adam Neely - Bass Guitar, Limonata Connoisseur Shawn Crowder - Drums, Electronic Percussion, Mountain Man Beard with Ivan Rosenberg - Trumpet, Travelling Novelty T-shirt Salesman www.ivanrosenbergmusic.com Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Stein http://candidmusicgroup.com Mastered by Fred Sladkey Album Photograph and Design by Dries Segers http://www.driessegers.com/

  • S2013E02 Inside//Outside - Resonance (live in the studio)

    • January 24, 2013

    Now available! http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com/ Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/insideoutsidemusic Composed by Wim Leysen inside//outside is... Wim Leysen - Rhodes, Piano, Ninjitsu Green Belt Adam Neely - Bass Guitar, Zombie Overlord Shawn Crowder - Drums, Benevolent Dictator of Portlandia ...with... Ivan Rosenberg - Trumpet, Stunt Double for Ivan Rosenberg Jonathan Ragonese - Soprano Saxophone, Understudy Stunt Double for Ivan Rosenberg String Quartet (sadly not filmed) - Sana Nagano - Violin Barbora Valiukeviciute - Violin Benjamin von Gutzeit - Viola Jan Roszkowski - Cello Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Stein http://www.candidmusicgroup.com/ Mastered by Fred Sladkey Album Photograph and Design by Dries Segers http://www.driessegers.com/

  • S2013E03 Inside//Outside - Effervescent (live in the studio)

    • January 24, 2013

    Now available! http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com/ Composed by Adam Neely inside//outside is... Wim Leysen - Piano, Rhodes, Synth, Tauntaun Jockey Adam Neely - Bass Guitar, Arakeen Sandworm Trainer Shawn Crowder - Drums, Electronic Percussion, Harrison Ford in Blade Runner Cosplayer with Ivan Rosenberg - Trumpet, World Champion Pogo-Sticker www.ivanrosenbergmusic.com Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Stein http://candidmusicgroup.com Mastered by Fred Sladkey Album Photograph and Design by Dries Segers http://www.driessegers.com/

  • S2013E04 Weekly Bass Tip #1 - Have You Tried Higher Action?

    • February 16, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Have you tried higher action?

  • S2013E05 Weekly Bass Tip #2 - Count Stuff to Improve Internal Rhythm!

    • February 24, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Have you tried counting along with your playing? It really improves your internal time!

  • S2013E06 Weekly Bass Tip #3 - SOCK PRACTICE!! lulz

    • March 4, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Have you practiced with a sock? Well you should try it!

  • S2013E07 Weekly Bass Tip #4 - Crash Study in Reading for Auditions!

    • March 4, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Reading is hard. Here's how to make it even harder on yourself! For that Berklee Bass Audition that you're freaking out about.

  • S2013E08 Weekly Bass Tip #5 - Playing with a...capo? That's odd!

    • March 17, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Trying playing bass with a capo! It will yield interesting results.

  • S2013E09 Weekly Bass Tip #6 - Vibrato!

    • March 22, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Vibrato is a thing. Try it!

  • S2013E10 Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) - bass guitar/beatbox

    • March 28, 2013

    Live bass guitar/beatbox cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean by Adam Neely. Yes, I am not a beatboxer by any stretch. To all of my vocal percussionist friends out there on the internet, I sincerely apologize.

  • S2013E11 Weekly Bass Tip #7 - Practicing Different Kinds of Articulation

    • March 29, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Here's a way to try and practice different ways of playing bass. Turn off the part of the brain that judges what you play and see how many ways you can play something very simple. Challenge yourself!

  • S2013E12 Live Pop Mashup @ the Delancey NYC 3/27 - p.s.a.

    • April 5, 2013

    p.s.a. is Keyboards/Synth - Pier Luigi Salami Bass/Vocals - Adam Neely Drums/Samples - Shawn Crowder

  • S2013E13 Weekly Bass Tip #8 - 10thz

    • March 30, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Play some 10ths, you'll like how they sound. Plus, you will become 7 times more attractive to the opposite sex as you do it.

  • S2013E14 Weekly Bass Tip #9 - Permutations and the FOUR FACTORIAL MATRIX

    • April 4, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Fact: saying the words "four factorial matrix" makes you sound douchey and aloof. Why not do it more often? Here are all the permutations written out. 1234 1243 1324 1342 1423 1432 2134 2143 2314 2341 2413 2431 3124 3142 3214 3241 3412 3421 4123 4132 4213 4231 4312 4321

  • S2013E15 Weekly Bass Tip #10 - Recording to Click

    • April 19, 2013

    Every Monday from now until whenever! Click. Clicky click click.

  • S2013E16 Knower - PYT (Michael Jackson) Adam Neely Bass Cover

    • April 29, 2013

    I cover a cover! "original" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7z1L8ZXoVA Check KNOWER, if you haven't. Their latest album drops tomorrow - April 29th. Sick!!! https://www.facebook.com/KNOWERmusic

  • S2013E17 inside//outside - Nullpunktsenergie (Live @ Nublu NYC)

    • August 3, 2013

    Get the album now! http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/insideoutsidemusic inside//outside is... Wim Leysen - Keyboard Adam Neely - Bass Shawn Crowder - Drums filmed by Justina Soto.

  • S2013E18 Adam Neely x Justina Soto - Come Wander With Me

    • August 19, 2013

    Free download! http://adamxjustina.bandcamp.com/track/come-wander-with-me He said, come wander with me, dear Come wander with me. Away from this sad world, Come wander with me. A tribute to the twilight zone. Justina Soto http://www.facebook.com/justinasotomusic Adam Neely http://www.facebook.com/adamneelymusic

  • S2013E19 Adam Neely - Mechanation

    • August 20, 2013

    Available now for free download on String and Fader's debut compilation album, Dance Think Move http://stringandfader.bandcamp.com/album/dance-think-move

  • S2013E20 I Didn't Know (Adam Neely x JAE SOTO)

    • November 10, 2013

    Free download! http://adamxjustina.bandcamp.com/track/i-didnt-know-electronic-mix Vocals - Justina Soto http://www.facebook.com/justinasotomusic Bass Guitar/Production - Adam Neely http://adamneely.com Filmed and Edited by Ivan Jackson Rosenberg http://www.ivanrosenbergmusic.com/ Filmed at Candid Music Group http://www.candidmusicgroup.com/ Original Track (written by Justina Soto and Danny Iuliano) http://jandthesa.bandcamp.com/track/i-didnt-know http://www.facebook.com/danny.iuliano

Season 2014

  • S2014E01 time//motion//wine [adam neely guitar solo tracking]

    • January 25, 2014

    Apparently, I play guitar. I didn't realize this until I watched this video of me playing guitar.

  • S2014E02 adam neely - time//motion//wine FULL EP

    • January 27, 2014

    free download! http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/album/time-motion-wine track listing 1. time//motion//wine 0:00 2. [suite for mister rumsfeld] - known knowns 3:35 3. [suite for mister rumsfeld] - known unknowns 5:53 4. [suite for mister rumsfeld] - unknown unknowns 7:22 production - fuzzy dunlop bass guitar - adam neely

  • S2014E03 Pink Fabric - Octagonal Sun (adam neely mix)

    • February 4, 2014

    Get the original https://pinkfabric.bandcamp.com/album/sugar-hurts-my-eyes

  • S2014E04 Mass Extinction Event Roulette Rehearsal 6/5/2014

    • June 5, 2014

    We play traditional swing style big band music of the 1930's and 1940's in the Basie style, if Count Basie overdosed on MDMA in the year 2020.

  • S2014E05 Lesson! Sequence Start and Quintuplet Swing

    • July 28, 2014

    The first in a series entitled "Excuse me kind sir, but what the devil is it that you are doing here exactly?" where I break down some nifty compositional things that I'm working on in music I'm releasing. Oh, and I got a new camera and Final Cut! Bassline Transcription https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByLKhK483ui1VVpWNUdWVXlNMTQ/edit?usp=sharing Sungazer http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Sungazer is... Me (Adam Neely) + Shawn Crowder http://www.shawncrowder.com/ Thank's to Pier Luigi Salami for letting us use his Disklavier. That thing is so freaking cool.

  • S2014E06 Avoiding the 5/4 Clave (Sungazer's Ether)

    • August 1, 2014

    New Sungazer EP coming January 7, 2019! Pre-save it on Spotify now: ○ https://bit.ly/2C2iIRN What is the 5/4 clave? And how do you break out of it? The second in a series entitled "Excuse me kind sir, but what the devil is it that you are doing here exactly?" where I break down some nifty compositional things that I'm working on in music I'm releasing. In this episode we check out Sungazer's Ether, and look at different ways of avoiding the cliche of the 5/4 clave. Sungazer http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Sungazer is... Me (Adam Neely) + Shawn Crowder http://www.shawncrowder.com/ + Special Guest Pier Luigi Salami http://www.pierluigimusic.com/

  • S2014E07 Drunk Septuplet Dubstep! (Sungazer's Dream of Mahjong)

    • December 19, 2014

    New Sungazer EP coming January 7, 2019! Pre-save it on Spotify now: ○ https://bit.ly/2C2iIRN I produce drunk septuplet dubstep, because of course. The third in a series entitled "Excuse me kind sir, but what the devil is it that you are doing here exactly?" where I break down some nifty compositional things that I'm working on in music I'm releasing. In this episode we check out Sungazer's Dream of Mahjong, and look at how to approximate that awesome sort of "drunken" backbeat with septuplets, and also the basics of electronic dubstep production. Sungazer http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Sungazer is... Me (Adam Neely) http://www.adamneely.com + Shawn Crowder http://www.shawncrowder.com/ + Special Guest Ivan Jackson https://www.facebook.com/iamivanjackson

Season 2015

  • S2015E01 Sungazer - Sequence Start (live @ Left Field 1/15/2015)

    • January 16, 2015

    Adam Neely - Bass, Laptop stuff Shawn Crowder - Drums, Electronic Percussion Live in the basement of Left Field, NYC on 1.15.2015

  • S2015E02 sungazer - Dream of Mahjong (live @ Left Field 1.15.2015)

    • January 17, 2015

    Sungazer is... Adam Neely - Bass guitar, laptop Shawn Crowder - Drums, beard

  • S2015E03 exigence mvmt 1 - [have you ever had a dream like this?] MxE live @ roulette

    • March 28, 2015

    exigence mvmt 1 - Emergence of the Grand Intercontinental Experiment of the Internet and the World Wide Web: Have you Ever Had A Dreams?, or, a dissolution of the Old Tyranny and birth of the New Vision exigence is a 5-movement piece of music about the end of the world brought about by apathy in the internet age. i guess. we did it live at roulette in BK, NY. Mass Extinction Event is... Adam Neely - Composer, Bassist, Producer Zac Zinger - Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI Leah Gough-Cooper - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI Kevin Supina - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, EWI Dos Allen - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet Danny Rivera - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet Josh Gawel - Trumpet Riley Mulherkar -Trumpet Cody Rowlands - Trumpet Zubin Hensler - Trumpet Natalie Cressman - Trombone Curtis Brink - Trombone Isaac Kaplan - Trombone Frank Cohen - Bass Trombone Elliott Klein - Guitar Pier Luigi Salami - Piano Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion Mixed by Adam Neely Filmed by Simon C.F. Yu and Yusuke Suzuki Edited by Adam Neely Thanks to the Jerome Fund for New Music for making this performance possible.

  • S2015E04 exigence mvmt 2 (MxE live @ roulette)

    • March 28, 2015

    exigence mvmt 2 - The Madman’s Addled Mind and what Visions Lay Therewithin: A Rumination on Hysteria exigence is a 5-movement piece of music about the end of the world brought by apathy in the internet age. i guess. we did it live at roulette in brooklyn, ny. Mass Extinction Event is... Adam Neely - Composer, Bassist, Producer Zac Zinger - Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI Leah Gough-Cooper - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI Kevin Supina - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, EWI Dos Allen - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet Danny Rivera - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet Josh Gawel - Trumpet Riley Mulherkar -Trumpet Cody Rowlands - Trumpet Zubin Hensler - Trumpet Natalie Cressman - Trombone Curtis Brink - Trombone Isaac Kaplan - Trombone Frank Cohen - Bass Trombone Elliott Klein - Guitar Pier Luigi Salami - Piano Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion Mixed by Adam Neely Filmed by Simon C.F. Yu and Yusuke Suzuki Edited by Adam Neely Thanks to the Jerome Fund for New Music for making this performance possible.

  • S2015E05 cats on roombas + jazz metal [exigence mvmt 3 live @ roulette by MxE]

    • March 28, 2015

    Top 34 MIND-BLOWING Cats on Roomba videos ever. You won't BELIEVE #17.......... exigence is a 5-movement piece of music about the end of the world brought by apathy in the internet age. i guess. we did it live at roulette in BK, NY Mass Extinction Event is... Adam Neely - Composer, Bassist, Producer Zac Zinger - Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI Leah Gough-Cooper - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI Kevin Supina - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, EWI Dos Allen - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet Danny Rivera - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet Josh Gawel - Trumpet Riley Mulherkar -Trumpet Cody Rowlands - Trumpet Zubin Hensler - Trumpet Natalie Cressman - Trombone Curtis Brink - Trombone Isaac Kaplan - Trombone Frank Cohen - Bass Trombone Elliott Klein - Guitar Pier Luigi Salami - Piano Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion Mixed by Adam Neely Filmed by Simon C.F. Yu and Yusuke Suzuki Edited by Adam Neely Thanks to the Jerome Fund for New Music for making this performance possible.

  • S2015E06 exigence mvmt 4 (MxE live @ roulette)

    • March 28, 2015

    exigence is a 5-movement piece of music about the end of the world brought about by apathy in the internet age. i guess. we did it live at roulette in BK, NY. Mass Extinction Event is... Adam Neely - Composer, Bassist, Producer Zac Zinger - Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI Leah Gough-Cooper - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI Kevin Supina - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, EWI Dos Allen - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet Danny Rivera - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet Josh Gawel - Trumpet Riley Mulherkar -Trumpet Cody Rowlands - Trumpet Zubin Hensler - Trumpet Natalie Cressman - Trombone Curtis Brink - Trombone Isaac Kaplan - Trombone Frank Cohen - Bass Trombone Elliott Klein - Guitar Pier Luigi Salami - Piano Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion Mixed by Adam Neely Filmed by Simon C.F. Yu and Yusuke Suzuki Edited by Adam Neely Thanks to the Jerome Fund for New Music for making this performance possible.

  • S2015E07 exigence mvmt 5 (MxE live @ roulette)

    • March 28, 2015

    exigence mvmt 5 - tl;dr OTL (i literally can't even...) exigence is a 5-movement piece of music about the end of the world brought by apathy in the internet age. i guess. we did it live at roulette in brooklyn, ny. Mass Extinction Event is... Adam Neely - Composer, Bassist, Producer Zac Zinger - Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI Leah Gough-Cooper - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI Kevin Supina - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, EWI Dos Allen - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet Danny Rivera - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet Josh Gawel - Trumpet Riley Mulherkar -Trumpet Cody Rowlands - Trumpet Zubin Hensler - Trumpet Natalie Cressman - Trombone Curtis Brink - Trombone Isaac Kaplan - Trombone Frank Cohen - Bass Trombone Elliott Klein - Guitar Pier Luigi Salami - Piano Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion Mixed by Adam Neely Filmed by Simon C.F. Yu and Yusuke Suzuki Edited by Adam Neely Thanks to the Jerome Fund for New Music for making this performance possible.

  • S2015E08 hey man...have you checked out meshuggah's latest album yet? (MxE live @roulette)

    • March 28, 2015

    ...uh....so have you? live at roulette in BK, NY. Mass Extinction Event is... Adam Neely - Composer, Bassist, Producer Zac Zinger - Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI Leah Gough-Cooper - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI Kevin Supina - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, EWI Dos Allen - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet Danny Rivera - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet Josh Gawel - Trumpet Riley Mulherkar -Trumpet Cody Rowlands - Trumpet Zubin Hensler - Trumpet Natalie Cressman - Trombone Curtis Brink - Trombone Isaac Kaplan - Trombone Frank Cohen - Bass Trombone Elliott Klein - Guitar Pier Luigi Salami - Piano Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronic Percussion Mixed by Adam Neely Filmed by Simon C.F. Yu and Yusuke Suzuki Edited by Adam Neely Thanks to the Jerome Fund for New Music for making this performance possible.

  • S2015E09 Misty (Adam Neely Bass Chord Melody)

    • July 15, 2015

    Originally posted in the Jam of the Week facebook group. Some bass noodling on a Mexican Fender P-Bass. Blended Octava Mk-021 and Guitar Rig Jazz Amp.

  • S2015E10 Bass Muting Technique (Controlling Your Tone) [ AN's Bass Lessons #1 ]

    • July 18, 2015

    Starting up Adam Neely's Bass Lessons with a short and sweet primer on bass muting technique, and how to shut the bass up so it doesn't ring out and annoy sound engineers dealing with low rumble. Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to hear about! This is a new series, and will be ongoing - every Monday for the foreseeable future. Harmonic Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music) (I told you it was just the wikipedia article....) Peace, Adam

  • S2015E11 5 Ways to Make Your Electric Bass Sound Like an Upright - [ AN's Bass Lessons #2 ]

    • July 25, 2015

    Ever need your electric bass to sound a bit more like an upright? Here are a couple cool ways to get that doghouse sound from the slab. Jazz is just around the corner! Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to hear about! This is a new series, and will be ongoing - every Monday for the foreseeable future. And don't forget to subscribe! Associated links: 0:09 Musicomic http://www.musicomic.com/comic/20-vibe/ 0:28 DIY Fretless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOahRM1f10Q 0:39 Ronan Guilfoyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A281Iycs-jg 0:58 Mingus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgX1aMpJkvs 1:15 Jeff Berlin Masterclass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzpfeIDxBs4 1:59 Palm Muting w/ the Thumb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGtn0Slem4 2:19 Hi Shutter Speed Bass Shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUQdcLmz5g 2:40 Steve Swallow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsdcWXZ45QY Peace, Adam

  • S2015E12 Bass Note Reharmonization (A Bassist's Secret Weapon) [ AN's Bass Lessons #3 ]

    • July 30, 2015

    Take charge of the harmony and direction of the music with bass note reharmonization! A sure fire way to impress people with your mad bass skills and also piss off a controlling keyboard player or two. The bass I was using in this video was a Samick Corsair short scale bass (25") strung with long scale strings originally tuned BEAD (from a 5 string) to EADG standard. The string tension is comparable to a normal 4-string bass, but with a much smaller scale length. That clickbaity article... http://mic.com/articles/120137/science-suggests-bassists-are-far-more-important-than-most-people-realize Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to hear about! This is a new series, and will be ongoing - every Monday for the foreseeable future. And don't forget to subscribe! Peace, Adam

  • S2015E13 4:3 Polyrhythms (in top 40 pop music?!) [ AN's Bass Lessons #4 ]

    • August 10, 2015

    4:3 is a powerful polyrhythmic ratio and the basis of a lot of pop music songwriting and bass rhythms of the past 10 years or so. It's important to understand how to feel this structure and also give it musical context so that you, the bass player, can groove within it and make it sound awesome. Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to hear about! This is a new series, and will be ongoing - every Monday for the foreseeable future. And don't forget to subscribe! Peace, Adam

  • S2015E14 Electrojazz Theory Explosion! - Summertime String 4tet (Adam Neely)

    • July 22, 2015

    A step-by step breakdown of all the theoretical and compositional concepts that went into a short, minute-long arrangement of Summertime, composed for Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin. This was originally posted as part of the "Jam of the Week" group on Facebook, which is an awesome meeting of the minds of jazz musicians all around the world of all different abilities, instruments, and musical sensibilities. https://www.facebook.com/groups/jamoftheweekgroup/ Join the group! It's a great hang. Adam

  • S2015E15 7 Cool Metronome Games [ AN's Bass Lessons #5 ]

    • August 13, 2015

    Metronome games are means of using the metronome in unusual ways to unlock a stronger sense of internal rhythm and rhythm awareness. They are games that you always win if you play, because people who practice with metronomes are always winners! Bon Jovi's music will never die. Peace, Adan

  • S2015E16 Composing Canons!

    • August 3, 2015

    A canon is a melody that sounds good when two or more people perform it together, but starting on different times. These are also called rounds. Row Row Row Your Boat #gentlydownthestream is a famous one. Imitative counterpoint has a long history in Western Music, so why not learn how to canon with best of em? Peace, Adam

  • S2015E17 Playing Bass in Weddings with Event Bands [ AN's Bass Lessons #6 ]

    • August 28, 2015

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely For the 6th Adam Neely's Bass Lessons we're up in Skeneatelas, NY for a wedding reception with an event band. Playing with these bands is great because of the high energy gigs, good vibes, good money....but it can be demanding, and requires you as a musician to be on the top of your game. Thanks to the Metropolitan Players! Check them out below. http://www.metropolitanplayers.com/ Peace, Adam

  • S2015E18 Quadruple Whole Note Triplets (The Ever-Expanding Triplet) !!! [ AN's Bass Lessons #7 ]

    • September 4, 2015

    In this installment of Adam Neely's Bass Lessons we take a look at something called the ever-expanding triplet, looking at ways to perform eighth note triplets, quarter note triplets, and every iteration of a basic triplet on up to quadruple whole note triplets. I originally got this idea from a lab taught by David Clark at Berklee, he's a fantastic teacher if you ever get a chance to study with him. Peace, Adam

  • S2015E19 Harmonizing Sax Soli - Block Voicings

    • September 7, 2015

    Using "the lick," we learn about some of the basic concepts of harmonizing saxophones in a big band context. Block voicing are the simplest way of dealing with harmony, and can yield some very nice musical results. If you like this video, please be sure to like and subscribe! Adam

  • S2015E20 Laptop Setups for Bassists in Live Electronic Music [ AN's Bass Lessons #8 ]

    • September 17, 2015

    Hey! Playing bass guitar through a laptop system can be a useful (and at times extremely frustrating) endeavor for performing live electronic music. I break down how the band for electro pop artist Micky Blue uses their laptops so you can see what goes into performing this music. It's a rewarding enterprise if you stick it out, but there are some things to keep in mind if you'd like do do one of these setups. Micky Blue http://www.mickyblue.com/ Sungazer http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/ Bright and Loud http://brightandloud.bandcamp.com/ Adam

  • S2015E21 Quartal Melodies and Autotune (the intro music!) [ AN's Bass Lessons #9 ]

    • September 23, 2015

    What do perfect fourth-based jazz melodies and hilarious autotune have in common? The intro music to Adam Neely's Bass Lessons! Comment/like/subscribe if you dig what you're watching, and want to watch more! Adam

  • S2015E22 Why you should learn music theory (Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism)

    • October 5, 2015

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Learn how the build and drop in modern EDM is actually just the same as dominant prolongation in classical Sonata form, and how music theory should be celebrated as a means of understanding all music, regardless of style or geographic origin. I'd like to thank all of the teenagers of the world commenting on guitar forums for the inspiration behind this video. Without you, none of this would be possible. Peace, Adam

  • S2015E23 What You Didn't Learn in Music School [ AN's Bass Lessons #10 ]

    • October 10, 2015

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely DISCLAIMER: My experiences at Berklee and the Manhattan School of Music were extremely positive, and I definitely do not want to dissuade people from attending music school. This video turned out a lot more cynical than I intended, so I just wanted to emphasize the fact that music school was a formative event in my life and career, and I recommend that if you are afforded the opportunity, you should go! That said, here's some stuff you didn't learn in music school! Peace, Adam

  • S2015E24 Q&A #1 - Compression, Introversion + Networking and the best comment I ever got

    • October 17, 2015

    Thank you to Joe Fourstrings, Paulo Peirera, Chi Ill, Xaq Rothman, and Kim Young for their questions, this was kind of a fun one to do "off the cuff" and not with a script. Please keep asking questions, guyz, this was totally fun. More crazy videos on the way, I swear!

  • S2015E25 Recording with a Mic on an Electric Bass [ AN's Bass Lessons #11 ]

    • October 14, 2015

    Yes, it's kind of a weird concept, but in practice it works really well to get a specific sort of acoustic bass guitar sound in a recording environment. This definitely isn't something that you'd do on a gig, but when you don't have an acoustic bass guitar handy, this works well! Try it out, and let me know how it goes! Peace, Adam

  • S2015E26 Nietzche's Guide to Bass Guitar [ AN's Bass Lessons #12 ]

    • October 28, 2015

    In addition to laying the foundations for modern philosophical thought, Nietzche also could play a mean bass. In this video I talk about the Apollonian and the Dionysian, what they meant for Nietzche, and what they mean for you as a bass player and a performer of music. Peace, Adam

  • S2015E27 Q&A #2 - Soli Voicing Resources, Hand/Ear Connection and The Right Notes at the Right Time

    • November 7, 2015

    Today's questions brought to you by Le Grand Cachalot, theunstoppablebeard, pozolinfernal, SierenGreewalt, Filip Dinev, bantru7, and wcr4, thanks guys! Please keep asking questions, I'll be doing these videos once every month or so if I have enough material. Stay tuned for more sweet vids. Adam

  • S2015E28 Reading Piano Sheet Music on Bass Guitar [ AN's Bass Lessons # 13 ]

    • November 8, 2015

    Reading the left hand of the piano sheet music is a time-honored tradition for bass players, and something that comes in handy very frequently if you are playing certain kinds of music in certain kinds of musical situations. Check out these tips and tricks to make the most of sight reading piano sheet music on bass guitar! Background music - sungazer vol. I http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/ Adam Neely

  • S2015E29 Quirky electro 8-bit jazz + Composition Lesson

    • November 11, 2015

    If the idea of contemporary harmony plus obnoxious sounds appeals to you, you'll totally dig this video! A breakdown of some compositional techniques on my submission to last week's Jam of the Week for Pat Metheny's Sirabhorn. Peace, Adam

  • S2015E30 The Secret Key to Pinky Finger Strength [ AN's Bass Lessons #14 ]

    • November 9, 2015

    Since Robert Schumann, musicians have been trying to figure out ways to get that weak pinky finger up to speed. Learn all there is to know about strengthening one's pinky finger! Peace, Adam

  • S2015E31 Accessing Musical Memory Through Writing Charts [ AN's Bass Lessons #15 ]

    • November 22, 2015

    Learning a lot of music at once can be difficult, especially if you have to remember it all! Write well-thought out charts for yourself, and you will forever be grateful to yourself for preparing to play any song you have ever learned at a moments notice. Watch the whole video so you can see how I lay out my charts in real time as I learn a song by the Cure! Background Music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam Neely

  • S2015E32 Q&A #3 - Relative Pitch, Book Recommendations, and Sibelius Workflow

    • November 28, 2015

    I'm filming with my iPad today because I'm on the road - I'm down in Maryland for Thanksgiving at my parents' home. We talk relative pitch, countermelodies, what instrument Adam wants to play, and why Sibelius is awesome. Peace, Adam

  • S2015E33 5 ways to practice bass without your bass [ AN's Bass Lessons #16 ]

    • December 3, 2015

    How can you practice without your bass? It's a question I've been forced to deal with a lot, and there are some pretty cool ways you can overcome not actually having your instrument with you. Harvard Study: http://brain.huji.ac.il/publications/Pascual-Leone_Amedi_et%20al%20Ann%20Rev%20Neurosci%2005.pdf Rhythm Game http://www.concerthotels.com/got-rhythm Follow me on the facebooks and instagrams! https://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2015E34 The cult of the written score (Academic dubstep, and how sheet music affects how we listen to music)

    • December 10, 2015

    Music schools are obsessed with standard notation over recorded or performed music, and it has a lot to do with music's history as a non fixed-medium artform. I explain the in's and out's of why sheet music is king in certain academic elite circles, and what you can do to navigate this if you ever wish to make Academic dubstep. The music you hear in the later part of the video is from exigence live @ roulette, a tone poem for the end of the world in the internet age. https://massextinctionevent.bandcamp.com/releases Follow me on... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2015E35 Upright Bass for Electric Bassists [ AN's Bass Lessons #17 ]

    • December 21, 2015

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely A short video primer on all the technical things you need to do in order to get started on upright bass if you're coming from electric bass. Step 1 - Get Franz Simandls New Method for the Double Bass Step 2 - Tons of practice! Be sure to comment, like and subscribe if you enjoy this stuff. Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Cameo by Ecko the cat. Peace, Adam

  • S2015E36 Q&A #4 - EQ and intonation, Octave pedals and the Lick

    • December 28, 2015

    Thanks to Thomaz da Silva, Jonathan Keeler, pikiwiki, Guilherme Motta, OkonkwoPlaysBass, Flemming Dørken, Zachary and Volodymyr Mykhaliuk for their questions! If you asked a question and I didn't get to it yet, please ask it again, sorry for missing it! Vihart's Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart That sweet Vihart video I mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4niz8TfY794 Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Follow me on Facebooks/Instagrams http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Thanks for watching! Peace, Adam

Season 2016

  • S2016E01 New Years Eve 2016 Cover Band Gig Log (Justina Maria Soto + Friends)

    • January 3, 2016

    We did a New Years Eve gig upstate! It was fun. Check out Justina Soto's stuff at http://www.justinasotomusic.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E02 Bartok String Quartets on Bass Guitar - [ AN's Bass Lessons #18 ]

    • January 11, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Béla Bartok's string quartets are a great example of modernist harmony and melody. They're quite intense, but a lot of fun to play! http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/40196 Follow me on the instagrams and the facebooks https://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E03 10 minutes of writing music in Sibelius 6 (...and that's basically it...)

    • January 12, 2016

    People have been bugging me on doing a workflow video for Sibelius 6 - this isn't exactly that, but it still will give some insight into the whole Sibelius process. Follow me on the interwebs http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E04 How and why classical musicians feel rhythm differently

    • January 22, 2016

    COMMENT RESPONSE VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZJzjCiC1No Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Rhythm is treated very differently in classical music from the sharp precision that other musics might require - it's organic and fluid. Recognizing this difference and being sensitive to the nature of rhythm itself in different contexts is important if you're trying to bridge gaps between different styles of musicianship. I recognize also that I come off as pompous and harsh sometimes with my critiques of - the musicians who played on inside//outside's record were absolutely phenomenal and had to learn and record the music in a very short amount of time. What they did was, quite frankly, incredible, and of the highest professional standard. Hear inside//outside here: http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com Follow me on the internets http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E05 Ke$ha - Die Young Bass Chord Melody + Mini Lesson [ AN's Bass Lessons #18.5 ]

    • February 1, 2016

    TRANSCRIPTION/TAB https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByLKhK483ui1TVlVMnVCNEdUbFU/view?usp=sharing Why learn a jazz reharm chord melody to a top 40 song? Because it's fun, that's why. Follow me on the internets. http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Drop me a line for lessons at adamneelybass@gmail.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E06 How to Learn Music (Epistemology and Music in the Digital Age) [ AN's Bass Lessons #19 ]

    • February 5, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely How do we learn music? And how has the internet affected the basic way knowledge is accumulated among aspiring musicians? Lets find out!! Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E07 Q&A #5 (History of bass tuning, solo bass, and jazz versatility)

    • February 10, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to DissolvingTime, SierenGreenwalt, potatojesus Omnipotat, Benjamin Malone, ruairhair, stagfromTOS and Alex Mercado for their questions and comments! In this video, we learn why bass is tuned in 4ths, why solo bass is difficult for me to get on board, why I don't tune my bass like a cello, why doubling on bass guitar from tuba is an awesome idea, why I record direct in, and why jazz musicians are more likely to have a broader experience than classical musicians. I'm going to try and do these more often, since there were a lot of comments and questions I didn't quite get to, and I want to be able to answer as much as I can. Follow me on the internets http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E08 Cool jazz soloing technique - the Cantus Firmus Method [ AN's Bass Lessons #20 ]

    • February 21, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely In this episode we delve into the idea of cantus firmus as it can be applied to jazz soloing. Also know as the target tone method, cantus firmus can create a sturdy and lyrical framework for later melodic elaboration. Plus, it sounds cool saying you're borrowing a technique from an old 18th century counterpoint manual. Gradus Ad Parnassum http://www.opus28.co.uk/Fux_Gradus.pdf Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Follow me on the internets: http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely http://www.facebook.com/adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E09 Emotional Ear Training (ontology + phenomenology in ear training) [ AN's Bass Lessons #21 ]

    • February 28, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely What is the difference between ontology and phenomenology as they relate to ear training? How can we use our emotional responses to identify chords, intervals and scales? If we take the time to try and quantify how we feel about what we hear in music, it can be immensely rewarding and useful no matter where you are on your musical journey. Lets get emotional... Prelude no.4 as played by Frédéric Bernachon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3I_djOvvD8 Influence on emotional prosody on Right hemisphere activity http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=594103 Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E10 Q&A # 6 - Piccolo bass strings, 7-string basses, and reverse stringing

    • March 1, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to Syzmon Iwulski, Sky Onosson, ruairihair, Guilherme Motta and Jake Jones for your questions, and of course to Gary Goodman as well for his insightful commentary! Keep the questions coming, guys, this is super fun. Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E11 How to turn viral videos into jazz fusion [ AN's Bass lessons #22 ]

    • March 11, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely How do you turn videos on the internet into jazz fusion explorations on the bass (or any other instrument)? And what do call this sort of music, anyway? It turns out theres a lot of history to this sort of conversational approach to music, and yet there still is a lot of unexplored ground. It's super fun, try it out! The video by Publio Delgado that kicked off the recent trend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLS9We9hl4 MonoNeon (honestly, just check out this guy's entire channel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOoweM71XiM Donald Trump Says "China" - Bass Cover by Iggy Jackson Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtKx2jk40U Spastic Ink - A Wild Hare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhP4lg28fs0 A "speaking piano" reciting the Proclamation of the European Environmental Criminal Court at World Venice Forum 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muCPjK4nGY4 Horribly Awesome Version of "All I Want For Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psIdan9GSRM Deutsch's 'Sometimes Behave So Strangely' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zr9BU0bJoc Check out more on Diana Deutsch's research into auditory illusions, they're quite interesting... http://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/pages.php?i=212 Follow me on the internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Hope you enjoy! Peace, Adam

  • S2016E12 Sungazer - Sequence Start (MIDI-controlled visual improvisations)

    • March 17, 2016

    New Sungazer EP coming January 7, 2019! Pre-save it on Spotify now: ○ https://bit.ly/2C2iIRN Sungazer performing Sequence live @ the echo chamber in Brooklyn, NY with MIDI-assisted visuals. Sungazer is... Adam Neely - Bass/Electronics Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronics ft. Justina Maria Soto (voice) Like us on facebook at... http://www.facebook.com/sungazermusic Visit Shawn's channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/scrowdrlrr Visit Justina Maria Soto at http://www.justinasotomusic.com/ Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks for watching! Adam

  • S2016E13 The trick for playing bass fast (according to sports psychology) [ AN's Bass Lessons #23 ]

    • March 27, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely In what is shamelessly the most click-baity title I've ever used on this page, I go over how I like thinking about playing bass fast and relaxed. In the video, I offer a fairly common piece of advice, but it bears repeating, and exploring in great detail through the lens of an article posted on Bulletproofmusician.com (below). The BulletProof Musician http://www.bulletproofmusician.com/is... Additional reading http://www.bandworld.org/pdfs/SPRINGM... Check me out on the internets.... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Thanks for watching! Peace, Adam

  • S2016E14 How To Walk A Jazz Bass Line (in under 60 seconds)

    • March 31, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Lyrics: Arpeggiate the triad Or at least play chord tones On beats 1 and 3 (the strong beats) Followed by notes from the key, or not from the key On beats 2 and 4 (the weak beats) The sixth counts as a chord tone For the strongest melodic connection between chords Use stepwise motion or ascending fourths or descending fifths The exception is escape tones You don't even need to play the root If chord tones are on beats 1 and 3 Overuse of chromatic notes to connect chord tones Sounds like a devolution into atonality A healthy balance of stepwise motion and arpeggios helps to Outline the chord The constant quarter notes can be interrupted By ghost note upbeats on the adjacent string Or anticipation of the downbeat Raking downward helps propel motion forward And that's how you walk a jazz bass line! Follow me on the internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E15 Q&A #7 - Bass in Electronic Music, Classical Rhythm, and 432 hz tuning

    • April 6, 2016

    https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Many thanks to Todd Tolson, kfmutrus, Corina Hernandez, Jose Angulo, Shay Levy, spacexwolf and smcgrane13 for their questions and comments! The questions and video suggestions have been great so far, thank you so much for watching! NERVE: www.jojomayer.com/ MR. BARRINGTON: https://www.facebook.com/misterbarrington/ ANIMUS REXX: https://www.facebook.com/AnimusRexx That new Jacob Collier Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v3zyPEy-Po Follow me on the internets.... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E16 How to "speak" in odd time signatures

    • April 7, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely How do we develop a rhythmic vocabulary in odd time signatures? Why is it so difficult to play in time signatures other than 4/4? In this video, I go into the strategies and concepts that are necessary in order to rewire our brains and our bodies to fundamentally feel music differently. I also use the word "heretofore." I might be taking this grammar thing too seriously. 5/8 Vocabulary Building Sheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxdCrDWJtxs0RG1wbTFkdzBHa3c/view?usp=sharing Follow me on the internets http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E17 Sungazer - I Walk Alone [Roland SPD-SX MIDI-controlled visuals + iPad glitch]

    • March 6, 2016

    New Sungazer EP coming January 7, 2019! Pre-save it on Spotify now: ○ https://bit.ly/2C2iIRN Sungazer performing I Walk Alone live @ the echo chamber in Brooklyn, NY with MIDI-assisted visuals. Sungazer is... Adam Neely - Bass/Electronics Shawn Crowder - Drums/Electronics ft. Justina Maria Soto (voice) Like us on facebook at... http://www.facebook.com/sungazermusic Visit Shawn's channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/scrowdrlrr Visit Justina Maria Soto at http://www.justinasotomusic.com/ Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks for watching! Adam

  • S2016E18 What sort of venues should you play? [ AN's Bass Lessons #25 ]

    • May 1, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely There are a large number of performance opportunities available to the contemporary musician, but not all of them are created equal! It's important to think about what your goals are in your performances, and whether or not the venue is appropriate for what those goals are. Justina Maria Soto's music can be found below - http://www.justinasotomusic.com http://www.facebook.com/justinasotomusic/ Follow me on the internets here... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely http://www.adamneely.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E19 Q+A #8 - Just Intonation, YouTube education, and developing and ear for bass

    • May 8, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Many thanks to Gongasoso, Sir_K, Mark Marxon, EctoBuster, Nina Jiang, Mezurashii5, Jaytag657, RedAnalog, Kick biker, Pawel Wesolowski, Amos_Amakiri_The Sound Ninja, Michael John Lo, ruairhair, Aktivitat and Thomaz da Silva for their questions! This was a long one! Peace, Adam

  • S2016E20 Why You Shouldn't Use Tab (and it's not why you might think!) [ AN's Bass Lessons #26 ]

    • April 26, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Why exactly should you use Standard Notation and not Tab? It has a lot to do with how our eyes process musical notation and the similarity between reading music and text. Study on saccadic eye movement and reading music https://www.researchgate.net/publication/15554429_Saccadic_eye_movements_while_reading_music?enrichId=rgreq-de3293fb-f07e-4e65-90f6-63c19938f667&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzE1NTU0NDI5O0FTOjExNTI0MTI3OTAzNzQ0MEAxNDA0NDg3MDcxOTkz&el=1_x_2 Follow me on the internets http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely http://www.facebook.com/adamneely Thanks for watching! Peace, Adam

  • S2016E21 Q&A #9 - Tabs v. Notation, Synesthesia, and Destroying your Ego

    • May 19, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Many thanks to Tan, Tony Bullard, Julian Freytes, QuickSpooked, John McGowan, saintJ695, TheEpongeMan, wcr4, Andy M, Brandon Miller, Zed Kent, John Francis Caballeda, nicomusique, and Sen Flores for their questions and comments! IMSLP http://www.imslp.org Do the Math article on Red Garland: https://ethaniverson.com/reds-bells/ Follow me on the internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E22 Why is major "happy?"

    • May 18, 2016

    Why are major chords happy and minor chords sad? It has a lot to do with the concept of brightness - relative sizes of intervals and how we psychologically perceive larger intervals to be "brighter." BONUS VIDEO (more theory!) below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAgd_3inRt8 Modalogy http://www.amazon.com/Modalogy-Scales-Chords-Primordial-Building/dp/1458413977/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Follow me on the internets.... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E23 Q+A #10 - Women in Music, Overtones, and the Polyrhythmic Skrillex

    • June 6, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to rflemm, underhippo, Paul Kovack, Aidan Rabinowitz, Arvid Olson, Iffchmusic, BuddhaB123, Helium Road, Samuel Moore, PAINPS3123 and papa28100 for their questions! If you haven't had a question answered, please don't despair! Just comment again, and I'll try to get to it, I'm going to be doing my best to answer as many questions as possible. Keep it short and concise if possible, and until next time, Bass! Follow me on the internets.... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E24 Steampunk black MIDI - The insane music of Conlon Nancarrow

    • June 13, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music (from my band Sungazer) http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com This Exists introduction to Black MIDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjSYtKWyX8 Examples of Black MIDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtrMQBNzZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnV7uPizrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MOUsDox-zQ Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study No. 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bct4T9Ikl4 Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study No. 25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53NM6qs4bw Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study No. 40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFiq19-KSE How to perform irrational-ratio polyrhythms (I barely understand this!) http://conlonnancarrow.org/symposium/papers/callender/irrational.html Why irrational units of time can't exist (I don't understand this at all!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_uncertainty Follow me on the internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E25 Q&A #11 - Finding your voice, A E S T H E T I C taste and Free Will

    • June 20, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com Thanks to No Name, fudgesauce, Yousif Abuhamad, Daniel Rock, Terrell Jones, Erik Meyer, Kyle Silver, Ryan Petriello, Brandon Miller, superjam18, Amos_Kamakiri_The Sound Ninja and *cough* scarecrowkrain for their comments and questions! What the f*** is figured bass? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figured_bass Maria Schnieder: http://www.mariaschneider.com/ Miho Hazama http://www.jamrice.co.jp/miho/en/ Erica Seguine http://www.ericaseguine.com/ Joseph C. Phillips Jr. http://www.numinousmusic.com/ Peace, Adam

  • S2016E26 Screaming the F# minor scale! - an Interview with Ben Levin

    • June 24, 2016

    Ben's Awesome Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/nimajqeb Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely My friend Ben Levin was gracious enough to sit down with me and talk about music! We had a grand old time. Ben's Website: http://ben-levin.squarespace.com/home#about Bent Knee: http://www.bentkneemusic.com/ Other cool bands Ben plays in... http://www.thatoneeyedkid.com/ https://justicecow.bandcamp.com/ https://mrgavinsmeatfarm.bandcamp.com/ http://www.genimusic.com/astronauts-of-albania Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E27 Q&A #12 - NYC Subway Music, Beardyman, and "Sorry for my bad English"

    • July 2, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Thanks to Charles Miller, MrEvanTD, Cosmosgato, Jeff Burris, Hugh Gaenus (lol), Ernest Jimenez, gustustus, NeoMvsEu, ASeriesOfSymbols, Joseph Brandeburg, Bob W, Qatar Jack1711, Iauge hjort, Andrew finley, Macadam, and doczooc for all of your questions! I'm sorry if I didn't get around to answering your question! exigence live @ roulette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL1Dv_BGf18&list=PLBcZM94cb2UxZO_BsF28BOc0wdxiGOlsA Thanks for watching, Adam exigence

  • S2016E28 Harmonic Polyrhythms Explained! [ AN's Bass Lessons #27 ]

    • July 10, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com The Louden Sterns Video that inspired me to make this video: https://vimeo.com/32408748 A great resource for learning about just intonation and wolf fifths and a buncha stuff I didn't mention: http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html Sweet article expanding on some of these ideas http://jackashley.co.uk/2016/12/12/using-harmonic-polyrhythms/ Thanks for watching! Adam

  • S2016E29 Q+A #13 - Glenn Fricker, Applying Theory, and Multi-Instrumental Visualization

    • July 17, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Thanks to ANDANDANDANDAND., Outer0Heaven, diran94, NickTheBluesMan1, Mr. Benzodrine, Markas Michmel, niucix manus, Ian Reilly, Chris Chapin, yotam abt, AMOS_Kamakiri, Cooperman666ROFL, RetroUniversalHT, wcr4, Ron Askew, and Iffchmusic for their questions! Peace, Adam

  • S2016E30 How to make 1 million dollars (as a musician) [ AN's Bass Lessons #28 ]

    • July 22, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Village Voice Article w/ Linda Oh http://www.villagevoice.com/music/almost-famous-almost-broke-how-does-a-jazz-musician-make-it-in-new-york-now-8768844 Noisey Vice on Musicians' Day Gigs http://m.noisey.vice.com/blog/our-favourite-bands-and-their-day-jobs That musical I was working on from the end of the video http://www.playbill.com/article/a-scythe-of-time-with-lesli-margherita-begins-today Peace, Adam

  • S2016E31 Q+A #14 - Glenn Fricker fanboys, D'Angelo grooves, and Bandcamp

    • August 1, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Many many thanks to Florian Pigache, alguoien pamparana, Tomas McCluskey, Jonathan Keeler, Jacob Freeman, kfa4303, Kurkku KGB, Jack Doherty, JimJamBanx, Spooky Silly, Fabian Sanchez, John Anthony, Liam Taylor, sihplak, Sandow Sinai, csecskristof, Lars Uelf and ATAX for their questions! Also, a big, huge, and totally sincere shoutout to jake the snake, dzamija922, Tim Lepo, 216trixie and PeripheralPurity! Your intelligence knows no bounds. Peace, Adam

  • S2016E32 A week in the life of a musician in New York City

    • August 7, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com I had fun recording some of my exploits vlog-style. Enjoy! Please check out some of the artists featured in this video, they're all great musicians, and more importantly, great people! Iam Abel http://ianabelmusic.com/ Justina Maria Soto http://www.justinasotomusic.com Micky Blue http://www.mickyblue.com/ Wayfinders https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wayfinders-ep/id1123478725 Met Players http://www.metropolitanplayers.com/ Peace, Adam

  • S2016E33 Q+A #15 - A Bassist's Inferiority Complex, Gig Requirements, and Extreme Metal is Boring

    • August 12, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Many thanks to Jack Braithwaite, imb08, Brandon Miller, James Ramsden, Akileish Ramanathan, TaxiZaphod, Drumming411, Samuel Elgueta, Thomas M Springston, madbuzz90, Joey Johnson, Sofus Thyge Johansen, bassholic705, ThePortley Cuber, Aldo Veraldi, and benz0rz209 for all of your questions! I'm very sorry if I didn't get to your question this week, there has been so much love on this channel, and I can only answer so many. Stay tuned for next week's lesson! Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely (I don't take friend requests except from people that I know, but all my posts are public, so follow me here for various happenings and stuff!) http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E34 Clapping Music (minimalism on the bass guitar) [ AN's Bass Lessons #29 ]

    • August 18, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Clapping music is a "simple" piece of minimalist music from Mr. Minimalist himself, Steve Reich. It is a really fun composition that has all sorts of things that can teach us about rhythm and pulse. Clapping Music Visualized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-tRXgOrdg F***ing bonkers version done by Jugglers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXhBti625_s Clapping Music: A Performers Perspective (I referenced this quite heavily in this video) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298093163_Clapping_music_A_performer's_perspective?_sg=1fBVYjziWj4edCWLuN_kck56NoGOji29qFuDeTvCHAbmD34M4-9K6DfcKnKvTgJbAFO9OTRt4-M-RrazRH9HXg FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E35 Q+A #16 - Auditioning for Berklee, Minor Scales, and the Tabula Rasa of Pop

    • August 26, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Many thanks to Ruben Garcia, Peter-Andre’ Pliassov, playingforbritain, Ruben Ramos, KlevonOfJesup, Quin Wallace, and then i said, RabaShibaRabaSha, Juan, Improv Fragments, Um No, Fransisco Legón, harry brown, giantrobot234, Fontaine Simon, Occams Chainsaw, Richard Wildes, Vincent Campanella, and Pratham Gurung for your insightful questions! Follow me on the interwebs... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E36 How to Vocode your Bass [ AN's Bass Lessons #30 ]

    • August 19, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Vocoding is so awesome to f*** around with - it's a way of making your bass "talk" without shoving a tube in your mouth like with a talkbox. Gross. Badass Drew Ofthe Drew video that inspired me to get into vocoding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_U8LS9aqA What is a Vocoder? http://www.sirlab.de/linux/descr_vocoder.html Oli Rockberger RIPPING SHIT with Mr. Barrington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kimNdVGwE FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERWEBS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E37 Q+A #17 - Mark Twain, Talkboxes, and Breaking the Rules of Theory

    • September 12, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to Robert Rees, Ethan Powell, Ruben Garcia, Jonathan Moore, T VC, Shenuka Jayashinghe, Till Lingenberg, Joshxtra, wcr4, MaggaraMarine, and Jake Fromtoronto for your questions! I apologize if I didn't answer your question - there are so many people asking really interesting questions, and I can only answer so much. Please stay tuned for next week's video! Mark Twain Two Views of a River essay http://web.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/phil%20of%20art/printer-friendly/Mark%20Twain.pdf Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E38 SUBHARMONIC Music (Anomalous Low Frequency Vibration)

    • September 16, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely What a f***ing weird thing. There still exists magic in this world, and its called subharmonics. Undertones, anomalous low frequency vibration, and other crazy topics! Henry Cowell New Musical Resources http://zztt.org/lmc2_files/Cowell_New_Musical_Resources.pdf Harry Partch’s “Otonality and Utonality” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otonality_and_Utonality Primer on Helmholtz Motion and the physics of bowed strings http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/Bows.html Helmholtz Motion in slo Mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JeyiM0YNo4 I know I said in the video that nobody knows what causes ALF, but it’s not entirely true. It’s been directly linked to something called Torsional vibration, which is basically how the string vibrates as it’s being twisted. It’s far too complicated for me to understand but here’s the paper. Very cool! Weird stuff. http://knutsacoustics.com/files/alf-casj.pdf Spectral Centroid (awesome name for something) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233566597_The_Violinist%27s_Sound_Palette_Spectral_Centroid_Pitch_Flattening_and_Anomalous_Low_Frequencies?enrichId=rgreq-385ef1158a51b6595c3ae703481502bb-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzIzMzU2NjU5NztBUzoxMDEyMTIwNzg3Mzk0NjdAMTQwMTE0MjI0ODY4NQ%3D%3D&el=1_x_3face Spectral pitch perception http://www.utdallas.edu/~assmann/hcs6367/yost09.pdf http://www.musicandbrain.de/fileadmin/grafik/pdf/P_Schneider_M_Wengenroth_CMR_2009.pdf Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Follow Me on the Internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E39 Q+A #18 - A full ride to Berklee (and why you won't get it)

    • September 26, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to kamisntbritish!, madbuzz90, Sam Wotton, GabrielMoulin, Plautus, BigFootEntertainment, John Horne, V HAS COME TO, Joshua Richardson, MikroXdrums, Estevan Hernandez, Juan Maidana, Gongasoso, James Gaskell, ToastyShow, Talk Good English, James Ramsden, Meticulous Guitarist and Tevor Barre for their comments! Especially Trevor Barre. Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely

  • S2016E40 The POLYTONAL Linkin Park (perceptions of polytonality)

    • September 30, 2016

    Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Video that I was referencing (to hear Crawling in all of it's bitonal glory) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edv-F05N7h8 Study on musicians/non-musicians perceiving bitonality in Milhaud http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2010/01/20/bitonality/ Milhuad on Polytonality http://www.cengage.com/music/book_content/049557273X_wrightSimms/assets/ITOW/7273X_68_ITOW_Milhaud.pdf Dmitri Tymoczko on polytonality http://dmitri.mycpanel.princeton.edu/polytonality.pdf Star wars wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRsYiPVbE8 Follow me on the internets... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Adam

  • S2016E41 A brief history of Patronage (Adam's Patreon Campaign)

    • October 9, 2016

    Support me on Patreon, and reap the benefits of Capitalist/Aristocratic Patronage! http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Background music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Check me out on the internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Adam

  • S2016E42 Q+A #19 - Conducting, MIDI Controlled Visuals, and Polytonality is Interesting!

    • October 13, 2016

    Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Thanks to Joep van den Nieuwenhuizen, NickTheBluesMan1, Elephantricity, Edwar A, Casimiro, k wane, Ton, godofawesomeness1, Get Off My Lawn Records, DeathMetalOnToast, Marc Brooks, Brandon Miller, Boris Scotch, Arjun Lamsal, Rodrigo Castillo, Alexander Burr, Luggage Jones, Adrian Paredes, Dillon Owens, Wounded MONK, acidbath666, Adrian Shegstad, Zeroes and Ones, nokudasai, and Ryan Schneider, for their questions! Ben Levin and Sungazer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STFLYMDj6sA Dmitri Tymoczko on Polytonality and stuff http://dmitri.mycpanel.princeton.edu/polytonality.pdf So you think your place is small? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/realestate/so-you-think-your-place-is-small.html Follow me on the interwebs... http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E43 The music theory of V A P O R W A V E

    • October 24, 2016

    song download https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/k-m-a-r-t Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to Luke Markham for helping me with that vaporwave banger! Timbre’s effect on Emotional Response and Memory in music http://oicrm.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PADOVA_A_CIM05.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2683716/ Phenomenology of Music http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=music_etds Esquire article on Vaporwave http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a47793/what-happened-to-vaporwave/ Kmart Collection of Vaporwave Stuff https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers https://archive.org/details/KmartWeekOf03.01.1992 Some not bad vaporwave I enjoyed https://blankbanshee.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXUqehD50s Follow Me on the Internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E44 cat doesn't give af | Gig Vlog #1

    • October 27, 2016

    Many notes! Follow me on the internets: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E45 Q+A #20 - A brief history of dissonance, and Adam sells out

    • October 31, 2016

    Thanks to James Gaskell, FluffyWagglekins, Juan Carlo Magsalin, Andrei Oncea, luchadorito, Lisa Zoria, Apolo Trevent IV.5, Daniel Blanco R, John Maloney, budsteppah, pablo rey, TheJako, Xajuran, landshark gibblemonster, Daniel Whitty and Han Burritoz for their questions! Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E46 AUDIATION - play what you hear [AN's Bass Lessons #31]

    • November 3, 2016

    BACKGROUND MUSIC http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely You should really check out these articles on stuff that I mentioned in the video. Blake Ross' article on Aphantasia http://www.vox.com/2016/5/19/11683274/aphantasia Gordon Institute for Musical Learning http://giml.org/mlt/audiation/ Hal Galper just being a total G https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_7DgCrziI8 Teaching Audiation to Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuhjnmhp62I FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E47 24k magic | Gig Vlog #2

    • November 8, 2016

    Playing a wedding, and going in on some cool tunez. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely http://www.metropolitanplayers.com/ Peace, Adam

  • S2016E48 Q+A #21 - Female bassists, and the worst gig I've ever played.

    • November 14, 2016

    BACKGROUND MUSIC http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Thanks to Schmegmatic, Michell Nadler, Melvin Cleave, BigFatCock, Casey Carrington, Blue Avocado, M3Z4C, MaggaraMarine, Kealogy, Chad Leicester, Matt Sutton, Tom Attard, Ari Wells and wortyle for their comments and questions! An earlier version of this video was uploaded with a screenshot of an adsense earnings report for one of my popular videos. It wasn't enough to buy an overpriced Starbucks coffee drink, but as somebody in the comments mentioned, Google does NOT like when you share this stuff, so I thought it the most prudent to delete it. SamuraiGuitarist's video that I mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPIrtbUI65k AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E49 How to play bass (for guitarists)

    • November 20, 2016

    BACKGROUND MUSIC http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com In this video, I give you some tips on transitioning to bass if you're a guitarist. Also, I mention the term audiation, which is an odd term that you might haven't heard before - check out this video to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMqOOokv4TM AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2016E50 Extra sax players in the crowd (ABERDEEN) | Gig Vlog #3

    • November 23, 2016

    Follow Aberdeen here: https://www.instagram.com/aberdeentheband/ https://www.facebook.com/aberdeentheband/ https://twitter.com/AberdeentheBand In this episode of the gig vlog, we travel to the lower east side to play a set of original horn band music. AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC AT THE END http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E51 Q+A #22 - Classical musicians still feel rhythm differently

    • November 29, 2016

    I first respond to the many eager commenters on my video "How and why classical musicians feel rhythm differently," then launch into the regular Q+A. This was a long one, so thanks so much to Dan Munckton, Your Home Recording Studio, MrYourfavoritezombie, Billy TheKidd, joeoj12321, TheGerogero, LoftOfTheUniverse, Fotenks, Will Castillo, Wetrock Music, Jeffrey Preston, FluffyWagglekins, Pate Huhtala, Mi Pe, Nathaniel Haiden, Mark The Mimic, shvona, Aidan Rabinowitz, Aaron Orel, Timothy Brown, Ari Wells, Jack, thegreatgambeeno, Frank Michaux, Sam Lockhart and empressmothra for their comments! Regular Q+A starts at 4:30. 4:36 Playing outside in Jazz 5:19 Eliminating string noise on bass 5:56 Horn-ness 6:04 On one finger per fret for bass 6:45 Bass Scale length 7:21 My education 7:46 Why I didn't use Swannee river in the polytonal Linkin park 8:19 Music similar to the grooves I used in How to Speak in odd Meters 8:34 Bass playing in "radio rock" (lol) 9:21 Is the content in "Why is major Happy" content that you study in college? 9:52 College level papers as videos 10:28 Why play at pianos upstairs? 10:58 Brides as control freaks 12:09 Why I don't take taxis everywhere 12:45 LACM and models for higher education learning 13:25 The important of playing live shows 13:28 What "skronk" means 14:58 What constitutes a good drummer 16:02 The importance of the ride/hi hat in swing jazz 16:40 Why would you even want to "sound like a bassist?" 17:47 Low action or high action? 18:40 On burning out 19:39 Possible advantages of men and women to music making 20:43 Getting a louder bass mix 21:49 Comparing vaporwave to the Romans' and Renassaince artists' penchant for nostalgia 22:48 The relationship of vaporwave to chopped and screwed SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC/MUSIC FROM THE BEGINNING http://sunga

  • S2016E52 The music theory of mashups

    • December 3, 2016

    VIDEO of just the end mashup! https://www.facebook.com/adamneely/videos/10208144433828356/ Mashups, (otherwise known as QUODLIBETS), are a cool thing that you should definitely learn more about because we've been doing this for thousands of years, and the technique/style has yielded some pretty amazing things. Check it out! Encyclopedia Britannica definition https://www.britannica.com/art/quodlibet Analysis of the Bach Quodlibet http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Articles/BWV988-Quodlibet%5BBraatz%5D.htm Fascinating take on the Bach quodlibet - pages and pages of analyses (if you're really bored, and the 30th Goldberg Variation just speaks to you ever so much) http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/BWV988-Quodlibet.htm Imititation/Parody Mass (fun!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSMu9yr0nHE Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_Z-D31vbU Ella Fitzgerald - Airmail Special (jazz quoting tour de force. Ella just slays here, quoting Davey Crockett, Jingle Bells, the Christmas Song, and the Angels Sing, Shave and a Haircut, Hey Mr. Sandman, Day-O, Mamma Look A Boo Boo, That’s Amore, and more!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0ww1OzEoY Massive Multiplayer Ensemble http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber That classical quodlibet thing http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/how-make-classical-music-mashup-out-57-individual-themes/ Great wordpress article on the "Irving Berlin quodlibet" https://majortominor.wordpress.com/tag/irving-berlin/ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC/MUSIC FROM THE BEGINNING http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E53 Hannah Sumner @ Rockwood | Gig Vlog #4

    • December 10, 2016

    Check out Hannah Sumner's music! https://hannahsumner.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuDTmBlSUA SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC/MUSIC FROM THE BEGINNING http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E54 Q+A #23 - "I hate your gig vlogs", jazz jobs, and what makes an Xmas song

    • December 12, 2016

    Thanks to Malachi White, Michael LaViola, Vincent Mouzon, Rope Dsbm, Nick Adams, Alex Hernandez, Peter Marsh, rbapf, Jorge Pulido, Adam Pierce, Luca Elizabeth July, Brett Burner, Listen Carefully, Dylan Glas, 21 25, Drew Morgan, Objectivityiskey, Filip Torres, TheOfficialLilWiebe, Timothy Brown, Carlo Dominic, Topcturvee1, Asa Peters, Jacob Moreno, AEFic, James Gaskell and Daniel Vivanco for your insightful questions! Bobby McFerrin learns you good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hodp2esSV9E SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC/MUSIC FROM THE BEGINNING http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com 0:13 Melodic/chordal use of the bass guitar 1:01 Nancarrow is the scientists from Jurassic Park 1:09 On racist perceptions of black jazz intellectualism 2:54 Speed and reading standard notation 3:49 Cameras on gig blogs 4:09 What makes a Christmas song? 4:45 Adam’s music sounds bad, and the ways of listening to music 5:35 Careers in music are wars of attrition 6:43 Recording in recording studios, and how it doesn’t exist anymore in NYC 7:32 Is it professional to use a short scale? 8:30 Brief thoughts on the Misa Tribass, 9:20 Brief thoughts on the new Animals as Leaders record 9:46 Stravinsky, Laphroig, and DJ Mashups 10:34 Relationships of Japanese characters to Tab/Standard notation 11:06 “jazz jobs” 11:57 French horn players on the bandstand 12:23 Adam is the musical Bill Nye….but somehow this doesn’t feel like a compliment. Seriously, check this one out. 13:13 Jazz musicians learn classical history, but not vice versa 14:44 The emotional experience of ke$ha 14:49 The tone is in the hands? 15:52 Your gig blogs are pure bullshit! I don’t want to play gigs like those! 16:31 What sort of p

  • S2016E55 100,000 Note Black MIDI Cover [Jessie J - Domino]

    • December 15, 2016

    Adam's first (and likely only) attempt at Black MIDI on 1 single MIDI track. Thanks for the 100k subs, guys! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC AT THE END http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E56 '16 Bit Video Game Awards | Gig Vlog #5

    • December 20, 2016

    The '16 Bit Video Game Awards were presented by Playcrafting, check them out. https://www.playcrafting.com/ The band was... Zac Zinger - EWI, Sax, MD Luke Markham - Drums Takafumi Suenaga - Keys Me - bass SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E57 What makes a song sound like Christmas?

    • December 24, 2016

    The VOX video, and why it's wrong! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm4LO22-cyY SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2016E58 Adam and Ben make music together (with Ben Levin)

    • December 29, 2016

    Check out Ben’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/nimajqeb THREE PART “End of the Year Bromance” interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3CzqXnWZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtFZwSH0qpA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzKtGD_Z5ic SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

Season 2017

  • S2017E01 Q+A #24 - How to define music, the Spectral Centroid, and how to become famous

    • January 2, 2017

    The Podcast is up on iTunes! Check it out! Thanks to Chris Pecoraro, Samuel Moehring, David Dubois, John Malcolm, Albert Anguela, Caroline May, Luca Wetherall, Keith Lalley, jonathan strömberg, Aspandiar Koibassov, Kyle Tekaucic, John McLaughlin, vocalnerd, Alon Servi, Jonathan Yataco, Dom Page, sarahsaysshutup, RockWontDie14, EliteOfTheRad, AqareCover, James Mitchell, o0Donuts0o, Jason Fu and Naroghin for all of their questions! 0:50 - The need for a degree as a gigging musician 2:12 - Timbral brightness vs. intervallic brightness 3:23 - How to get famous as a musician 4:36 - ??? 4:49 - A variety of opinion on the Ben Levin collab 5:48 - On “faking” performances on YouTube 8:13 - Differences between LA, NYC and Nashville. 9:24 - How to deal with a popped string on a gig 10:02 - Survivorman style video production 10:50 - Magnets (crazy coincidence) 11:25 - would you take an 8-show a week broadway gig? 12:42 - Did you sight read that gig? And is a good idea to broadcast the fact you didn’t rehearse? 15:13 - What are the apps you use for iPad? 16:23 - Practicing electric bass unplugged 17:27 - Bass playing injuries 18:55 - How to learn a variety of topics 20:43 - Expanding my knowledge into ethnomusicology 21:49 - WHAT IS MUSIC? 23:30 - Learn Autumn Leaves in 12 keys? 24:34 - On Britney Spears (and Frank Sinatra), as well the supposed importance of writing one’s own music 26:08 - Is Crawling in C#m? Or E major? 27:25 - Why you can’t just play 3 hours straight without a break. SPECTRAL CENTROID (and other things) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233566597_The_Violinist%27s_Sound_Palette_Spectral_Centroid_Pitch_Flattening_and_Anomalous_Low_Frequencies?enrichId=rgreq-385ef1158a51b6595c3ae703481502bb-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzIzMzU2NjU5NztBUzoxMDEyMTIwNzg3Mzk0NjdAMTQwMTE0MjI0ODY4NQ%3D%3D&el=1_x_3face 2016 Ambiguous Tonal Center http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/26/13956220/top-40-ambiguous-key-centers-bieber-chainsmokers

  • S2017E02 NYE w/ Justina-Maria Sóto | Gig Vlog #6

    • January 3, 2017

    Check out Justina's channel here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUUe5HtmByc Previous Gig Vlogs at the Foothills 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k4qNB2tctU 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aZc1Abd4eo SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E03 Which key is the saddest?

    • January 9, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON, (if you'd like!) http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Ideen zu einer Ästhetik der Tonkuns (Ideas Towards an Aesthetic of Music) Pg 443-447 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll3/id/262906 Organ prelude in F minor, but in Meantone Temperament (brutal dissonance!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mE1hxAvyY TIMBRE SCIENCE http://www.brainmusic.org/EducationalActivities/Godyke_timbre2004.pdf http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/musical-timbre-and-emotion-the-identification-of-salient.pdf?c=icmc;idno=bbp2372.2014.144 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjdpMfKrLTRAhUD5yYKHawLBd4QFggtMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brainmusic.org%2FEducationalActivities%2FGodyke_timbre2004.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFUfGPX5cUssJgwlHEkn-3wx0wq6A&sig2=pmq7a7GymJR-ugjHt77UFQ FUCK YEAH CHOPIN (Sad Eb minor music) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiSndwL97o Fun Podcast series about musical keys and emotions https://soundcloud.com/thesignatureseries Meantone guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pUt_Wvht0 Peace, Adam

  • S2017E04 Q+A #25 - Why I own an Eb Real Book

    • January 16, 2017

    Start your 7-day free trial with Audio Blocks here! http://audioblocks.com/AdamNeely_0117 Thanks to Jake Waterman, eatmorbagels27, Sagar Kapoor, Thomas Vogel, Morpheus X, efopee, Toshivc, Chris Moraga, Justin Hung, The Magical Cake, Wheelly, Jeremy Keaton, Trellis Rose, Mario Nikolov, Jennifer Wade, Kynaston “Zelphie” Jamison and Motanum for their questions! Listen to today's Q+A on iTunes, or on Soundcloud below https://soundcloud.com/adamneelymusic/qa-podcast-why-do-i-have-an-eb-real-book :32 Staying in the zone during recording 2:34 Emotion and Bach’s music 4:50 Incidental music and AudioBlocks 8:10 Myers-Briggs Personality (and music preference) 9:08 Modern music sounds different than it used to 11:03 Vaporware is NOT anti-capitalist 13:28 Adam stars on a cooking show 13:51 MainStage for alternative temperaments 14:18 Why I probably won’t get a DMA 15:46 My experience auditioning for composition degrees 17:45 Why I have an Eb real book (when I don’t play any Eb instruments) 19:38 My thoughts on Cruise Ship gigs 21:41 The importance of knowing good subs 22:38 Musicians have to be extroverted 24:24 Get a compressor pedal now! 24:42 Classical musicians have crazy stamina and can do 3-hour gigs 26:25 Would you be a pro musician in Singapore? 27:37 Can you include me in the Q+A? SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E05 The one where we play the lick way too much | Gig Vlog #7

    • January 18, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely The goofy band for the evening.... Tamara Usatova - Vocals Clark Baxtresser - Vocals Drew X Coles - Keys Luke Markham - Drums THE INTRO MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra-MAp_6opI FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E06 NAMM Vlog 2017

    • January 23, 2017

    I hang out in Anaheim and find out what the hell this NAMM thing is all about. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E07 Sungazer - Want to Want Me (Jason Derulo "djazz" remix)

    • January 31, 2017

    FREE DOWNLOAD (new mix!) https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/track/want-to-want-me Check out Sungazer on Bandcamp and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/sungazermusic http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Sungazer is... Shawn Crowder - Drums Adam Neely - Bass ...with guest Elliott Klein on Guitar. SHAWN'S CHANNEL (more sungazer videos!) https://www.youtube.com/user/scrowdrlrr FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E08 Extreme jazz fusion reharmonization

    • February 4, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely My band sungazer's cover of Jason Derulo that has way, way too many chords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpaVOJPtgyA Knower's kickass cover of Promises. I cannot overstate my love of this band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC3kcL37Ivs PDF of examples from today's lesson https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByLKhK483ui1U1VrbHpMd0JOVms/view?usp=sharing BACKGROUND MUSIC http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E09 INTERVIEW with Jeff Berlin (effecting change in bass education)

    • February 13, 2017

    There's a lot of stuff covered, so these annotations hopefully will be useful for referencing the video later! 2:28 Jeff’s Vision of Learning 5:41 The 2 ways of learning how to play bass 9:53 Learning bass like other disciplines (medicine, law) 11:29 Students aren’t qualified to pick their own direction in education 12:35 The emotional dislike of being told what to learn 14:43 Treating bass/music seriously 15:49 Golf is treated seriously, why not bass? 16:44 Money talks 17:43 The fundamental role of bass - to play a note 19:04 Groove is not the most important thing (and WHY!) 22:04 Groove is the interpretation of time 22:54 Time is a reward Jack Songs - Jeff Berlin’s latest project playing the songs of Jack Bruce http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jeffberlinplaysjackbruce SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/backgroundmusic http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E10 Q+A #26 - What is good music? Knower/John Coltrane

    • February 19, 2017

    Thanks to Joe MacDonald, Kwei Andoh, Kurt Ralske, Ben N-M, Cate Frazier-N….., Howard Walker, Kambhampaty, Pat, unblessed, Lotus_Eater_Machine, Oliver Mansell, SkilFire, marijn81du and Limitless for their questions! 0:18 I use movable do solfege because I speak English 1:11 The Master/Apprentice system of education 3:01 Nasty John Coltrane satire 4:23 Music as a service 6:06 Jeff Berlin’s message isn’t for amateurs (and that’s OK!) 6:52 Learning to read bass clef when you already know treble 8:14 Reharmonization is a tool, not self-indulgent music wankery 9:27 Is there such thing as bad music? 10:56 sigh…..picks vs. fingers….sigh…. 12:42 Baroque pitch 13:30 Janek Gwizdala 13:54 When do we experience music as noise, and not music? 15:14 Subharmonic singing SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E11 Sofar sounds with Aberdeen | Gig Vlog #8

    • February 22, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ABERDEEN on the internet https://www.facebook.com/aberdeentheband Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E12 How astronomers compose music

    • February 26, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely RADIO ASTRONOMY OF JUPITER links: http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov http://gizmodo.com/the-sound-of-a-spacecraft-entering-jupiters-magnetic-fi-1782945981 http://www.radio-astronomy.net/ FULL SCORE of HOLST'S THE PLANETS (it's cool, check it out!) http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Planets,_Op.32_(Holst,_Gustav) ANDREW HUANG'S VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO5ehpdZ5Po Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E13 Q+A #27 - Music is NOT a Meritocracy

    • March 6, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Check out MEZE headphones here! Type in "adamneely10" for a 10 percent discount at the checkout. http://bit.ly/2ml6Qjl A big thanks to Tanner Smith, Isaac Ashton, Bryan Yep, Carlos Diaz, Royniel Perez, Pussy Nutella, Ethan Emery, Random_guy97, TacoTacoTacoTaco, Troy Teter II, David Nassirian, Oscar Åkerlind, NickTheBluesMan1, Fortunate Losers, Manel Fogo, Arvid Olson, Peter Marsh, MrCookie31c and Mark Jones for their questions! 0:25 - Keeping songs fresh and not getting tired of them 1:48 - On self-doubt 2:47 - The voice as an instrument, and it's effect on emotion in keys 4:01 - Music is NOT a Meritocracy 6:38 - What causes music to change styles? 7:43 - Going to music school, and then transferring ever year to gain more contacts 9:24 - Electric bass @ the Manhattan School of Music 10:16 - The iPad apps I use 11:09 - Dunning-Kruger 12:23 - Mondegreens (misheard lyrics) 12:57 - Why gentrification is shutting down music venues 14:04 - My favorite music store in NYC 14:31 - The importance of performing for teachers 15:50 - How drummers should play for weddings 17:20 - How playing guitar and piano influences my bass playing 18:20 - How to support me (without donating to Patreon) 18:33 - John Cage's 4'33" isn't music 19:46 - Is it ethical to perform when you disagree with your employers politics? 21:25 - What does "confidence" in music mean? FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERWEBS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely CHECK OUT SOME OF MY MUSIC http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://massextinctionevent.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E14 Weekend in Lake Placid (it was very cold) | Gig Vlog #9

    • March 9, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E15 My Berklee senior recital

    • March 13, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely VIDEO from my recital (the only one I ever wanted to share!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt6G7RKombQ My band: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E16 Q+A #28 - Should you keep politics out of music?

    • March 18, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Justina Maria Soto and the New York Nashville Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXoYHWU31g Thanks to Carol McNulty, Iñigo Fúster, Vagaravn, J Dailey, Joe Molare, Christian Rockeman, Adam Kringle, ff2lee, Brooks Tarkington, Sam the Dank Memer, Lucas Kathol, Levi Foe, Ken Te, AnthraxEnTuTampax, Hugh Gaenus, john roy, Dan C and Nadav Izhaky for their questions! 0:33 How to write like Bill Wurtz 0:46 On making a living out of music school just by playing 1:44 Should music and politics be separate? 3:40 Learning standards for jazz jams 4:28 The superiority of the iPad as a sheet music device 5:12 Should I take AP calculus if I want to get into Berklee? 5:46 How to test for sadness in music 7:44 Stage presence 8:01 Does your YouTube channel positively affect your wedding band? 8:29 Thoughts on Hamilton 9:10 Should you go to a big, “name” music school? 10:19 How to get involved with pro corporate/wedding bands 11:33 Tips on making YouTube videos 12:38 Feeling of disconnection with earplugs 13:15 Jazz/classical clapping etiquette 14:29 You should be proud of your art (but not emotionally attached) 16:14 My Graduate recital 17:05 On playing in pop star’s bands Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E17 What is the fastest music humanly possible?

    • March 26, 2017

    Turns out, really fast. (the intro is faked, by the way) SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely RESOURCES FOR THIS VIDEO: Tom Grosset's world record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9FrW-Wr-ds An example of Extratone music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV1qiwuzwWg Anne-Sophie Mutter and her ensemble perform Summer from Vivaldi's the Four Seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=124NoPUBDvA Mike Glozier - Frictional Nevada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwOb-AA7by4 George Kollias - Shall Rise Shall Be Dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqzZmNqdWck 66Samus - The different kinds of blastbeats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KNXi-SWWc Cognitive Constraints on Metric Systems (the paper I referenced probably the most heavily in this video) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249979646_Cognitive_Constraints_on_Metric_Systems_Some_Observations_and_Hypotheses Thaddeus Bolton - Rhythm (paper from 1894 that first established the 100 ms threshold) http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1410948.pdf Parncutt - A Perceptual Model of Pulse Salience and Metrical Accent in Musical Rhythms http://mp.ucpress.edu/content/11/4/49 Pekcan Ungan and Suha Yagcioglu - "Significant variations in Weber fraction for changes in inter-onset interval of a click train over the range of intervals between 5 and 300 ms" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264405/ Steve Lehman - Liminality as a Framework for Composition: Rhythmic Thresholds, Spectral Harmonies and Afrological Improvisation https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac:150099 Jim Van Cleve - Train 45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQJwDre5Ho Max Roach + Abbey Lincoln - Freedom Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAnAQfdyKY FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERWEBS: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam OH, and by the way, the beginning was definitely fa

  • S2017E18 All Star, but its the rite of spring by igor stravinsky

    • March 28, 2017

    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERWEBS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E19 Musical fractals

    • April 2, 2017

    Be sure to check out my video on HARMONIC POLYRHYTHMS to better understand why this crazy illusion works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gCJHNBEdoc SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com SMASH MOUTH FRACTAL https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByLKhK483ui1YWNQMVhMS19pZVk/view?usp=sharing Peace, Adam

  • S2017E20 Q+A #29 - Imitate, assimilate, innovate

    • April 7, 2017

    Thanks to Marcus Vinicius Marchiori, Aizen Marn, Wyat Rydlewski, TheAndersops, Tyler Abbott, MrRockandroll12345, annoythefish, Oscar Tadlock, Joachim Ihned, Leon Sibum, Houston Hilburn, Parker Knapp, LeipleipMusic, Jan, Ugene12, dm21865 and Astrolincoln for your questions! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely 0:14 The Norton Lectures CHECK THESE OUT IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fHi36dvTdE&list=PLKiz0UZowP2V0mwtNv1lc1_zUSB2O65d7 1:13 I faked playing fast with image masking 1:39 Band dynamics (Democracy, permanent band members, band leaders, etc) 4:01 The danger of hearing loss 5:01 “Technical” music for the sake of being “technical” 6:46 Berklee Ensemble Auditions 8:31 Where you can find my music 8:51 Turning my videos into academic papers 9:26 Nails and switching between bass and guitar 10:07 Having a cheap instrument that you connect with 11:07 All about the Cajon 12:15 Imitate, assimiliate, innovate 13:56 Other music education channels you should check out 15:12 Artfully including political statements in music 16:54 Having a personal life as a performing musician 17:38 A holistic view on music 19:57 Using more than 2 fingers on bass guitar Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://massextinctionevent.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E21 Hocket (musical jigsaw puzzles)

    • April 14, 2017

    What do 13th century monks and EDM producers have in common? This cool compositional technique that spans millennia and cultures. == EXAMPLES OF HOCKET (for your perusal and pleasure) == 13th century Shawm hocket (weird medieval instrument) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p4qPmusfsM Kotekan examples ("interlocking madness") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y771-AxrFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbCuEOXvuoE Duke Ellington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4YkFHbzw8A Pentatonix acapella thing (lowkey big fan of theirs) https://youtu.be/tw4YCsHXKgI Theo Bleckmann and Meredith Monk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enbHYaF8Vas Hocket in African Music https://www.jstor.org/stable/835558?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Great breakdown of hocket in the music of Aphex Twin http://disis.music.vt.edu/eric/LyonPapers/AphexTwin/ Pérotin - Viderunt Omnes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aySwfcRaOZM Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://massextinctionevent.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E22 Q+A #30 - What is negative harmony?

    • April 25, 2017

    Thanks to Slurpbzs, Philip DeOliveira, Aidan Jones, jazz legend Eric Dolphy, Eoin Hayes, Layne North, Eze Merlino, Reyvan Taunt, Carlos Diaz, Anne-Lise Dugas, Simone Orlando, danobot, kongfu123456789 and Vinay Seth for their questions! 0:40 - CD vs vinyl 2:30 - NEGATIVE HARMONY and the Jacob Collier interview 7:23 - Bass Drum Hocket 8:03 - Free improvisation and the Afrological/Eurological in music 10:21 - What makes you a multi-instrumentalist? 12:13 - Noise music and dark jazz 13:19 - Tips for moving to a city and growing your network 15:19 - Charles Ives and the unanswered question 16:18 - Bass and cat in agreement 16:31 - Does pitch exist? 18:08 - I use mainstage. Mainstage is lyf 18:45 - Robert Fripp’s New Standard Tuning for guitar 19:34 - What is “pedaling the bass?” 21:05 - y u no slap bass 22:02 - Why learn theory? Why not just play what sounds good? SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely VIDEOS OF MINE REFERENCED IN THIS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPPbdVl8X_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4jgPdGrZYI&t=164s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImDPll9t9G8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rEqrPwVITY Current Musicology No. 43 (book review and explanation of A Theory of Harmony) https://journals.cdrs.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/09/current.musicology.43.full_.pdf Harry Partch’s application of the undertone series and negative harmony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otonality_and_Utonality Improvised Music after 1950 - Afrological vs. Eurological http://jazzstudiesonline.org/resource/improvised-music-after-1950-afrological-and-eurological-perspectives Co)))ltrane (Dark Jazz drone music + avant garde jazz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6zSbtcQ5ZA Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkaOz48cq2g My band/background music http:

  • S2017E23 Erin Bowman at iHeart Radio | Gig Vlog #10

    • April 29, 2017

    I played a gig with Erin Bowman's band at iHeart Radio, and it was fun! Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E24 How to improve your rhythm

    • May 1, 2017

    Drastically improve your timing and rhythmic feel by tapping into your natural ability to speak language, all without the aid of a metronome. Science is on your side! CLICKBAITY MISMATCH NEGATIVITY STUDY http://mentalfloss.com/article/64955/science-proves-supreme-power-bassists SNOWBALL THE COCKATOO STUDY http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/spackled/2009readings/Patel_Iversen_Bregman_Schulz_NYAS_in_press.pdf Original study on beat deafness https://www.mcgill.ca/spl/files/spl/phillips-silverneuropsychologia2011.pdf Follow up study http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1658/20130405 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Peace, Adam

  • S2017E25 Hanging with Evan Marien

    • May 2, 2017

    I spent an afternoon with the ridiculously amazing Evan Marien, bass player, composer, and player of final fantasy XV. We talk about... a lot. Peace, Adam

  • S2017E26 What is the Real Book? (a jazz shibboleth)

    • May 5, 2017

    What is the Real Book and what in the heck is a jazz shibboleth? A history and analysis of the most influential book in jazz music of the past 40 years. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Aimee Nolte's video on abandoning her Real Books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMiCg8sDQh4 Barry Kernfelds website (enormously useful in putting this video together) http://www.barrykernfeld.com/ Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Background Music: http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E27 Q+A #31 - Parallel fifths are OK!

    • May 13, 2017

    Thanks to The Rusty Monkeys, seothis, Phil J. McKenzie, Santiago, Ethan Iverson, Nick Krueger, Sarah Nokomis, artao5, Jedmanuel91, procrast, Arturo Senni, Royniel Perez, WatchMeSuffer, TheMaykarLocomotive, Davis Miles, Dins Navarro, Adam Kelly and 0:15 You should be a music teacher! 0:22 What would you do if you lost your hearing? 2:51 Discussion and comments of the Real Book elitism 3:30 Ethan Iverson’s specific comment 6:17 Chris Thile and genre-hopping 8:32 Jazz theory books I recommend 9:27 But you can hear high frequency metronomes better! 11:09 What is the equivalent of Simandl for the electric bass? 12:15 New age “stuph” 13:34 Your video is useless! 13:47 Why don’t we hear bass solos in jazz? 14:11 Are there any examples of beatboxers in jazz? 15:01 How did you select your haircut? 16:00 When did you start gigging as a musician? 17:09 What is your preferred string thickness? 18:32 Experience buying a real book when it was illegal 19:32 Is it OK to use parallel 5ths? SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Luke McGinnis’ Apartment Sessions (jazz/classical/indie/awesome beatbox) https://www.facebook.com/lukemcekulmcginnis/videos/10158434396545136/ Modern Jazz Voicings (AMAZON AFFILIATE LINK) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0634014439/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0634014439&linkCode=as2&tag=adanee-20&linkId=d52c327e18652d2cc520be6f1ce9c898 Jazz Piano Book (AMAZON AFFILIATE LINK) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961470151/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0961470151&linkCode=as2&tag=adanee-20&linkId=705e26f377f45d9f0117ba88f784aad6 Torchkas-alt’s song…. https://soundcloud.com/torchkas/arpeggia My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E28 Offbeat Triplets (the "un-performable" rhythm)

    • May 18, 2017

    Quarter note triplets starting from the + of 1 are tricky and weird, and studying them can give great insight into the subtle psychology of how music is written. Isaac Delgado - La Sandunguita (offbeat triplets occur roughly at :20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDNwIVX64wY The Strad article on faking http://www.thestrad.com/faking-it-the-great-unmentionable-of-orchestral-playing/ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely BACKGROUND MUSIC http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E29 Q+A #32 - Why bass solos suck

    • May 29, 2017

    Thanks to Dmitro Grunt, Rodrigo Pavez, Viktor Onopko, psl101, Jack Brooks, Sir Autismo, Michael Williams, Julian Fernandez, Smitty Wabablababerry, snipergurke1005, Zippy Leroux, Will Lacy, Andrew Bell, Hanz Santos, juan diaz, and Mike B or their questions! 0:14 Your advice for Guitarists switching to “base” is crap 1:50 How I use Sibelius to animate music 2:32 Using Phone numbers as tab 3:36 “Offbeat triplets are too easy/hard!” 5:17 Shifting the downbeat an eighth note 6:01 Classical musicians throwing shade 7:29 Nice comments! 8:25 That painting in the background of my videos 8:57 Are there any virtuosos who start later in life? 10:29 Props to classical percussionists 10:48 Why did you study music composition? 12:40 How do you record the audio/video for your gig vlogs? 13:46 Why I think bass solos suck SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/adamneely Follow me on the interwebs: http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely My band/background music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E30 The NY/Nashville connection showcase @ Rockwood | Gig Vlog #11

    • May 29, 2017

    Every couple of months the New York/Nashville Connection puts on a showcase of some really kickass singers and their original R&B, pop and soul music. I got called for the NY one this past week, and it was a great time with some kickass people. NY/Nashville Connection https://www.newyorknashvilleconnection.com/ FEATURED SINGERS (in order of appearance) Justina Maria Soto Devin Tracey Melany Watson Jenn Mundia Melissa McMillan Camille Trust J. Hoarde SUPPORT ME ON PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/adamneely Oh, if you're still reading this, and are interested in what the background music in this episode is...I wrote it! It's going to be on an upcoming EP of background music to these gig vlogs, so definitely stay tuned. Peace, Adam

  • S2017E31 The Devil in music (an untold history of the Tritone)

    • June 2, 2017

    We know the interval of a tritone today as "diabolus in musica," or the devil in music, but was it really always associated with evil? Are all of those metal musicians right in thinking that this interval is the sound of evil incarnate? Some of the cool things referenced in this video Liszt - Dante Sonata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB59i99Wxc4 A great history of the concepts of "soft" and "hard" in the Renaissance (tangentially related to hexachords) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdj-WPCgD8c That Pérotin piece with the tritones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taB6Yc-_zcY AMAZING resource on tritones in medieval music. Seriously, the entire genesis of this video came from reading this short little essay. http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/harmony/tritone.html SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E32 Q+A #33 - Do you even need to have a bass player?

    • June 12, 2017

    Thanks to Adam Emond, Mr. Way, Zac Jelke, Damdam Dadimson, Mackie Jones, Paul Mendoza, Hugh Gaenus, Wesley Lao, Kalen Austin, Robert Schuster, 1234lavaking, Samuel Wilson, anthony valdez, Nick Denning, Nikolas Wolf, Paul Hanson, and jg0r for your insightful questions! 0:15 Characteristic pitches, chords, and the functional harmony of the modes 2:52 You just like to hear yourself talk about music 3:46 “Just Feel it!” 4:08 Which is more important, bass or drums? 5:52 What is Berklee Funk? 7:41 Salsa on piano 8:13 What audio interface do you use? 8:42 What sort of instrument would you learn how to play and why? 9:26 How do you deal with nerves on stage? 11:47 Idiot choir leader 11:56 On long 6 hour rehearsals 12:50 What’s the difference between pop/rock keys players and classical pianists? 14:07 Who…is the target audience for your channel? 14:56 The Undertone series exists! 15:22 What exactly is the neo soul feel? Quintuplets? 16:19 What are your comments on the Music Industry? 19:06 Why bother transcribe the music exactly SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E33 The Cat Piano | Morose Delectation and Music

    • June 19, 2017

    In the 17th century, Athanasius Kircher described an instrument with which we humans have had an intense and abiding fascination. Why? Well, it's either for its taboo nature, or because we just think it's the funniest thing on the planet. In this video, we explore the cat piano and ask the question...is it even practical to make one? Nora the Cat and the Catcerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg Scarlatti's Cat Fugue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_fugue The full Musurgia Universalis (sadly, it's in Latin, and no full English translations exist) http://imslp.org/wiki/Musurgia_Universalis_(Kircher,_Athanasius) The Cat Piano (just the most badass short film on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E34 Micky Blue acoustic release show | Gig Vlog #12

    • June 20, 2017

    My good friend Micky Blue invited me to play guitar for her release party in Tribeca, you won't believe what happens next! Actually, you definitely will. We played music. FAMOUS now out on Wax LTD https://open.spotify.com/track/3hN707FqDWykcqi1x3MFiv Check out Micky Blue on the internets! https://www.facebook.com/mickyblue/ https://www.instagram.com/mickyblue/ Produced by Andy Seltzer https://m.soundcloud.com/andyseltzer SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E35 Q+A #34 - What is your opinion of music critics like Anthony Fantano?

    • June 25, 2017

    Thanks to SandvichBlock, the Antichronist, Albinojackrussel, Blake Davis, SuperMegaPeanut, famitory, syaolanli, NumberNEINLarge, Fossil FIshy, Deo Wardiman, W1NGXER0, Chris Verns, edharris496, somot olovo, Johnny Nothing, Blackzeppelin68, David W., Realraven2000, boobtuber06 for your insightful questions! 1:02 Can you introduce my question without the Lick? 1:10 All about the Double Harmonic minor scale and its weird intervals 4:07 Why is your audience almost exclusively male? 5:35 What is your opinion on contemporary music reviewers like Anthony Fantano? 7:05 What is the life cycle of pop tunes in your cover band? 7:48 Playing a sax with drumsticks isn’t as valid as with a mouthpiece. 10:09 What do you think about having 8 string guitars and no bass player? 10:57 What do you think about bass tremelo bridges? 11:37 Were you playing to a track when you played on Kelly and Ryan? Is that cheating? 12:45 Do you consider yourself a musician or a youtuber? 13:04 Pop music is pretentious branded garbage 15:39 Have you ever had to play in very tall buildings? 16:08 Is there a style you dislike playing? 16:17 Do you answer questions on youtube? 16:22 Do melodic minor and harmonic minor have that “modal brightness” thing you’ve talked about? 17:16 How would you analyze that E7#9 chord in Purple Haze? 18:49 200k video? 19:00 Weren’t violin strings made out of cats guts? 19:30 Why aren’t you employed as a professor? BONUS VIDEO - Dorian Bright Theory Madness (exploration of brightness in unusual modes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAgd_3inRt8 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E36 5-hour major scale practice routine

    • June 27, 2017

    I streamed for 5 hours straight and went through this practice routine. MAJOR SCALE 12 keys, 2 8ves INTERVALS (ALL 12 KEYS) 3rds Ascending, descending, alternating up/down, alternating down/up 4ths Ascending, descending, alternating up/down, alternating down/up 5ths Ascending, descending, alternating up/down, alternating down/up 6ths Ascending, descending, alternating up/down, alternating down/up 7ths Ascending, descending, alternating up/down, alternating down/up TRIADS R ascending, R descending, R alternating up/down, R alternating down/up 1I ascending, 1I descending, 1I alternating up/down, 1I alternating down/up 2I ascending, 2I descending, 2I alternating up/down, 2I alternating down/up 12 keys SEVENTH CHORDS R ascending, R descending, R alternating up/down, R alternating down/up 1I ascending, 1I descending, 1I alternating up/down, 1I alternating down/up 2I ascending, 2I descending, 2I alternating up/down, 2I alternating down/up 3I ascending, 3I descending, 3I alternating up/down, 3I alternating down/up It....was a lot. Peace, Adam

  • S2017E37 The Coltrane Fractal

    • July 1, 2017

    What do 200k notes in 6 seconds sound like? No, the result isn’t Black Midi - it’s way cooler than that. if you use the right math, you can create recursive melodies that rely upon the fact that your ears are incredible sophisticated judges of frequency ratios. Join me in exploring the Coltrane Fractal! MUSICAL FRACTALS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq0z-sxjNlo HARMONIC POLYRHYTHMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gCJHNBEdoc&t=151s WATCH THIS if you want to learn about the ear and hearing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0DXxNeaQ0 8th octave overtone tuning (Johnny Reinhard’s Paper) http://stereosociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/8th-Octave-Overtone-Tuning.pdf The 12-tone Fractal Table https://docs.google.com/document/d/19MJfJrIKqyeMa-OGoqPQZCmXBD1uOywuxtYB-Bv3L18/edit?usp=sharing SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E38 How to Not Suck at Music (viewer critiques)

    • July 10, 2017

    Thanks to alyssa anne sanders, brandonglitzmusic, Ian O'Hare, beanyboo22 - mazzazzk and the Jacob W.A. Lawrence quartet for their submissions! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneelyhttp://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E39 Little Kruta @ Sofar Sounds | Gig Vlog #13

    • June 20, 2017

    The crowd-funded R&B orchestra Little Kruta performed at a Sofar sounds, I did a reharmonized arrangement of a Beegees tune, and good vibes were had by all. SUPPORT LITTLE KRUTA ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/littlekruta ...also check them out on various socials... https://www.facebook.com/littlekruta/ https://www.instagram.com/littlekruta/ Featured Vocalists (in order or appearance) Johnny Burgos Darren Fewins Denny Love + Hannah Sumner Jermaine Jones SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E40 Q+A #35 - Why do you like pop music when other artists go unnoticed?

    • July 17, 2017

    Thanks to Rodrigo de Piérola, Reagan McCann, Olivia Andersson, Fergus, Stanislav Kogan, Jon Chen, Christian Hasselberger and Frisky Maulida for their insightful questions! 0:15 Why do US percussionists play Cajóns the way that they do? 3:50 What should you do in order to back out of a gig for a higher paying one? 6:19 What is your advice for a trans musicians entering college? 8:03 Why is musicianship so high in NYC? 9:59 How should transients line up when you time-align music in a DAW? 11:25 What do you mean about the “craft” of pop music making? 15:42 Talk to me about bass effects, please! 17:38 If you knew about the Myth of Sisyphus before your recital, why did you still get depressed afterwards? SUPPORT ME ON PATREONhttp://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETShttp://www.facebook.com/adamneelyhttp://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my musichttp://sungazermusic.bandcamp.comhttp://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.comhttp://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E41 A = 432Hz

    • July 23, 2017

    Tuning A to 432 hz may yield the answers to the question that so many people ask themselves - why does my music not feel the way that I hear in my head? Why is it that so much of the music that I hear out in the real world feels so...plastic-y and false when I know it could be so much more? Actually, no it won't yield those answers. It's basically just a big new age circle jerk. But the weird internet obsession with A=432 does bring up some interesting questions about the history of how we got to our current standard, A=440, and why some people might dabble in lower tuning systems. THE SCHUMANN RESONANCE (two sources) https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/gallery/schumann-resonance.html https://roelhollander.eu/en/432-tuning/432hz-and-the-schumann-resoance/ A typical A432 website (blerg) http://www.viewzone.com/432hertz222.html EQUAL TEMPERED TUNING AT VARIOUS TUNINGS FOR A http://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreq432.html THE LEVITIN EFFECT https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758%2FBF03206733.pdf THE ISO STANDARD FOR 440 (in case you want to, buy it? I guess?) https://www.iso.org/standard/3601.html THE ISO STANDARD FOR A SECOND http://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/second.html THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE ON 432 (they actually have an interesting idea basing A=432 on registration shifts of a bel canto soprano. I don't know enough about registration and the soprano voice, but something tells me that the register shifts aren't the same among all singers. That said, an interesting idea, and not nearly as idiotic as some of the other ones on their page) http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_91-96/fid_911_jbt_tune.html PITCH INFLATION https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/great-pitch-inflation-marilee-haraldsson HISTORY OF PITCH http://capionlarsen.com/history-pitch/ CHANGING PITCH OVER TIME http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/eng_pitch.html SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE

  • S2017E42 Q+A #36 - 432hz is a sham, please don't buy into it, thanks.

    • July 31, 2017

    Many thanks to Bloodbath and Beyond, Tiago da Silva, TheMASDrummer, thescowlingschnauzer, Benjamin Stedman, M3Z4C, hyeguitar1, The Bolan, kevs musicandstuff, Marko Perälä and Hanna Turunen for their questions! Also to Ricardo Aldana, Tomás Borralho and Hamguy Bacon! Can’t forget them! 0:21 A response to all of the 432 feedback 4:01 Why do you use All Star in everything? 4:33 Using “sound guy” is gendered, and we should move away from the word 6:08 Your vaporwave is bad vaporwave because I don’t like it. 7:04 Performance opportunities in NYC 8:25 What are your thoughts on natural “talent”? 9:37 Government support for the arts in EU countries 10:34 Why does my complicated jazz feel “flat” when recorded, compared to simpler music? 11:37 What are the gigging opportunities like in NYC? 14:26 Is a masters degree in music worth it? 16:11 Is it necessary to own a car as a musician? 17:52 What goes into locking in with a drummer? ADDITIONAL DEBUNKING OF 432 http://www.medson.net/A432hz-myth.html SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneelyhttp://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E43 My laptop fails, and I play in 3 bands on the same bill | Gig Vlog #14

    • August 4, 2017

    What happens when your laptop fails the night before and you need to carry, like, 3 tons of equipment on the subway to the gig. I don't recommend doing this and then trying to film a vlog at the same time. THE BACKGROUND MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuyVm0eQgWk Jenn Mundia https://www.facebook.com/jennmundiamusic/ Emily Prime https://soundcloud.com/emilyprime Aberdeen https://www.facebook.com/aberdeentheband/ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E44 Repetition Legitimizes - How to not suck at music #2 (viewer submitted critiques)

    • August 4, 2017

    Get your 2 month free trial of Skillshare here: http://skl.sh/neely Many thanks to Michael Briggs, Pierce Green, _dtuner_ and Nick Krueger for their submissions! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2017E45 | s y n e s t h e s i a |

    • August 14, 2017

    I hear color. Eh...sort of. I have grapheme-color synesthesia, which is a common form of sensory pairing. Being a musician, and understanding what semantics go into understanding and learning music add a whole dimension to the idea of metaphor, perception and language. I hope you enjoy this video essay on everything Synesthesia. The book I referenced the most in this video - definitely check it out if you enjoyed my video. A great overview! http://amzn.to/2vB9iIe If you really dig this video, DEFINITELY check out Dr. Ramachandran's lecture, this is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LorvbKs79w Thin-thick languages versus high-low in english https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/09c7/bf5efa132b72cbf030f0457cc991de24ac51.pdf Jamie Ward's paper on the multi-modal basis of synesthesia http://cogprints.org/6268/1/Cortex_sound-colour_Synaesthesia.pdf HOW DO WE KNOW SYNESTHETES AREN'T JUST MAKING IT UP? Well...Stroop interference for one. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24269938 Are you a Synesthete? http://www.synesthete.org/ Table of the different kinds of synesthesia and their occurance http://home.comcast.net/~sean.day/html/types.html Prevalance of synesthesia http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/14073/1/p5469.pdf That Tommy Edison blind guy color video I mentioned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmMJ5kDskn8 fMRI scans of synesthetes http://neurologues.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/fmri-scans-synesthesia-is-real/ Cross-Modal Perception https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670440/ Synesthesia is in fact ideasthesia - experiencing of concepts http://www.danko-nikolic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Synesthesia2009-Nikolic-Ideaesthesia.pdf |~| SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamn

  • S2017E46 Q+A #37 - Is Synesthesia ACTUALLY real?

    • August 21, 2017

    Many thanks to Chris LeMond, TheHarmonicPulse, SAMUCA CHIODINI, Jim Haugland, Denis, bj7xtas1, thebudsofmay, Zippy Leroux, user name, Yhoda, Joe Turgeon and Daniel Proctor for your insightful questions! 0:14 What’s the deal with Fanned Frets? Also, how does an understand of physics relate to music? 2:23 Is Synesthesia real, or just some BS you made up? 5:11 What is the function of the Fm7 in the chorus to Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder? 8:08 How do you come up with melodies? 10:06 How do you keep so relaxed with your technique on bass? 12:02 What are your thoughts on NOT recording to a click in a modern DAW environment? 14:01 On modern jazz big band music 14:09 How do you approach memorizing large amounts of music? 15:01 Can Adam submit a song for US to review? 15:11 HOW MUCH DID THE 440 CONSPIRACY PAY YOU TO MAKE THE ANTI-432 VIDEO?!?! 15:48 Can I get away with not doubling if I’m a woodwind player looking to make a career in NYC? 17:21 How do I start a career in TEACHING music? SYNESTHESIA RESEARCH (Cognitive Neuroscience) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037840/ (Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience) http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jocn.2010.21486?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed& http://cogprints.org/6268/1/Cortex_sound-colour_Synaesthesia.pdf (Yale journal of biology and medicine) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670440/ (Biological Psychiatry) http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(99)00056-6/fulltext (Neuropsychologia) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393212003879?via%3Dihub (Consciousness and Cognition) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810013000834 (Neuron) http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(05)00835-4 Psychology of Music http://mobile.www.daysyn.com/Rogers1987.pdf American Journal of Psychology https://www.jstor.org/stable/1410812?s

  • S2017E47 Adam Neely x Little Kruta - CLARITY (Zedd Cover ft. Hannah Sumner)

    • August 28, 2017

  • S2017E48 How to cram an orchestra onstage | Gig Vlog #15

    • August 31, 2017

  • S2017E49 ELEMENTAL ARRANGING - clarity in orchestration

    • September 4, 2017

  • S2017E50 Q+A #38 - Who made you an authority to speak on anything?!

    • September 11, 2017

  • S2017E51 "My students are full of $@!&" | How to not suck at music #3

    • September 18, 2017

  • S2017E52 American rhythms are superior

    • September 25, 2017

  • S2017E53 Q+A #39 - Is Spotify right to censor music they deem to be offensive?

    • October 2, 2017

  • S2017E54 Anthem

    • October 9, 2017

  • S2017E55 Your rhythms make my eyes bleed! | How to Not Suck at Music #4

    • October 16, 2017

  • S2017E56 What I want to teach, but can't, thanks to Universal Music Group.

    • October 19, 2017

  • S2017E57 Q+A #40 - Why does modal interchange work?

    • October 23, 2017

  • S2017E58 Language and Music Q+A w/ Shawn Crowder - LIVE!

    • September 27, 2017

  • S2017E59 TOO many musicians in a room (The Apartment Sessions Vlog) | Gig Vlog #16

    • October 28, 2017

  • S2017E60 Combination Tones

    • October 30, 2017

  • S2017E61 Q+A #41 - How do you get a synth tone on bass guitar?

    • November 13, 2017

  • S2017E62 7 guitarists in one band (Shubh Saran's Haze) | Gig Vlog #17

    • November 17, 2017

  • S2017E63 100 METRONOMES (poème symphonique)

    • November 20, 2017

  • S2017E64 Q+A #42 - What IS music?

    • November 27, 2017

  • S2017E65 Nobody can play that fast... (feat. Ben Levin) | How to Not Suck at Music #5

    • December 4, 2017

  • S2017E66 What is the most difficult piece of music?

    • December 11, 2017

  • S2017E67 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (with the original lyrics) | feat. Justina Maria Sóto

    • December 19, 2017

  • S2017E68 Indie-rock brass band gig (ABERDEEN) | Gig Vlog #18

    • December 21, 2017

  • S2017E69 Why did I play the lick for 5 hours nonstop? | Q+A #43

    • December 25, 2017

Season 2018

Season 2019

  • S2019E01 Sungazer - ELECTRO (animation by Ben Levin)

    • January 6, 2019

    Flashing lights//seizure warning FYI! You can listen to this gleeful mess of electronic noises on our new EP, Sungazer Vol. 2, now available everywhere you listen to music! (Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, etc!) Check it out here: https://spoti.fi/2sbNXEr Sungazer is an electro jazz duo between myself and drummer Shawn Crowder. It's the background music to all of my videos too! Special guests: Jared Yee - Tenor Saxophone Ben Levin - Animation Peace, Adam

  • S2019E02 How to Play Music in 9/8

    • January 15, 2019

    Unless you grew up in the Balkans, 9/8 and other time signatures are hard to feel! However, identifying and entraining with non-isochronal pulses will help you 1) become a better musician and 2) hopefully maybe be a better person by being able to connect with a different culture. LISTEN TO BIRD ON THE WING (and other sungazer tunes on our new EP!) https://spoti.fi/2MaHbb9 PAPER’S CITED https://www.pnas.org/content/106/7/2468 (Newborns detect beats) https://bit.ly/2M8BoTx (Measuring Aksak rhythms in Transylvania) https://bit.ly/2QOIVY7 (human specificity of beat synchronization) GENERAL BALKAN FOLK DANCE RESOURCES https://folkdancefootnotes.org/begin/the-taproot-family-t-4-t-6-t-8-t-7u-t-9u-t-11u/ http://sfdh.us/encyclopedia/9-8_dances.html http://babayagamusic.com/Music/nine-eight-rhythms.htm https://www.revolvy.com/page/Bulgarian-dances David Bruce Composer’s video that mentions Cameroonian 9/8 (among other things!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBNvPb331SQ Irish Slipjig (9/8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxMVMZo7yvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyE3Mye-eks 9/8 Dances Used - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73RjI2z41LY (Sareni Tsourapi) Greece https://youtu.be/nKxZu5C9juA (Biala Rosa) Bulgaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPq6xBXT-O8 (potter’s dance) Bulgaria https://youtu.be/mdaqTl91-3M (Niška Banja) Serbia https://youtu.be/9E1khd55VnQ (Niška Banja) Serbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5U-awdxIfk (Antikristos Karsilamas) Greece https://youtu.be/2_NhnHSTKkE (Schioapa) Romania https://youtu.be/m_xt1bgef14 (karşılama) Turkey https://youtu.be/FGTya-JclKI (Sareni Tsourapi) Greece Meshuggah, OG’s of the isochronal entraining element https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO1EjyhTMPc (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME O

  • S2019E03 What Would a "Triple" Time Signature Be? | Q+A #56

    • January 21, 2019

    Also, thoughts on Talent vs. Skill in music, and cultural appropriation in music and why it's not really a bad thing. Many thanks to Lewis Aitcheson, Zach F., Andrea Caputo, cecelilyklaine, Jesse, CanSpqr, and gh hg for their insightful questions! Neato analysis of Meshuggah that talks about hypermeters more http://urinieto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/RhythmSeminar-FinalProject-Nieto2013.pdf Japanese musicians playing slip jigs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJq1zoqiIaE ON NEGATIVE TIME SIGNATURES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg7qAA_nAhQ https://youtu.be/xHOfoRbBaYQ 0:34 What would a "triple" time signature be in music? 2:42 Talent vs. skill? 4:47 Sungazer is awesome 5:03 You used a racial slur in your last video 6:17 I love your anti-clickbait 7:05 Don't give away the secrets! 8:21 Do US schools teach other kinds of music besides Western music? 9:17 Is Cultural Appropriation in music bad? (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-nee... ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E04 They announced MIDI 2.0

    • January 28, 2019

    MMA has confirmed MIDI 2 at NAMM 2019. https://www.midi.org/articles-old/the-midi-manufacturers-association-mma-and-the-association-of-music-electronics-industry-amei-announce-midi-2-0tm-prototyping More to follow. (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E05 I played 23 Video Game Covers at the Bit Awards | Gig Vlog

    • February 4, 2019

    Zac Zinger organized a hell of a house band for the Bit Awards, an indie game awards ceremony held at Parsons at the New School, put on by Playcrafting. I got a chance to play his killer arrangements. Music Director/Arranger/Sax/EWI/Flute/Cat Wrangler - Zac Zinger Bass - Me Drums - Josh Bailey Guitar - Shu Odamura Playcrafting put on this event - https://playcrafting.com/ TRACK LISTING 1:32 The Take - The Hider 2:00 The Take - The Seeker 4:08 Overwatch - Victory Theme 4:40 Sim City - Main Theme 5:03 Age of Empires - Victory Theme 5:23 GTA V - Intro Theme 5:50 Persona 5 - Life Goes On 6:18 Pokémon - Victory Theme 6:44 Chrono Trigger - Victory Theme 7:17 Final Fantasy X - Travel Agency 8:17 Civilization 2 - Harvest of the Nile 8:38 Civilization 2 - Fantasy 8:57 Civilization 2 - Augustus Rises 9:40 Super Mario Bros - Bowser’s Theme 10:13 The Take - Title Theme 10:56 Final Fantasy VII - One Winged Angel 11:11 Persona 4 - Victory Theme 11:49 Hamsterdam - Medley 12:53 Final Fantasy VII - Victory Theme 13:26 Just Cause 4 - Title Theme 15:32 Persona 5 - Victory Theme 15:49 Legends of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Afterschool Hours 16:13 Final Fantasy VII - Farm Boy (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E06 Should You Learn to Read Sheet Music? | Q+A

    • February 11, 2019

    Also, what is Harmony of the Spheres/Musica Universalis? What is your opinion on music critics? And many more awesome and interesting questions about music! insaneintherainmusic's EWI video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nBJjL-NV1U Bach Flute Partitas on IMSLP https://imslp.org/wiki/Partita_in_A_minor,_BWV_1013_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian) Allemande from the Flute Partita in A Minor performed by Bert Alink https://www.youtube.com/user/bertalink Many thanks to xDEZIOx, james frank, blindmanwithecholocation, Ian Leggett, Tobiasz Fic, Justin Davis, Caleb Scola and Steven Backenstoes for your insightful questions! 0:13 Are you reading sheet music during this performance? 4:09 How do I learn to read guitar sheet music? 5:53 What is Harmony of the Spheres/Musica Universalis? 9:13 How do you feel about Berklee Online? 10:18 What is that electric flute thing? 11:04 How do those count-ins work? 12:03 What are your thoughts on music critics? 13:23 What is your camera/mic setup? (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E07 I played a gig with a 20-piece band | Gig Vlog

    • February 17, 2019

    Aberdeen has a new album that's out now! It's called Downpour, and we celebrated it's release at a SOLD OUT show at Rockwood Music Hall in the lower east side of NYC. CHECK OUT DOWNPOUR! https://open.spotify.com/album/6pDqUh2QdANymxY81DOP8f Bob Reynold's Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/bobreynolds/videos Brian Plautz's Vlog (official Aberdeen gig vlog) https://youtu.be/_HPkhxbA6YY (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/album/gig-vlog-m-i-x-t-a-p-e-vol-1 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E08 7:11 Polyrhythms

    • February 25, 2019

    This video teaches you exactly how to break down a 7 against 11 polyrhythm, and play it. Why? Because memes can be a way to musical aptitude. It should have been sponsored by 7-Eleven, but wasn't. Oh well. If you want to download the 7:11 tune, its here... https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/7-11 How to Play Music in 9/8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN4juGQ-0A Oh, and I sampled Mikey Chen saying "7-Elevens are like the greatest thing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6aYDssDSE (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E09 Balancing on 1 leg improves your rhythm

    • March 4, 2019

    Basically, the more balanced you are in your body, the better you rhythm good. Single leg balance can help with that. My Mom (Cate Frazier-Neely) https://www.catefnstudios.com/ Embodied Meter: Hierarchical Eigenmodes in Music-Induced Movement http://mp.ucpress.edu/content/28/1/59 Embodied Cognition and Kinesthetic Motion Literature Review https://rhythmcoglab.coursepress.yale.edu/2014/10/27/embodied-cognition-and-kinesthetic-motion-literature-review/ Vestibular influence on auditory metrical interpretation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278262607001832?via%3Dihub (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E10 Scotch Snaps in Hip Hop

    • March 10, 2019

    The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop - a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from? The answer lies in how American speak english. A Study of Rhythm in London: Is Syllable-timing a Feature of Multicultural London English? https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1205&context=pwpl Philip Tagg’s 1 hour documentary on the Scotch Snap! http://tagg.org/Clips/HTML5/ScotchSnapAll_VP8.webm Another fantastic lecture by Philip Tagg if you want to get into this stuff https://vimeo.com/278543832 Music and the Brain: The Music of Language and the Language of Music https://youtu.be/2oMvtw4aeEY Music-Language Correlations and the “Scotch Snap” http://davidtemperley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/temperley-temperley-mp.pdf David Bruce Composer: How the way you TALK affects the music you write https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeHWJ8-_2Pk PBS Soundfield - How Trap Music Took Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKicD86F7KA Les "SCOTCH SNAPS" de Lil Wayne à Purcell [ANALYSE DE MONA LISA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYv2PCAocfw The Scotch Snap from Strathspey to Rap - Wayne Marshall/wayneandwax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeRa0oR6iqQ The Origins of Strathspey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP188D6Phlo Rhythm in the speech and music of jazz and riddim musicians https://repository.wellesley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=scholarship Perception and acquisition of linguistic rhythm by infants http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.362.2572&rep=rep1&type=pdf A Comparison of Rhythm in English Dialects and Music https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ab5a/3735a4daab3fb9f20374f40e3502ebf4f541.pdf African Banjo Playing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzt0v9roU6g (⌐■_■) EXAMPLES OF SCOTCH SNAP IN HIP HOP/POP (used in this video, there are way, way more) Soulja Boy - Pretty Boy Swag Meek Mill -

  • S2019E11 Why "Single Ladies" is so cool | Q+A

    • March 18, 2019

    Also, can guitar hero make you a better player, and why do you pronounce the word “leg” so strangely? Many thanks to Language Pepe, rogue cherokee, Carl Enquist, Denny Crane, Ryan Martin, marscrasher, oli dzoli, Bo Diddly and Robert Roberts 0:29 Single Ladies is simple pop trash! 6:17 Can playing guitar hero improve your musicianship? 7:23 If it sounds good, it is good! 8:09 Letter from somebody who went to the same school Damien Chazelle did (whiplash guy) 9:36 Should YouTube be considered an academic source? 10:44 Check out Never Catch Me by Flying Lotus! 11:19 Your accent is weird 11:56 Your last video on Scotch Snaps was whitewashing 13:10 Why hasn’t Berklee given you a teaching gig yet? (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E12 Analyzing the Bach Harmonizer Doodle

    • March 22, 2019

    The Google AI Bach harmonizer doodle is a fun thing to play with, but it...gets it wrong, a lot. I’m going to play with it, explain why it’s wrong, and why you probably won’t be able to cheat with it on your music theory assignments any time soon. LINK TO DOODLE: https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-johann-sebastian-bach LINK TO MAGENTA/COCONET https://magenta.tensorflow.org/coconet ANTHONY JACKSON: The Machines are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS-xDsic84Q (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E13 Japanese Music Notation (shakuhachi music)

    • April 2, 2019

    Western music is read from left to right, but other cultures do it differently. Notational systems reflect the music they express, and sometimes Western notation isn't the ideal means of expressing musical ideas. Zac Zinger - Sanma Samba (I played on this, check it out!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=434xCyCSXBg (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E14 My Worst Trainwreck

    • April 8, 2019

    Train wrecks happen on the bandstand. This is the story of a particularly nasty one at a wedding where we totally butcher a perfectly decent Elton John ballad. Mark Guiliana + other people at the Blue Whale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEduiAbXEmA Zach Lapidus harmonizes tone deaf singer through modulations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXTfKs6u4OY NOTE: Certain details from this story have been altered to protect the innocent, nameless bridesmaid, who was just trying to do a nice thing for her friend. (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-nee... ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E15 Reharmonizing "thank u, next"

    • April 15, 2019

    Taking Ariana Grande and adding some delicious jazzchords™️ to her hit song "thank u, next." Exploring why jazzchords™️ sound great as a story-telling device. Than you to.... YAEVIN - Vocals Meitar Forkosh - Violin Rotem Sivan - Guitar Josh Bailey - Drums/Drum Pad (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-nee... ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E16 How to count 32nd notes? | Q+A

    • April 19, 2019

    Superfast Instagram Q+A time! Thank you all who submitted questions, for consideration in the next Q+A, follow me on instagram at @its_adamneely. (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E17 We played until 1am (a gig vlog)

    • April 26, 2019

    Getting down and dirty with the NY/Nashville Connection at Rockwood Music Hall. Check em out here! https://bit.ly/2VrI2et ARTISTS FEATURED (in order) Jae Soto Melany Watson Chaz Langley Emily Prime Raycee Jones NY/NASHVILLE HOUSE BAND: Ryan Connors - Keys/music direction Josh Bailey - Drums/music direction Kate Steinberg (Emily Prime) - Background Vocals Holly Hammel - Background Vocals Kevmo - Trombone Andrew Golden - Trumpet Shubh Saran - Guitar Zach Comtois - Guitar this idiot - BASS Concert footage by Liz Maney (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E18 Mixing Jazz and J-Pop

    • May 6, 2019

    I played with the J-Music Ensemble and talked with their frontman Patrick Bartley about what drew him to J-Pop and anime music as an American jazz musician, and what the differences and similarities are between the two genres as performing musicians. Check out the J-Music Ensemble on all social media platforms, but especially their YouTubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCgefJEhQVU J-Music ensemble (featured on this gig, it's a little bit of a rotating cast!) Patrick Bartley - Sax Khrys Williams - Synth, Trumpet, Rap, arranging Toby Ekpunobi - Trombone Max Boiko - Trumpet Jonah Moss - Trumpet (on Tank!) Norman Edwards Jr. - Drums Sean Richey - Guitar Matt Wong - Keys Me - BASS (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E19 Who owns the copyright for AI Music? | Q+A

    • May 13, 2019

    Also, how to get quasi-perfect pitch, learning about emotions and musical intervals, and my personal approach to bass fills! Many thanks to Ben Hudson, james frank, Thomas Carmichael, Trey O'Brien and Freetival Music for their questions! 0:13 Who owns the copyright for AI Music? 4:11 How do the bandleaders on your gig vlogs always sing the melodies in the right key? 7:11 What's cool about the vocal harmonies on Bury A Friend by Billie Eilish? 8:48 What resources are there for categorizing intervals/chords/scales by emotion? 10:51 What is your approach to bass fills, specifically in that one Sarah Longfield tune you played over on instagram? (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E20 The Lick in 5/8 for Classical Chamber Ensemble

    • May 17, 2019

    Go check out the full amazing collab over on David Bruce's channel now! https://youtu.be/nWDITMZW1XE Tantacrul's Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCl_dlV_7ofr4qeP1drJQ-qg Ben Levin's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/nimajqeb Nahre Sol's Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC8R8FRt1KcPiR-rtAflXmeg The Chroma Ensemble https://www.chromaensemble.co.uk/ (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E21 I worked for the US State Department as a Jazz Diplomat

    • June 7, 2019

    I toured Central Asia with the 5-piece jazz rock band Aberdeen on behalf of the American State Department for three weeks in May. In other words, I was a j a z z diplomat, and it was seriously one of the most amazing and surreal experiences of my life! The band I was playing bass with was Aberdeen.... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6oGt2M3JjUZ51sRBeqb5g We went to Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, two countries I would never have had the opportunity to go to without a program like American Music Abroad. This program is a direct descendant of similar tour that American jazz bands embarked upon during the 1950's and 1960's to promote American cultural interests around the world at the height of the Cold War. It was an incredible honor to be following in the footsteps of luminaries like Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Dizzie Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. (BTW, the term I used in the beginning of the video, “Jazz Propaganda” should be taken totally tongue-in-cheek as a joke and definitely not literally! We played gigs and conducted educational workshops) Thanks to Mia, our tour manager over at American Music Abroad, the US embassies in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan, the people of Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan, and everybody who made this tour possible. Aberdeen AMA edition was... Brian Plautz - Sax/bandleader Jared Yee - Sax VJ Brown - Guitar C-Bass Chiriboga - Drums Me - BASS American Music Abroad (another shoutout to Mia!) https://amvoices.org/ama/ (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E22 Polyrhythmic Juggling (with Paul Davids)

    • June 25, 2019

    Paul Davids and I worked out how to juggle egg shakers polyrhythmically at Thomann's Gearhead University #tgu19. It turns out that #polyrhythms, when juggled, reveal a lot about coordination and rhythm. Plus, it's a fun meme game. Go play it! If you do, film you and a friend juggling polyrhythms, upload it to the ol' instagram and tag me at its_adamneely, I'll be reposting them on my story. Paul David's kickass channel... https://youtu.be/fxapABEcExA Thanks to Thomann and all of the sponsors of Gearhead University for making this dumb little game possible. Next year I'll play some of your gear, I swear! (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-nee... ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E23 What is Polytonality? | Q+A

    • July 1, 2019

    Exploring Polytonality, musical memes, and picardy thirds! Answering all of your questions about bass and music in general. BASS Many thanks to Brendan Hayes, Jeff T, Ike Zhang, Craig Smith, Jack Mahlmann, Emma and James Weidner for their insightful questions. 0:11 What is Polytonality? 6:40 Stop treating music like a meme! 9:05 What is a Picardy Third? 10:30 How do you keep your wrist straight in the lower registers of Bass Guitar? 11:50 How was music a “lingua franca” when you were on tour in Mongolia? 13:18 Aren’t you a cultural imperialist touring for America? 15:08 Why didn’t you go to the University of Maryland? MOZART A MUSICAL JOKE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAF5b0tTo0 NYO Canada 2017 Good Foundation Chamberfest, Jun 28 Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University Heinrich I. F. Biber: Battalia Á 10 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pYPa1014RA Stravinsky: Petroesjka / Petrouchka Concertgebouw Orchestra Live concert HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esD90diWZds ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E24 Testing 432 Hz Frequencies (and temperaments)

    • July 12, 2019

    432 Hz might be how we should be tuning our instruments, but.... ...most justifications for 432 require it to be in really wacky tuning systems for the numbers to make any sort of numerological sense. I actually tested some of these tuning systems to hear how they sound. THE THREE TUNINGS I USED Sonic Geometry: The Language of Frequency and Form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY74AFQl2qQ Chakra Tuning https://www.chakrakey.com/chakra-frequencies-and-correlations-2/. Stradivari/Verdi Tuning (A = 432 hz, C = 256 hz),  http://www.viewzone.com/432hertz222.html ADDITIONAL READING/WATCHING XXXTentacion was RIGHT!!! (Must See) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IWgovrW-Z0 Frequency of 432 in Equal Temperament http://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreq432.html The Foundations of Scientific Musical Tuning https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/fidelio_archive/1992/fidv01n01-1992Wi/fidv01n01-1992Wi_047-the_foundations_of_scientific_mu.pdf Reynolds Temperament https://roelhollander.eu/en/432-tuning/the-scale-of-fifths/ BODY-TUNER FOR BETTER HEALTH https://www.528records.com/pages/body-tuner-better-health Subjective Frequency Ratings for 432 ASL Signs https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923849/ List of the names of intervals http://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/intervals.html Thumbnail from wikimedia commons (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E25 Is playing to track cheating?

    • July 20, 2019

    My band Sungazer plays to backing tracks - are we cheating? Or are we simply continuing the tradition of Pierre Schaefer and the electroacoustic avant-garde of the 1950's? Or...is that just a pretentious way of justifying lazy practice? I was recently on an episode of PBS Sound Field where I jammed with Nahre Sol, a classical pianist, and LA Buckner, a gospel/R&B drummer, and talked about our different backgrounds and approaches to playing. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABQ_0ys3It0 The band SUNGAZER is... ☀️Adam Neely (that's me!) - Bass ☀️Shawn Crowder - Drums w/ special guests ☀️Jared Yee - Saxophone ☀️Danae Greenfield - Keys Definition of Acousmatic Music http://trondlossius.no/articles/91-acousmatic-music-defined Antoine Hennion. ”As Fast as One Possibly Can ...”: Virtuosity, a Truth of Musical Performance. Stan Hawkins. Critical Musicological Reflections. Essays in Honour of Derek B. Scott, Ashgate, pp.125-138, 2012. ffhal-00771908f ELECTRONIC MUSIC is the new acousmatic music https://brettworks.com/2012/02/13/on-the-trickle-down-of-electronic-dance-music-aesthetics-iii-acousmatic-sound-and-authenticity-at-the-2012-grammy-awards/ The relationship of Husserlian phenomenology to the work of Pierre Schaeffer https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a94f/a63d30a30660da3ce49255f2cfdfbe3d0b9c.pdf 3 Fantaisies for Solo Flute, Op.38 Friedrich Kuhlau Performed by Paolo Dalmoro https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Fantaisies_for_Solo_Flute%2C_Op.38_(Kuhlau%2C_Friedrich) Whitney Houston lip sync https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/whitney-houston-national-anthem-video-super-bowl-51-2017 Obama Inauguration performance was pantomimed https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE

  • S2019E26 Can you guess the interval by its emotion?

    • July 28, 2019

    I asked my friend Ben Levin to guess what intervals matched with which emotional reaction based on the research of music cognition scientist David Huron. Can you guess along with him? BEN LEVIN's sweet YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuHOqDilyLQT4NPXQuVN4Q Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by David Huron https://amzn.to/2JXpAEa (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E27 Why the Katy Perry/Flame lawsuit makes no sense

    • August 2, 2019

    Katy Perry just lost a $2.8 million dollar court case against Christian rapper Flame. The case hinged on the testimony of the plaintiff’s expert musicologist Todd Decker. Legal opinions on the case, and a link to the initial brief https://blogs.law.gwu.edu/mcir/case/marcus-gray-et-al-v-katy-perry-et-al/ Things that sound like Dark Horse/Joyful Noise (but aren’t) https://youtu.be/ux3u31SAeEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3dIsrz3lMI The Switched on Pop Tweet/thread that a lot of these examples came from https://twitter.com/SwitchedOnPop/status/1156248427132383233 Musicologist testifies against Katy Perry https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/07/22/gray-v-perry-musicologist/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFwP6hKpiZQ (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E28 Demystifying Songwriting with Ben Levin

    • August 13, 2019

    Let’s demystify songwriting! Guitarist/YouTuber/Animator Ben Levin and I wrote a song, and we documented the whole process through the initial sketch to the demo to the final live recording. CHECK OUT THE FULL PERFORMANCE https://youtu.be/OgSESWL8H2I (spotify link) https://open.spotify.com/track/6Cy5WRJqNfwlRT7SDMQBlq?si=m_zWeATbTzS7CiLeAj_79w BEN LEVIN’S CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/user/nimajqeb The beautiful band… Jessica Kion - Vocals, Bass Ben Levin - Guitar Shubh Saran - also Guitar Zac Zinger - Shakuhachi, EWI Josh Bailey - Drums, SPD, Audio Engineering Me - Keys, weirdly Liz Maney - Live Videographer Mixed by Adam Neely Mastered by Randy Roos at Squam Sound Hope you enjoy! (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E29 What are Slash Chords? | Q+A

    • August 16, 2019

    Also, can you play an 8/5 time signature, and how do you use the whole tone scale? 0:18 Is the lick a dead meme? 0:31 How can I apply Whole Tone scales to my playing? 1:42 What's the next big thing in music? 2:03 What do (note) over (note) chords mean? 4:43 What is some general advice for practicing music? 4:51 Is the school you went to good for classical? 5:01 What is the most unpleasant chord? 5:22 How long until banjos become a thing again? 5:33 Favorite John Coltrane album? 6:00 What app do you use for chord charts and sheet music for your iPad? 6:14 Name this weird chord! 7:11 How do you get harmonics to ring out on Portrait of Tracy? 7:34 Does Metal come from Classical Music? 7:56 I'm out of love with jazz after I got my degree in it. 8:39 Best exercises for ear training? 8:53 What bass overdrive pedal do you recommend? 9:06 Do you record or perform material first? 9:25 When was the last time you pooped? 9:34 Why do bass players put felt under the strings at the bridge? 10:02 What voicings do you like for chords? 10:21 What's your favorite jazz standard? 10:47 How did you get your gig with Aberdeen? 11:19 On a scale from one to ten, yes or no? 11:23 Where can I see you/your bands perform? 11:38 Do you mix and master your own music? 11:51 Would it be possible for you to make a living off music without your channel? 12:03 Favorite Ellington song? 12:11 Can you play in an 8/5 time signature? 13:40 Would you take a good paying wall-paper gig over a low paying musically rewarding gig? 14:08 I feel like I'm wasting advanced musician's time when they play with me 14:27 Will you come to China and do a TEDx talk? 14:31 Why did you use Soundtrap in your thank u, next video? 15:05 Do you write charts for Sungazer? (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely

  • S2019E30 The 7 Levels of Jazz Harmony

    • August 29, 2019

    Ya like jazz? You will! There are 7 levels of Jazz Harmony, and we'll explore each of them through reharmonizing the chorus of one of my favorite tunes from 2019 - Lizzo's Juice. Thanks to Jae Soto for singing! OUTRO TRACK (Dilla Beat + Intonalist Harmony) https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/it-aint-my-fault Level 1 - "Bell Pepper" - II-V’s and other basic tonal movements Level 2 - "Poblano Pepper" - Sub V’s and other stuff Level 3 - "Jalepeño Pepper" - Crazy chromatic extensions Level 4 - "Piri Piri Pepper"- Constant Structures and Pedal Point Level 5 - "Habenero Pepper"- Free non-functional harmony Level 6 - "Ghost Pepper"- Liberated Dissonance Level 7 - "???" - Xenharmony These 7 levels aren't meant to be exhaustive in terms of the harmonic techniques of jazz musicians - there really are way too many to get into for a single YouTube video - but they can be useful as a general guide to the FEELING of different kinds of harmonic ideas. As an added bonus, they're roughly in chronological order in terms of when each level occurred on the timeline of jazz history, although no single musician was ever working so formally. Jae Soto (singer) https://www.youtube.com/jaesotomusic (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E31 YouTubers React to Experimental Music

    • September 9, 2019

    I played a piece by Maryanne Amacher to a bunch of YouTubers and filmed their reactions. Insane stuff! Listen to the full album that “Chorale” is off of! (It starts at 51:25) Maryanne Amacher ‎– Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear) - 1999 https://vimeo.com/88559973 Thanks to #Thomann for flying me out to German for #TGU19, and thanks to Pete Thorn, Mary Spender, Paul Davids, samuraiguitarist, Jayme Lewis (The Bassist), Nathan Navarro and Patrick Hunter for reacting to weird music. Clinical usage of Otoacoustic Emissions https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/63/1/223/377500 Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614374/ Interview with Maryanne Amacher NEW MUSIC USA https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/extremities-maryanne-amacher-in-conversation-with-frank-j-oteri/ Bill Dietz & Robert The — Maryanne Amacher Archive: Proposed: Creation of a VR Character M.A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3BObKceqJE Difference tone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AYlsLNTjrc (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E32 What are 6/9 chords? | Q+A

    • September 16, 2019

    Also...who are the most influential keyboard players in jazz today, and what are some good tips on combating stage fright? Sungazer is going on tour! Check out the tickets here… https://www.songkick.com/artists/8469503-sungazer 0:15 Just intonation is “true level” 0:50 What are 6/9 chords? 4:03 Why is this on my feed? I don’t like jazz 4:18 Are the color associations in your videos synesthetic? 5:29 Who are modern influential keyboard players in jazz music? 8:04 Why did you spell an A7(#9) with a B# and not a C? 10:03 What does “vibed” mean? 11:06 How does one play level 7 jazz harmony live? 11:45 How does one avoid stage fright? 12:48 Is burning my finger tips a good idea to develop callouses? 13:45 Sungazer is going on tour! (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E33 The gig ended with a really, really, really long V7 chord

    • September 24, 2019

    I played a gig with Grace Kelly down in Annapolis, and she took a really, really, really long cadenza on a V7 chord to end the show. Hope you enjoy this gig vlog! Check out Grace Kelly here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8wh1hREqUsCwtZP2iwvVg Grace Kelly - Sax, Voice, bandleading stuff Phillipe Lemm - Drums Jorn Swart - Keys, tracks (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E34 5 Composition Games (to play with your musical friends)

    • September 30, 2019

    I hung out with my buds in the prog rock band Bent Knee and we played some composition games together - fun rainy day activities that help to inspire musical thought! BENT KNEE https://www.bentkneemusic.com/ Bent Knee is (in order of appearance) Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth - drums Ben Levin - guitar Jessica Kion - bass Courtney Swain - lead vocals & keyboards Chris Baum - violin Vince Welch - sound design/synth/guitar A big thanks to Brad Krieger, Chaimes Parker and BIG NICE STUDIO! The studio was both big, and nice. Definitely on-brand. https://www.bignicestudio.com/ ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E35 How to make Microtonal Lo-Fi Hip Hop

    • October 13, 2019

    Click here http://harrys.com/adamneely to get your Starter Set from Harry’s for just $3, and you too can be as smooth as these smooth microtonal chord progressions. DOWNLOAD THE TWO TRACKS HERE 4 free... https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/album/two-microtonal-lo-fi-jams Some killing equipentatonic music from Ghana… https://youtu.be/JdLCHxsdgcw …and some more equipentatonic music from Uganda (SICK)… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8HsXKZFPlc TUN files for use with the Zebra 2 plugin https://app.box.com/s/6flif1bsnb (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E36 Reharmonizing Hello

    • October 22, 2019

    Reharmonizing Adele's 2015 hit Hello with Jason Robert Brown chords™️, senza vibrato string glissandi and a sick sax solo at Studio 42 in Brooklyn, NY. Watch just the music video without all the boring explainery stuff here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLIqYiQGSJM JAE SOTO was the featured singer, check out her stuff here: https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinaSoto The track is available to download/stream wherever you stream your music! The band (Adam Neely's J A Z Z S C H O O L) Zac Zinger - Alto Sax, Long Shakuhachi Brian Plautz - Tenor Sax Jared Yee - Tenor Sax Josh Plotner - Big boi Baritone Sax Ben Seacrist - Trumpet Billy Duffy - Trombone Seth Weaver - Trombone Audrey Hayes - Violin Meitar Forkosh - Violin Yumi Oshima - Viola Aaron Stokes - Cello Shubh Saran - Guitar Micha Gilad - Keys Josh Bailey - Drums Audio and Video Recorded at Studio 42 (thanks Alessio, Vitor, Brendan, et all!) https://www.studio42brooklyn.com/ (sub to their YouTube channel! cool stuff) https://www.youtube.com/c/Studio42Brooklyn Randy Roos - Audio Mastering (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some more of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E37 I played 10 gigs in 1 weekend

    • November 4, 2019

    I played a lot at the 2019 Cork Guinness Jazz Festival. Like...a lot. Way too much. It probably wasn't healthy. The Clubs Bandleader/vocals/other stuff - Ian Kirkman Background Vox - Malaya Sol Guitar - Curtis Brewer Trombone - Kevmo (Kevin Moehringer) Saxophone - Jim Piela Drums - Josh Bailey The Cranes Keys, Vocals, Saxophone, Guitar - Dylan Howe Fiddle, Vocals, Guitar - Clare Sands Drums - Brendan Fennessy Hugh Buckley Group Guitar - Hugh Buckley Trombone - Paul Dunlea Sax (sitting in) - Jim Piela Drums - Josh Bailey (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E38 How can I learn the bass clef quicker? | Q+A

    • November 9, 2019

    Get 30% OFF your first bag of coffee with Trade Coffee when you click here http://bit.ly/tradeneely  and use my code NEELY Thanks for asking insightful questions! Follow me on instagram if you'd like. Or not. I just post a lot of extra content there. OH, also, had to edit my answer to the video's title a bit because the audio got messed up and so it wasn't really a full answer, but to add on to what I mentioned... READ a lot of music, and do it frequently. IMSLP.org is a great resource for a lot of free, legal out-of-print sheet music, and going through and reading as much as you can will give you tons of practice. Reading sheet music is like reading a foreign language, which can be brutally difficult in the beginning, but eventually becomes as natural as "speaking" language, like performing music. It just takes time and lots of patience. SUNGAZER on tour Nov 13-20 https://www.songkick.com/artists/8469503-sungazer INSIDE OUTSIDE LINKS https://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com/ https://youtu.be/Sg217eaBbhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0omEm7GLjD0 (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E39 4/20 Time Signatures

    • November 25, 2019

    Yes, they do exist, and here is how Shubh Saran and his band use this forbidden fruit of memey time signature. #playsober, guys. SHUBH SARAN https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPwNoDtpob6Q2zg97C1MYg By the way, as far as I know, Shubh Saran does not smoke up. I don't smoke up. Nobody in his band regularly smokes up. It's just a weird coincidence that I now have two of these videos with him in it. Go figure. DAVID BRUCE - The rhythms of Tigran Hamasyan https://youtu.be/80K3pQgTIvU Irrational Time Signatures https://youtu.be/cQ9yI4dtuGQ Play Sober!!! https://youtu.be/KEnHP8Z0YWw ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E40 What key is Sweet Home Alabama in?

    • December 3, 2019

    It's in D. Thanks for watching! Actually, it might be a bit more complicated than that. It, along with many other songs in Rock and Pop music, uses a chord loop vamp as its harmonic scheme, and because of that, it might show something that ethnomusicologist Peter Manuel calls "Dual Tonicity." So...it's kind of in both the key of D and G at the same time. Neat! Ethan Hein’s Blog Post on Phillip Tagg http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2017/philip-taggs-everyday-tonality/ Phillip Tagg’s Everyday Tonality https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Everyday%20Tonality:%20Towards%20a%20Tonal%20Theory%20of%20What%20Most%20People%20Hear,%20by%20Philip%20Tagg Peter Manuel’s Paper on Dual Tonicity in Spanish/Latin American Muiscs https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215646571_From_Scarlatti_to_Guantanamera_Dual_Tonicity_in_Spanish_and_Latin_American_Musics Paul David's rock video https://youtu.be/eBXaKNAfmHw Twitter thread https://twitter.com/adamneelybass/status/1200820755593912323 Sweet Home Alabama Live versions used https://youtu.be/6GxWmSVv-cY https://youtu.be/sDz2rVgv0uM Celia Cruz + Fania All Stars - Guantanamera https://youtu.be/1_uamNoDhP4

  • S2019E41 My Band's First Tour

    • December 16, 2019

    My band Sungazer and Shubh Saran's band toured together as part of #shubhgazer2019 across the east and southern US in November of 2019. Here us is the vlog thing we put together. SHUBHGAZER POSITIVITY TOUR 2019 Check out a live video of Shubh's band at Charlie's in Norfolk (and more BTS footage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVuZj7xdPD8 Sungazer is... Bass/Programming - Adam Neely Drums - Shawn Crowder (joined by Christian Li, Jared Yee, Josh Bailey, and also by Zac Zinger and Angelo Spam) Thanks to Shubh Saran for all his help, as well as Brian Plautz for that fire song he wrote at the Canal Club in Richmond. Big thanks to Liz Maney for videoing and photoing and helping edit stuff.

  • S2019E42 Christmas Microtonal Lo-Fi Hip Hop

    • December 23, 2019

    What does Christmas music sound like when it's microtonal? And when a lo-fi beat is put behind it? Let's find out! Playing some 24TET and 19TET and 17TET Christmas tunes. 0:11 Christmas Time is Here (in 24-tone equal temperament) 2:26 Jingle Bells (in 19-tone equal temperament) 5:50 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (in 17-tone equal temperament) Listen to these three microtonal tracks as well as their "de-microtonalized" 12-TET versions on my Christmas EP on bandcamp right here! https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-microtonal-lo-fi-hip-hop-ep ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2019E43 How do you make lo-fi hip hop? | Q+A

    • December 30, 2019

    Also, lots of other questions like “What’s it like playing with 2 drummers?” “What key is Rihanna’s Umbrella in? and What are your thoughts on Thank You Scientist?” CHECK OUT SUNGAZER TOUR DATES (and other gigs) below http://www.adamneely.com/gigs Ted Gioia’s How to Listen to Jazz https://amzn.to/2ZHJ6La How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and why you should care) https://amzn.to/37jENYR Shawn Crowder’s sweet quintuplet playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QYqOYriy5rb3zrHZHIQtP?si=cQwasu22TcifvS11cpldBQ Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town musical recording that you should actually listen to (other recordings aren’t nearly as badass, this shit slaps. give it an afternoon to listen to. you won’t regret it. its spicy and delicious) https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CU74e2MBCPm4MH9veaVVW?si=EReKazVsS0Crw6cowiOlMw Tonal Ambiguity in Popular Music’s Axis Progressions http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.3/mto.17.23.3.richards.html 0:53 How do you make lo-fi hip hop?’ 1:36 Do you want to collaborate with Davie504? 1:42 How do you think people with perfect pitch feel about microtonal music? 2:53 Are you good at piano? 3:26 Is Pink Floyd’s “Money” jazz? 3:36 Cmaj7#11? 3:49 Rhythm games becoming a means of enjoying a song?’ 4:04 How to listen to jazz? 4:17 Song/Album of the decade? 4:21 Motown or Atlantic 4:25 Hablas español? 4:27 Is music profitable? 5:04 What are the practical uses of microtones? 5:25 How do you stay fresh with rhythms while composing? 5:45 Who is your favorite male jazz vocalist? 5:52 Is it hard playing with two drummers? 7:26 Have you ever listened to Greek music? 8:08 Why is 12TET the vibe in Western Music? 9:07 Why haven’t we seen a microtonal jazz fusion cover of single ladies in 4/20 yet? 9:15 How to develop a good work ethic with practicing? 9:32 Is it more important to study technique or theory? 10:28 Thoughts on Thank You Scientist? 10:32 What am I supposed to be thinking about while soloing? 11:

Season 2020

  • S2020E01 Run Away With Me, reharmonized (feat. Kate Steinberg)

    • January 9, 2020

    Carly Rae Jepsen's Run Away with Me, but like...a lot of jazz chords and orchestration and stuff. 808's, djents, and a sax solo by the legendary Jared Yee. Come listen to this band play this tune live on Feb. 4 at le Poisson Rouge in NYC. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-nychillharmonic-aberdeen-adam-neelys-jazz-school-tickets-85165669811 Listen to the tune on Spotify! Our now! The Band (Adam Neely's Jazz School) Vocals - Kate Steinberg (check out her project Emily Prime https://spoti.fi/2sTSwHf) Trumpet - Ben Seacrist Trombone - Billy Duffy Trombone - Seth Weaver Alto Sax - Zac Zinger Tenor Sax - Brian Plautz Tenor Sax - Jared Yee (solo boy) Bari Sax - Josh Plotner Violin - Audrey Hayes Violin - Meitar Forkosh Viola - Yumi Oshima Cello - Aaron Stokes Bass/arrangement - me, lol 6-string guitar - Shubh Saran 7-string guitar - Tyreek Jackson Keys - Micha Gilad DURMS - Josh Bailey Audio and Video Recorded at Studio 42 (thanks Alessio, Vitor, Brendan, et all!) https://www.studio42brooklyn.com/ Mixing/Production - Adam Neely Audio Mastering - Randy Roos

  • S2020E02 7 Modern Arranging Techniques

    • January 13, 2020

    Here are seven T H I C C arranging techniques I used in my arrangement of Carly Rae Jepsen's Run Away With Me at studio 42, featuring Kate Steinberg (aka Emily Prime) The Run Away with Me video https://youtu.be/uRsZhLpHtEA The "Death of Melody" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Vn9V-tRCo 1. Sidechain Emulation 2. Unusual Modal Mixture 3. This Chord 4. String Quartet 5. 808's 6. Autotune 7. 12/8 syncopation Booya. (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E03 The Music You Hate

    • January 19, 2020

    Why do we hate the music that we do? I think it is partially because of a musical "uncanny valley" where we have a revulsion to things that are somewhat like what we connect with, but fall incredibly flat for some reason or another. Recommend me some CCM! (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E04 Analyzing Demi Lovato's arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl

    • February 3, 2020

    Last night Demi Lovato sang a Whitney Houston-inspired rendition of the American National Anthem at the Super Bowl, but the orchestral arrangement behind her vocals was...maybe a little weak. Let's take a look at it. (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E05 Every Melody Has Been Copyrighted (and they're all on this hard drive)

    • February 8, 2020

    I sat down to talk with Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin about their project to copyright every possible melody, and why that's a good thing. The TedX talk: https://youtu.be/sJtm0MoOgiU VSauce "Will We Ever Run Out of New Music" https://youtu.be/DAcjV60RnRw (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E06 Learning to Like Contemporary Christian Music (the music I hate)

    • February 15, 2020

    I spent a week trying to like CCM. I'm not sure if I succeeded, but I did learn about the idea of musicking, and music as an action rather than a thing. Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening https://amzn.to/2vhsrTA Don Moen Thank You Lord (Don't Overplay) workshop https://youtu.be/d6Y3PCYgjkg Pete Seeger - Michael Row the Boat Ashore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd_5-2kCzfs Signals Music Studio's video on Bro Country https://youtu.be/C-1ylXxKNGQ Mozart actually liked people clapping https://www.therestisnoise.com/2005/02/applause_a_rest.html (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E07 Touring with a Prog Rock Big Band

    • February 24, 2020

    A look into the logistics of touring with Sara McDonald's NYChillharmonic, a DIY Prog/Jazz Big Band. It gets hectic! Listen to the NYChillharmonic https://thenychillharmonic.bandcamp.com/releases NYChillharmonic's rhythm section on the midwest mini tour - Bass - Me, lol Durms - Jursh Bailey Keys - Eitan Kenner Guitar - Amit Peled (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E08 What is Your Musical IQ?

    • February 19, 2020

    I take a musical IQ test designed by a cognitive research team at Harvard! An IQ test that, perhaps not surprisingly, is quite Eurocentric in its conception of musical intelligence. Take the Musical IQ test yourself! https://www.themusiclab.org/quizzes/miq Cross-Cultural Studies of Musical Pitch Perception/ Curr. Biol., Sept. 19, 2019 (Vol. 29, Issue 19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn0oj6SdZ7c Cross-cultural studies of musical pitch and time https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ca62/cda2aceec38b61941b59ea4f99018f3ad5d1.pdf The primal role of the vestibular system in determining musical rhythm Trainor LJ1, Gao X, Lei JJ, Lehtovaara K, Harris LR. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19054504 Sid Sriram On Wednesday,11/01/2017 [INDIAN CARNATIC MUSIC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIQlQyq59rU JUARA 1 KENDANG SMP : Agus Herry ( SMPN 1 DPS ) PSR 2019 Denpasar [JAVENSE GAMELAN MUSIC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0pGK0HIzQ Pedrito Martinez Group La Luna Live at Guantanamera in New York City YouTube [SPICY SALSA DELICIOUSNESS] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amkb7ooZXdc (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E09 Are these 2 rhythms the same?

    • March 10, 2020

    Yesn't. And besides...what do we mean by "the same?" The original thread on twitter.... https://twitter.com/darkmusictheory/status/1232689934680678400 Dramatis Personae- Brian Plautz Shawn Crowder Shubh Saran Josh Bailey Jared Yee ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E10 Why are these chords so COOL? | Q+A

    • March 13, 2020

    Also, what trends do you see becoming popular in pop music, and is bossa nova considered "jazz?" Some links to things in the video.... Japanese Music Notation (shakuhachi music) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJPnCaIy80&t=670s Hiromi Return of the Kung Fu Champion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk7_dXIKt0Y Conlon Nancarrow, Study for Player Piano No. 40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFiq19-KSE

  • S2020E11 How to turn EMOJIS into music

    • March 23, 2020

    Ben Levin and I sit down and try to make music out of emojis...to predictably wacky results. Emojis are ambiguous yet meaningful...just like music, so this was a fun experiment. Ben levin's super cool YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuHOqDilyLQT4NPXQuVN4Q (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E12 14 Years of YouTube

    • April 2, 2020

    I've been making YouTube videos since the very beginning of YouTube - my first upload was February 2006, so I thought it would be fun to take a look back at over 14 years of YouTube content. William O’Hara’s blog on the Techne of YouTube http://www.williamohara.net/blog/2019/11/22/smt-2019-talk-the-techne-of-youtube Kiri Miller's Book Playing Along (the culture of early YouTube music education) https://amzn.to/3dQ1NTi A LIST OF ALL THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS CITED IN THIS VIDEO (they were too long to properly cite in this description) https://docs.google.com/document/d/16DIJCuQ1Yqx3Y3yMX6J2-PfzH7F8ehXRBNCH38N3i8Y/edit?usp=sharing Thanks for watching everybody! Adam

  • S2020E13 Benedetti's Puzzle (mathematically impossible music)

    • April 13, 2020

    Italian mathematician Giovanni Battista Benedetti wrote several letter to the composer Cipriano de Rore, the contents of which contained several puzzles that demonstrate the issues of tuning music to pure intervals. “Comma Pump,” the the phenomenon that Benedetti describes. What is it? And why should we care?? Just Intonation in Renaissance Theory & Practice, Introduction https://casfaculty.case.edu/ross-duffin/just-intonation-in-renaissance-theory-practice/introduction/ Pitch Drift in Choral Music https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~hiroko/pitchdrift/paper221A.pdf Os justi - The mouth of the righteous - A Bruckner - 2015 https://youtu.be/XnGqVIW51JA Schoenberg on Comma Pumps https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11898/natural-vs-tempered-semi-tones Benedetti: example for comma pump in a letter to Cipriano de Rore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn0VZInlhoo Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Battista Benedetti, and the Just Tuning Conundrum Ross w. Duffin https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.JAF.5.115544 Diversarum speculationum mathematicarum et physicarum liber (1585) http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/ECHOdocuView?url=/mpiwg/online/permanent/library/163127KK&viewMode=images&pn=5 Dictionary of the History of Ideas MUSIC AND SCIENCE http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=DicHist/uvaBook/tei/DicHist3.xml;chunk.id=dv3-32 JUST INTONATION by Joe Monzo http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/j/just.aspx (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E14 Simplify! (how to get good at music)

    • April 19, 2020

    Giving good faith critiques of viewer's musicianship. How to get good at music! Follow me on instagram to find out when the next round of submissions will be @its_adamneely. Many thanks to the 700+ who submitted! If yours wasn't selected, please submit again when the next round of submissions is announced. Victor Wooten - Isn't She Lovely https://youtu.be/eynnYLXW3Fo ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E15 What's in between Major and Minor chords? | Q+A

    • April 27, 2020

    Also, how did you write a musical in 24 hours, do you like barbershop harmony, and what's your favorite intro to the Wire? ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E16 The Worst Jazz Solo of All Time

    • May 16, 2020

    This solo from 1956 is really, really bad. Let's analyze it. Get started with your free MONTH trial of Curiosity Stream + Nebula here! https://curiositystream.com/adamneely Listen to the Jones Girl (alt take) - The Five Satins https://youtu.be/Pt76-vvCGWs "Flying Home" by Illinois Jacquet (1942) https://youtu.be/45sVjkW6d30 Illinois Jacquet obituary https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/23/arts/illinois-jacquet-81-sax-playing-bandleader.html Red Prysock - Hand Clappin’ https://youtu.be/kxFl65HomYI Big Jay McNeely - Deacon’s Hop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKwU-EW6mk Big Jay McNeely Obituary https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/big-jay-mcneely-randb-sax-player-whose-rollicking-style-helped-lay-foundations-of-rock-dies-at-91/2018/09/18/8ede4544-bab4-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html Book with a history of Jones Girl https://books.google.com/books?id=G_QvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=Vinny+Mazzetta&source=bl&ots=PrQYeemfDY&sig=ACfU3U3FzW1Uw62nDkMuPTCrK6Kw28Glpw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJkcC-lv_oAhW0gnIEHUXHCEoQ6AEwE3oECDMQAQ#v=onepage&q=Vinny%20Mazzetta&f=false Article about Saxophonist Vinny Mazetta https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/RANDALL-BEACH-Vinny-played-sax-The-Five-Satins-11620034.php Interview with Five Satins singer Jim Freeman https://omny.fm/shows/big-jims-house-podcast/jim-freeman-former-member-of-the-five-satins Elliott Carter - Eight Etudes and a Fantasty for Woodwind Quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC0ZtZS0j_o David Bruce Composer’s excellent video on composing with one note https://youtu.be/tHVwHKFL_M0 Tony Lakatos' "one-note solo" Transcription https://youtu.be/1DRTQkU7Kx8 Ligeti - György Ligeti - Musica Ricercata https://youtu.be/nIs3jechQ_E One Note Improv Teaching resource https://bradleysowash.com/blog/one-note-improv Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsF_NJZ4El4 The R&B Saxophone Player list https://tamingthesaxophone.com/blues-

  • S2020E17 Groove! (how to get good at music)

    • May 26, 2020

    Critiquing viewer submissions! Thanks to all who submitted, it takes guts to be reviewed on a stage like this. Hopefully we all can learn from each other, and help each other to be the best musician we can be. (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E18 The ****ed up legacy of the arrest of Miles Davis

    • June 4, 2020

    black lives matter ACLU: https://action.aclu.org/give/now MORE RESOURCES: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ DONATE WITH NO MONEY: https://youtu.be/bCgLa25fDHM we got people playing pianos (playboi carti cover) https://youtu.be/4M_93PRQzLw Peace, Adam

  • S2020E19 How to make Polytonal Lo-Fi Hip Hop (with science!)

    • June 15, 2020

    Get started with your FREE Nebula Subscription bundled with Curiosity Stream here! https://curiositystream.com/adamneely Using some ideas pioneered by our main man Vincent Persichetti, we’re going to make some Polytonal Lo-Fi Hip Hop in more than one key at the same time. How? Using science! Andrew Huang’s excellent intro to the Harmonic Series! https://youtu.be/Wx_kugSemfY Listen to this tracks for FREE on bandcamp. https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/album/polytonal-lo-fi (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E20 What are "Nested Tuplets?" | Q+A

    • June 23, 2020

    The first 1000 people who click this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium! https://skl.sh/adamneely Shawn Crowder’s sick video on tuplets! https://youtu.be/xv05y31U1p4 Shawn Crowder's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiPApSjDJ_ShVUbCFZRzxQQ Brian Krock's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/briankrock (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E21 The Girl From Ipanema is a far weirder song than you thought

    • July 15, 2020

    Brazilian bossa nova isn't elevator music, it's actually really complicated! Let's find out why! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/adamneely Sources: https://bit.ly/32moHOP Thanks to Martina da Silva for being the voice of the Girl from Ipanema! http://martinadasilvamusic.com/ 0:00 Introduction 2:42 A brief history of Bossa Nova 8:35 Melodic sequences 13:25 The Blues countermelody 17:43 Harmony and ambiguity 24:29 Bridge comparison Ribeiro vs. Gilberto 27:25 Context and poetic deletion https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/g-a-r-o-t-a (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely http://www.twitter.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E22 So...bass solos kinda sound like cartoon whales | VIEWER CRITIQUES

    • July 20, 2020

    How to get good at music viewer critiques! The first 1000 people who click this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium! https://skl.sh/adamneely2 Many thanks to the people who submitted, you guys are amazing! QUINTUPLET SWING PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QYqOYriy5rb3zrHZHIQtP?si=cj_LXr_1SFyJ9pTjk9fOTg (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E23 Deepfake Text-to-Speech (but it's a new form of jazz)

    • August 3, 2020

    We harmonized deepfake Jay-Z reading the Navy Seals copypasta, and learned a lot about rhythm! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/adamneely Thanks to LegalEagle for the surprise cameo! https://www.youtube.com/c/LegalEagle The original Vocal Synthesis Jay-Z Navy Seals Copypasta https://youtu.be/MpEbfzztALM JKXCM - Bombs over Baghdad https://youtu.be/GI27z_eFlIA Thanks to Josh Bailey and Chris McCarthy for their badass musicianship. (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E24 Does music need an audience? | Q+A

    • August 10, 2020

    Also, why is bass mixed so low in contemporary pop, my thoughts on Juilian Lage, and polytempo! Thanks to everybody who submitted! Make sure to follow me over at instagram @its_adamneely to participate in the next Instagram Q+A. (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E25 Music Theory and White Supremacy

    • September 7, 2020

    Thanks to Phil Ewell and his paper: https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.20.26.2/mto.20.26.2.ewell.html Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/adamneely SOURCES https://bit.ly/2ZdxpMW 0:00 Introduction 2:53 Part I - The White Racial Frame of Music Theory 8:28 Part iim - North Indian Theory and Perspectives 16:52 Part IIIm7b5 - Alternative Perspectives to Western Theory 22:04 Part IVmaj7 - Music isn’t a Universal 28:24 Part V7(b9,#9,b13) - Heinrich Schenker 36:16 Part vim - Responses to Phil Ewell 40:19 Part viio - Coda (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E26 Why do horn players have TERRIBLE rhythm? | Q+A

    • September 14, 2020

    Answering your burning musical questions! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) http://www.curiositystream.com/adamneely EXTENDED VERSION (available on nebula) https://watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-why-do-horn-players-have-terrible-rhythm-qa (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E27 Why are there so few rap cover songs?

    • September 21, 2020

    What makes hip hop un-coverable? Why don't rappers ever cover other rappers? The first 1000 people click this link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership! https://skl.sh/adamneely09201 Watch this video without ads over at my streaming service Nebula! https://watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-why-rap-covers-dont-exist Ethan Hein's blog: http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/ More sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13SC7gHMrX-Su7pvjprG-UqL2ZFIWTqGxOEMFi0-gXtI/edit?usp=sharing (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E28 Making Advanced™️ Kids Music (odd meters, metric Modulation, etc)

    • October 2, 2020

    YouTubers made, and then reacted to a really weird kid's album with strange meters! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) http://www.curiositystream.com/adamneely Listen to the album, Tuplets for Toddler here, or wherever you stream your music! (Spotify, etc!) https://tupletsfortoddlers.bandcamp.com/album/tuplets-for-toddlers "All proceeds from this album will be going directly to Save the Children UK. Save the Children exists to help every child reach their full potential. In the UK and around the world, they make sure that children stay safe, healthy and keep learning, so they can become who they want to be. Last year, 38.7 million children were reached directly by Save the Children’s movement in over 100 countries. Responding to ongoing emergencies in Yemen, Syria, as well as the recent explosion in Beirut, we are delighted to be raising funds to contribute to this ongoing support." Thanks to Alan Stewart for organizing this! Go check out the Numberphile Podcast now! https://youtu.be/Psq_tnDCDNY https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTfl24SP1qRn00D_AItf0TA Watch the extended version of this video here https://watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-10-youtubers-made-advanced-kids-music-odd-meters-etc 0:00 Intro 2:06 The Itsy Bitsy Spider in Quintuplets 4:20 BINGO in 5/4 (mostly) 7:30 London Bridge in Mixed Meter 10:52 Ring-a-ring o' Roses in Free Time 14:07 Wind the Bobbin Up in 11/8 16:36 Hickory Dickory Dock in Polyrhythm 18:34 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Additive Meter 20:32 Frère Jacques in 7/4 24:44 Row, Row, Row the Boat in Tempo Canon 27:31 Ants Marchin in Metric Modulation Shawn Crowder https://www.youtube.com/user/scrowdrlrr Ben Levin https://www.youtube.com/user/nimajqeb Aimee Nolte https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZIB_p5AgVVdxgkYWHeUy-Q Justice Cow https://www.youtube.com/user/Bassinthefaceica David Bruce Composer https://www.youtube.com/user/davidbrucedotnet Tantacrul htt

  • S2020E29 Turning BASS into violin (using AI)

    • October 19, 2020

    Turning my BASS into a violin...checkmate Davie504?? The first 1000 people click this link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership! https://skl.sh/adamneely10201 Play with the Tone Transfer tech yourself here! https://sites.research.google/tonetransfer Andrew Huang's video: https://youtu.be/f8CdZxWj--A Listen to the Chill AI track I produced here: https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/a-i-lo-fi-1 Watch this video ad-free on Nebula! https://watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-turning-bass-into-violin-using-ai (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E30 What is the "Misty Chord?" | Q+A

    • October 29, 2020

    Answering your questions about esoteric subjects in music theory! Also, what is "swing percentage?" And are polyrhythms/tuplets just gimmicks? Watch this video on Nebula ad-free! https://watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-what-is-the-misty-chord-qa (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E31 How live music works during COVID-19

    • November 2, 2020

    Playing a concert during a pandemic with the NYChillharmonic! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/adamneely The NYChillharmonic https://open.spotify.com/artist/4GgYMBRSU2nkvHE2MtdiEu?si=Q-nq45TlTC2Q49GFGa-ZYw Shubh Saran https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPwNoDtpob6Q2zg97C1MYg ma twitch https://www.twitch.tv/its_adamneely Some additional reading: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-concerts-return-covid-pandemic-1065663/ https://twitter.com/Vienna_Phil/status/1262351655888211968 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/arts/music/1918-flu-pandemic-coronavirus-classical-music.html https://medium.com/the-riff/how-musicians-survived-the-1918-pandemic-28308dd7e88 https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/fluresponse.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-concerts-return-covid-pandemic-1065663/ https://twitter.com/itm_nlab/status/1293462412184739840 (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E32 Don't use 7ths, use 9ths!

    • November 10, 2020

    Viewer critiques! Let's go learn how to get good at music! 0:00 Intro 0:15 Cool Neo-Soul Band 3:12 Sick two-bass arrangement (with 9ths and no 7ths!) 6:37 Fun funky sax overdub 8:27 Folk jazz recorder music in 5/8 10:47 Wonky jazz-trap song 13:16 Art 14:30 Neat arrangement of I'll Be Seeing You 16:15 Moody jazzz 17:38 Friends meme (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2020E33 Making the LOCRIAN scale sound GOOD? (ft. Paul Davids, Ben Levin, Nahre Sol and Samurai Guitarist)

    • November 17, 2020

  • S2020E34 Thelonious Monk's 25 Tips for Musicians

    • November 23, 2020

  • S2020E35 Can you play the Mario Kart Lick on BASS? | Q+A

    • November 30, 2020

  • S2020E36 Christmas Songs, but they're in a 15/16 time signature

    • December 15, 2020

  • S2020E37 Making a NEVER-ENDING Neural Net Bass Solo (ft. Dadabots)

    • December 21, 2020

  • S2020E38 The Hidden Benefits of Bass Face (how to get good at music)

    • December 30, 2020

Season 2021

  • S2021E01 The Music Theory of Tik Tok Sea Shanties

    • January 19, 2021

    Arrr you ready to analyze some sea shanties?! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $12 per year (41% off!) https://curiositystream.com/adamneely The extended version of this video https://watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-the-music-theory-of-sea-shanties-extended 0:00 Intro 1:02 History and origin of Sea Shanties 3:40 Type of Sea Shanties and their musical characteristics 6:56 Analyzing vocal syllable content (ft. Mama Neely) 8:45 A brief meme history of the Wellerman/Tik Tok Shanties 11:18 Antiphonal Music Some sources https://bit.ly/3sNaFAS Very cool website where you can hear field recordings from Alan Lomax of sea shanties, work songs, and more! http://research.culturalequity.org/

  • S2021E02 Lady Gaga's MIXED METER Star Spangled Banner?!

    • January 21, 2021

    Analyzing Lady Gaga's version of the star spangled banner she sang for Joe Biden's inauguration. It's pretty cool! it's this https://youtu.be/HezPdHTwdGA

  • S2021E03 Making the LYDIAN scale sound UGLY? (ft. Shubh Saran, Justice Cow, Music is Win and Aimee Nolte)

    • January 26, 2021

    Making the Lydian scale sound...ugly ft. Music is Win, Aimee Nolte, Shubh Saran and Justice Cow! Shubh Saran https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPwNoDtpob6Q2zg97C1MYg Justice Cow https://www.youtube.com/user/Bassinthefaceica Aimee Nolte https://www.youtube.com/user/NolteFam Music is Win https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCshiNtfJ7Dj3nlh41a6M-kg 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Shubh Saran 3:59 Justice Cow 7:06 Aimee Nolte 10:46 Music is Win 14:11 Adam Neely MIXTAPE (the songs without the commentary) https://youtu.be/diCQn_Du_V8 LYDIAN RULES

  • S2021E04 What is the most dissonant interval? | Q+A

    • February 3, 2021

    Answering yer questions!

  • S2021E05 Why you DON'T want Perfect Pitch

    • February 8, 2021

    Perfect Pitch is awesome! But I never would want it for myself, and here's why!

  • S2021E06 How do you get that t h i c c bass tone? | Q+A

    • February 17, 2021

    Answering your questions about music!

  • S2021E07 What Key is Hey Joe in?

    • March 15, 2021

    It's in E.

  • S2021E08 Making an ENTIRE album in 24 Hours (Beautiful and Tragic)

    • March 22, 2021

    How we recorded “Beautiful and Tragic,” an album written in a day! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15 per year (26% off!) http://www.curiositystream.com/adamneely Listen to the album “Beautiful and Tragic"! https://sptfy.com/9QH4 0:00 Intro 03:42 10am 06:05 11am 08:46 12pm 11:21 1pm 13:44 2pm 15:52 3pm 16:09 4pm 19:50 5pm 21:45 6pm 27:04 9:30 pm 27:41 10pm 30:27 12am 31:07 1am 32:40 2am 33:44 4:20 am (nice) 35:31 5am 37:52 7:30am 39:40 8:57am Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday March 23 9pm- Wednesday March 24 9pm when we do it again over on my Twitch! twitch.tv/its_adamneely Beautiful and Tragic was recorded by… Adam Neely - Lots of stuff Ben Levin - Lots of stuff Justice Cow - Vocals (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsI0-WFS_KkkhiJlQAMeRKQ) Fire-Toolz - Vocals (https://fire-toolz.bandcamp.com/) Josh Bailey - Durms Josh Plotner - Contrabass pan flute, Sheng, Fujara, Gaita, Flute, Alto Flute, Alto Saxophone, Contrabass Recorder, Bass Clarinet, and more probably (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLD0Y_j9XMwSMGob6IdQtRw) Mixing by Angel Marcloid @ Angel Hair Audio Mastered by Randy Roos Video Editing by Liz Maney Many thanks to the donations that came in for RAICES! https://tiltify.com/+defgecd/24-hour-album-stream-for-raices Learn more about RAICES https://www.raicestexas.org/ (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2021E09 Reharmonizing John Mayer - Last Train Home (2 months before it existed)

    • March 30, 2021

    Reharmonizing "Last Train Home," a song Mary Spender finished that John Mayer wrote...kinda? Mary Spender's video: https://youtu.be/-0iXupQUjWU Thanks to Josh Bailey and Shubh Saran for joining me! 0:00 Intro 0:52 Writing the Arrangement 9:27 The Result! just the video! https://youtu.be/FnxFoSSkd0g

  • S2021E10 The most elegant key change in all of pop music

    • April 16, 2021

    All By Myself features an incredible key change from G major to Cb major, let’s talk about it! 0:00 Introduction 1:21 Part 1 - Song Analysis 7:57 Part 2 - The Key Change!! 11:33 (interlude - mom cameo) 15:27 Part 3 - Narrative and Metaphor Mom! https://www.catefnstudios.com/ Scott J. Hanenberg Rock Modulation and Narrative https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.16.22.2/mto.16.22.2.hanenberg.html Andrew Huang’s very excellent Harmonic series video https://youtu.be/Wx_kugSemfY Feb 2016 All By Myself Performance https://youtu.be/OuPupCQqNaY Some other All By Myself Performances https://youtu.be/5ZHYaFMuIVs https://youtu.be/tT2gVblzFvY

  • S2021E11 How many Chuggas before the Choo Choo? (music theory Q+A)

    • April 26, 2021

    Answering your hard-hitting questions!

  • S2021E12 Using DYNAMICS! (how to get good at music)

    • May 12, 2021

    Critiquing your music! Let's get crunchy with music pedagogy! 0:00 Intro 0:18 Neat Surf Rock Trio 4:00 Clever 7/4 Lo-Fi Loo 6:50 Sick Afro-Jazz Groove 8:41 Upbeat Mario Kart Fusion Thing 10:38 Rocking Guitar Loop 12:58 Nice Guitar/Vocal Song 14:34 Jazz Chord Melody of Pannonica 17:03 Brazilian Lo-Fi Groove 19:17 Djent djent djent

  • S2021E13 Can the Phrygian Scale sound "happy?" ft. Jake Lizzio, Brian Krock, Trust Fund Ozu, + Courtney Swain

    • May 17, 2021

    Challenging Jake Lizzio, Courtney Swain, Brian Krock and Trust Fund Ozu to make the dark Phrygian scale sound...happy? What a fun challenge! 0:00 Intro 0:41 Courtney Swain (intro) 2:33 Courtney Swain - All Around Me 5:14 Brian Krock (intro) 7:23 Brian Krock - Felix 10:01 Trust Fund Ozu (intro) 11:18 Trust Fund Ozu - Poison Ivy 14:51 Jake Lizzio (intro) 16:11 Jake Lizzio - Phiesta 19:59 Adam Neely (intro) 20:55 Adam Neely - Sunshine Bright Sky Go check out these wonderful musicians!!! Courtney Swain https://www.youtube.com/user/cha1isu Jake Lizzio of Signals Music Studio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDDHLvQb8HjE2r7_ZuNtWA Trust Fund Ozu (Faye Fadem) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFblbZoEoSCTCXFB4wxXjmg Brian Krock https://www.youtube.com/user/briankrock Oh yeah, the lyrics to my song are... Sunshine, bright sky Apple of my wandering eye Crisp cobbler, peach pie Tastes like cherry paradise Flower Blossom radiation Radiant re-iteration I want to find a lovely scene To sit and smile And watch the world go by I want to find a lovely scene With you (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam

  • S2021E14 Why Castaways is a Masterpiece in Songwriting

    • May 25, 2021

    MUSIC THEORY TIME Castways (the original song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn0n6sjSOFo Much thanks to Martina DaSilva for contributing so much to this video! Martina DaSilva https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCykSrN4adQ5Nb_MSF7C40Xg Rotem Sivan https://www.youtube.com/user/RotemSivanTrio Here’s our version of Castaways without all the dumb music theory video stuff https://youtu.be/Bo5B_2cw2Wo and check it out on bandcamp https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/castaways-ft-martina-dasilva 0:00 Intro 1:11 Why this Meme is a thing 3:05 A Section Analysis (MOTIF TIME) 6:33 Castaways probably borrowed from Samba de Orfeu 8:31 B Section Analysis (Musical Storytelling) 11:38 (Epilogue)

  • S2021E15 What is the Neapolitan Chord? | Music Theory Q+A

    • May 31, 2021

    Answering your music theory questions! Go listen to "How I Loved My Cat" on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/album/5eS6VE5umfRP0OHRXxOHWM?si=T-CPK2YjR86uFWR6LIQquA (a goofy music video) https://youtu.be/lIRvOTB1kfQ

  • S2021E16 Tik Tok and dissonance do not mix

    • June 8, 2021

    Tik Tok and spicy harmony do not mix. Tik Tok has recently imploded over a young singer who sang harmony to Matt Maltese’s As the World Caves in. Why? Well, it’s the legacy of Palestrina, Fux and the long shadow of Western European aesthetics in the modern global musical ecosystem. Let’s dive into it. Andrew Huang Harmonic Series Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx_kugSemfY

  • S2021E17 Live music is BACK, and holy #$*@ people are pumped

    • July 2, 2021

    Sungazer tour vlog time! Try Morning Brew today by clicking this link (it's free!) https://bit.ly/mbadamneely Sungazer is a collaboration between myself and Shawn Crowder, check out his extremely awesome drum/music education channel here. https://www.youtube.com/user/scrowdrlrr And check out our music on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uvnDqn7UvVy6orSq1E2YF?si=neMxBoR-R9-mJ38lMRssOA&dl_branch=1 We were joined on this tour by some truly amazing musicians - Sax - Jared Yee (https://youtu.be/zSQK3814bXk) Keys - Christian Li (https://christianli.bandcamp.com/) Guitar - Shubh Saran (https://www.youtube.com/c/shubhsaran) Guest Vocals - Jae Soto (https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinaSoto) Check out their stuff!

  • S2021E18 Why are these chords SO beautiful? | Q+A

    • July 6, 2021

    Answering your music theory questions! 0:00 Intro 0:14 Why is the bridge chord progression to Stella by Starlight so beautiful? 4:27 Gm7/C - F 4:33 If you play an E 440 times per second, does it sound like an A? 6:47 Why does Jared Yee sound so damn good? 6:57 What’s the deal with 8D music? 7:59 What is the flow state and can it be entered on command? 9:14 Any tips for ppl with perfect pitch and losing it? 9:38 How to get rid of musicle memory playing and how to play “from the mind?” 10:26 Would you use Mixob9b13 on a V7/II? 10:50 Do you see yourself as a musician or YouTuber? 11:15 How does it feel to finally be going places and doing things? 11:19 What chord sounds yellow to you? 11:38 What was your favorite ride at Cedar Point?

  • S2021E19 The Great Myth of the Medieval Tritone Ban

    • August 2, 2021

    Debunking the great myth! Exploring the Daseian scale, 4-part organum, the ars nova and why this myth is so damn persistent! Watch the bonus video exclusively on Nebula! https://nebula.app/videos/adam-neely-guillame-de-machauts-spicy-harmony-bonus-video Sources: https://bit.ly/2WMlcRe 0:00 Intro 1:44 Part 1 - Tritones, Baby 4:54 Part 2 - The Carolingian Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-Meta Dorian 9:38 Part 3 - The Old Days 12:24 (lo-fi Pérotin interlude) 16:37 Part 4 - The Fascination of Evil Thoughts 20:31 Part 5 - Diabolus in Musica 26:09 Part 6 - Xerox of a Xerox Solmization and the Guidonian hand in the 16th century https://youtu.be/IRDDT1uSrd0 Yes, I do realize that I’ve already done this video! https://youtu.be/eR5yzCH5CsM JOSH BAILEY ON THE DRUMS IN THAT INTERLUDE! https://www.joshbaileydrums.com/

  • S2021E20 So...what's the deal with BASS melodies? | Q+A

    • August 13, 2021

    Answering your questions about bass and music theory! Sungazer September tour w/ Ghost-Note! https://www.songkick.com/artists/8469503-sungazer

  • S2021E21 Fixing Led Zeppelin with Autotune

    • August 19, 2021

    Using Melodyne to pitch-correct famous recordings! 0:00 Intro 0:28 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 2:52 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon 6:05 Mama Neely interlude 7:49 Aretha Franklin - Respect 9:44 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 11:56 Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine

  • S2021E22 Did Olivia Rodrigo steal from Paramore? (analysis)

    • August 30, 2021

    Olivio Rodrigo's 2021 song good 4 u sounds suspiciously similar to Paramore's 2007 song Misery Business, but was it stolen? Copyright establishes the legal authority for rent-seeking corporatism and actively impedes cultural expression, but yeah, she kinda copied her homework.

  • S2021E23 Sungazer - THRESHOLD (animation by Ben Levin)

    • September 20, 2021

  • S2021E24 The Psychology of Extreme Rhythms

    • September 24, 2021

  • S2021E25 How do you use this SPICY chord? | Q+A

    • September 28, 2021

  • S2021E26 Gnarly Grooves that will BREAK your Brain

    • October 15, 2021

  • S2021E27 Is Adele's latest single microtonal? | Q+A

    • October 27, 2021

  • S2021E28 Solving James Brown's Rhythmic Puzzle

    • November 24, 2021

  • S2021E29 Every musician deals with this...

    • December 7, 2021

  • S2021E30 What is that WEIRD rhythm in Stromae's Santé? | Q+A

    • December 15, 2021

Season 2022

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  • S2025E01 The Ethics of Fake Guitar

    • May 2, 2025

    Music from the Introduction: Gustav Holst - The Planets (Mars, Bringer of War) National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Michael Francis (conductor) (In the spirit of fake performances, I altered this recording a bit to better fit the timing of the YouTube video)

  • S2025E02 Touring in Canada be like…

    • May 13, 2025

    Thanks to Portraits for being a swell group of dudes. Go check out their music, I think you will like it!