Adam Neely

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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: