Dear Adam, I was there on your first JAZZSCHOOL gig, a French guy in New York for 3 days, it was my birthday on this first of March, and even though you had so much better to do you were really opened and invited me to talk with you and the other artists. I will never forget this night, you are a great musician, composer, interpreter and person. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I think more than anything, your channel is great because it helps musicians discover even more things to be excited about. I wasn't aware of the millennial clave concept and it's cool to think about how historical trends are evolving today.
Surprised you didn’t know the millennial clave, seeing as the person who nearly shares a name with you, Benjamin Levin aka Benny Biancco wrote half the songs that use it.
Oh. FUCK. Yes. Please please start uploading recordings of this! Can imagine it making a really amazing channel in it's own right (Like Post Modern Jukebox as you mentioned) Great video overall as always, but god I want to hear those full songs!!
I can support this conclusion with an anecdote from a different field. I studied engineering physics at university but now work in IT security. Was my education useless? Of course not. My main takeaway from my studies was not exactly how to solve a specific mathematics problem or the specific properties of a certain crystal structure but the ability to grasp problems, break them down into manageable pieces and quickly aquire the tools to solve them. I would imagine that you could easily draw a parallel between this and music and music studies. Nice video btw! Thanks for continuing being awesome.
Cyberschn1tzel that's of course up to you to decide but claiming you know what your life will look like 5 years from now is a fairly bold statement. I thought I would work with AI. I changed somewhere 1/3 into my studies.
Nice to hear! I teach physics at the University level, and I make this basic point all the time. For example - will you need to specifically analyze a network of capacitors? No! Will you need to be able to organize information, analyze patterns, and apply mental procedures and processes? Yes!
Ixenzo Rousseaux Being a linguist, I can assure you, linguistics is pretty useless outside teaching and translating languages, maybe writing. And it is not at all applicable to any technical or engineering or even managerial tasks.
Andrey: And yet in computer science and software engineering schools, we study some things that came out of linguistics like formal languages and grammars, the Chomsky hierarchy, etc. and in advanced applications actually use these things from time to time. So don't be so quick to dismiss your field as irrelevant to technical fields. You might be surprised!
I did a jazz major, and one day one of our lecturers said something to the effect of, 'It doesn't matter what music you play after college, as long as you apply the skills you learned here to do what you want to do.'
Agreed. A jazz education goes so deep into so many musical skills (melody, harmony, rhythm, composition, arrangement, improvisation, etc.) that it really applies to nearly any other musical work you might do.
Being a musician, I find it awesome that I don't understand a lot of the music theory brought up in your videos. But I can still always appreciate your videos because I learned something!
@8:44 Adam this literally applies to EVERY college degree, and it's amazing to be hearing the same advice repeated in your field. I went to engineering school, got a degree in Information Systems. Literally nothing I do on a day-to-day basis in software engineering I learned in school. However, my education is paramount to my success. The basics of physics, math, and science are important as they allow you to reason about the world (sort of like learning what rhythm, harmony, and dynamics are), but applying them in the real world is always left up to the individual. We need to stop thinking as college education as training for career; that happens in the real world. You went to school to become a musician, and Jazz was the vehicle which you learned the basic skills to do so.
I really do want to get into Jazz actually. Been hearing a lot of Joe Pass, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and more of the greats. You are actually who got me encouraged to be more involved in the interesting genre! Really wanted to thank you for your constant insight on Musical Theory and Concepts, and don't stop the awesome work!
ADAM!!! There is such a living fanbase for swing and big band music in the worldwide Lindy Hop and swing dance community. Lots of great bands have come forward, especially in the last decade, using the arranging styles of the old greats (Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Mundy, etc) and it's really cool to hear that one of my favorite RUclips music experts "grew up" in that music. For me, learning about swing/horn section harmony was a complete shift in my understanding of music theory and how bands (even modern pop bands) work. Thanks for mentioning this type of thing in your video.
So his comment about how big band doesn't translate to anything modern sounded like a challenge to me! I reckon you could use big band techniques in doom death metal, those slow thick pieces and the fast upbeat parts, I reckon would translate well!! All I need to do now is learn about big band! :D
I strongly disagree with the notion that big band doesn't translate to anything modern. I thought Paul Anka's Rock Swings was awesome and provided a rich technicolor sound to many of the covered grunge tracks: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Black Hole Sun, ... that vastly outdid the original guitar oriented sound.
I think the main thing is, because in metal you generally have distortion on the guitar, playing the 7th of the major scale (or 2nd of the minor) as a regular power chord (which has the tritone from the root) doesn't have the same jarring effect that playing it on a clean instrument would. with distortion it's really hard to distinguish from the fifth and the root, i've noticed. i think thats why generally people say parallel 5ths are bad; because you're either eliminating a whole note, or including a note that isn't in the scale.
Opuskrokus if you played the parallel 5th on piano, you would hear that it sounds pretty much the same as some something notated correctly, the difference is that the parallel 5 has kind of a more hollow sound in comparison to f it was written/played correctly. It’s just a rule developed by 17th century composers that was based around what sounded the best.
@TatiusWolff I think the comment was more that the necessary ingredients to write big band music are not *necessary* requirements for any modern styles. That doesn't mean they can't be used or are never used. I've definitely heard people using Soli in modern music; the vocals in my own band employ it a fair amount - it's just not a necessary feature for any modern styles.
One of my favorite videos not only on your channel but also on all of youtube: firstly because the message is so strong and it is apparent how much you care about it, second because not only is that cover awesome (I'm into jazz covers of pop songs as well) but the joke with the sax solo and the monty python "stop that" made me crack up for a full five minutes. Your experience in both music and youtube really shows in that your videos are always really high quality, even when it's just a Q&A. Love the channel, thank you so much for everything you've done.
The big thing I think is to do what feels good for you musically. Immediately after high school the path opened up for me to go to school and study classical music composition. It made sense; it was something I was good at in high school and enjoyed well enough, but I just wasn't sure about actually earning a degree in it. Fortunately I didn't and I'm happy where I'm at now, but most importantly I found better ways to be musically fulfilled. I started playing in rock bands and getting severely good at that, which I was much more passionate about than making classical music, even if I was adept at it. There's nothing stopping you from going to the library and picking up music theory for dummies, or listening to all post-romantic era symphonies, or checking out Adam Neely videos on youtube. I firmly believe you DO NOT need music school to become a good musician, but if it's satisfying to you and you believe in it, then by all means go do it.
starts a New Horizons in Music episode, but then it's a gig vlog!! but then it's still a New Horizons in Music, but who cares, this is an Adam Neely's video!!! as always, BASS!
I also went to music school (not specifically jazz though) and have a very similar experience when it comes to the application of all the theory and techniques that I learned there. It's often frustrating to see that most popular genres have no need for such things. In my experience though, there is one exception, having studied (and lived) in Mexico, I learned that one genre that is still using things like soli and even a bit of counter point is salsa. Something that I tended to dismiss as simple dance music, turned out to be one of the most surprisingly theory-heavy genres in popular music (again, maybe just popular in Latin America) and that was strangely satisfying and cathartic for me. I don't know how relevant this all is to the video's topic, but I guess it's just nice to know that all these things we might learn at music school are still relevant in a way other than the arrangements some of us might make ourselves.
The large ensemble that features in your blog (which is excellent in style and content by the way) could not have occurred without at least half of them going to Jazz School. You put so much effort into your thought provoking videos, keep up the great work.
Duke Ellington was bloody brilliant at harmonising saxophones. His orchestration is just so rich, beautiful and expressive. Like in Take the a train it’s really joyful and exited to be here, I love it.
People can save tens of thousands of dollars and just take Barry Harris's workshop once a week. It will be a lifetime of information for 10 dollars each class. You'll learn standards, how to think of harmony and how to improvise. All of this from a Master musician who worked with basically everyone you're going to study about in music school. He's a national treasure.
On Tuesdays at 244 W54th street 10th floor. You can also check out a bunch of Barry Harris videos on youtube. You might enjoy my channel which shows some things i've taken away from studying with him. I hope this was helpful.
Hi. Yes thanks. Seeing as I am Brisbane Australia the weekly meetup might be hard...but definitely keen to check it out. There is so much stuff coming through the net it gets very confusing and complicated to find the path for basic straight forward learning...I have had Barry recommended to me by others in the past as a good source for traditional input and knowledge...
So cool to hear you went to school with Ivan and Conor! I met Ivan at a small show about a year back, and he was incredibly humble and (seemingly) wise. Interesting how different your paths have been to success, but also how you're both looked up to in different ways.
Reece Deyoung As a choir singer, this is my default definition of what a chord is. :D When I hear "soli" I think of, well... soli. As in the plural of solo. I guess I'm not just not jazzy enough?
Yeah, that’s what I thought at first, but it seems to fall more in line with what layered vocal or guitar harmonies might do as opposed to a chord progression. Which still confuses me because he says soli is irrelevant in modern music, but layering of harmonies like that is very very common in pop music and has been for some time. Maybe it’s not layered to the extent it was in the jazz days, I rarely see 5 part vocal harmonies in pop songs, but I’ve come across it a few times.
About to start my junior year going to college for music, and from what I’ve seen since I started and from the things I’ve heard from the musicians I’ve encountered I can’t agree more with your analysis of getting a formal education in music. As a jazz guitarist I don’t believe I’ll be making a living playing jazz, but I most certainly am gonna take what I learned and add some quality s a u c e to my musical endeavours beyond college. Love your vids as always Adam; looking forward to your next upload!
At 4:08, Nice pedal Bb. You da man! And Adam, you're my spirit guide through the musical realm. I don't think I have enough thank yous to express my gratitude.
Wow.. I can't stand basically any of the original versions of the songs you covered here, but your covers are, and I can't stress this enough, *phenomenal.*
@AdamNeely, This is in no way meant to poke fun at your acne issues in the past. I simply have a question about what you did to manage your acne? In your older videos, the area directly under both of your nostrils is very red, EXACTLY like mine. I would love to know what you did to put a stop to this, or at least manage it. The stuff my dermatologist prescribes does nothing for me, please anyone help. Thanks for your time, and the quality content. Have a good one
Yes, sodium lauryl sulfte is a compound found in most toothpaste that can cause irritation, oral pH imbalances and other side effects. Thankfully, there are many SLS-free options, just read the label to be sure.
My favourite musical youtuber ive ever seen. Potentially my favourite youtuber over all. Being the single guy in my musical performance class with no theory, jazz or classical training, its been super difficult to give a shit about the stuff being taught to me (i learnt guitar by playing a righty guitar upside down without restringing it and figuring blink182 songs out by ear), so your videos have been a god send, and are the only reason a punk is even barely keeping up with 30 snooty classical pricks. cheers mate
I appreciate that you write for trombone. It seems like the trombone is an antiquated instrument even from the bebop Era! There were only a select few bebop trombonist mainly because it's so hard to play the fast, intricate lines on it. Modern bands like Snarky Puppy leave trombone out and so I appreciate that you continue to use them, especially when they hide memes in your melody. 😂
Yo, this was cool. As someone who will need to wait a bit before getting into music, your thoughts and perspectives never fail to freshen up my hopes and put a smile in my face
My answer to the “should I go to J A Z Z S C H O O L?” is totally different: even though there isn’t a lot of demand for jazz musicians, it can still widen your musical palette and you can incorporate tensions that can be found in jazz fusion in your own music for example. When I watched your jazz reharm video for the first time, I had nose bleeds throughout, but now, I have a song that has an interlude which is Cm Bb13 Abmaj7(#11) Gb7 C/E D7b9. The song is basically a jazzy early Muse song in Gm.
Anyone else love the sense of drama in a lot of the music Adam plays? The moments that are so loud and thick and energetic, in contrast with the calmer sections. Reminds me of the late romantic (among other things).
hi Adam, I was wondering if there is any other source that talks about the millennial calve, because I want to learn more about the usage and the history of it.
From what I get, this term was coined by a friend of Adam's: the drummer. So I guess there are no papers right now about it. However, if that's the scent of our times, I would be surprised if no other theorist has spotted it on.
The term is too contemporary to have sources or history, this video is the first usage of it. Just look at the notated rhythm in the video, then listen to any pop song in the charts and the song will almost certainly have it.
As someone who went to two music schools (and some college) and worked at one for many years I fully agree with you in general. The person who spends a fortune to go to music school and thinks doing the curriculum will teach them what they need to work are deep in debt and probably working in a non-music industry. What music school is really about is being in a music environment 24/7 for a few years. It about having access to lots music resources, big name and not so big name working musics to play with and get insights from. Having performance space and many other good and bad to play with. Last a place to start making contacts and networking, that is where your work will come from. Usually when hear about or go to school with someone you know is going to be a great musician, they are already excellent and you discover they are only going to school to filling a few holes in their education, but to mainly polish their playing/writing and make contacts for work. You know the great one because they quickly become the students that are playing with the teacher both in and out of school. If someone goes to music school and just does all the curriculum and requirements will only improve slightly from how they played and wrote going in, those who get a lot out of music are the ones who are taking advantage of the resources and environment and living in open counseling with the good teachers. They are probably the one missing classes because they are in a cool open consuming learning real life music. It's isn't how good the school is, it about how much the student is seeking out the info and playing opportunities.
In portuguese literature, we have a writer named Fernando Pessoa who is famous for releasing poetry under more than a hundred different personalities, each with their own distinct style, which he called heteronyms (heterônimos). I was wondering, on a way way smaller scale, would the members of Gorillaz or the personalities of David Bowie constitute examples of this in music? As in, do they set themselves apart enough from the original creative mind to be considered more than just pseudonyms? Do they really represent something that could be considered another artist?
Just now a currently played ad uses ''take five'' as a soundtrack. Everything returns in music. Also needed to say that you and the band totally smashed the original Katty Perry song, you turn chewing gum into gold.
Your conclusion reminded me of why I think it's important for students to learn mathematics. Like okay maybe you'll never need to learn how to solve a quadratic equation but the skills you employ to solve a quadratic will serve you well in all of your decision making.
A question for your next Q’n’A:: I am taught drums by Ronny Scott’s regular drummer, a very well trained jazz, rock, pop etc. drummer and something he tells me is that I should listen to and focus my musical listening on great drummers of the past like steve gadd, buddy rich, louie bellson etc. What do you think about focusing listening on your instrument as a student and how important is it to know about and understand previous players of great fame? Thanks in advance. Keep up the great vids.
I don't think so, harmoning a melody by thirds, ir sixths, dates froms around 11th century (English polyphony, fauxbourdon) and orchestration has it birth in vocal polyphony from the renaissance
I play saxophone and I just found your channel. I’m currently playing in a concert band in high school and I’m thinking of doing music and jazz in college. I love your content and I’m actually learning from your videos while laughing. Keep up the good work
Wow. I'm a contemporary dancer (which is to dance what jazz is to music) and you literally took the words out of my mouth. The point of my education is that I'm a better dancer, sure. But really, it's all the other skills you learn that teach you how to be an artist that are so important. Also, networking.
Is there a strict definition of soli? I'm guessing it's a plural of Italian 'solo' (alone/only), which makes it sound kind of oxymoronic. Is playing chord melody on guitar considered soli, or would each string have to be played by a different guitarist?
Hey Adam, new subscriber! Really enjoyed this educational trip! I went to college and did a minor in college for guitar performance. It was a valuable way for me to get a solid foundation as a musician in general. I played classical guitar, played guitar in jazz band, played in choir and choral settings, and even played in two musical productions. I like to think you never get stoped for knowing more than enough.
After you talked about solis, I started thinking "mann I wish he would have shown a clip of Groove Merchant..." then a few seconds later, you did when you mentioned Thad Jones!! thank you it's like you read my mind.
I'm always surprised at how good your songs and arrangements are. I probably shouldn't cause I know you've got a masters in jazz composition, it's just that I generally don't expect people to be exceptional at more than one thing, and you're educational content is top grade stuff. Keep up the good work, hope we'll get to hear your own music a bit more frequently sometime in the future!
This is how all great education works. I am learning to be an electrical engineer, but the theory behind the courses teaches you engineering in general, and with a bit of practice I could easily become a mechanical engineer for instance, even though it is outside my field.
YES! Power metal still uses a lot of the soli technique, although most times it's just doubling an octave or playing the third or the fifth on top of a melodic line. Actually, classic power metal bands like Angra employ a lot of these 'traditional' harmonization techniques and counterpoint as well.
This reminds me of how teaching students computer engineering at my university, we cover few concepts / languages / techniques that students will use directly in their jobs, but we provide a foundation of knowledge on which they can build.
Man I've just been loving your videos. I love the breakdown of all the different music theory facets and making things applicable. Really refreshing. Also FRIGGIN LOVED the Hello reharm
Ah... Good. I love soli. It's so beautiful and captivating. I used to refer to it as (instrument) choir or just multi layered harmonies, but soli feels right. It's one of the things that makes bands like Queen, Boston, and Journey so great. Also, God DAMN, Adam!! Your music Fluffing ROOOCKS!!!
I'm not a wind player in any respect but I got asked to do a quartet piece for saxophones of varying range and while teaching myself to write for winds I accidentally discovered soli. I may have over did it, but it just amazes me the chord voicings you can use from separate instruments or voices that come together to form the color of the chord.
With the cost of living and tuition in North America ever-increasing, is music school worth the price tag for the average aspiring musician? I have no doubt of the intrinsic value of getting a degree in music (I love school). But how many of us can really afford it when there is so few related full-time jobs to pay back the student loans. It seems to me that the democratic socialist countries in Europe that have free or heavily subsidized post-secondary tuition are in a much better position to support the continue development of the Arts.
Man, you are right, but you should tell it to the politicians, not under an Adam Neely's video. (Meanwhile, confortably living in a socialist European country)
Olordrin South Park is one, and perhaps the most pervasive, of the reasons hate speech has become normal in our society. By treating discriminatory words and actions as nothing more than cheap laughs, it has promised a generation of young white men that the way to become loved is to embrace and express racist, sexist, antisemitic, anti-Islamic, homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise facist sentiments. When your only contact with oppressed minorities is through popular media in which oppression is a punch line, you start to believe that oppression itself is a thing to be encouraged for cheap laughs. That's why I don't like South Park. It may have occasional moments of cleverness, but the world would suck a lot less if it didn't tell people that the world is supposed to suck. And don't tell me I shouldn't care because it's "just a parody." Ignoring the power of parody to (accidentally?) promote the thing it mocks is how we got here.
I haven't seen a ton of South Park, but it always seemed like it was making fun of those undesirable elements by making the characters that are portraying these aspects to be so stupid and ridiculous that they can't help but be ridiculed. Sure, the less intelligent among us are going to see a poorly drawn cartoon with crude humor as a guidebook to life, but they weren't going to be model citizens to begin with.
I don’t play “jazz” any more, but everything I learned at jazz school made me a far better musician, and the discipline/techniques/ways of thinking I learned are invaluable to me. Not saying you need to go to school for that, but being surrounded by teachers and other students who dig that can be immense.
here's the hello/twice mashup on my other channel! ruclips.net/video/3Go0B29LOnA/видео.html
Any chance you'll also post the Rihanna one?
Who is the saxophone soloist? He's *3 LITT 5 **-J A Z Z-*
Adam can you make me feel like the only girl in the world and post the Rihanna song too?
I'm also requesting for full Rihanna soli upgrade :-). Sounds amazing.
Plis!!! Upload the rihanna and clean bandit full songs, they are amazing!!
That sax solo in "Hello" is gonna get this video flagged for sexual content.
But the important question is *who is he*
@@isobeldevilliers1484 Zac Zinger, as stated in the description
Saxual content
Hornhub
I know right! Such a gnarly sound. Gave me goosebumps.
Dear Adam, I was there on your first JAZZSCHOOL gig, a French guy in New York for 3 days, it was my birthday on this first of March, and even though you had so much better to do you were really opened and invited me to talk with you and the other artists. I will never forget this night, you are a great musician, composer, interpreter and person. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for coming by!!!
I don't know Gollum likes some big band
Sounds like the best birthday ever!
So wholesome T_T
Gollum du 8z he's still not gonna let near your precious...
I think more than anything, your channel is great because it helps musicians discover even more things to be excited about. I wasn't aware of the millennial clave concept and it's cool to think about how historical trends are evolving today.
learning together is the best
"People can't even see what kind of face they're making when they're alone".
This comment is the most ambitious crossover project in artistic history
Surprised you didn’t know the millennial clave, seeing as the person who nearly shares a name with you, Benjamin Levin aka Benny Biancco wrote half the songs that use it.
I'd surely heard the milennial clave before on some songs, but I didn't know it was called that.
Oh. FUCK. Yes.
Please please start uploading recordings of this! Can imagine it making a really amazing channel in it's own right (Like Post Modern Jukebox as you mentioned)
Great video overall as always, but god I want to hear those full songs!!
oh hey there ockeroid from 4 years ago lol
Adam seems to get younger the more his hair grows out.
6:44 Lickspacito???
lmaooooo
HOLY SHIT
Adam's putting that music degree to good use I see
TSoJTC army will repost this i'm sure
What's TSoJTC
Anyone else one notice All-Star in the trombone section in the Rihanna song? 4:00
Alas, a fitting successor to the lick
Lmao
hey can you check out my channel? tryna crack my first 100 subs if its you're thing maybe subscribe? :)
Copper Fox
Give me 3 reasons why one should
I was down here looking for this comment!
I thought it was just me.
I can support this conclusion with an anecdote from a different field. I studied engineering physics at university but now work in IT security. Was my education useless? Of course not. My main takeaway from my studies was not exactly how to solve a specific mathematics problem or the specific properties of a certain crystal structure but the ability to grasp problems, break them down into manageable pieces and quickly aquire the tools to solve them. I would imagine that you could easily draw a parallel between this and music and music studies. Nice video btw! Thanks for continuing being awesome.
Calle Svensson but if i know i wont do much physics after studying physics, is it worth it
Cyberschn1tzel that's of course up to you to decide but claiming you know what your life will look like 5 years from now is a fairly bold statement. I thought I would work with AI. I changed somewhere 1/3 into my studies.
Nice to hear! I teach physics at the University level, and I make this basic point all the time. For example - will you need to specifically analyze a network of capacitors? No! Will you need to be able to organize information, analyze patterns, and apply mental procedures and processes? Yes!
Ixenzo Rousseaux Being a linguist, I can assure you, linguistics is pretty useless outside teaching and translating languages, maybe writing. And it is not at all applicable to any technical or engineering or even managerial tasks.
Andrey: And yet in computer science and software engineering schools, we study some things that came out of linguistics like formal languages and grammars, the Chomsky hierarchy, etc. and in advanced applications actually use these things from time to time. So don't be so quick to dismiss your field as irrelevant to technical fields. You might be surprised!
I did a jazz major, and one day one of our lecturers said something to the effect of, 'It doesn't matter what music you play after college, as long as you apply the skills you learned here to do what you want to do.'
Agreed. A jazz education goes so deep into so many musical skills (melody, harmony, rhythm, composition, arrangement, improvisation, etc.) that it really applies to nearly any other musical work you might do.
The use of epic sax guy at 7:30 made my day.
I would love to hear full length versions of this stuff. It sounds super cool
3:59 is the trombonist playing all star?
yes, in fact both are
What the fuck tendie
wait a fucking second you watch adam neely
"Hi, Ravel here from VSauce. Have you ever noticed how the melodic line is important?"
This video confirms Adams is really VSauce.
Maybe that esxplains why Adam's hair length keeps changing.
Being a musician, I find it awesome that I don't understand a lot of the music theory brought up in your videos. But I can still always appreciate your videos because I learned something!
This channel helped inspire me to pick up the horn again
I’ve got my first gig in 2 years in 2 weeks, life is good!
Did Adam just inadvertently write the beginning of all-star at 3:58 or was it intentional???
Noah ik, the point of my comment was to point it out to people who missed it, and could hopefully get a laugh out of adam's inside comedy
Thanks for pointing that out, Whovian_Ben 😁
well spoted!
Glad i wasn't the only one who heard that
hey can you check out my channel? tryna crack my first 100 subs if its you're thing maybe subscribe? :)
@8:44 Adam this literally applies to EVERY college degree, and it's amazing to be hearing the same advice repeated in your field. I went to engineering school, got a degree in Information Systems. Literally nothing I do on a day-to-day basis in software engineering I learned in school. However, my education is paramount to my success. The basics of physics, math, and science are important as they allow you to reason about the world (sort of like learning what rhythm, harmony, and dynamics are), but applying them in the real world is always left up to the individual. We need to stop thinking as college education as training for career; that happens in the real world. You went to school to become a musician, and Jazz was the vehicle which you learned the basic skills to do so.
Hooooooooly shit Adam! This band sounds incredible! Is there somewhere I can listen to more of this??
Yo I know I'm late but I'm pretty sure his most recent video is with a lot of the same musicians. Check out the album Downpour by Aberdeen!
@@theghostofyoutube5921 Downpour is really good, but it's not as high energy as this.
his second channel i think ruclips.net/video/3Go0B29LOnA/видео.html
6:51-7:35 ABSOLUTE GOLD
I had chills all the way through. Thank you for blessing us with this
I really do want to get into Jazz actually. Been hearing a lot of Joe Pass, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and more of the greats. You are actually who got me encouraged to be more involved in the interesting genre! Really wanted to thank you for your constant insight on Musical Theory and Concepts, and don't stop the awesome work!
ADAM!!! There is such a living fanbase for swing and big band music in the worldwide Lindy Hop and swing dance community. Lots of great bands have come forward, especially in the last decade, using the arranging styles of the old greats (Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Mundy, etc) and it's really cool to hear that one of my favorite RUclips music experts "grew up" in that music.
For me, learning about swing/horn section harmony was a complete shift in my understanding of music theory and how bands (even modern pop bands) work. Thanks for mentioning this type of thing in your video.
I'm a metalhead guitarist that studied music. I still haven't gotten around the problem with parallel fifths.
So his comment about how big band doesn't translate to anything modern sounded like a challenge to me! I reckon you could use big band techniques in doom death metal, those slow thick pieces and the fast upbeat parts, I reckon would translate well!! All I need to do now is learn about big band! :D
I strongly disagree with the notion that big band doesn't translate to anything modern. I thought Paul Anka's Rock Swings was awesome and provided a rich technicolor sound to many of the covered grunge tracks: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Black Hole Sun, ... that vastly outdid the original guitar oriented sound.
I think the main thing is, because in metal you generally have distortion on the guitar, playing the 7th of the major scale (or 2nd of the minor) as a regular power chord (which has the tritone from the root) doesn't have the same jarring effect that playing it on a clean instrument would. with distortion it's really hard to distinguish from the fifth and the root, i've noticed. i think thats why generally people say parallel 5ths are bad; because you're either eliminating a whole note, or including a note that isn't in the scale.
Opuskrokus if you played the parallel 5th on piano, you would hear that it sounds pretty much the same as some something notated correctly, the difference is that the parallel 5 has kind of a more hollow sound in comparison to f it was written/played correctly. It’s just a rule developed by 17th century composers that was based around what sounded the best.
@TatiusWolff I think the comment was more that the necessary ingredients to write big band music are not *necessary* requirements for any modern styles. That doesn't mean they can't be used or are never used. I've definitely heard people using Soli in modern music; the vocals in my own band employ it a fair amount - it's just not a necessary feature for any modern styles.
One of my favorite videos not only on your channel but also on all of youtube: firstly because the message is so strong and it is apparent how much you care about it, second because not only is that cover awesome (I'm into jazz covers of pop songs as well) but the joke with the sax solo and the monty python "stop that" made me crack up for a full five minutes. Your experience in both music and youtube really shows in that your videos are always really high quality, even when it's just a Q&A. Love the channel, thank you so much for everything you've done.
Really digging that cover of only girl I need a full version in my life
If u find it i need to hear it too, it's been hours and m still searching for it
The big thing I think is to do what feels good for you musically. Immediately after high school the path opened up for me to go to school and study classical music composition. It made sense; it was something I was good at in high school and enjoyed well enough, but I just wasn't sure about actually earning a degree in it. Fortunately I didn't and I'm happy where I'm at now, but most importantly I found better ways to be musically fulfilled. I started playing in rock bands and getting severely good at that, which I was much more passionate about than making classical music, even if I was adept at it. There's nothing stopping you from going to the library and picking up music theory for dummies, or listening to all post-romantic era symphonies, or checking out Adam Neely videos on youtube. I firmly believe you DO NOT need music school to become a good musician, but if it's satisfying to you and you believe in it, then by all means go do it.
starts a New Horizons in Music episode, but then it's a gig vlog!! but then it's still a New Horizons in Music, but who cares, this is an Adam Neely's video!!! as always, BASS!
I also went to music school (not specifically jazz though) and have a very similar experience when it comes to the application of all the theory and techniques that I learned there. It's often frustrating to see that most popular genres have no need for such things. In my experience though, there is one exception, having studied (and lived) in Mexico, I learned that one genre that is still using things like soli and even a bit of counter point is salsa. Something that I tended to dismiss as simple dance music, turned out to be one of the most surprisingly theory-heavy genres in popular music (again, maybe just popular in Latin America) and that was strangely satisfying and cathartic for me. I don't know how relevant this all is to the video's topic, but I guess it's just nice to know that all these things we might learn at music school are still relevant in a way other than the arrangements some of us might make ourselves.
Is the full-length version of 06:52 uploaded somewhere (please)?
YESSSS it sounded amazing I need the full verision
I also need that.
plsss
same
I'd like a full length video of the entire session.
The large ensemble that features in your blog (which is excellent in style and content by the way) could not have occurred without at least half of them going to Jazz School. You put so much effort into your thought provoking videos, keep up the great work.
Did I just see the new Adam Neely video early without paying on Patreon? Did I just break the system???
I'm going to wait till the actual release though as I shouldn't be watching this yet without paying.
Who gives a shit? What difference does it make if you watch it now, a week ago or in 5 years?
I’ve seen this video a thousand times and I just realized you snuck All Star into your arrangement of Only Girl, this is why I fucking love you Adam
T H E L I C C @ 4:17
T H I C C L I C C
Thanks you lmaoooo
Betul, da Licc
Duke Ellington was bloody brilliant at harmonising saxophones. His orchestration is just so rich, beautiful and expressive. Like in Take the a train it’s really joyful and exited to be here, I love it.
Musical euphoria with a Monty Python boost. What a great start for the week!
How has anyone else *NOT* talked about to quality of these live performance clips? These guys are incredible
People can save tens of thousands of dollars and just take Barry Harris's workshop once a week. It will be a lifetime of information for 10 dollars each class. You'll learn standards, how to think of harmony and how to improvise. All of this from a Master musician who worked with basically everyone you're going to study about in music school. He's a national treasure.
Where do you find these and how do they work?
On Tuesdays at 244 W54th street 10th floor. You can also check out a bunch of Barry Harris videos on youtube. You might enjoy my channel which shows some things i've taken away from studying with him.
I hope this was helpful.
Hi. Yes thanks. Seeing as I am Brisbane Australia the weekly meetup might be hard...but definitely keen to check it out. There is so much stuff coming through the net it gets very confusing and complicated to find the path for basic straight forward learning...I have had Barry recommended to me by others in the past as a good source for traditional input and knowledge...
So cool to hear you went to school with Ivan and Conor! I met Ivan at a small show about a year back, and he was incredibly humble and (seemingly) wise. Interesting how different your paths have been to success, but also how you're both looked up to in different ways.
"Soli"? Aren't those... just... chords?
yeah but a bit more horizontal
A chord split up across multiple instruments that can normally only play one note at a time and in addition each instrument has a distinct timber.
Reece Deyoung
As a choir singer, this is my default definition of what a chord is. :D
When I hear "soli" I think of, well... soli. As in the plural of solo. I guess I'm not just not jazzy enough?
aknopf yeah same
Yeah, that’s what I thought at first, but it seems to fall more in line with what layered vocal or guitar harmonies might do as opposed to a chord progression. Which still confuses me because he says soli is irrelevant in modern music, but layering of harmonies like that is very very common in pop music and has been for some time. Maybe it’s not layered to the extent it was in the jazz days, I rarely see 5 part vocal harmonies in pop songs, but I’ve come across it a few times.
About to start my junior year going to college for music, and from what I’ve seen since I started and from the things I’ve heard from the musicians I’ve encountered I can’t agree more with your analysis of getting a formal education in music. As a jazz guitarist I don’t believe I’ll be making a living playing jazz, but I most certainly am gonna take what I learned and add some quality s a u c e to my musical endeavours beyond college. Love your vids as always Adam; looking forward to your next upload!
Who is that sax player and what devil did he sell his soul to, to play like that? Crazy good arrangements, lets see more of your group!
Zac Zinger, he's in the description. He and Adam went to Berklee together.
At 4:08, Nice pedal Bb. You da man! And Adam, you're my spirit guide through the musical realm. I don't think I have enough thank yous to express my gratitude.
Pet your goddamn cat Adam
It's his girlfriend's. He's not allowed to pet her pussy cat without explicit consent.
Listen to “My Girl’s Pussy” by Roy Oliver to get a sense of why Adam doesn’t stroke it without permission.
Wow.. I can't stand basically any of the original versions of the songs you covered here, but your covers are, and I can't stress this enough, *phenomenal.*
3:59 was that all star??? listen with headphones
This is wonderful. All is not lost. There’s good stuff like this in the here & now. Music is the best.
@AdamNeely, This is in no way meant to poke fun at your acne issues in the past. I simply have a question about what you did to manage your acne? In your older videos, the area directly under both of your nostrils is very red, EXACTLY like mine. I would love to know what you did to put a stop to this, or at least manage it. The stuff my dermatologist prescribes does nothing for me, please anyone help.
Thanks for your time, and the quality content. Have a good one
Triggered by tootthpastes? Really? Thanks so much for the information, I'll switch if it might help., Thanks
Yes, sodium lauryl sulfte is a compound found in most toothpaste that can cause irritation, oral pH imbalances and other side effects. Thankfully, there are many SLS-free options, just read the label to be sure.
around 20 21 years old it'll go away naturally, if not something is unbalanced
My favourite musical youtuber ive ever seen. Potentially my favourite youtuber over all. Being the single guy in my musical performance class with no theory, jazz or classical training, its been super difficult to give a shit about the stuff being taught to me (i learnt guitar by playing a righty guitar upside down without restringing it and figuring blink182 songs out by ear), so your videos have been a god send, and are the only reason a punk is even barely keeping up with 30 snooty classical pricks.
cheers mate
7:24 appropriate sax face
I appreciate that you write for trombone. It seems like the trombone is an antiquated instrument even from the bebop Era! There were only a select few bebop trombonist mainly because it's so hard to play the fast, intricate lines on it. Modern bands like Snarky Puppy leave trombone out and so I appreciate that you continue to use them, especially when they hide memes in your melody. 😂
Didn't realise that felines were averse to parallel 5ths. A baroque cat?
a baroquat
I prefer Barokitty.
Of course. Cats are Grandiose in the way of old nobility. Its practically in their blood to be baroque.
As queen Vic-cat-oria said, "We are not a-miaow-sed."
(I know that she never said that.)
Final Score you are a fiend.
Yo, this was cool. As someone who will need to wait a bit before getting into music, your thoughts and perspectives never fail to freshen up my hopes and put a smile in my face
7:03 oh das sweet
Inyrth - Fireeee
My answer to the “should I go to J A Z Z S C H O O L?” is totally different: even though there isn’t a lot of demand for jazz musicians, it can still widen your musical palette and you can incorporate tensions that can be found in jazz fusion in your own music for example. When I watched your jazz reharm video for the first time, I had nose bleeds throughout, but now, I have a song that has an interlude which is Cm Bb13 Abmaj7(#11) Gb7 C/E D7b9. The song is basically a jazzy early Muse song in Gm.
We need that fine pieces of music in FULL SIZES
Anyone else love the sense of drama in a lot of the music Adam plays? The moments that are so loud and thick and energetic, in contrast with the calmer sections. Reminds me of the late romantic (among other things).
hi Adam, I was wondering if there is any other source that talks about the millennial calve, because I want to learn more about the usage and the history of it.
From what I get, this term was coined by a friend of Adam's: the drummer. So I guess there are no papers right now about it. However, if that's the scent of our times, I would be surprised if no other theorist has spotted it on.
The term is too contemporary to have sources or history, this video is the first usage of it. Just look at the notated rhythm in the video, then listen to any pop song in the charts and the song will almost certainly have it.
*M I L L E N I A L C A L V E*
Ido just trolled the internet.
As someone who went to two music schools (and some college) and worked at one for many years I fully agree with you in general. The person who spends a fortune to go to music school and thinks doing the curriculum will teach them what they need to work are deep in debt and probably working in a non-music industry. What music school is really about is being in a music environment 24/7 for a few years. It about having access to lots music resources, big name and not so big name working musics to play with and get insights from. Having performance space and many other good and bad to play with. Last a place to start making contacts and networking, that is where your work will come from. Usually when hear about or go to school with someone you know is going to be a great musician, they are already excellent and you discover they are only going to school to filling a few holes in their education, but to mainly polish their playing/writing and make contacts for work. You know the great one because they quickly become the students that are playing with the teacher both in and out of school. If someone goes to music school and just does all the curriculum and requirements will only improve slightly from how they played and wrote going in, those who get a lot out of music are the ones who are taking advantage of the resources and environment and living in open counseling with the good teachers. They are probably the one missing classes because they are in a cool open consuming learning real life music. It's isn't how good the school is, it about how much the student is seeking out the info and playing opportunities.
In portuguese literature, we have a writer named Fernando Pessoa who is famous for releasing poetry under more than a hundred different personalities, each with their own distinct style, which he called heteronyms (heterônimos). I was wondering, on a way way smaller scale, would the members of Gorillaz or the personalities of David Bowie constitute examples of this in music? As in, do they set themselves apart enough from the original creative mind to be considered more than just pseudonyms? Do they really represent something that could be considered another artist?
Love this.
Just now a currently played ad uses ''take five'' as a soundtrack. Everything returns in music. Also needed to say that you and the band totally smashed the original Katty Perry song, you turn chewing gum into gold.
9:20 DUDE I'M SUCH A GOOD BASSIST
I loved that xo tour life inclusion for the explanation of 808s, 808s sound amazing because they make you pay attention to the music
Why is this unlisted?
it's supposed to be Patreon-only, iirc
Right now it was listed on the channel's front page under New horizons in music. Exciting to see the new band and those arrangements!
oh, interesting. posted a day too early, I guess
J A Z Z S C H O O L HYPE
(also sungazer later this year)
Your conclusion reminded me of why I think it's important for students to learn mathematics. Like okay maybe you'll never need to learn how to solve a quadratic equation but the skills you employ to solve a quadratic will serve you well in all of your decision making.
A question for your next Q’n’A::
I am taught drums by Ronny Scott’s regular drummer, a very well trained jazz, rock, pop etc. drummer and something he tells me is that I should listen to and focus my musical listening on great drummers of the past like steve gadd, buddy rich, louie bellson etc. What do you think about focusing listening on your instrument as a student and how important is it to know about and understand previous players of great fame?
Thanks in advance. Keep up the great vids.
Adam, how do I find out when you're playing a show?
That "Hello" cover sax solo is too amazing man , too amazing !!!
"meow"
"i know parallel fifths just dont show up"
Inspired and intimidated at the same time, so many sauces and so many melodic lines!
Adam, you say Soli isn't used anywhere else, but don't guitar harmonies in Metal (like Iron Maiden is famous for) fall into that category?
Or any orchestral piece in any movie or videogame
I don't think so, harmoning a melody by thirds, ir sixths, dates froms around 11th century (English polyphony, fauxbourdon) and orchestration has it birth in vocal polyphony from the renaissance
Not every case, but there are some cases where they arent simply harmonizing the melody
Chiptune uses soli a lot too
I play saxophone and I just found your channel. I’m currently playing in a concert band in high school and I’m thinking of doing music and jazz in college. I love your content and I’m actually learning from your videos while laughing. Keep up the good work
The Thickened Line would be a great band name.
Benjamin Kassel huh, it really would 🤔
The Thiccened Line
theking oface Yes, please!
It's mine now
only thicc bois permitted
3:55 is just such a beautiful J A Z Z F A C E
04:17 ＴＨＥ ＬＩＣＫ
Wow
Wow. I'm a contemporary dancer (which is to dance what jazz is to music) and you literally took the words out of my mouth. The point of my education is that I'm a better dancer, sure. But really, it's all the other skills you learn that teach you how to be an artist that are so important. Also, networking.
Is there a strict definition of soli? I'm guessing it's a plural of Italian 'solo' (alone/only), which makes it sound kind of oxymoronic. Is playing chord melody on guitar considered soli, or would each string have to be played by a different guitarist?
Hey Adam, new subscriber! Really enjoyed this educational trip! I went to college and did a minor in college for guitar performance. It was a valuable way for me to get a solid foundation as a musician in general. I played classical guitar, played guitar in jazz band, played in choir and choral settings, and even played in two musical productions. I like to think you never get stoped for knowing more than enough.
"Soli" sounds like chords distributed over multiple instruments
After you talked about solis, I started thinking "mann I wish he would have shown a clip of Groove Merchant..."
then a few seconds later, you did when you mentioned Thad Jones!!
thank you it's like you read my mind.
Ya like Jazz??
I'm always surprised at how good your songs and arrangements are. I probably shouldn't cause I know you've got a masters in jazz composition, it's just that I generally don't expect people to be exceptional at more than one thing, and you're educational content is top grade stuff. Keep up the good work, hope we'll get to hear your own music a bit more frequently sometime in the future!
Snazzy jazzy.
This is how all great education works. I am learning to be an electrical engineer, but the theory behind the courses teaches you engineering in general, and with a bit of practice I could easily become a mechanical engineer for instance, even though it is outside my field.
Do guitar harmony parts (such as those found in metal songs like Orion) count as soli?
YES! Power metal still uses a lot of the soli technique, although most times it's just doubling an octave or playing the third or the fifth on top of a melodic line. Actually, classic power metal bands like Angra employ a lot of these 'traditional' harmonization techniques and counterpoint as well.
This reminds me of how teaching students computer engineering at my university, we cover few concepts / languages / techniques that students will use directly in their jobs, but we provide a foundation of knowledge on which they can build.
THIS ISNT JAZZ THIS IS SMOOTH BY SANTANA
Man I've just been loving your videos. I love the breakdown of all the different music theory facets and making things applicable. Really refreshing. Also FRIGGIN LOVED the Hello reharm
Yes give me the *T H I C C E S T* melodies pls
That sax solo and the singers in Adams band, are fantastic!
How did trombones ever go out of style?
If this project goes anywhere, it defiantly deserves it's own channel. Just sayin. I'd be very interested in seeing more.
Modern day Frank Zappa?
no
Ah... Good. I love soli. It's so beautiful and captivating. I used to refer to it as (instrument) choir or just multi layered harmonies, but soli feels right. It's one of the things that makes bands like Queen, Boston, and Journey so great.
Also, God DAMN, Adam!! Your music Fluffing ROOOCKS!!!
this is soli(t) haha xDD
sorry I'll see myself out ._.
I'm not a wind player in any respect but I got asked to do a quartet piece for saxophones of varying range and while teaching myself to write for winds I accidentally discovered soli. I may have over did it, but it just amazes me the chord voicings you can use from separate instruments or voices that come together to form the color of the chord.
With the cost of living and tuition in North America ever-increasing, is music school worth the price tag for the average aspiring musician? I have no doubt of the intrinsic value of getting a degree in music (I love school). But how many of us can really afford it when there is so few related full-time jobs to pay back the student loans. It seems to me that the democratic socialist countries in Europe that have free or heavily subsidized post-secondary tuition are in a much better position to support the continue development of the Arts.
Man, you are right, but you should tell it to the politicians, not under an Adam Neely's video.
(Meanwhile, confortably living in a socialist European country)
One of my favorites, Adam! Highly engaging and great content as always. Keep it up! Cheers from Venezuela
Saxamaphone players seem to jazz all over the place. The money shot no one wanted.
this is to date the best version of clarity i've heard. it's a shame i'm so fucking far away bc i'd love to get the chance to listen to you guys play
“The best example of this is this song from the South Park movie”
...or you could use the scene from West Side Story that South Park is parodying
It’s actually les mis. I did a whole video on the music theory of mashup and theatrical quodlibet, check it out!
Adam Neely I will definitely watch your mashup video; I like how you explain things. I just take issue with South Park in general.
It's a good example from pop culture that I bet everyone got. :D
Olordrin South Park is one, and perhaps the most pervasive, of the reasons hate speech has become normal in our society. By treating discriminatory words and actions as nothing more than cheap laughs, it has promised a generation of young white men that the way to become loved is to embrace and express racist, sexist, antisemitic, anti-Islamic, homophobic, transphobic, and otherwise facist sentiments. When your only contact with oppressed minorities is through popular media in which oppression is a punch line, you start to believe that oppression itself is a thing to be encouraged for cheap laughs.
That's why I don't like South Park. It may have occasional moments of cleverness, but the world would suck a lot less if it didn't tell people that the world is supposed to suck. And don't tell me I shouldn't care because it's "just a parody." Ignoring the power of parody to (accidentally?) promote the thing it mocks is how we got here.
I haven't seen a ton of South Park, but it always seemed like it was making fun of those undesirable elements by making the characters that are portraying these aspects to be so stupid and ridiculous that they can't help but be ridiculed. Sure, the less intelligent among us are going to see a poorly drawn cartoon with crude humor as a guidebook to life, but they weren't going to be model citizens to begin with.
I don’t play “jazz” any more, but everything I learned at jazz school made me a far better musician, and the discipline/techniques/ways of thinking I learned are invaluable to me. Not saying you need to go to school for that, but being surrounded by teachers and other students who dig that can be immense.