Q+A #28 - Should you keep politics out of music?
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0:46 On making a living out of music school just by playing
1:44 Should music and politics be separate?
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politics and music should be seperate. stop just saying your opinions adam.
i'll stop saying my opinions i'm sorry
David McDonald Nah, politics are great. Listen to grindcore.
Adam Neely Got a good chuckle from this one
Damn it Adam I don't come here to watch your videos where you talk about your opinions to hear your opinions
i dont want my politicians singing and i dont want my singers politizing.
nah just kidding whatever floats yer note.
1:50 I love Steven Colbert's take on this: "Who could forget NWA's hit single 'No Opinion on the Police'?"
"I have no strong feelings one way or another regarding authority figures in society" was definitely my favorite track
@@ratofthecity6351 went so hard
“All media is ideological. If you don’t perceive it as such, that just means it agrees with the beliefs you already hold.” - Slavoj Zizek (paraphrased)
what? Next you're gonna tell me guernica by Picasso is ideological! /s
But yeah, i'm always dumbfounded by people saying that artists (be that music, literature, visual arts etc.) should not be political, or should keep their opinions to themselves. The act of creating art is (to me at least) inherently a means to show feelings and opinion.
wtf
Your comment agrees with the beliefs that I already hold, that means it's objectively great!!
i dont care what communist has to say,their ideology caused the death of 150million ppl if not more..... why would anyone care what ppl with such a idology have to say s beyond me
@@ojberrettaberretta5314 you know what the capitalist UK has done right? all government systems have histories of genocide and brutality
That Bill Wurtz impression was spot on.
"Lord knows I disagree with Wagner's politics"
Got a chuckle out of me there.
"Musicians should really just play music and entertain, that's really what their job is."
Fuck that. Fuck all of that.
That "JUST DO IT" scared the shit out of me.
Liam-Ron of Zena I literally jumped!
Liam-Ron of Zena Same. So loud and uncalled for when just listening to the video.
Glad I read the comments
regarding politics and music. Argentina is an excellent example for this. take Charlie Garcia. during the dictatorship he rose to popularity due to his anti government music (which was censored). he found sneaky ways to bypass censorship, endangering his life for the purpose of free expression. also, during this time, most types of entertainment were censored/ strictly controlled and monitored by the government. this lead to the boom of amazing rock and roll music typical from Argentina
When you binge watch a channel because you just like the guy even if 50% of the time you don’t get what he says
i appreciate this channel a ton - way beyond the music - because you have a consistently great attitude (e.g. not begrudging or talking pretentiously about successful pop musicians) and genuinely thoughtful / aware takes on issues like politics in music.
Adam's opinion is correct and everyone else's opinion is incorrect.
Shut up
its a paradox
Adamthony Neeltano here.
But if I agree with Adam, will the paradox cause one of us to disappear in a puff of smoke?
Wait but this means you're wrong?
I love that you read "ppl" as "pipple". A man after my own heart.
Politics and music is hand in hand. Everything is politics so of course it belongs in music.
And what about national anthems?
What about Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Rage against the machine, bob marley, niel young, madonna, lady gaga, johnny cash, beatles, crosby still nash & young, primus, nina simone, john coltrane, charles mingus, rolling stones, creedence, eagles, billie holiday, all punk bands, all stoner/psych/garage/progg bands? What about mozart, igor stravinsky? Music is art and its very foundation is to make people move either it is dancing or political or whatever...
I think that goes a bit too far.
Politics in music is fine, and sometimes perhaps essential, but "*everything* is politics"?
I think the easiest is just to offer you a musical counterexample:
ruclips.net/video/NVjSycDJatc/видео.html
There's even the possibility that this particular musical wonder is some kind of outright rejection of the call to march in some political army? One could call such resistance "political", I suppose, but one might look a bit one-eyed if one did.
Yes, I mean march-march-march, since if you stretch out any obsession with power-power-power to its full extent, at the final end of that road is some army or horde or other such band of robbers - all doing something like marching -- probably singing their songs of predation, too. Project this absolutism of politicalistness according to the absolutist way that it is proposed as a model for the world, and it projects to its very ends. Has to, surely? That's what, "Everything is political" means. And the end of the road is Power by Force.
But some people say "NO". (Politics is just *something*).
And then their own kind of "YES". (Enlightened Lunacy is Something Else).
yeil noung forever
Precisely!
Amen to that.
Ah yes, my favorite jazz musician:
*Question and Answer Time Number 28*
I thoroughly appreciate your response to the politics in music question and agree 100% with what you said. Interestingly, those that agressively oppose politics in music may be the most unwittingly political in their low grade semi-fascist views. It certainly reflects a smallness and limitation of mind.
Well they yell keep politics out of a lot of stuff... I laugh when people want politics to be keep out of comics.
People just get tired of echo-chambers. That doesn't make their views "semi-fascist" or whatever else self-centered, historically oblivious Americans like calling authoritarian tendencies. One can agree that while artists should be allowed to express their political views as loudly and obsessively as they want, art itself would be better off with less of that. When you hear a huge group of people saying the same things and sounding exactly the same as is the case nowadays with a majority of mainstream musicians and actors, doesn't their individualism come into question? Is art not a celebration of the individual?
In an environment where art made by people with the wrong opinions gets pushed to the side because of politics, is the majority not what you call "semi-fascist"? And would the minority not be better off keeping their artistic endeavours separated from politics, regardless of the fact that politics can fuel art?
@@davekent6023 "Murder is bad." .. I estimate that 95+% of the world's population, including pretty much all artists, would agree with me. Does that call my or their individualism into question? I don't think so. It's just _one_ thing we agree upon. Sometimes a large group of people can actually agree not just on one but on a number of things - it happens. Building majority consensus is kinda the foundation of a functioning democracy, not a threat to individualism. Communicating one's opinions meaningfully and respectfully is key to building majority consensus.
In turn, opposition (or silence) solely for the sake of protecting "individualism", would be pointless and moronic imo. I don't see why "art itself would be better off" because of it - democracy would be worse off because of it.
Also, public figures stating their opinions publicly is *the antidote (!) to echo chambers* . For one, by speaking out publicly, these figures are exposed to all kinds of opinions and criticism. Speaking like that in private circles or already agreeable circles - *that* would be staying in an echo chamber.
More importantly, these public figures expose their audiences to their opinion *and* whatever criticism may follow. Discussions and arguments ensue. This may actually be a point where ppl get a glimpse of the world outside their respective echo chambers. How is that a bad thing?
Getting this kind of exposure via artists may even be the most effective, as severely echo-chambered ppl may not be open to listening to political figures from unfamiliar or opposing factions of the political spectrum.
And as for "wrong opinions gets pushed to the side because of politics" - oof.
First, the right to freedom of speech/expression is just that. It grants access to voicing one's opinions in public spaces, *not* in private spaces owned by other people. Someone can choose any public space, or build a platform etc. to propagate their opinions. But if they do so on my property/platform, it is my right to send them away, and they can continue to preach somewhere else. That is not censorship, and not "semi-fascist" as you claim. On the contrary, it'd be fascist to force me to endure ppl I don't want in my private space.
Second, what you call a "wrong" opinion is de facto an unpopular opinion. "Unpopular" doesn't automatically mean "wrong", but it _can_ mean "wrong". It definitely means a lot of work: either convince people (make the unpopular popular), or find a compromise between opposing views, or possibly realize that one's opinion indeed is misinformed or fallacious. Either way, exploring *why* an idea is unpopular is the first step, and I assure you "politics" is not the reason.
Because third: politics (in a democracy) is the consequence of public/popular opinion and not the other way around.
And fourth, blaming something external, something as vague as "politics", is a convenient way of absolving oneself from any responsibility/accountability for one's opinion(s) and actions and the consequences thereof. Someone may find consolation in insubstantial externalized blame, but effectively that'll only prevent that person from finding and facilitating an actual solution to their problem.
Also, mb look up what "fascist" and "authoritarian" actually means. While you're at it, mb also check out "narcissistic defence sequences" and try figure out, why I think they might be relevant here.
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Bravo Augusta.
The fact that more and more people are almost offended by political statements and ideas in art and entertainment, is kinda freaking the shit out of me. Maybe its just a internet thing, but that's bad enough really.
Not offended, and I can't speak for anyone else, but in my mind, the experience of music and experience of thinking about politics are completely separate and different. Frankly, one is frustrating and one is relaxing. So I can understand people wanting to keep these 2 categories separate, although I also think artists can do whatever they want.
In Brazil some kind of anti politics movement is growing and I see more people stating that music shouldn't get into politics and people want to separate these things like they were separate entities.
Everything is political and I see something in this growing movement that reminds me of fascism. Yeah, my country is passing through dark days and hopefully society will see we are going to a song direction.
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@@user-zb8tq5pr4x I see what you mean, but I'd still strongly and vocally disagree with people wanting to keep things separate. Simple explanation: Remove politics from the picture. Let's say I hate death metal because it doesn't fulfill any of my expectations of "good" music/entertainment - whatever that means to me. I still wouldn't campaign to have death metal shut down or separated from what *I* consider to be music. Cuz for one I'm aware that it's about my _personal_ preferencesa. For two, I know that no one's forcing me to listen to what I don't like, and I'm aware of the plethora of other genres that suit my tastes.
There's a world's difference between saying "I don't like it" and demanding it be changed/removed. One is expressing one's opinion, the other blatant entitlement, or worse: a fascistoid mindset, if we bring politics back into the picture. If ppl don't like music+politics, there's tons of songs and pieces they can listen to that are free of politics. There is literally no reason to demand politics be removed from music/entertainment altogether.
@@augustaseptemberova5664 I never campained for them to be seperate
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NyoomBot That induced a stroke
Not clapping between movements is meant to retain the "whole" picture of a classical piece. Clapping between movements is similar to just putting in a random scene of people whaling and cheering betweens scenes of a film. It would destroy the emotion intended to be delivered by the artist (composer/director). Sometimes pieces of classical music deliver a journey or range of emotion, whose picture as a whole would be destroyed through clapping and cheering. I guess this argument only holds up if you believe that a piece of music belongs to the composer rather than the audience or the interpreter. I would be interested in your stance on the question who really decides the true meaning of a piece of music. Is it what the composer wants it to be? Is it what the audience wants it to be? Is it what the interpreter/performer makes it? Or a mixture of all of this?
Except that this was not always the case-- at some points in classical music history, clapping between movements was expected or even encouraged, and symphonies/sonatas/etc. were not always composed as single cohesive works. They are right _now_, or at least were for most of the 19th and 20th centuries, but that's not an absolute. See for example www.classicfm.com/discover-music/why-dont-we-clap-between-movements/ or apnews.com/article/9cc22bdea9214ca68e233c956139e0ae
Stage presence, for me, is a celebration of being well rehearsed. It's a physical appeal you make to reinforce how you are emoting through your instrument.
People look to performers for emotional guidance. Take me on a journey of feelings through harmony, and show me how my movements in dancing along should be paced. I always think about James Brown doing his hardest working man in showbiz routine, he wants to show you how he dances to the music and he wants you to know he is so worked up he's giving it all he's got.
But just because you're aware of the impact of your posture doesn't justify posturing, playing the song well is the priority here. I never could dance until I grew comfortable moving with my guitar for some years. I'm sure there are theories about rhythm and dance, but I started out imagining that my gestures were what was creating the movement and sound, even if my instrument wasn't. I imagine myself a representative of the music making organism, and how the dynamic of the sound could better be represented through my human engagement. Tap your toes, and love it proudly as much as possibly sincere.
Hi Adam, at TAFE (Kind of a musical trade school style version of university) we had a class called movement for musicians in which we did yoga, theatre sports, and worked out small skits to go with songs. It was a lot of fun and great for stage presence.
When I was in my college's wind symphony, we performed one concert with a Portuguese fado singer. One of our pieces was a multi-movement set of Portuguese folk songs. This was in Providence, so everyone in the audience who wasn't a student was middle-aged and Azorean. They ignored all concert etiquette and applauded uproariously after each movement, and even clapped in time to the final movement. That was the best show we ever played.
Hahaha, the Bill Wurtz impression was so damn good, I'm having trouble keeping my shit together at work
This was a good one, Adam. Thank you!
Yo, a micro-tonal video would be sick.
Along with a micro-tonal composition that would really make people realize that there are harmonies outside of your western ear.
yes! more than 12 notes. notes between the notes.
True but even a lot of that music uses whole tonal chords.
Go ask Selda, I think she'll know.
Kyle Ganger you should listen to flying microtonal banana by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Came here to sing the virtues of Stu and Gizz but this right legend done it for me!
I personally recommend the little-known electronic artist Aphex Twin. You may not have heard of him, he's pretty obscure.
I appreciate your referencing the emotional roller-coaster that is performing. Understanding that journey is a big step toward dealing with it. Thanks.
Hi Adam,
I am not a bass player, but it's such a pleasure to listen to your thought processes. Just telling.
I've been watching for a few months but I just want to voice my appreciation for this channel.. so, yeah well done! :D
Heya Adam,
What's your opinion on self-taught musicians, or people who play "by ear"? Coming from a Mexican background, a lot of my family friends and relatives enjoy playing various instruments - guitar, bass, piano, trumpet, percussion, etc. (I myself, though I played percussion in junior high, play piano by ear), but a vast majority don't have any understanding of music theory in the academic sense; the knowledge comes from the music "sounding right". Watching videos such as yours which discuss music theory, as well as watching you elaborate on your academic background, in a way makes me think negatively regarding playing "by ear", though I'm sure it's not your intent.
+Apoline I agree with you. Playing by ear is NOT a negative. If you're playing by ear, you're training your ear. And if your ear is well trained, you can play damn near anything and you won't need one of those iPad things to be able to know what to play where. I can't do math. I flunked fundamentals of Algebra. Music theory is too "mathy" for me. So I play by ear.
Many if not most of the 'great' early jazz musicians played by ear. All this theory came along later to explain what was in these players heads.
Theory allows you to understand what is available to you as musician. It opens doors to the possibilities of better expressing oneself instead of what they have heard only by ear. Think of it as learning a language. Wouldn't you like to be able to have choices for building sentences and paragraphs? This way you have choices. It opens doors ... it doesn't close them.
Theory is more of a tool to understand music in a way that categorizes it into terms and feelings. Really, playing by ear is still a great skill. Sheet music is used mostly to write things down, or to read music when you don’t have a recording. It’s a writing and reading of music. So if you want to write music, it is beneficial to physically write it down. However, it does not mean you cannot create new original music without writing sheet music for it.
Learning theory is helpful. But, having or developing an ear is always a plus. Imagine if you knew only theory but could not find the note on your instrument.
Loved what you had to say about politics in music. Always appreciate your articulate responses to all of these complex questions (including mine this week! That was really cool!).
Best answer ever to the question "should music be political?"!
Love your work and videos! Keep it up!
dude i fucking lost it at the bill wurtz parody
Your subscription base is getting crazy high! Congrats Adam!!!
nice video, really enjoy your content, thanks
Adam, I just wanted to say that you keep earning my deepest respect the more videos I watch. It's like that moment with manufacturer sponsors in the end of the video where you did it only nominally - many people been worried about you getting more sponsorships (me included) but the more I think about it the more I realize how bold it is.
And this video, looking at the title I opened it with dread but I was so relieved to hear what you said. So many things are deeply political and so many privileged jerks would like to hide from it. "Politics is when I disagree".
I think you are one of the best vloggers out there with radical honesty and self-awareness. Please keep doing what you are doing and I wish you to get as much support for this as possible.
You used "love on top" and that made me sooo happy!!!
You're a good guy, Adam, keep the faith!
Hey about the "classical etiquette", the reason why you don't clap in-between movements is that in a sonata for example, is seen as an entire piece, and you don't clap in the middle of a song (only in jazz lol). Also, some of these pieces really work well when played fully. I mean, just a piece like the moonlight sonata by Beethoven is amazing when heard in its entirety.
13:15 I like that he couldnt help laughing
Man, everytime I ear you outro song, I feel the need to listen to your band's work again haha
hey Adam, you look so happy on this video. great to see happy face
0:41 damn I enjoyed that more than I probably should've. Sounds awesome.
Great to hear your thoughts on music & politics - I'm always amazed how much I agree with everything you say (thanks for the echo chamber effect hehe).
Lovely. Thank you sir.
The end of Summer Soft is also a good example of the modulation thing. So good
"JUST DO IT" That really spooked me out.
About clapping between the movements. I study classical piano and I have a different opinion on this topic. I dont think that clapping at the wrong time is necessarily bad(by the way it is happening to me almost every time). When someone is clapping between movements or at the wrong time (when I play) I feel kinda out of focus and I lose my feeling. When I listen to some pianists I am so excited that I just want to scream and applause and go up there on the stage and hug him or her. But I don't do that out of respect for them, because I want to hear more of what they got, and to ruin his or her focus will be a catastrophe. That s why I dont clap until the pianist leaves the stage.
Yay to response re: politics and music! Well done. reminds me of something I heard a musicologist say about Bob Dylan years ago - many people think that he wrote about politics, but really he wrote about Justice. the anecdotes and conflicts were a vehicle for exploring that subject - eternal, universal, and absolutely an appropriate topic.
Your lighting is getting better.
that answer to political music was spot on dude!!!
Don't really agree, just because people have been doing it for a long time doesn't mean it's good. Ultimately, I believe musicians can do whatever they want, but nothing will convince me to enjoy political messages in music.
@@user-zb8tq5pr4x Good for you. Sounds fun!
@@user-zb8tq5pr4x but nothing will convince me to enjoy political messages in music.
Well, as Adam said, you can absolutely listen to artists whose political views you don't agree with and still like their music. But art in general is a form of personal expression and pretty much everyone has a political opinion that is, to a varying extent, part of their identity. Who are you to tell people they should not express ideas that agree or disagree with certain political movements just because you want to be entertained?
@@Pierrot110194 " Who are you to tell people they should not express ideas that agree or disagree with certain political movements just because you want to be entertained?"
When did I ever tell anyone to not do or do anything? All I said is that I don't enjoy it. I don't give a fuck about what you do.
Totally agree with the clapping part. You are there to watch a performance and show that you like it. Clap when you like it, that's what you're there for.
Another fine video, Adam. I noticed when you said "rhythm" at 18:43, the color temperature got much warmer. I have to say, it looks MUCH better to me...you look way more healthy. ;-)
Cheers!
Wow, I'm really looking forward to your thoughts about classical etiquette! :-D
Your video about how classical musicians feel rhythm (with which I agree about 95%) evoked quite emotional responses, so to speak. But it is now over a year and it is time for that shit to hit the fan again. ;-)
But seriously: premature applause can ruin the whole experience.
I would love to write a long-drawn-out comment about this topic, but I will keep my thoughts until you address it more elaborately.
YAY you're doing rhythm. Thanks!
The way you read usernames is hilarious.
Love that Wurtz-esque tune, it's my ringtone now
Hey Adam I love watching your videos. They have helped me a lot with my knowledge of music in general. I mainly play the piano but also the flute in eighth grade and I am playing a Broadway score of "Annie" in the pit and I am wondering if you can give me some tips in playing big chords very quickly (I have small hands) Keep up the good work!
I'd love to see a video on music/classical music etiquette. I think I remember reading that it wasn't always considered taboo to clap between movements or even during them, but I'd have to do some digging to back that up with sources
Hey Adam, long time subscriber, first time commenter! I love your videos and you have inspired me to both challenge myself as a musician, and given me practical tools I need to improve my day to day playing.
OK, enough flattery. I really like when you talk about the intersections of cognitive science and music. I was hoping you could talk about musical tension. I know you already demonstrate it in a few videos about harmonization and jazz, but could you talk a little more about what's happening in the human brain when we experience musical tension as listeners?
Re: Pride about performance, vs attachment to artifact: I can definitely relate to that, having gone through Architecture school. We would make prototype models of buildings that we envisioned, only to have the professor literally rip them apart to add or remove components. There was nothing bad about this, it was the creative process. Some students were too attached to their models without realizing that they were basically 3D "sketches" of a concept, and I had heard stories of students even being reduced to tears at having their models that they put so much hard work into torn to pieces. I never really got that, but then my craftsmanship wasn't exactly flawless so I didn't mind so much. I guess I've never been that attached to my artwork, I feel like it's the creative process that's much more valuable, and if I need to make it again, I'll do it better and faster the next time.
I guess it helped that I knew he was going to rip apart our models before we started making them.
thank you for so solidly explaining why musicians can be in politics...... i too kinda hate it.. but at the same point.. rage was soooo good and lots of others
Hi adam. Awesome channel. I enjoy your intellectual and entertaining approach in discussing music concepts and ideas. Definitely my fave channel now. What other youtube channels do you think do this similar approach that you do, ie a "VSauce" about music and not just the typical tutorial about instruments? Thanks!
Really good answer to the political question. Well done.
14:23 I agree for the most part with this sentiment. I've also played with a dance troop, and had audience after audience clap along out of time with a piece and throw off the dancers. I think there are times for the audience to be a passive participant.
I totally agree with your point of view about music and politics!
what a fantastic and accurate answer regarding politics and music.
Hi Adam,
Thanks for sharing all the knowledge and wisdom that you have with us! I was wondering if you would ever make a video about harmonics? I was looking through your videos and I didn't see any that focused on that topic (unless I just missed it). Jaco Pastorius is a big influence for me in terms of using harmonics, and I was just wondering what your ideas were about them.
You're not stifling your emotions during the empty part between movements, that empty space is a large part of the entire piece. It's so what you just heard can sink in, and to "cleanse the pallet" for the next movement.
Can you show us your basses in the next video? (sorry if you already did that)
Love your videos!
Hey Adam! Good stuff as always!
Question for your next Q&A: I see you were talking about musical theatre and it’s music and composition. Are you familiar with musical theatre composers fluently enough to distinguish specific composers’ works by the way the songs are written, and do you have a favorite?
Thanks!
Hey Adam, are you ever gonna do any more of your 10 minutes of Sibelius composition videos or anything similar? I really enjoy those and feel like I learn a lot from them even after rewatching the old ones several times!
So much good music is greatly enhanced by the fact that it’s political (folk, outlaw country, blues, punk, 60s protest rock, conscious hip hop, 50s rock n roll, reggae, soul, first wave jazz, etc.)
- sheet music is safe to drop, ipads are not
- you can’t forget to charge your sheet music
- sheet music is much more visible in bright sunlight
- sheet music can give you a 2-page spread
Ipads are fantastic, you just have to know their limits
Thank you for the Bruno Mars clip at the end. Delicious.
those session bands...yes, id love that gig!
Dope!
Hey Adam
I know you are movie fan, specially movies related to music. So I will like to know your opinion about the movie "La la land". Do you like it? How about the music in general and the approach to jazz music.
Thanks
This makes me want an actual collab between Adam Neely and Bill Wurtz.
Patreon squad!
That was Ryan Connors! Looks like a sweet project. Definitely want to check that out
"if the spirit moves you to clap, clap" words of wisdom.
Hay man love your stuff, you've taught and introduced me to loads of new musical ideas and got me learning theory again. I wanted to ask about your whats the saddest key video. I do agree that the key cant really change the music that much but its in how you use it. But i was wondering, when they changed music to equal tempered tuning, they moved each key a different relationship away from its true 5th, 6th, 7th or whatever. So aren't each key a slightly different relationship to their true harmonic relationships because they have all been adjusted to make 12 even tones. I know its really slight. But in some keys some notes would have a different mathematical relationship to the route note than in other keys. Just a thought. Interested to see what you think. Thanks again. Bass
Hi adam! Great video! I think this is a good video for this question; how do you keep your political (or any) beliefs from alienating people in the music business and while trying to network? I think that is harder now than ever with the current political climate and my fairly intense views.
It may not be proper etiquette to clap during classical music, but it is VERY proper to clear your throat continually
Hey Adam, I love your videos. You've mentioned several times that one of the greatest benefits of music school is the network you become a part of. Do you have any suggestions for where and how to network with other current or aspiring musicians and music industry professionals outside of going to music school? Thanks!
Hey Adam, how about a video on the music theory of genres that "break the rules" such as free jazz and krautrock?
EDIT: mictrotonal stuff would also be cool
Hey Adam, Slava! by Bernstein is also a "political 'overture'," and also demonstrated compositional technique by using tapes from political speeches in a mid-section, although a friend of mine told me it sounded like a lonney tunes cartoon
Ho Adam, kudos on the sweet videos. Love learning more than just the basics with music theory.
My question is this... I use printed sheet music when I'm playing, and usually try to squeeze it on to two pages of A4. I do this because I don't want to have to turn the page mid song. Does the programs available for tablets overcome this problem? Thank you.
Aw man, watching your Q+A is much less fun when I've asked a question and am hoping it gets answered the whole way through :p (It didn't :( - maybe it was too long)
Good stuff though bro - keep it up
AnthraxEnTuTampax, your nickname made me laugh a lot. Thanks!
I've been playing guitar for about 8 years now and I'm fairly proficient at doing what I do, which is playing metal. However, as a result of how I learned to play guitar, which was just looking up tabs for metal songs and never taking lessons or receiving instruction, I'm incredibly limited in my comprehension of musical theory and how to play basically anything but metal riffs. I always talk to other musicians and I feel as though the fast/technical music I can play fools them in to thinking I'm "good" then I feel embarrassed when I talk to them and I have no dang idea what key I'm playing in or what chord progression is happening. What are some good resources to jump out of my wheelhouse and start learning some basic applied theory or otherwise abilities outside of my current box?
James Fulbright Depends on how best you learn. If you're really wordy, you can always look into text books. Any book that they'd use for your typical college intro music theory course is fine. As long as you can read music first. If you need to learn to read music, pick up a really simple beginners book for your instrument of choice, and learn to play the notated examples.
If you're more auditory or like the human connection. You can find music theory videos on, say, RUclips over more introductory concepts.
It becomes for natural as you go. Good luck!
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James Fulbright Well.. get off youtube and go read a book.
Hi! I was/am basically on the same situation that you are (except for the proficient part, I'm just not bad, but that's it) and the way I started to change all that was to:
1-Look for music channels on youtube that explain the theory
2-I started taking piano lessons
Now, the piano lessons just made everything easier to understand, but you can still learn A WHOLE LOT just by going to youtube channels like this. Try with the simplest most stupid stuff you can think, like a video explaining the major scale, and altough you are going to be bored playing that because you play far more complex stuff, once you understand how that works, you can understand another like the minor scale and so on... For me it's been like playing a videogame where you go unlocking different stuff and it's amazing.
Ah, and also, try to analize your favourite songs and try to understand WHY you like them so much, that works well too.
Hey Adam, I'm a music student from the UK doing a Higher Education Music Degree in Liverpool. All the way through my journey of music I've had many social & personal barriers interrupting my education in music... What's your opinion on social areas effecting music education? For example, there is an organization called "In Harmony" in Liverpool who were based off another that had been set up in Mexico (I think) in rough areas, they would teach disfortunate children music, some of these children are now apparently world wide musicians.
What do you make of that?
I agree wholeheartedly with you, Adam.
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Hey Adam, I like your vids and they are very informative and entertaining, keep it up!
I'm a hobbyist classically-trained violinist and recently have been trying to expand to different styles and get back into music. I have a country/folk band I've been playing with and we've played a few gigs, but I'm having trouble retaining new music; I've always been able to play even vaguely familiar songs by ear and I've relied on that, but now I'm encountering unfamiliar songs and I can't consistently conform to the chord progressions because I can't remember them. The other group members are experienced giggers already familiar with the music so sheet music and charts are not employed. Practice time is limited so I've tried just listening to the songs while working or in my free time, but at the stand I can't remember further into the song than the phrase I'm actively trying to remember. Then bad things happen. Do you have any techniques you use to quickly learn new music? Or is it a matter of simply brute-transcribing and learning the music classically?
It's great to discover your channel Adam. Thank you!
Q: Is there any scholarships to Berklee? for a classical guitarist?
Thank you very much for stating this: NO, politics and music/films/videogames/books CANNOT be separated, since every bit of of human artistic production expresses inherent political views. That's what makes it human, we are not art-creating machines. Most people saying "we should keep politics out of X" actually mean "I don't like the politics expressed in X". And that is perfectly right! of course you are welcome to freely contest, debate, and dislike political ideas expressed in any art form. It's actually good for the medium and healthy to have a free debate about them. But that doesn't mean you can keep politics out of music, or any other art form for that matter.
I rarely write youtube comments, but I recently discovered your channel and Im loving every bit of it. Yo make great, informed, and funny work. Congrats for the awesome videos!
I just found your channel a week or two ago, and I really like it so far. Are there any other channels similar to yours that talk about interesting/advanced concepts in music? I'm a junior in high school and will most likely go to college for music tech (my instrument is piano)
about changing keys mid-song, besides going up by a sharp or down by a flat like you showed in one of your previous videos, is there any specific amount to jump keys to create a certain effect, such as All The Things You Are, which changes keys by a factor of several sharps midway through the song
Well, one of the most important function of music or any other human art forms are to encourage collective dialectical processes regarding various issues between individuals through creative, emotional and cultural expressions. So it should not really bother you that some lyrics are political , unless they follow irrational or harmful ideologies. For me, politically charged lyrics from Gang Starr is more interesting than bland and hyper-sexual pop music.
What are your favorite types of drummers to play with? Also, do you have any tips for drummers playing with bassists, or vice versa? Thanks!
People with anti-freedom leanings have always struggled to find art that has any heart or soul, but that doesn't express anything with heart and soul.