I think the phrasing is actually: "bass is basically a worse guitar" so not only does he place it below guitar, he also denies it existence per se - it's not really an instrument in its own right, it's a guitar, but less good! HA now i can continue sucking at better guitar
How to not suck at music: *A*lways practice *B*e on time *C*ollaborate with other musicians *D*on't grandstand and show off *B*efriend other cats *G*rind *A*lways play the lick
At first, before I hit expand, I thought you were going to do the alphabet, then I thought it was possiblely a reference to something I didn't understand, then *click* I got the reference.
This would actually be a very useful series if you plan on making more. I learned a lot from seeing similarities between my own playing and the people you critiqued.
Hey Adam! Thanks for the critique of My Funny Valentine. I agree, I didn't have a very lyrical approach here. I change the phrasing a lot of the time when playing standards to give it a fresh (to me) sound. The greats had done the same in countless recordings, arguably. I will have to keep your comments in mind! By the way, I play with 13-56 gauge strings (the largest commercially available set from Daddario) which I use to lessen sustain and thicken tone. I was going for a Grant Green type sound here which called for a healthy dose of space, nuance, and silence. Also, excellent Chet-esque singing! I appreciate your channel and what you're doing.
@@mikaelplaysguitar Hey guys I just stumbled upon this video again and never saw these comments… the guitar was an Eastman ES-175 copy. I modified it heavily - tailpiece, pickup, tuners. It was a great guitar & highly recommend it. Thank you!
NonTwinBrothers put ur musical interpretation on the front line and then back it up with thicc tone and crispy rests instead of slurred rests. (ie, 1e& ^rest ^ 3& 4 instead of 1&a 2e&aREST 4)
Your voice is way better than you think it is. Great tone for someone who's self taught and at least you could tell what notes you were trying to hit, which is a lot more than you could say for most people. Your comments at the end also made me realize that as a drummer, I really want a look at drums from a bassist's perspective, if only so I can lock in the groove with them better!
Sure! They're going to be a little harder to work with in this format, just because I don't really want to have to play the entire composition before critiquing it, but if theres something that might work or might interest me, I may do it. We'll see.
4:47. Fair point. Another really great u can do is 1 2 b3 4 2 b7 1 Just to break out of the pentatonic scale a little bit, as it can be a little overused.
One of the weird things about performing rock music on a guitar or bass is that everything that makes you look "cool" (loose strap, mobile/expressive fretting hand, running around the stage, looking like you're trying to murder your strings when you strum, etc) is detrimental to your technique.
this was a really useful thing to watch. I would love to see more of this kind of content. As someone who doesn't really have the time or funds for conventional music lessons, stuff like this is my life blood as someone who has a hunger for music. thank you for being such a wealth of practical knowlage. BASS!
This video didn't address the instruments or styles I am most interested in, but I learned so much! Great job! I would love this to be a regular segment.
I wouldn't mind seeing this becoming a series! Maybe do a similarity lengthens video like this once a month or so. It was interesting to watch and got people actively involved as well which is cool
I swear I love that group of doods so much. You got the drummer who looks like he wants to die, the conga dood who genuinely looks confused, the bass dood who's just kinda there, and the Jack's films guitar player who is absolutely cooming at his guitar playing. The whole thing comes of as some wierd absursd sitcom sketch full of wacky characters that's going on for much to long.
Hey Adam, great video. I'm a beginner bass player and this video helped a lot with what I'm struggling with. Also I was able to learn some other interesting things. I hope you continue this series.
I've been very engaged and sometimes turned on musically watching a lot of your videos for about a year, but today I'm thrilled with the way you're coaching strangers based on video samples. I feel like I gleaned insight on how to tell a player what's next without shutting a player down. I coach ukulele players in workshop (O_o) and am grateful to be able to model your way of sending a player off with good things on their to do list.
Thank you to everyone brave enough to be publicly critiqued. Listening to Adam's suggestions for your playing helped me consider my own. I think this was a useful video.
Yo that thumb toward the headstock trick is handy AF! I've been following that advice for all of a single day now and my wrist feels a lot less fucked after a few hours of playing. 👍👍👍
Exactly three years later (to the day actually), I'm just thinking I'm so happy your channel has grown the way it did! Keep up the awesome content man! Bises from France
I rarely comment on You Tube, however your channel is a most valuable addition to the music community. Excellent, technical, straightforward and well presented. Keep it up, please.
You are soooo right about the usefulness of the Pentatonic scales. Expand them, truncate them, change the order of the scale degrees, slide into the notes, etc. Look at what Clapton has does with his altering of the Pentatonic scales and he's never boring.
Adam, thank you for this series of videos. Your topics are usually interesting and your presentation is marvelously clear. Don't pay any attention to the trolls.
Loved the idea. I imagine this "overdriven guy" just wanted to add some flare with that wrist. Rock/punk/metal musicians ofte develop a lot worse habits just to look good on stage. I myself had to deal with some cramps on stage. Eliminating that was quite easy. Worst thing is that my dentist now tells me that I have grinded down my teeth, because of the tension I put on my face while performing. Just relax guys!
It's called Showmanship. Watching a metal show where the dudes don't look like they're enjoying it wouldn't be that fun. Also I bend a lot with my fingers, mainly the index and the middle or sometimes I use my ring finger, middle and index, but I do, use my wrist sometimes especially on the g string high up on the neck because I don't have a whammy bar, but this effect is close enough.
I play drums and when I watch good drummers they always look relaxed and effortless. But I always feel tense even when Im consciously try to relax😂More practice I guess...
I really appreciate your comment on hand position with the first bass player. It truly is critical. I've seen so, so many young players play with death grip on the neck, resulting in fatigue and pain quickly. I've recommended two things for beginner players on hand position: 1) pretend your about to place your hands on a piano keyboard; relaxed, palms open. Then simply rotate from the elbow to play guitar or bass. 2) Pretend there's a small ball in the palm of your hand before placing your hand on the neck, and don't drop the ball. Both focus on a relaxed hand position, which helps with control, fatigue, etc.
I find your videos really influental. Everytime I watch a new video from you, I realize sth that I hadn't before. Not sure if I get better or not, but it doen't change the fact that ur videos are very VERY helpful.
Very cool format. 0:58 after a few months seems like super progress! 6:10 My Funny Valentine, the point about lack of sustain is a really good one, but recognize that not following the vocal and focusing on a single notes seem like valid stylistic choices. It's useful to get opinions like these (I'm a Johnny Smith fan who found this too empty) but take them as opinions. Make recordings of yourself and listen to them later with fresh ears. See if it still moves you.
mr7clay thanks for the comments! I was going for a Grant Green sound on the recording so I could see why you might feel it was a bit sparse in relation to the harmonic complexity of Johnny Smith. Cheers!
One of your most informative vids yet Adam... A side note on the straight wrist thing, after many years fighting tendinitis I've found that putting on some form of thick bracer on your wrist will force it to the proper technique - and later you do it automatically, even without it. Won't fit with most genre's aesthetic, though ;)
This is why I still get lessons, even after now being able to compose my own songs and getting a lot of techniques and stuff down. My instructor still gives me goals to achieve and how to improve. As it's actually impossible to stop improving.
Hey adam! Love everything youre doing here giving good insights into musical concepts and technique. You mentioned at the end that you didnt feel comfortable talking about drummers or pianists, however i feel it is important for the development of the rhythm section as a whole. In conclusion i would care to hear your criticism for playing with other instrumentalists. Keep doing what youre doing!
That advice on scales was superb. I always found myself trying to screw around with too many scales while I hadn't learned how to use the pentatonic ones to their full extent.
wow. really good vid. more of these please! seriously amazing of all the players to put them selves out there for scrutiny and also very brave to take that on Adam. bound to be a bit of heat for this vid but i for one really appreciate the balls of all involved. good way to learn very qell linked to how the best sports coaching works for instance .
Definitely a very appreciated concept to give honest, constructive critique like this. As has also been mentioned, would be really interesting to see compositions as well. I know I personally would love to hear some educated feedback on my own stuff, since I always feel like I barely know what I'm doing.
when you said "lets call it now" i legit thought we were only a quarter of the way done with the video. please make more! oh, and im definitely going to be watching my wrists!
I don't know why people call this roasting. This is a great way of giving back to viewers. He's replying to their question for help on their playing, that's just great :)
That was really cool. For the bass tips specifically I'd like to see you demonstrate on your bass what you mean, especially keeping the wrist straight. Some of other comments include criticising/commenting on compositions; I'd like to see that too.
Got to say.. love the way you can read whatever they are playing and "criticize" the playing in a great way.. talking about the musicianship and not about the musicians. Everyone can improve. Sorry for my english, not my mother language, but u do review like a good teacher bringing up something that can be improved, beeing that they are all good musician already looking for some review - otherwise they wouldnt have submited their videos to it. Whoever is bitching about the reviews - remember he is spending good time helping out with good tips people that ASK for it. Good job. Loved it.
Adam, you could relate the question of the lack of sustain from a guitar (when playing slow "vocal" melodies) to the same problem that harpsichord players had to deal it in the ancient music. Most of the ornaments they do it in a slower and sparse tune is a musical way to avoid the smaller sustain from the instrument.
The "know the lyrics" advice is crucial. As a drummer, i got it from the great, late Elvin Jones when he stressed that he always internally sings the melody, and the lyrics, if there are, of the tune while soloing over the form.
Great Video! Imagine it's very hard to criticize someone's playing with the right words, and without discouraging the player. You've done it very well. People and trolls just leaving negative hate on YT music performances could learn a lot from this, as you can find many tips and great feedback if you'd really listen with a ear for the musicians progress. Great Idea, and a series of this may really create some perception for how performances can be constructively criticized :)
A note on the point Adam made about the jazz guitar and bass conflicting because of the similar frequency areas used. This hold true in not just jazz, but in practically any style. While that really dark "jazzy" tone may work for solo jazz guitar (without the rest of the rhythm section), in most ensemble settings, a more mid-focused sound is better. The reason we want more mids (and maybe trebles) in a jazz combo's guitar is the same one as the reason that "scooping the mids" in metal never really works out well. As a member of my school's jazz band, my low end is turned down all the way, so I can leave a space in the frequency spectrum for the bass to be spotlighted in all of its glory. So there you go. How to solve the issue with having both guitar and bass in a jazz ensemble. Or any musical ensemble for that matter.
Adam, please make this type of videos your regular umm column? would be very nice if you would do this every 2-3 weeks at least. Altho sometimes it is hard to understand what r u sayng for a foreigner like me, i find ur videos very inovative and informative. You r a great source of information, very happy i found u.
In re: you wanting to play a Sesame Street song as a jazz fusion song, then realizing “Oh, this already IS a jazz fusion song!!” … YES!!!! For the last several decades, I’ve been telling everyone who’ll listen, what developed my ear early on wasn’t just all the classical music and folk music and ‘50s rock standards my parents played when I was a toddler - listening back, I realized Sesame Street more than anything else introduced me to complex rhythms and wild chord progressions and groovy riffs played in a way that’s not only approachable and fun, but downright infectious!! JOE RAPOSO WAS A GENIUS, Rest In Peace!!!
Hey Adam, I just recently discovered you on YT and have been checking out your videos. You're such an awesome music teacher! I hope you're a Professor. (My dad did undergrad and grad school in theory and comp at MSM.)
@12:28 The curve in the finger also makes it a lot easier to put vibrato into the note if you need to. I personally play violin, and not having those arches can really get in the way at times, especially if you need to play on more than one string.
A big help is to just listening to jazz. It's literal information to your ears. You can hear the way the bass plays, piano, guitar, everything. Listening to an improvised solo and listening to the rhythm section, will help tremendously. My point being: if you really want to be a jazz musician, listen to jazz.
That was a lot more interesting than I was expecting. I'm really new to bass and I hadn't noticed how bent my left wrist was so I will definitely work on that. Thanks!
d jones I should have clarified. He lives on the east coast, so the upload time in his time zone was 4:33 PM. I doubt this was intentional but thought it was an amusing coincidence.
I agree about the Sesame Street numbers song, as a little kid I didn't understand how groovy it was but a few years later I ran across it and was amazed.
Hey Adam. I wrote a bass solo piece that's just under two minutes long, I will make sure to record it and send it to you. My bass teacher and I at bandcamp were talking about how much we love your videos!
He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly
He gives suggestions about your tracc
nice meme uwu
He give good feedbacc
And he keeps you from sounding whacc
@@CaptainSunFlare good
Adam is the embodiment of "constructive criticism". And i honestly love his friendly but critical approach to teaching
Mad respect to anyone that submitted.
can someone edit the footage of Adam saying that bass is worse than guitar and then spam it on his twitter and never let him forget ty
Peter Job *E V I L*
I think the phrasing is actually:
"bass is basically a worse guitar"
so not only does he place it below guitar, he also denies it existence per se - it's not really an instrument in its own right, it's a guitar, but less good! HA
now i can continue sucking at better guitar
then there is the harp, what were you thinking?
And until next time.... WORSE GUITAR
@SlayerGames44 kind of agreed--if only for the fact that I can barely play some guitar and bass would be a whole different beast to try to play
There's a single black frame at 20:54. Literally unwatchable.
thanks for warning me, I guess I'll go watch Glenn Fricker, den.
it is watchable af
Dude, I'm like literally devastated. That is literally that worst thing ever.
Like literally wow.
Your comments on My Funny Valentine in relation to knowing the lyrics is something I've never thought about. Such a useful idea.
Lee Callender that really is a useful thing to think about, something I've never even considered! Very cool!
when learning a jazz standard definitely listen to a few vocal recordings, it also helps you remember the melody better
D4c
That was Dexter Gordon's whole thing. He would explain it to audiences. The horn had to sing the words.
JoJo
seriously considering submitting sax with drumsticks for critique
i bet it would be dope!
Do you critique singing as well? I'm only really competent with my voice.
get a bass and you could do some Morphine!! but I gess he would focus on the bass... so... ye
...while playing all-star
Adam Neely Have you ever heard Derek Brown? He does saxophone beatboxing.
How to not suck at music:
*A*lways practice
*B*e on time
*C*ollaborate with other musicians
*D*on't grandstand and show off
*B*efriend other cats
*G*rind
*A*lways play the lick
That took me a few seconds. Well done.
At first, before I hit expand, I thought you were going to do the alphabet, then I thought it was possiblely a reference to something I didn't understand, then *click* I got the reference.
Hahahahahahahshahagag
A minor
Really enjoyed the very small snippet of you singing
Navarre
Right? He's really not that bad. Definitely not a singer, but not too shabby.
He is better than Rick Beato at it :)
ScottTK I've tried listening to some of Rick Beatto's stuff... definitely a knowledgeable guy, but his speaking voice alone drives me crazy!
I know I've said this before, but Adam's unaltered vocals feel so endearing to me 🙏
@@WhySoSquid it's so sad he doesn't do that more often
This would actually be a very useful series if you plan on making more. I learned a lot from seeing similarities between my own playing and the people you critiqued.
Hey Adam! Thanks for the critique of My Funny Valentine. I agree, I didn't have a very lyrical approach here. I change the phrasing a lot of the time when playing standards to give it a fresh (to me) sound. The greats had done the same in countless recordings, arguably. I will have to keep your comments in mind!
By the way, I play with 13-56 gauge strings (the largest commercially available set from Daddario) which I use to lessen sustain and thicken tone. I was going for a Grant Green type sound here which called for a healthy dose of space, nuance, and silence. Also, excellent Chet-esque singing! I appreciate your channel and what you're doing.
Ian O'Hare awesome video man, sounds amazing
Ian O'Hare: Nice playing! What guitar did you use in the video? It's beautiful!
No reply. Looks like he only talks to Adam, who stopped talking to him long ago 😁
@@mikaelplaysguitar Hey guys I just stumbled upon this video again and never saw these comments… the guitar was an Eastman ES-175 copy. I modified it heavily - tailpiece, pickup, tuners. It was a great guitar & highly recommend it. Thank you!
@@mikaelplaysguitarthanks Mikael!
this should become a series!
Absolutely, this was great - more of this!
Gabie up for this
Really would be down to get wrecked
Nyessssssss!!!
+1 :)
But how can I not s u c c at music?
NonTwinBrothers real question's been asked here
make sure ur tone is t h i c c
NonTwinBrothers put ur musical interpretation on the front line and then back it up with thicc tone and crispy rests instead of slurred rests. (ie, 1e& ^rest ^ 3& 4 instead of 1&a 2e&aREST 4)
Make sure ur attacc is always clean and confident as is doggo confident
hoo
How many people submitted All Star covers?
Your voice is way better than you think it is. Great tone for someone who's self taught and at least you could tell what notes you were trying to hit, which is a lot more than you could say for most people.
Your comments at the end also made me realize that as a drummer, I really want a look at drums from a bassist's perspective, if only so I can lock in the groove with them better!
Hey Adam would you criticize compositions too?
Please, please, please!!! :D
That's interesting.
yo this comment
Sure! They're going to be a little harder to work with in this format, just because I don't really want to have to play the entire composition before critiquing it, but if theres something that might work or might interest me, I may do it. We'll see.
Maybe if we acompany them with the score it would be less tedious?
Maybe he knows the lyrics to Funny Valentine but stutters?
Tim Byrne m-maybe!
This made me laugh a lot
4:47. Fair point.
Another really great u can do is 1 2 b3 4 2 b7 1
Just to break out of the pentatonic scale a little bit, as it can be a little overused.
One of the weird things about performing rock music on a guitar or bass is that everything that makes you look "cool" (loose strap, mobile/expressive fretting hand, running around the stage, looking like you're trying to murder your strings when you strum, etc) is detrimental to your technique.
This is such an interesting new format
this was a really useful thing to watch. I would love to see more of this kind of content. As someone who doesn't really have the time or funds for conventional music lessons, stuff like this is my life blood as someone who has a hunger for music. thank you for being such a wealth of practical knowlage. BASS!
This video didn't address the instruments or styles I am most interested in, but I learned so much! Great job! I would love this to be a regular segment.
Your singing sounds a little like Chet Baker, time to get a voice coach and polish those pipes!
Mark Wladika I was thinking the same thing! I almost thought he just overdubbed Chet's voice while he sang for a second!
indeed!
I felt Chet the same way!
His mum's a voice coach 🙂
I wouldn't mind seeing this becoming a series! Maybe do a similarity lengthens video like this once a month or so. It was interesting to watch and got people actively involved as well which is cool
god damn youtube, make it HD already!
Tuvi it is in 1080 it's probably just the device your viewing it on.
it was the first minutes after uploading, now it's ok ^-^
wade That's why they said "RUclips" not "Adam"
I swear I love that group of doods so much.
You got the drummer who looks like he wants to die, the conga dood who genuinely looks confused, the bass dood who's just kinda there, and the Jack's films guitar player who is absolutely cooming at his guitar playing.
The whole thing comes of as some wierd absursd sitcom sketch full of wacky characters that's going on for much to long.
Hey Adam, this video was amazing! It would be great if you could do more of critiques! I learned alot in this 21 minutes. You are AWESOME!!!
Adam Neely roasts his viewers
Range Shortcutts exactly
love him
Man, adam seems ashamed of his voice but it was really quite nice.
Hey Adam, great video. I'm a beginner bass player and this video helped a lot with what I'm struggling with. Also I was able to learn some other interesting things. I hope you continue this series.
I've been very engaged and sometimes turned on musically watching a lot of your videos for about a year, but today I'm thrilled with the way you're coaching strangers based on video samples. I feel like I gleaned insight on how to tell a player what's next without shutting a player down. I coach ukulele players in workshop (O_o) and am grateful to be able to model your way of sending a player off with good things on their to do list.
Great episode! :) I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this series, Adam.
I like your singing voice Adam, you sound like Chet Baker :-)
Thank you to everyone brave enough to be publicly critiqued. Listening to Adam's suggestions for your playing helped me consider my own. I think this was a useful video.
What you said about interpreting ballads and keeping their lyrics in mind really struck me, Adam Neely. Great point!
Yo that thumb toward the headstock trick is handy AF! I've been following that advice for all of a single day now and my wrist feels a lot less fucked after a few hours of playing. 👍👍👍
Adam, your "u gah u gah" chops at 16:59 are amazing! xD
ADAM, YOU ARE MY HERO, I LEARNED SO MUCH SHIT FROM THIS AND I DONT EVEN PLAY STRINGS, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOUR SHIT AND I LOVE THOSE DEEP BLUE EYES BABE
Exactly three years later (to the day actually), I'm just thinking I'm so happy your channel has grown the way it did!
Keep up the awesome content man!
Bises from France
SERIES START
please keep doing this kind of video.
I rarely comment on You Tube, however your channel is a most valuable addition to the music community. Excellent, technical, straightforward and well presented. Keep it up, please.
You are soooo right about the usefulness of the Pentatonic scales. Expand them, truncate them, change the order of the scale degrees, slide into the notes, etc. Look at what Clapton has does with his altering of the Pentatonic scales and he's never boring.
Adam, thank you for this series of videos. Your topics are usually interesting and your presentation is marvelously clear. Don't pay any attention to the trolls.
Loved the idea. I imagine this "overdriven guy" just wanted to add some flare with that wrist. Rock/punk/metal musicians ofte develop a lot worse habits just to look good on stage. I myself had to deal with some cramps on stage. Eliminating that was quite easy. Worst thing is that my dentist now tells me that I have grinded down my teeth, because of the tension I put on my face while performing. Just relax guys!
It's called Showmanship. Watching a metal show where the dudes don't look like they're enjoying it wouldn't be that fun.
Also I bend a lot with my fingers, mainly the index and the middle or sometimes I use my ring finger, middle and index, but I do, use my wrist sometimes especially on the g string high up on the neck because I don't have a whammy bar, but this effect is close enough.
I play drums and when I watch good drummers they always look relaxed and effortless. But I always feel tense even when Im consciously try to relax😂More practice I guess...
Please keep making these, they're sooo interesting!!
Wow, I'm not even a musician, but RUclips needs more content like this. Thank you for your work!
I really appreciate your comment on hand position with the first bass player. It truly is critical. I've seen so, so many young players play with death grip on the neck, resulting in fatigue and pain quickly.
I've recommended two things for beginner players on hand position: 1) pretend your about to place your hands on a piano keyboard; relaxed, palms open. Then simply rotate from the elbow to play guitar or bass. 2) Pretend there's a small ball in the palm of your hand before placing your hand on the neck, and don't drop the ball.
Both focus on a relaxed hand position, which helps with control, fatigue, etc.
Did you do some mixing on that singing clip of yours? It sounded incredible!
Also, would you critique something more out of left field? Like a vocal percussion video?
I've learned more by watching your videos for two days than I have in the last 7 years of private lessons.....so thanks!
Almost 250 videos of good teaching!
Respect.
I find your videos really influental. Everytime I watch a new video from you, I realize sth that I hadn't before. Not sure if I get better or not, but it doen't change the fact that ur videos are very VERY helpful.
You should really make this into a series tbh
16:59 from now on this scene should appear every time you mention swing hahahahaha
Very cool format. 0:58 after a few months seems like super progress! 6:10 My Funny Valentine, the point about lack of sustain is a really good one, but recognize that not following the vocal and focusing on a single notes seem like valid stylistic choices. It's useful to get opinions like these (I'm a Johnny Smith fan who found this too empty) but take them as opinions. Make recordings of yourself and listen to them later with fresh ears. See if it still moves you.
mr7clay thanks for the comments! I was going for a Grant Green sound on the recording so I could see why you might feel it was a bit sparse in relation to the harmonic complexity of Johnny Smith. Cheers!
One of your most informative vids yet Adam...
A side note on the straight wrist thing, after many years fighting tendinitis I've found that putting on some form of thick bracer on your wrist will force it to the proper technique - and later you do it automatically, even without it. Won't fit with most genre's aesthetic, though ;)
Hey Adam, your vids are great, so so helpful! Very well done and pleasant to watch
This is why I still get lessons, even after now being able to compose my own songs and getting a lot of techniques and stuff down. My instructor still gives me goals to achieve and how to improve. As it's actually impossible to stop improving.
Hey adam! Love everything youre doing here giving good insights into musical concepts and technique.
You mentioned at the end that you didnt feel comfortable talking about drummers or pianists, however i feel it is important for the development of the rhythm section as a whole. In conclusion i would care to hear your criticism for playing with other instrumentalists.
Keep doing what youre doing!
This was a really great video, definitely more of this, please. I'd also love to see some critiques of viewer compositions.
Great tips, Adam. Thank you for doing this little workshop!
That advice on scales was superb. I always found myself trying to screw around with too many scales while I hadn't learned how to use the pentatonic ones to their full extent.
wow. really good vid. more of these please! seriously amazing of all the players to put them selves out there for scrutiny and also very brave to take that on Adam. bound to be a bit of heat for this vid but i for one really appreciate the balls of all involved. good way to learn very qell linked to how the best sports coaching works for instance .
Definitely a very appreciated concept to give honest, constructive critique like this. As has also been mentioned, would be really interesting to see compositions as well. I know I personally would love to hear some educated feedback on my own stuff, since I always feel like I barely know what I'm doing.
when you said "lets call it now" i legit thought we were only a quarter of the way done with the video. please make more! oh, and im definitely going to be watching my wrists!
18:02 Love it!! I grew up waiting for this every Saturday :) 12!
I don't know why people call this roasting. This is a great way of giving back to viewers. He's replying to their question for help on their playing, that's just great :)
This video was pure gold. Keep it coming if you can!
is it just me or is adam like a mix of bill wurts and vsause?
Adam,
You have really good manners. Polite...YES! But also so nice in how kindly you convey the important information.
This is great. I love this format. Please do more!
This is awesome. As generally everything on your channel. Please more
That was really cool. For the bass tips specifically I'd like to see you demonstrate on your bass what you mean, especially keeping the wrist straight.
Some of other comments include criticising/commenting on compositions; I'd like to see that too.
Got to say.. love the way you can read whatever they are playing and "criticize" the playing in a great way.. talking about the musicianship and not about the musicians. Everyone can improve. Sorry for my english, not my mother language, but u do review like a good teacher bringing up something that can be improved, beeing that they are all good musician already looking for some review - otherwise they wouldnt have submited their videos to it. Whoever is bitching about the reviews - remember he is spending good time helping out with good tips people that ASK for it. Good job. Loved it.
Adam, you could relate the question of the lack of sustain from a guitar (when playing slow "vocal" melodies) to the same problem that harpsichord players had to deal it in the ancient music. Most of the ornaments they do it in a slower and sparse tune is a musical way to avoid the smaller sustain from the instrument.
The "know the lyrics" advice is crucial. As a drummer, i got it from the great, late Elvin Jones when he stressed that he always internally sings the melody, and the lyrics, if there are, of the tune while soloing over the form.
I hope this becomes a series, amazing vid!
Great Video! Imagine it's very hard to criticize someone's playing with the right words, and without discouraging the player. You've done it very well.
People and trolls just leaving negative hate on YT music performances could learn a lot from this, as you can find many tips and great feedback if you'd really listen with a ear for the musicians progress. Great Idea, and a series of this may really create some perception for how performances can be constructively criticized :)
Is this going to be an ongoing thing?
KingWTFuck I hope so
If the fans dig it, he make keep doing it.
KingWTFuck Seems so, since there's at least one more episode.
Great series. Have your bass to hand to give examples :D
A note on the point Adam made about the jazz guitar and bass conflicting because of the similar frequency areas used. This hold true in not just jazz, but in practically any style. While that really dark "jazzy" tone may work for solo jazz guitar (without the rest of the rhythm section), in most ensemble settings, a more mid-focused sound is better. The reason we want more mids (and maybe trebles) in a jazz combo's guitar is the same one as the reason that "scooping the mids" in metal never really works out well. As a member of my school's jazz band, my low end is turned down all the way, so I can leave a space in the frequency spectrum for the bass to be spotlighted in all of its glory. So there you go. How to solve the issue with having both guitar and bass in a jazz ensemble. Or any musical ensemble for that matter.
Adam, please make this type of videos your regular umm column? would be very nice if you would do this every 2-3 weeks at least. Altho sometimes it is hard to understand what r u sayng for a foreigner like me, i find ur videos very inovative and informative. You r a great source of information, very happy i found u.
This is great! I got a lot out of this video that I should definitely apply to my own playing. Keep doing more of these!
This is really awesome, please do more of these!
This must be the most useful instruction video I've ever witnessed. Thanks Adam!
In re: you wanting to play a Sesame Street song as a jazz fusion song, then realizing “Oh, this already IS a jazz fusion song!!” … YES!!!! For the last several decades, I’ve been telling everyone who’ll listen, what developed my ear early on wasn’t just all the classical music and folk music and ‘50s rock standards my parents played when I was a toddler - listening back, I realized Sesame Street more than anything else introduced me to complex rhythms and wild chord progressions and groovy riffs played in a way that’s not only approachable and fun, but downright infectious!! JOE RAPOSO WAS A GENIUS, Rest In Peace!!!
Hey Adam, I just recently discovered you on YT and have been checking out your videos. You're such an awesome music teacher! I hope you're a Professor. (My dad did undergrad and grad school in theory and comp at MSM.)
@12:28 The curve in the finger also makes it a lot easier to put vibrato into the note if you need to. I personally play violin, and not having those arches can really get in the way at times, especially if you need to play on more than one string.
A big help is to just listening to jazz. It's literal information to your ears. You can hear the way the bass plays, piano, guitar, everything. Listening to an improvised solo and listening to the rhythm section, will help tremendously.
My point being: if you really want to be a jazz musician, listen to jazz.
I really like the way Ian O'Hare's music sounded. I don't have any experience or anything, I just thought it sounded good.
Bud Charles thanks for your nice comment, Bud!
Ian O'Hare You're welcome! :D
Wonderful stuff--every critique rang true & had value.
That was a lot more interesting than I was expecting. I'm really new to bass and I hadn't noticed how bent my left wrist was so I will definitely work on that. Thanks!
Uploaded at 4:33, hmm? Interesting...
Zachary Novak ever hear of timezones?
d jones It's a joke because of a piece by John Cage called 4:33. Quite possibly one of the most articulate pieces in musical history.
d jones I should have clarified. He lives on the east coast, so the upload time in his time zone was 4:33 PM. I doubt this was intentional but thought it was an amusing coincidence.
+d jones ever heard of John Cage?
Zachary Novak Adam neeley? more like John Cage on bass
Loooove this idea. Do more of these videos. It will help a ton of people
Would certainly love to see this become a series!
Dude, show us your vinyl collection. Favorites, favorite album art, etc.
hey! how come you didnt critice my BASS rendition to John Cage 4´33... Like, WTF man!
damn I'd love to hear! Do you have tabs for it?
Dude! AN´s Bass Lesson n°26!!! we don´t do tabs here!!
Oh no!!:000 I'll try to figure it out myself then, thanks!
Guillermo Taylor TABS??
Haha
Nicely done! It’s helpful to hear your thoughts out loud in this way.
Hey Adam, I would just like to say that I think that what you say around 17:18 about swing and jazz playing is so right.
I agree about the Sesame Street numbers song, as a little kid I didn't understand how groovy it was but a few years later I ran across it and was amazed.
Hey Adam. I wrote a bass solo piece that's just under two minutes long, I will make sure to record it and send it to you. My bass teacher and I at bandcamp were talking about how much we love your videos!