"If you want to be told you're good at something, ask your nan."

@chikakumask4693

6 жыл бұрын

so fucking true

@Noodlerification

6 жыл бұрын

Not in my family! Haha. Play easy famous riffs for friends

@Gamma_Radiation

6 жыл бұрын

My nan doesn't understand anything any more.

@AlchemistOfNirnroot

5 жыл бұрын

@@Gamma_Radiation ???

@mystupidtheories6554

5 жыл бұрын

In my rehersals. We treat "thats dope" as a curse word. Because things can always be better

Adam's smug 'I'm on TV playing bass' face is the best. You looked so in the grove it destroys any workings of logic.

He did give them positive feedback about their technique. Its not like he is only bashing the guys. It would be useless to only say that they were fine. He just tries to find your musician level, and give you good advice to improve and go beyond.

@dudeman5303

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah the rage some people are having about these videoa is really aggravating because he is just giving feedback, that is what feedback IS. Anyone upset about it wasnt cut out to put music out because anyonr serious about music WANTS this type of feedback. If you take music seriously you dont want everyone to just butter you up and say "oh gee everything is perfect!"

@Subparanon

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. You can easily read between the lines if you know a little, and you can tell which musicians he thought were advanced, and which he thought were beginners. He tailors his feedback to the perceived skill level, which is a wonderful way to teach. Imagine if every student was held up to the standard of a virtuoso, we'd all get discouraged and quit, or hate teachers for life. Supportive, but demanding, that's a teacher.

@joetowers4804

4 жыл бұрын

Kind of like a good teacher

I dreamt I went on a date with you. We had fun. Thanks!

@girlinagale

6 жыл бұрын

Me too, we talked about using just four notes out of a pentatonic scale all evening, it was awesome.

@girlinagale

6 жыл бұрын

Landon Ra D. It was just a dream, but any four notes out of a pentatonic would do.

@NonLogicalDev

6 жыл бұрын

Ori’s Stories You were that person that thanked me for finding background music for one of the Vox videos, lol. Coincidences, coincidences

@OrisStories

6 жыл бұрын

We meet again! Perhaps it was... Destiny?

@user-oo1tk1uu4d

6 жыл бұрын

А А А А

I always try to pause the video just before Adam says BASS at the end, the same way i try to stop the microwave 1 second before finishing heating my leftovers.

@RJrules64

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, I didn't even realise he says that at the end of the video, because I close it when he starts mentioning sponsors. I'm glad he has sponsors and I'm glad he mentions them, but that doesn't mean I want to sit through it :P

@ihH6053

6 жыл бұрын

Great comparison

@BookooZenny

6 жыл бұрын

Oh my god you do that too?

@saulo4302

4 жыл бұрын

*_B A S S_*

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

You're getting a kick out of pwning your microwave? 😄 (And I only said pwn because you already own it.)

I'll never forget the day I was playing contrabassoon with a student composer in the room, and I saw an A below the staff (lowest note on a grand piano), and told him "we only get down to Bb!"

"...Chords that can't be played on a harmonica..." You're making big assumptions there about the number of mouths the submitter has!

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

In my experience people usually have only two, but the size difference can be enormous.

@burntgrass8066

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, watch it there Adam

@5thearth

3 жыл бұрын

A bit late on this but... Your can play two notes on a harmonica, by addressing out your mouth and stopping the notes in between with the tip of your tongue.

@FilipeMLins

3 жыл бұрын

Instead of a diatonic harmonica he can uses a chord harmonica.

Wow, he knows his stuff. Even the physiological effects of small details.

For that last submission, a cheap resource that could help that submitter and other people in their position would be the "Essential Dictionary of Orchestration". It's a little pocket book that goes over the range, timbre and mechanical aspects of many many instruments varying from vocal ranges to orchestral strings to mallet percussion and so on.

@gen15mello

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was just about to ask Adam what orchestration textbook he uses. I appreciate your recommendation.

@rhandhom1

6 жыл бұрын

That's something that I can consider.

How do you cut the back of your head with a cutting machine? I have to ask my mother to help me. Do you have some technique you wanna share??

@JohannesWiberg

6 жыл бұрын

Hahah, is this the first step in Adam Neely becoming a fashion icon? :D

@crimsun7186

6 жыл бұрын

It's usually a good idea to use a guide for that if you're doing it yourself. I use the visor of a cap to do that. If you look for it, you'll find what works for you.

@ZoomRmc

6 жыл бұрын

Asking about shaving head, is Russian. Everything checks out!

@oscarito8417

6 жыл бұрын

one mirror in front and another in the back

@0aapo

6 жыл бұрын

The important part is to keep your wrist straight.

this is the first one of these that i've seen. This is really cool that you do this!

People always call me out when I put my guitar on my left leg, and I do it mostly out of habit since I learned to play that way when I first learned acoustic. There were these pictures of men sitting in the "correct" way and my teacher would show me and you should sit like this and hold like this and such.

This is absolutely amazing. A lot of musicians are self taught and never got to have an experience with an instructor like this. I just wish you could do drums.

It's How To Not Suck At Music, not Whether You Suck At Music.

@iota-09

6 жыл бұрын

"everything can be improved" i guess people don't like my motto because as that guy said, they're all full of crap.

@annoingdude

6 жыл бұрын

iota-09 excetp me cause I'm perfect

@iota-09

6 жыл бұрын

but are you perfect for everyone? even perfection can be improved, for TRUE perfection doesn't exist. it's all relative and subjective.

@bennymountain1

6 жыл бұрын

+iota-09 your sense of humour can be improved

@PrinceWesterburg

6 жыл бұрын

Everything in your life is perfect and had to be exactly as it was to make you who you are. So everything in your life will be perfect and a reflection of your soul. If you want a better life, be better.

You know, I’ve never really respected your informative and supportive videos where you take your time to help me and countless others out by clearly and simply explaining not only complex theory but also how to improve our playing, but now that I know you were on tv, I guess I will :)

glad to see you advertising, i want to see more content makers like you going full time. keep doing what ya do

Beautiful series.....you're a great educator. Learning so much, the musical reasoning that leads to improving performance.

thanks for the critique my dude:)

@zookkkk

5 жыл бұрын

Yeea coolcool

Not a full-time musician and only trying my best to improve everyday, but I love these videos - they give me new insights even if I do not play the bass guitar. Thank you for these videos Adam - you rock!

I love your comment about considering orchestration into what you compose in music notation software. A few years ago I was actively arranging for my college marching band, and one of the big pitfalls my director worked with me on with my arrangements was that I arranged by ear & correct "notes," but never stopped to consider how some intervals would be translated onto the instruments themselves. It was a huge wakeup cal about the nuances in using notation software. Thank you for reiterating it!

7:58 bottom right corner, cat.

@gianrc2992

4 жыл бұрын

CAT! CAT!

@Drewdapew

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

You are seeing things.

Thank you past Adam for precisely explaining why my technique was causing my left hand to slow down, I was making all of the same mistakes as the first guy on the neck. Life saver!

Hi Adam, I think this series is great. Thanks for providing people feedback. You are very encouraging and honest. If were nearby and I could afford getting your personal help, I would feel very blessed. This is the an amazing next best thing to have!

Thanks for the Great Courses Plus recommendation for the Music and Math course! I'm already on Great Courses Plus for other stuff like astronomy and languages, and I wanted to try some of the music courses but I wasn't sure which ones I'd like. Now I can try out the one you mentioned. Much appreciated!

Should probably slap an epilepsy warning up there.

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

Ideally in big flashing letters so that people don't overlook it.

Adam, I have rewritten this comment so many times trying to edit it down until I realized the reason I never truly took lessons in music after childhood was because I had a terrible teacher who would flick my ear when (I assume) he was frustrated at my playing. I dropped my instrument when I was 10 or 11 and picked it up again when I was 16 and began having to relearn it but only enough to get by. It wasn't until this past summer that I have realized some form of discipline to actually focus on music daily for hours on end. I have always enjoyed creating it as a past time but I want to now take it to the next step. I have been taking vocal lessons with this fantastic operatic singer and he has been pushing me to go to school for music (something I've never done. My school system had no serious music programs). As an experiment I took the summer off to really focus on music and lessons. I took stock at the end and realized that I've never felt better. My mental health was the best its been and I was happy, energetic, and excited playing from when I woke up until I needed to sleep so I can get up early to start the next day's music. I finally realized at the age of 29 almost 30 that music is something that I should probably have been pursuing more seriously my whole life (although if I were being honest with myself, I wouldn't have been mature enough to discipline myself to do so until now). Few weeks ago I realized I needed to create practice routines and a way to ensure I learn and improve daily tracking as I go instead of just jamming over chords to compose a song or 'making beats' day in and day out. I've begun to journal what I am doing and learning. I've also began to really focus on improving my dexterity on piano. My voice teacher (the only one I have stuck with longer than a few weeks besides my childhood private piano teacher mentioned earlier) has been pushing me to start pursuing music at a comm. college class for voice and also to get more involved there actively participating in chorale groups and surrounding myself with actual music majors. Finally, the music mentor I've needed my whole life! My current goal is to get into a music school hopefully after a couple years or so of community college (I'm lucky they have a great program for music and that I already work for the college doing the music departments sound, lights, and tech work for their performances). So, what should someone looking at getting into a music school in a couple years work on and have an understanding/working knowledge of so they are not miles behind everyone else (in case they were to get in on a fluke and not actually able to keep up)? Since you are a lot younger and a more recent graduate from a music school than my current teachers, I would value your opinion. Would my age be a significant disadvantage if I am willing to put in the disciplined time and energy to focus on my studies? I know after a certain age the brain is supposed to be less malleable to learning music than of someone younger, but besides that? I am willing to accept that disadvantage as a given and understand that I may need to spend more time at an instrument, or with a subject, to get the same understanding as someone say ten years my younger. Honestly when I saw your video where you spoke about the atmosphere of a music school where everyone is thirsty for music and practicing and growing, that was when I knew that's where I want to be somehow. Thanks Adam, I appreciate your videos a ton and I understand not being bothered to respond to this ridiculous block of text. Perhaps I should be studying how to make my point in fewer words, not music. :) Anyway, I'm not going to let my age stop me from pursuing music and working towards perhaps an impossible goal. It was only these past two months where I considered that music school may be obtainable if I'm driven enough.

I completely agree with the teacher student relationship! I progress the most in my music when I’m introduced to an external opinion. Some I may not agree with, but they still let me know there’s other options.

best one yet! gave me some ideas keep looking forward to this series

My dad is a musician with 50 years experience and 4 degrees in music, especially composition, and he always tells me when writing on Sibelius to remember how instruments actually sound, and also how to make what I'm writing playable - if he's not sure, he always asks a player of the instrument for advice. Things like people writing 3/4 note chords for bowed stringed instruments, impossible intervals and chords on piano and other chord instruments and writing out of range for singers are all problems which can be avoided with a bit of common sense!

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

Common sense ... a mystery among academics, an advanced skills among acedemics, a duh for Joe from Utah.

13:18 : thanks MuseScore for the red mark on the note when it's out of range for the instrument

Love what you said about the Dilla groove being out of time the same way everytime to be "in time" overall. Very difficult and a great way to describe how it is frequently done wrong.

I love how thoroughly you think through these videos. even going back to 2017

9:06 Oh sh*t, I´m tripping with these band, thank you for the reco :)!!

@ccshredder9506

6 жыл бұрын

EpicZEVEN flawless plug. That's how it's done

Great vid Adam. I was struck by the Branford quote; I thought it rang true but was a little harsh. There are certainly young musicians who have a lot of ego and just want to be told how amazing they are but I think positive reinforcement can be good once in a while.

@wirelessbaguette8997

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Williams I think his point was emphasized by his inclusion of the phrase "much like the generation before them." In other words, it's in the nature of musicians to want to hear praise. To an extent, it's why we perform. The student teacher relationship is not one of performer and audience, and we shouldn't treat it as such.

@tomwilliams5273

6 жыл бұрын

I take your point; I still think praise has it's place. A lot of musicians (myself included) find it hard to hear sometimes when we play something that's very good. I've often been in the studio and found parts I thought were so so in my head actually sound very good and vice versa, I believe it's the role of a teacher to help their student make this distinction.

@tomwilliams5273

6 жыл бұрын

At no point did I suggest that people should go to a teacher exclusively for praise. I work full time as a musician and an educator and previously studied jazz at trinity conservatoire and at no point have I encountered a teacher who didn't use some form of positive reinforcement. I actually think it's quite dim to suggest otherwise, how else is a teacher supposed to indicate when a student is making progress?

@paddling_out

6 жыл бұрын

The two most harmful words in the English language are "good job."

@TheGameNoire

6 жыл бұрын

lose3111 Those words are only harmful when it's not true.

Dammm.... it. Adam! You make me laugh! I like you man. Your education, experience, and passion will pay off one day! Keep it up!!!

Really like your discussion on the purpose of the series, and it got me thinking: You should do a "How to not suck at music" special episode where you comment on how some of the greatest musicians of all time could improve. Kind of hammer home the point that everyone can be better.

The collapsed joint is a recurring thing among my students. I tell them not to have their fingers look like a "ski jumping hill". It's probably a norwegian thing ...

@philipm3173

5 жыл бұрын

Jarle Hagen I hadn’t even noticed that about my playing, great suggestion! Is there an exception for when you’re doing ‘rolls’ between one string to the other?

@MikeLee-lg5vq

5 жыл бұрын

@@philipm3173 I use a collapsed joint technique on guitar with certain bar chords, which I think is fairly common with guitarists. For example playing an A-style bar chord by barring a collapsed ring finger across the D, G, and B strings (with index finger on the A string), and using my pinkie for flourishes. The same basic technique could be used for bass chords too, which would free up other fingers for playing other notes. It's definately best to only use it intentionally though, as an exception to the rule.

@J.MK10

4 жыл бұрын

Bassist from Australia. My students do it too and fkn shits me. They keep practising bad technique. So I scare them with facts. Wrist not straight= bad R.S.I. Bend fingers in-wards and not outwards on the tips = swollen joints = arthritis. We implement proper technique to insure longevity in playing. Not hanging the bass up by 30yrs cos our wrists and joints cause too much pain when playing.

@pahvi3

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeLee-lg5vq the "collapsed joint technique"

@MicrowaveWalrus

4 жыл бұрын

i collapse my joints SO MUCH...whenever i want to hold down 2 strings with 1 finger...how else can you do even do it!??!

I remember my professor telling my class when you are composing a piece of music and if you are writing for instruments you are not familiar with, be sure that you know someone who plays and is familiar with that instrument or ask someone who is and ask them if what you wrote is possible. I made that mistake composing something for strings when I'm a guitar player and it was embarrassing.

@76JStucki

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah...I mean, that's definitely the way to do it. But if you're Chick Corea, and your bass player is John Patitucci, you can get away with a lot more.

Great video once again. I really enjoy this series.

I really wish this series would come back. Adam has a very logical yet genuine way of speech that isn't super condescending, I think we need more of this.

Dude, where was this channel when I was in school? I still laugh about playing an arrangement where most of the notes were unplayable. Music students in the age of quality online education have it made

9:35 > Helps explain why you're qualified to assess these videos..;-))

I always learn so much! Thanks Adam!! Also, shout-out to everyone who submits for this!

I just adore the amount uf musical nerdiness in your videos...

about the ukulele, u could just tune it D-G-B-D, it may be awkward but that's how in Brazil we tune cavaquinho (brazilian ukulele basically)

@joaoantonio440

6 жыл бұрын

yes, but at least this tune i think is brazilian, i don't know how people tune cavaquinho in portugal but i think this tuning got popular with our great guitarist Garoto (Anibal Augusto Sardinha) , that used to play cavaquinho in D-G-B-D, but there is a loot of different ways you can tune it.

@manuel8887

6 жыл бұрын

Then you have to write a scordatura indicating how the instrument should be tuned for that particular piece, and you also should write with this in mind.

@joaoantonio440

6 жыл бұрын

yes, but maybe for this guy the standard tuning for ukulele is this one, i don't know if ukulele tuning is as inconsistent as cavaquinho tuning is, but assuming it is, this guy could just be from somewhere that ukulele is tune like that, or he chose an ukulele with a cavaquinho in mind, this is just speculation but you wouldn't write a scordatura if you assume this tuning is the standard.

@manuel8887

6 жыл бұрын

Well, the point is it's not the standard tuning for a ukelele. Don't take my word for it, cause that's what standard means. If this guy thinks that's the standard tuning, he's wrong, because the whole point of having a standard tuning is that everybody accepts that it is a standard. You can very well choose not to use it, though, but you wouldn't say your preferred method of tuning is standard just because you prefer it.

@manuel8887

6 жыл бұрын

Also, there's nothing wrong with just clarifying what tuning you are writing for, even if you think it's standard. Just a thought in relation to cavaquinho tuning being inconsistent, you can just write what tuning it is you are writing for in anticipation of such confusion.

Hey, Adam. I'm putting together a "curriculum" of self-studying music, since I'm not studying music at university anymore. What topics/areas of study would you say are the most essential to include?

@minerscale

6 жыл бұрын

Ooh! That sounds cool! I'm interested!

@slayerficated

6 жыл бұрын

Will you upload this?

@InviDoll

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Seconding this!

@thesoccerlegion1

6 жыл бұрын

Should definitely publish this

@thesoccerlegion1

6 жыл бұрын

Checkout Rick Beato's "what every pro musician should know videos" they're packed full of information

Omg the can you sing what you play tip is so golden!!! That's dope I never thought of that before

These "how to not suck at music" videos are so good. Adam, we need more, we keep sucking.

i couldn't stop watching that cat, bottom right corner at 8:00

This is an interesting video, and I'm going to watch some others in the series, but I have an odd question for you. I noticed that you have a cat. How do you keep the cat from clawing on your amps? I have cats, and they love to claw the fabric over the speakers to my amps.

@Dante-nu5cn

4 жыл бұрын

@Timothy Newitt Wtf What is your problem with cats?

I noticed Joseph's Montreal hashtag, this is like every guitar player here. Great advice this round!

Adam you gem you are a great teacher and people who don’t understand what criticism is for just wont understand how good they could get :) keep rocking for the smart ones it’s satisfying for the brain! Until next time.... BASS!!

Melody on top of 7/8 riff = Classic King Crimson

I loved the ***BASS*** at the end somehow

Dude i love your videos just found your channel. Your knowledge is amazing. And enjoy the honesty no frills approach, and its funny. What else could you want?

@flyingskyward2153

3 жыл бұрын

Do you still watch his work?

You're a legend man. Forget the haters. I can see how it might come off as pretentious, but I think you've clearly got a wide and practical use of knowledge wrt music, you care about it, and are open to/aware of arguing ability which I think is highly valuable.

Esperanza Spalding name drop. Did you see any of her 77 hour Exposure stream?

"Can you sing what you just played?" Ask that question to Yngwie Malmsteen

@gj4312

4 жыл бұрын

He'll probably say yes

@shredgod6394

4 жыл бұрын

Reine H There’s a reason Black Star is one of his most popular songs. You can sing that hook all day

@kevinr2261

3 жыл бұрын

"Can you sing what you just played?" I seriously doubt AL Di Meola can sing every single note that he wrote for Race With Devil on Spanish Highway :)

I love that video. In aviation we learn from other's mistakes and experience so for me....I'll be looking forward to the next one.

Great vid Adam. I remember as a French horn major a composition student writing for horn. First entry on the piece was a high C double piano. Of course my reaction was - WTF?!?! The response was "but it says in the orchestration text a horn can do that." And so it goes ...

This is awesome. I'd much rather have someone tell me exactly why I suck so I can work on it than hear someone say "jUSt plAy whAT U F33L D00D :V"

@Timliu92

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, these people who said the latter often cannot even define what good 'feel' is. Besides, feel does not mean anything if it does not sound good 😋😋

@dopelad4235

4 жыл бұрын

Timliu92 that’s because it’s intangible and close to being indescribable. Good feel is entirely determined by your subjective opinion. Feel is just a feeling man

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

_Your play sucks, and here's why: ..._ _... You have to become one with the instrument! 😯_ _Try this one weird e-book with a 1-step plan of how to become one with your instrument. ... Music teachers will hate you._

4:09 brought up Google Assistant on my phone.

Your last comments remind me of a story my college tutor told me about Paul McCartney working with an orchestral composer/arranger. McCartney wanted a piccolo solo to go over a full string and horn section playing hard. It didn't occur to him at first and it had to be pointed out to him that there was no way that piccolo was getting heard.

Very informative. Thanks, Adam, you rock!

Stimpy Lockjaw... wow... thanks!

Took 1 on 1 classes with Adam. Was told I was amazing. Next week sees my video on channel and told I suck. That's how mafia works Love u Adam

Awesome that people submit their work and you take a look at it. :) Maybe one day I will join.

Great stuff, man. As usual

Who's the band you played live with on Kelly and Ryan- that singer tho... whew! Is that Justina Soto?

Maybe should have put an epilepsy warning for the video at 6:23, could potentially set someone off. Apart from that, great video as always!

@peccantis

6 жыл бұрын

Yeahhhh it's pretty bad even if you're not looking at it directly.

@zookkkk

5 жыл бұрын

6:36*

@awescar3231

5 жыл бұрын

User Name why would he put a warning a second before the actual lights start flickering? 6:23 for sure.

Love love love this channel

6:22 reminds me of Mark Egan's "Mosaic" (title track). I agree with your musical evaluation. In Egan's piece this same type of melodic drone or rhythm is established and repeated, but then Egan overlays it with a clear melody from his fretless bass. This, Egan does after 50 seconds of nothing but the drone, with one cord change, and it's almost a relief to hear the melody come into it. As the piece continues, the rhythmic drone follows all the chord changes, but remains faithful to both the rhythm and pattern established at the beginning. Without the melody, the drone is interesting for about 15 to 20 seconds. [edit] ... kind of like playing Jimmy Buffett chords on the guitar, but without singing the melody! "Old video", I know, but sometimes I just have to write my comments no matter how late to the party I am.

I'm hobbyist a keyboard player and I like to compose songs and ask friends to help me with instruments that I don't play myself to realize my songs. I remember studying violin for a month for a folk metal composition (for a competition) that included a solo violin (more like a fiddle). I decided to learn as much as I could before even really starting to compose the song. I just knew the song had to have that texture and violin as a lead... no matter what the song would be like in the end. It really paid off. Being able to compose the melodies and riffs from the get go understanding what's physically possible and preferable, and to make sheet music for the violinist that she could just grab and sight read on the spot... luckily we had few days for her to learn the sheet music and a whole afternoon for recording, but regardless. without understanding the instrument the time would have run out, her trying to correct my notation to something that can be played at all. And while learning about the instrument I also got a lot of very very cool ideas about what the instrument really sounds liek and cool playing techniques that can be used for certain effect or timbre. Learn the instruments you're composing for... you'll make better compositions that way ;)

Damn, I wish there was a link to some of these. Would love to watch that Myriad one a lot more, or hear more stuff from them. Couldn't find anything from a KZread search though

@pierrehayek6218

6 жыл бұрын

Trevor Anderson Music check out the full song here and more stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/noOJwZp7lLe7hdI.html

@ParallaxSound315

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks dude!

@pierrehayek6218

6 жыл бұрын

Trevor Anderson Music thank you man hope u enjoy it

damn, i love your vids.. ive learned quite a bit from a short time ive been watchi g your stuff. thanks🎼

The thing about the collapsed joints was very helpful. I've been learning bass and having a bit of a hard time fretting stuff sometimes with my little baby arms.

9:38 Trippy, reminds me of vaporwave. And thanks for the lecture after that. I can tell this to people when I'm trying to teach them, my mom wants me to teach my brother some things and he's just an asshole the entire time so that kind of helped lol.

@charliearaizadp

6 жыл бұрын

Mr.Sand-Oval reminded me of Scale the Summit

@Itstwofourteen

6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Chronos Trigger soundtrack

@cheesecakelasagna

6 жыл бұрын

Itstwofourteen yes!

“Can you sing your solo?” Pffffft I can’t sing at all...

Great video as usual. Thanks.

your melody over the 7/8 riff is killer!!

I wish I knew a drummer version of you

I love constructive criticism :) Hell, i might submit some thing improvised myself

@RealGengarTV

6 жыл бұрын

@Tony-Atkinson I have NO ideà .. I was thinking perhaps giving him a direct link to a shared dropbox folder via a DM on twitter or something :S

@pringelsthegamefreak

6 жыл бұрын

GengarTV His Instagram

"edvard_the_nessward" is one of my best friends, and it's super cool seeing him on this show. Also super neat to hear all the advice, it's always interesting to see how much further I've got to go!

Whoa! You sir let me know how much knowledge i lack about music. Excellent content

What do you think is the most important thing one could learn from Charles Mingus?

@RCAvhstape

6 жыл бұрын

How to properly handle firearms.

@aylbdrmadison1051

6 жыл бұрын

How to properly trim a beard.

@Charlyfromthenuclearcity

6 жыл бұрын

I've heard he's pretty good at cooking chili.

@diazzsama

6 жыл бұрын

"The more you learn, the more you earn."

@agaetisbyrjun

6 жыл бұрын

cat toilet training

I love the "who made you an authority" comment, I don't know, education and effort? legitimate knowledge? a massive fan base that gains said legitimate knowledge from you? any of those things apply really.

Hey Adam! Love your videos, awesome content etc. :) Have you ever thought of making a video that would simply list the topics that people should learn (and roughly in which order) to for example be able to play, understand and compose jazz? KZread is full of awesome videos about music theory and everything else, but for beginner musicians it seems to be quite hard to decide what to study or practice. Thanks!

Cuando veo tus videos ya no quiero seguir estudiando! ... when I watch your videos I just wanna quit you are amazing

10:12 "Even if something is impressive, I can still look at it and say, Hey, maybe you could do this differently because maybe that could inspire you in a different way, or maybe that could help you grow."

Was this person with the Finale composition the same person as in the last "How To Not Suck"? If so, I'm kind of wondering if this guy is musically trolling you.

@gpwaltz

6 жыл бұрын

I felt very similar... CONTROL. YOUR DISSONANCE.

@rhandhom1

6 жыл бұрын

And it was MuseScore.

@geoffstockton

6 жыл бұрын

Fair enough.

@rhandhom1

6 жыл бұрын

Greyson Peck About that, normally that would be good advice, but in this particular case there's a story behind the music that controls my control of the dissonance.

@goldenrhinogrey

6 жыл бұрын

Okay…but whatever the “story” may be, that’s not important in this context. The point is to respond to a performance or composition… and critique. That’s it. So it doesn’t matter that you’ve scored a scene in which a clown has an LSD-induced PTSD flashback. Context or none, it’s still valid to be critiquing your instrumentation, arrangement, your use (or lack thereof) of motifs and voice leading…If your goal is “Complete uncontrolled dissonance”, well, you certainly didn’t make totally atonal free jazz. And if your goal was an awkward mix of despairing dissonance and kinda jazzy-pop…and if you think you achieved that goal 100%...then why are you bothering to submit and receive criticism in the first place? As Adam said, this isn’t a circlejerk.

Being an opera singer myself I can heartily agree about the fact “learn the limitations of the instruments you’re writing for”. Many composers think it takes the same energy to sing a middle note and a very high note. Is like they asked someone “how high can a soprano sing?” And they use those notes as if all are the same. I’ve sang quite a bit of “modern” music and this happens very very often. And it ends up with either the singer being half dead trying to do it or with the piece getting ignored because of its unplayability (if you allow me to use the word). Maybe the composer thinks his/her work is excellent because only a handful of people can play it, but he/she is deluding him/herself. BTW, and since Adam mention him many times I’ve recently sang the piece “powder her face” by English composer Thomas Ades. The piece is a nightmare to learn but is excellent.

You turned me on to Stimpy Lockjaw a couple years ago.... I STILL love that album. It is just awesome!

I'm pretty sure these notation program compositions are just troll submissions.

@Da_Swifta

4 жыл бұрын

John Shepard I doubt it. Some of them probably are, but I don’t think it’d be a majority

@ericwarr9088

4 жыл бұрын

I might have to agree to that

@danielcain8072

4 жыл бұрын

Da_Swifta I think the harmonica one definitely was

9:40 Adam improves monotonous music

The point you make about the student-teacher relationship being one where the teacher's main role is to show the student how to get better at doing music and how "not to suck" or how to do things better is so right.I noticed that you didn't hesitate to point out what the musicians were doing right as well.It gets very frustrating when someone gets lazy about practising.I wonder how you motivate people that you teach to practice more.I never had this problem because I think made the connection between practice and progress very early on.I want progress,I need to practice.The people who taught me and the people who I loved to listen to didn't get that good without practice t

"BASS!" LOL! How does that not get old? I laugh every time. (Your 7/8 melody was just what the doctor ordered. Hope they see it that way.)

I know math is related to music, but is math related to science?

@dogbiscuit1649

6 жыл бұрын

TheTortoise Yes. I'm crap at maths, but the constants and principals of physics are represented by mathematical equations, ie- E=MC2(squared)- which I was going to go on about but nope. And Chemical equations also rely on maths, and the Golden ratio is often found in nature. So, yep.

@justawatchin2

6 жыл бұрын

@Mick I think this was a joke.

@dogbiscuit1649

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Sutherland oh. Cheers Paul lol! I've been on the internet at home for only two years, and sadly, have never seen so much misinformation and lack of understanding of basic shit, but yeah, it crossed my mind. Maybe the op should actually try to be funny! 😀

@Jinx-iw6zb

6 жыл бұрын

Is this a joke or are you nuts??

@thetortoise4253

6 жыл бұрын

It was a joke. I was reverencing the awkward moment when Katy Perry asked Neil deGrasse Tyson if math was related to science. I suppose not many people here saw that video.

Hey Adam! Hope it get's to the Q&A (or someone with internet given autorithy answers here): I've been working really hard on my hand and body positioning while playing (I play eletric guitar), adopting even the usen of a footstool. So, when at home, I play death metal with this "classical wig stuff". I laugh a lot. But I'm not very comfortable with my playing while standing. What kind of advice and magical science answers you have on this issue? Idk, some kind of reference of strap height? or the guitar making and angle with something? thks in advance

@Jimjolnir

6 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'm not Adam. But I'd say the strap height thing. I play with what I'm told is a very short strap. People make fun of me a lot. I'm average height (rather a short average), so that means short arms. I also dig my metal and classical. When standing, the top horn of the guitar is over my left nipple, and the curve of the body of the guitar is just under my left boob (or pectoral, I'm a guy, but boob seemed more descriptive). Angling the neck and bringing the higher frets 'closer', more in line with your arm and hand. BB King said a thing that made sense to me when I was younger, basically, adjust your strap to the way you sit with your guitar. Well, that's what's worked for me ergonomically, anyway. Have a great day!

A good coach will find the flaw in even the best player that is their job. So good job

Now, that is the right mic to say BASS! You rock dude, congrats