Adam Neely Reaches 1 Million Subscribers By Transcribing The Internet?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Unless you've been living under a digital rock for the past 5 years, you probably already know who bassist and TH-camr Adam Neely is. But what you might not know, is how he came to hit 1 million subscribers this month, all from a very niche lane of music theory analysis and video essay production. From topics as diverse as microtonal lo-fi hip hop and Shakuhachi Music, Adam has maintained a consistent upload rate of one video per week for the past 5 years.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his process. From posting bass videos and not having much of a working concept for the channel, to literally transcribing the internet, finding his niche, and reaching the coveted million-subscriber milestone this month, we unpack the journey of the bass player, turned TH-camr, turned music theory guru that is Adam Neely.
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Thanks for having me on man!
Adam Neely 👍💪 all I have to do now, is find my own thumbnail text color.... I think I transcribed a little too accurately with the blue. 🤓
thats a funny way to spell bass
Congrats on 1 Million man! Thanks for all the inspiration n information you have worked so hard to give the world. You are going to achieve huge things in the next decade n I look forward to watching 🤘
Adam and Janek, I have a question: Do TH-camrs (when they get together) ever talk about anything besides the minutia of producing TH-cam content? ;-)
[BTW, just for reference, I watched the whole video]
Congratulations on reaching a million!
Very interesting!
Wow this felt like 15 mins, awesome video! Was waiting for this to happen for a long time :p
Janek (and Adam)... thank you so much for all this stuff you do. It's helped in the past and is especially helping get through some weird times now. Keep it coming! (PS- I'd love to see you interview Mike League, if possible)
15:30
So, in other words.....repetition legitimizes?
; )
Many musicians will name Jaco, Victor, Marcus, etc. as their bass influence but it’s because of these two gentlemen that inspired me to pick up the bass. Thank you!
24:00 Why am I not surprised that you're a fan of Tom Scott?
Any interview opportunities with Sharay Reed? Hadrien Feraud? And if Anthony Muthurajah is on your radar at all?
Yes man would love for Janek and sharay to have a chat!! They'd have alot to talk about I think!!
Considering you keep all your footages I’m wondering if there any chance we can get that podcast/jam you had with Hadrien Feraud back in 2011 I guess?
Now, the hunt for content to add to r/adamneelyfaces begins...
amazing episode janek! maybe the next one can be bob reynolds? i think that it would be amazing and super fun!! gretting from argentina!
Great discussion! :)
I literally thought Adam was going to live transcribe a track by the band The Intenet, but this is better.
"worst-case scenario we're off for six months" ummmm.....
A minor nitpick: Please crop the empty space at the top and bottom! (A letterbox that "dooms" the video to be viewed on a 16:9 or less-wide screen to look as intended). Even the TH-cam upload recommendations help says to never include those, as there is nothing to be gained from them, and they just make the video less enjoyable for those with different aspect ratio screens.
It's like one of those old 16:9 music videos that have the "cinematic" bars on the top and bottom in order to exactly fit a then-standard 4:3 screen, that on a now-standard 16:9 screen look like they're zoomed out to a small space in the middle of the screen. The same thing happens here on a wider-than 16:9 screen.
Fantastic interview, Janek. Really enjoyed the ‘hang’.
32:00 - I think the main difference with stage fright when performing music and talking is that you do not see the talking as a performance :)
You have spent time working on your craft (performing music), but probably not on holding a speach. In essence it is the same!
Congrats on 1million Adam!
Great talk, thanks a lot! Hoping for a second round in the not too distant future!
I found great new YT channels after going through this video!!! nice! Loving the Bob Reynolds!
Great episode! Thanks for sharing, Janek!
My two favorite music communicators together! 👏👏👏
Adam mentioned Tom Scott!!
Well, wasn't that a reference to Lindsay Ellis's Manufacturing Authenticity video at the end?
He was actually featured in a Contrapoints video. The one on opulence.
So awesome to see 2 of my TH-cam bass heroes! 😀
Also a great conversation between two equally inspired and inspiring musicians. Very insightful. 👍
this is GOLD, thanks guys!
Love this talk because I’ve never had a chance to converse like this with other musicians that strategically create content on TH-cam
B A S S
What ever happened to the album with Miller and chambers?
great interview as usual, cool watching you guys geek out
That was a great conversation. No fluff. Thanks you two for inspiring me to pick up the bass again after 20 years.
This was over way to soon - Two of my favorits!
Is there a button that is higher than a "like?!" Man, this is one of your best, yet! Thank you so much for your time and hardwork! You've been inspiring me since Mystery to Me and continue to do so with every endeavor! Cheers, man.
the thing about Neely is; whatever he has to go through to create these videos... it all would not be successful if not for the fact that I have to wonder if there has ever been a better music teacher than him ever. He manages to say stuff which somehow pushes me anyhow but I bet anyone to play better. Whatever level anyone is on; what he says advances the insight. Its uncanny good. Its not all the hot little effects and snarky comments; its just whatever question about music may have been burning in your head for maybe decades (in my case) he manages to hit it square head on; in simple on the level I was wondering about it on; and afterwards the playing is impacted for the better. When I was in elementary school they showed us a Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concert. I remember him saying "its all jazz and I love it" (talking about chords.) The stuff Neely says; the way he says it; somehow impacts me anyhow (and really so many followers; it must be the same with a lot of people; and then when I go to play... wow; better. That kinda makes him the Leonard Da Mingus of teaching music. There are a zillion gadzillion people who can play incredible (neely seems to know about 95% of them.. the guy must be smart as hell) But how many of them can get someone who wants to play to play better? Very very few. I got into it in the GFI video. Db huh... who'd have known that but the even cooler thing is; I went and played it in Db after I heard the Neely analysis. You have to wonder how Michalangelo managed to paint that chapel there in Roma. Instagram probably. how not to suck at music; ... spot on. some people just do stuff good in life. Bernstein called it "talent. all the little effects in the videos seem to relate to the point about the music and makes me suck less at it. it can't get any cooler. in the 60s it was like the Miles Davis factor... at this junction in time.. fact is it will be the neely ... well ya get the point probably or as they'd say in europe; bravo. and mille grazzi ciao
I agree, but watching Adam’s channel isn’t necessarily focussed on making people that watch it better musicians. Obviously he has many amazing insights into music which people can take from, but a lot of his videos are so far out in terms of music theory that it’s not something most musicians will ever deal with when they’re playing.
@@hakeemahmadjamal7403 yeah; I know; I first heard his Girl from The Rio Beach vid and o wow; I don't play well enough not to find like other more mechanics of just playing stuff. I do enjoy the Nelly stuff a lot. He is a righteous (young) dude for sure.
its so interesting to think of the comparison between him as more recent graduate of his school (the first one) and older people from the same school. Adam also led to Ben; but for me the Tony Winston stuff is the most ahh this helps. I liked especially the one where the playing the sound faster and faster led it to transform into a different sound. But really most of his stuff is really dig able. Leonard Berstein would probably call him one of the Young Turks. well; gotta hit it. nice chatting
I think it's a good thing to not think too much about gear, especially in the first years of learning an instrument. Exploring tone and technology is important, but it can be a massive pitfall for some, and they forget to actually learn and play music. I know people who've been playing for decades, own $50k worth of guitars and gear but can't do shit with them because they were so obsessed about the perfect tone that they never got better with what they already had, and never went past the same old pentatonic licks.
word UP!
Gwizdala and Neely in the same space - all I need now is huge discounts on local travel bus tickets and my life is complete - good work guys 👏👏👏
Awww. I've met both of these dudes in real life but never seen than together.
Ohhhhhhh yes. I cannot wait!
I can't believe how valuable is the content of this video. Adam you're the man, you have the gift to explain very complex stuff very clearly and easily
great interview thanks - you're definitely a new sub for me - JHS and Josh Scott as mentioned is awesome
Love you both! such an inspiration!! working through Chrodal Harmony and All the good stuff!! greetings from México!!!
What a fuckin legend Adam is. What a goddamned legend
I love how every Adam Neely Interview starts with Adam being interviewed and ends with the interviewer being interviewed.
Best crossover episode ever. I'd love to see another interview with Bryan Beller, the last one was before the first Aristocrats record.
great interview
really, really, really great watch, thank you both
Excellent interview
"What is this ? A crossover episode ?!"
That's a strange way of spelling Mister Peanutbutter
Man how are you two so authentic
So making catchy videos and talking about music becomes more important than actually making music...? Well, it sounds to me like talking about sex becomes more important than making it.... The world is going crazy..... ;-)
MF 102 already have it.
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You talked about how you think musicians will be preferring Instagram for their music -- wondering why. Even though I am on Instagram, I honestly do not see what the appeal is over youtube or even facebook live. I get it that you think it is easier to produce, but as a viewer what is the appeal?
Greeeeaaaat content. High level interview about some "not so obvious" subjects. Thanks for it!
I enjoyed that. No lingering sour patch beef though. 😆 It’s funny how you both started very much on the bass technique side of things with your channels and moved into other aspects of it.
See, Adam and Janek know that you don't publish your zoom meet video, you combine and publish your high quality a/v, captured simultaneously. If only mainstream TV editors were as savvy as youtubers are.
I'm pretty sure that most people know it's better to record in high quality, edit it together, and then publish. But lots of people don't have that luxury or even the know-how sometimes, never mind the 4k setup available, and the patience to upload files etc... I'm totally with you that the HD version of something like this is really nice to look at, and I'm super grateful that Adam is a pro like that. It made for a really great product at the end of the day. But as an interviewer, it's tough to ask or expect that of everyone you interview. The majority of my interviews have been done the zoom way, but as long as the person on the other end is engaging, and has something interesting to say, I think there is still value there.
I'm definitely looking forward to being able to travel again, and get in the room with the person I'm interviewing. Lots of plans for some great interviews once that becomes a reality once more.
@@janekgwizdala It's true, not everyone has the time or knowhow. But when independent musicians are topping for e.g. the multi million dollar sky sports studios for production values... Interesting times we live in. Great interview by the way.
@@laurencejazzperry6086 Appreciate the kind words. And yes, strange world we live in in terms of online content creation currently. I really don't think people were ready for our current climate of super stars being stay-at-home tv hosts... funny to see Conan O'brian all pixelated and with bad audio...
TV personalities are unlikely to have much camera know-how. That said, Bon Appétit have managed cooking from home well, and they have to deal with camera angles to show the cooking process, and the chefs have no experience with camera work, but they do it.
Two of my favourite youtubers talking for an hour? Hell yeah!
Such enlightening conversation between two guys who really know their shit
Very scary how AI is controlling peoples lives.
Thanks for this excellent chat. I picked up a lot of great ideas here.
Thank you, Adam - you deserve it!
How does one edit this kind of video? Like how would sync the footage?
That Instagram idea of the seconds needed to catch someone´s attention, is that a personal insight or are there official guidelines as to how that works?
I can't speak for Adam, but I know for myself that was a pretty obvious realization just from using the platform myself. I always have to load the video, then scroll away slightly, and then go back to the video to get it to play from the beginning with the audio on. I have a longer attention span than most I would imagine, so to get the average follower to really listen to something, it's good if it starts in the 2nd or 3rd second. That's if you really care about the entirety of the performance also. I think a great deal of the content I post on instagram is not dependent on people seeing the very beginning of the video. But again, that's just my take on it, and how the platform works for me.
it's like radio in old days... if your music not cathy in first cople of notes no one will listen to it
If you have the dough, you go to Berklee. Just like that.
Great interview/chat guys!
I honestly never thought I'd see the day adam has hair, but here he is now
Bass players are a breed unto themselves!
I literally was thinking that in this episode Adam was going to transcribe the band "the Internet" 😂😂🤦♂️🤦♂️
Matheo Quevedo perhaps he has....
Proves that the recommendation engine is key as I watch a lot of music stuff on TH-cam. A lot. Guitar. Keyboard. Bass. Drums. Sax Everything. And I've never heard of Janek before this video.
Glad you made it to the video. It's very interesting to see where the division of awareness is, even in such a small world like the bass world. Recommendation engine is starting to work in my favor a little I think, just gotta massage it a little more and help the word spread. I also hope (although I'm sure the number is very low) that some people maybe hadn't heard of Adam before seeing this interview.
I'm well aware that equation is weighted very heavily one one side, but hopefully there is a little traffic in both directions.
The stage fright thing is weird for me. Have been gigging for more than 20 years and the stage freight went away a long time ago. But I absolutely hate public speaking. When I went back to college in my late 20s having to give speeches for my communications class literally would make me sick.
Whereas I'm in Toastmasters (public speaking club) for fun, but the thought of any other kind of performance (I'm no musician, but I've talked to actors and interpreters a lot) terrifies me.
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K.C...who? I didn't get the last name: 5:07
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Can you do more of these interviews please?
Absolutely! Victor Wooten interview is coming on sunday morning!
12:50 :D
Ancient gods analogy got me :Ъ
Yeah this one was mind blowing, it is actually so true, having to deal with good things coming your way (either rain, good crops, or screen time) while not knowing at all how why and when it will come...
A 'career' on social media? God, what has this world come to
It has come to the point, as it has in every large generational and technological shift in history, where you have to move with the times. Musicians could very easily sit there and sulk in the corner saying "I play music, and that's all I do, and I'm staying true to my art". Or they could realize the platform is now different, there are no more record labels of any value, the business model is different, and the way we communicate is different. Then, a "career" in social media, becomes a lot more appealing, knowing that what you produce is going to be seen by people, rather than never leave the practice room.
Unless someone hears and sees what I do as an artist, I'm just an asshole with a bunch of music gear, and some jazz licks. You have to complete the circle on the presentation side of things, and if that means having a career in social media, I'm more than happy pursue it.