I learned the music in an Uber on the way to the gig | Gig Vlog #22
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- I was a sub on a gig with the Rock Dance Collective, but could only go over the music with the MD of the show in a taxi before the gig. Hilarity ensues.
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Choreography by Cleo Mack
Music Direction by Josh Bailey
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shout out to josh bailey
Yes.
gig vlog 22 i think you'll find
Dude, I love the editing. Reminds me of those bank heist movies, where they cut back and forth between the explanation and the execution of the plan.
He's the finest ''Muiscal director'' in NYC
18 hrs later....I still haven't got it!
Really liked the format of this. The "We do it like that" explenation and then instantly seeing how it turned out was really cool to watch
Totally! Reminded me of Oceans Eleven and other movies.
It's like a heist movie!
Agreed! The cuts back and forth were excellent for explanation and pacing
Yeah, i really enjoyed that style of editing
Yeah, right! It's like a Guy Ritchie's movie
Credit to your MD.
A doctor AND a musician. Simply incredible.
@@Hennu_TRM That’s a terrible joke. Good job.
That party is litterally what everybody thinks is going on in Brooklyn
Learning the music on the way to the gig? ABSOLUTE MADLAD
I Gamer Well I should have known jazz was not a normie-friendly environment
practicing on the music for weeks ahead of the gig? pea-sized brain
practicing a few days before the gig? normal-sized brain
practicing on the music on the way to the gig? ascended
LEARNING THE MUSIC WHILST PLAYING THE GIG? FUCKING UNIVERSE-TIER
Josep Mir r/madlads
@@FrankieProkop Everyone, Frankie is really cool: This guy has reddit!
This is amazing! I worked in a band in which the singer used to rewrite the scores half an hour before the shows in backstage. I"m so bad at reading that it got me into so much stressful moments. I can only admire the musician Adam Neely is once again!
This gives me so much second hand anxiety lmao Great job dude
“Josh Bailey, MUISCAL director”
He might be the director of a group of people in northern South America.
Sam Smith lol I didnt even catch that the first time around
Comes from the Spanish term '' muy scale'' - very musical
@@Tekni That doesn't make any sense lol
(Bass heavy, Palms sweaty, Adam Neely)
mom's spaghetti
Josh Bailey
hotel, trivago
Hahaha
Licc, Ready
Shot like a heist flick. Nice touch!
Didnt think of it that way, but its so true! Going over the plans while overlaying cuts of it happening, too cool
@@patrickftw8464 Adam Neely is a god
I always enjoy your gig vlogs, because they paint a very honest picture of a working musician. It's fascinating to see how you solve these problems and treat things with a sense of professionalism.
LOL as if this is real :D
@@mikebyj2310
You wot
@@mikebyj2310 it most likely is.... i had shows and concerts like that, and im nowhere his lvl.
@@ImAnBoosterBaby Did you set up a camera and record it all as well? Is that a normal thing to do?
@@mikebyj2310 he probs didn't, but he also isn't a youtuber.
I learned the lick in an Uber on the way to a gig
Proud of you man , you're going places
L I C C*
y tho
Khalid Alzouma Of course he's going places, he said he was in an Uber, duh!
... Sorry, that's the 539th worst joke I've ever attempted.
doodleoodleoop doo doo
"...super Brooklyn hipster bullshit..."
Couldn't quite find the description for this one until he said it. It seems like a had-to-have-been-there sort of performance, but the process behind learning this show, let alone the musical score, was damned interesting. Great post.
EricssonB one of the first things that came to mind too lmao. Some next level hipster shit here
I believe the word pretentious should be thrown in there somewhere
Wonderful editing on this one Adam!
Exactly what I was thinking all the way through x)
It's like a heist movie!
Really good sight reading man. Also, the MD did an incredible job in summing up everything really quickly.
EvilAlbear yep
EvilAlbear Yep
yep
Mungeon Daster
Yep
I would have forgotten 90% of the instructions in the Uber. Good work!
BAwesomeDesign I would have to pencil everything in the music in order for me to know what to do
Is there a word for "beyond professional"? Holy shit...
Gwarnak “Adam Neely” is the new term
Josh is an AWESOME MD! I have seen many other MDs who were not so "together" as Josh. Thank you, Adam, for taking us with you on this gig!
Ok that weird dance thing is really strange. The video layout was super awesome though. Love your channel Adam!
Yeah, that was sweet video layout/editing.
Yeah I love the explanation and cut to execution. So interesting that way.
"that weird dance" is contemporary dance, which is really weird. Like contemporary music (in the fashion of classic/contemporary/modern)
I wouldn’t say strange, I would different
CJSpot some kind of New York Feminists dance?
This is what I understand when people say "professional musician". It's superb.
this video takes all the gusto! I love it! A true music vlog. Thanks Adam!
I'm in awe. I would be crapping in my pants and flubbing it in a cold sweat.
They don't call you fudgesauce for nothin'! ;)
"I'm not wearin' the brown underpants for nothin'!"
It says that this comment was posted a week ago but the video has been uploaded today(wtf?)
Péter Kádár woa you're right wtf
He is a patreon and can watch Adam´s videos earlier
Rodrigo Yeah, possibly, but it might actually be just a glitch
Wow. That looked like a crazy gig.
Also super true in the classical world. I got my piano score 15 minutes before my concert once
Luke Knudsen how did it turn out?
>you get a show
>you get a date for the show
>you can't even fucking practice because you don't even know wtf you're even going to play
>this totally makes sense
seriously tho, explain yourself
Håvard Sætre pretty well, actually. I play piano, so I didn't get to practice it before the concert, but I had heard the piece before and pretty much knew what was important
Luke Knudsen you look like Adem Knealy
damn and i cant hand in a fucking essay on time lol
fuzzydunlop45 same
Lovin' the superbrooklynhipsterbullsh*t on this one Adam!
Not one of Nintendo's more popular releases.
Christian Miller It's been a year and it's still the funniest comment I've seen in awhile
Funny seeing Adam absorbing and not emitting information for a change.
Adam, I keep making this comment on your Gig Vlogs but, I am fascinated how you improve yourself over and over with your editing. It's almost like a Tarantino movie except you did show the Gig. Keep up the good work.
Your MD would make a good Raid lead.
10/10 would apply to his guild.
... Id probably get declined.
Jumping into that seems borderline impossible, amazing job to all of you.
You gave yourself so much grief when you wrote your song in an hour, so now you show us this amazing musicianship. Well played my dude.
btw the editing is superb, 5:19 awesome overlay
indeed!!
Also shows how good an MD and drummer Josh is, tempo is rock solid.
The interplay of the taxi footage and the actual gig was perfect. It helped contextualize everything in an easy to follow way. Love it, great stuff
I usually hate vlogs because i feel as if they are just lazy self recordings to maximize content minutes but I love how you use practical footage and this actually made me feel like im watching a movie excerpt..
I used to do what josh does with a dance company. Major props for getting it together for both of you! Its really not easy if you dont know whats going on lol
This looks like it’s straight from the centre of a movie highlighting a bass player that’s trying to prove himself in the jazz scene, Adam, truly an inspirational vlog
Gotta say, not a lot of tunes have a Harvey Weinstein solo
I love how as he's explaining it to you, the video cuts to the thing he's explaining actually happening in the gig. Brilliant
The thumbnail makes you look like you're from a ps2 game.
Hylian Toxicated yeah like Indigo Prophecy or some shit.
He is actually. Adam Neely was a cancelled Ubisoft project.
best comment
Nothing to do with the video, but I have to acknowledge your god-tier username. I see you're a man of culture as well.
Quality editing. You really pulled me in. Good job.
I go to a local rock jam/open mic sometimes with my bass for the hell of it. Some guys will come up and ask me to play bass on some random rock song. I'll look up the chords on my phone, and if there is an important bass lick maybe the tabs, and in a few minutes I'm doing it live like Bill O'Reilly. Sometimes it's a train wreck, but usually it works out ok. Also, the more you drink the harder it gets (but the more the audience drinks, the better I sound).
I wish all parties and practice started at 8 am in the morning. All disciplines
loved the format on how the cab ride was the timeline for storytelling your actual video. big fan
damn. love seeing these genuine experiences as a professional musician
Hey Adam,
I was curious about your relationship with the soundman on gigs. Which characteristics make a memorable (and professional) engineer, and what traits get on your nerves a lot? Also what do you think about the engineer being an extension of the band? As an aspiring live sound engineer, it would be helpful to get some real world perspective on the matter.
Keep up the good shizz, Thanks!
That’s absolutely terrifying and ridiculously impressive. Props to you guys for pulling that together so solidly
Flawless editing, A++.
As a musician this whole idea of learning the music on the way to a gig stresses me the fuck out. major props for pulling it off
Learning my parts for my next gig while watching your gig!
woah the production of that show & the dancers look amazing
That's how a pro Musician does it!
"Today Im subbing on a modern dance show" LMAO I knew being a contemporary dancer lurking in ur vids would pay of eventually
U have become an amazing editor
I've had a couple of similar experiences, so watching this video, I actually felt stressed out, and then felt huge relief at the cha-cha-cha lol
Wow, that was more in depth than what I imagine a hostage rescue briefing would be. Very thorough....odd, that's the second time I've used the word thorough today....
I love how prepared and organised this was - THAT'S how you MD. We all could learn from that!
I admire this amount of professionalism so much. Also the editing was superb! Keep it up
Adam! Maybe my favourite gig vlog to date! Not only did you edit together a really cool narrative between your first conception of the piece to its execution, but it was also for a really cool performance too. Amazed there were only about 30 people there, given the number of performers and the quality of the show... Keep going my man
Thanks for reminding me why I left New York, great video by the way.
Man forget your one hour composition mission, it’s so impressive that you read this show down with no rehearsal and just a talk through. That’s dope! Nice job.
"If you could play that... that'd be great."
The thing I like about this gig vlog is it shows the importance of a "common language" between two musicians that goes BEYOND just the score. Josh was able to communicate a bunch of nuance in a short time that a dead-cold-reading pit-orchestra guy wouldn't have picked up on. A common "language" or frame of reference makes all the difference in whether a collaboration can succeed in a compressed timeframe; and this highlighted that really well.
Does anyone else remember Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby being in an episode of Tom and Jerry?
One of the best Tom and Jerry scenes ever. They had a bunch of fantastic musical numbers and parodies in those old cartoons, orchestrated sound effects and background music too. Shame they took all of it off the air (as far as I've seen), too violent and offensive I guess hahah...
Agreed. My favorite scene from T&J. Cheers to awesome music and awesome vids, Adam!
I really love this intimate look at the life of a gig musician. Thanks so much for sharing these with us Adam. I love them.
I was sooooo bored yesterday when there was no vid, BUT now I'm super happy.
Keep on the good work dude! 🤙
Josh Bailey.....Genious
Jazz performance art! I’ve had a couple experiences like this, but with nothing anywhere close to as cool as this. Slaying 💖🦑💖
This is one of the coolest vlogs I've ever seen; it was so cool to see the MD giving you the playbook while you edited it together with his explanation. This was a fantastic watch!
The hair looks awesome...
SO AWESOME ADAM! You are living the dream! Live in the moment, you are deeply imersed in the good ol days...
Haha, this is pretty insane! Good job
Kudos to the MD having a nice clear charted out show to help the band. I can’t think of how many gigs where I had to cobble together my own part because of an unorganized MD
A drummer as a Music Director?
You don't see something like that every day. :P
There are a few really great ones in Chicago...I imagine there are phenomenal ones in NYC
Drummers usually run bands.
C'mon man, this editing is a masterpiece. An entire movie under 10 minutes. Awesome
It seems that some people are thinking the Josh and Adam are agreeing amongst themselves that the dance show is "super Brooklyn hipster bullshit." They aren't. They are saying that the dance show has one intentional joke about "Brooklyn hipster bullshit" in it, and Adam and Josh get and like the joke.
and that ladies and gents is one if not the most amazing vlog I have ever seen
Super challenging lol I enjoy these. Good job.
This is nothing short than amazing. The show itself, but most importantly the documentation of it. It's so great to be able to see the results of the brief explanation. Great job!
Dude amazing editing!
And I kinda wish I was here for this performance. This seemed pretty cool to even be a witness to, let alone perform.
I had fellow sax player in our college band that played in the house band at a resort in the Catskills each summer. He said they frequently only rehearsed the beginning end of each number with the MD of the guest singer. They sight read the arrangement for the first show.
Ending with gummy bears? Looks like we've got a fan of 12tone here
12tones ends with a handful of gummy bears--Adam Neeley responds with whole bag! SHOTS FIRED!
Music is so crazy. Never seen it or played it. We’ll talk concepts in an Uber on the way over and somehow it becomes magic.
Disappointed your livestream from last night isn't listed. I started watching last night but it was too late here in UK and I had to go to bed, was hoping to catch up with it today. PS. Great Vlog!
Guessing it was him doing the Scallon Challenge? (Didn't see he did a livestream, but got a Bandcamp notification with a "song made and mixed live in one hour".) Isn't it still in your viewing history? And if so, mind sharing the link?
th-cam.com/video/ghvKU9HY9RY/w-d-xo.html
Holy Crap! So glad I'm not a professional musician in New York!
You guys are incredible. . . thanks for sharing
I'm not being mean, but did it even pay $10O? Minus the cab? Just lugging the amp upstairs would kill me, let alone the sightreading.
Asking for a friend, who tried being a jazz musician in NYC back in mid 90s.
Gummy bears m8.
at a rate of 432 per second
I bet he made like $75 for that gig.. If true that sucks.. But the drummer charged $500..
@@spinningbackkick6021 75$ isn't bad. He didn't have to prep at all. All of the work was done on the day. The performance wasn't even primarily music. The material was easy, and he got breaks. It's like 3 hours of work and interesting material.
This is absolutely incredible. I wouldn’t even be able to remember the Uber conversation. Love the real-time direction, and your editing together of the instruction and performance are spot on.
God I'd love to play for real dancers, there's something amazing about that connection between humans separated by space but connected by sound.
Mind you, that's a double fantasy: There's nowhere near here to do that, and my time keeping isn't even close to good enough to play for professional dancers...
...hmmm, where *did* I put that metronome?
Adam you continue to amaze me. What an interesting life. You are a pro: calm and collected but never pompous, stuffy or grumpy, and obviously with an evolved sense of humor -- I'd say that would serve you well in a situation like this!
This is my kind of art
Modern dance. How beautiful and spiritually enriching
Yep, it's all noodles.
Hey Adam,
Would being a pianist and vocalist make it easier to have a successful music career in NYC? , because those two instruments seem to be more accessible than say, a tuba player.
What’s your opinion between the connection between instrument and success?
Thanks.
There is also the concept of quantity to consider though. There are probably a lot more singers and pianists available than say, tuba players.
Dude, I've been watching your stuff for maybe a year, I don't know, but I hadn't seen this title until now. I've been through that before. Not specifically in an Uber, but getting the lowdown on an entire show in about a half hour sit down. I'm not the greatest at sight reading, so I'm happy to have the chords and mainly play the melodic shapes. You know, walking up or down a scale or bouncing from root to 3rd, 4th,5th or whatever. I've never been told my bass playing wasn't good enough, so, though I'm never satisfied with my performances (even if I've practiced with a group for weeks), I guess I don't suck too bad.
Hey you live in the Bronx?! Spotted my old hood Hull lol
I loved how you edited this video. I could feel the frantic energy at the beginning and then it turns into just creative energy as you got your footing.
Hey why'd you unlist your livestream? It was some top quality stuff 👌
yes, I would rate the livestream 11 out of 8
People were being real dicks in the chat unfortunately
Goes to show that being a full-time musician in NYC is HARD. This is what it takes. There are 100s of musicians who don't make it because they're entitled or take the grind for granted. Also, how cool is that Josh Bailey dude.
He's not "learning the music" on the way to the gig, Adam and the MD are reviewing the show cues & music charts and discussing the writer's vision for the event. Which sounds like Maximum Andy Kaufman.
Well isn't that basically learning the music? Once you reach a certain level of proficiency with an instrument, learning songs in a style that you're somewhat familiar with is mostly about knowing the form and playing with a band, maybe a melody line here and there. I mean, there was definitely some stuff about the general flow of the gig, but I don't think calling this "learning the music" is inaccurate.
omg no. no this has nothing to do with Andy
Russell Szabados Andy Kaufman or Charlie Kaufman?
poiewhfopiewhf & variousthings : Re: my Andy Kaufman reference. I was pointing out that his spirit is alive and well in this event. When Adam & Josh Thee MD are talking in the Uber, Josh mentions the performance is intended to make the audience uncomfortable, actors are performing "on stage" and some are discreetly planted in the audience and the intention is to make us question the standard performer/audience relationship by blurring the line between the real performance and the "real performance". That whole approach is cool to perform & watch and comes straight out of classic Andy Kaufman performances...whether the writers intended this as homage or not, it's almost impossible not to make the association and that's fine, it does not take anything away from this event's validity. I lived in New York for most of my life, I would've gone to see this in a heartbeat if I was still there.
Ebenezer Kaufman.
This felt like the planning of a bank heist, coolest gig vlog yet.
I would go batshit attending that... No offense. Def. Not my idea of fun
Jake Mace it's not fun, it's work.
He means he wouldn't be a guest
LivingEidolon yeah... Attending is kinda a big part of the sentence. If i was talking about working there id use a word that means id be doing some sort of job.
Yeah, contemporary freaking art.
as far as I understand it's comedy though, so it's not complete post-modern bullshit
love this video!!! i always keep coming back to watch it despite it being released almost 2 years ago lol
Dude singers have it easy and same with guitar players. Anytime I tell someone I play bass they tell me OMG THATS SO EASYYYY ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC IS SO HARD! Little do they know how many techniques there are to playing bass and it's probably the most important instrument along with drums in a band.
Everything's easy, when you know how ...
god i HATE when people put down my instrument so I'll put down theirs.
-you
I agree bass is often seen as undervalued and easy but "singers have it easy and same with guitar players" and this "it's probably the most important instrument along with drums in a band" is complete bullshit, it depends on the band, some bands would thrive without bass, some without drums, some without guitars and so on and so forth. It depends on the music, all instruments have an equally important part to play.
you know, all instruments require practice. and there's also a lot of techniques of playing guitar. and singing.
Lily Baydoun The bass is like the guitar easy to learn and hard to master. The more you know about your instrument the more you know how much more there is to learn.
The most inspiring cool video I have seen in a long time. Thank you for recording this!