🥁Hey! Watch the extended version of this video here, also, without ads! Nebula baybee 🥁watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-making-an-entire-album-in-just-24-hours-beautiful-and-tragic 🎸Also, go listen to the dang record! sptfy.com/9QH4
My "How to watch Adam's videos" tutorial: 1. Realize that there's a new video via YT notifications 2. Immediately start to watch the video on YT 3. Realize that there's an extended and/or ad-free version on Nebula 4. Presse "LIKE" and mute the YT tab 5. Open Nebula, go to "My library", select Adam's video and start to watch (YT video still playing in the background, so that counts as a play) 6. Watching the entire video on Nebula and enjoying it (YT video still playing) 7. In the meantime wonder how much more editing it takes to release a video to two separate platforms, and appreciate the effort (8.) Leave a stupid comment on YT
I'm sort of new to digital music production, but I can sort of understand everything Adam is doing, yet whenever I see Ben doing anything I feel like a medieval peasant discovering an alien species.
The key is that he doesn't know what he's doing either, just be crazy and turn knobs (physical or digital) in random ways, you'll find your own alien species from within
@@justinvallange yeah, I figured. That's what creative energy looks like. I can spend hours just thinking about one harmonic decision and never get anywhere.
You're right, and I think it's this specific context (experimental synth jazz) where it really shines, mostly because the music is just as far out as he is.
I’ll be listening all day! I’m so glad that an album came out of this momentous stream. Also, I do not envy you, having to edit this down to 43 minutes.
@@jo54763 actually way more tho - I think Adam has at least 2 cameras, plus his screen recording, and then Ben has his camera and his screen recording. Assuming they were recording with each of these the whole time, there would’ve been more like 120 (96 if Adam only has one camera) hours of footage to sift through and edit together
Adam: hey so I made this super useful synth line that sounds amazing and calm Ben: so I screamed into a mic and used some nutso arpeggiators and stuff Edit to note: I love it, it’s just very, very different approaches to music
Adam is very much a Jazz Arranger(tm). Adam is really really good at making things work together with a little bit of that jazz spice. As for Ben, Ben is just so unbelievably full of creativity and zero shame which makes for a great song writer imo.
@@Terra654 yeah, I wasn’t trying to criticize him, it’s just very different ways to music. I have my personal preference towards adam because his music is much more my style, but bens music is still incredible in its own right
I was in the stream for +6 hours aprox and i can tell you that the entire livestream was as entertaining as this higlights video, their process is just so free and fun (also the ben jokes had me dying several times)
The amount of editing required to make this must've been insane, not to mention mastering the video's audio with a bunch of different songs. Great work
I love how Ben works in REAPER and how he just let's it fly with the vocals. Also, Adam improvising absurdly nice bass lines out of nowhere. Also again, how cool you guys let us see the chaotic beginnings before the tracks took shape.
also I can't even fathom how muffled your guys' ears were towards the end of this because as a sound engineer, I always find myself having to do 15-minute breaks every 90 minutes or so, otherwise I lose any possibility of clear-headed judgement over what's going on
That’s a pretty good creative exercise - set yourself a super tight deadline to do something highly ambitious that most people take weeks or even months to accomplish. It’ll strengthen those songwriting muscles 💪 🧠
It also forces you to be less of a perfectionist. You can’t really be like “nah that’s not the vibe I’m feeling rn” It forces the creative juices to flow regardless of what you want to do.
I just watched a 43 minute video, about a 24 minute album made in 24 hours... And I can't wait to see the next one. Truly amazed at the bonkers musicianship and craft. Love what you do.
Everything about Ben’s vocals/lyrics are so indescribably bizarre that I feel like he’s ascended to a higher plane of thinking and my unevolved brain is incapable of grasping his artistry 😂
@@selliantuttimusi6735 Beardyman is a musical alien, he works at the speed of sound and can make a music out of literally anything. Good choice, in my opinion he's a better pick than Marc.
i love you guys so much. you make it look easy to do songs, yet we see you struggle and get creative and work collaboratively. it's really beautiful and heart-warming. also i love your music.
You two complement each other so well. I guess it helps that you're not terrible individually, but your collaborations are really more than the sum of their parts.
I love the gaita!! It's an instrument of my country that was invented for the natives and with the colony was adapted for the afroamerican freed slaves. Is a mervellous mix of two cultures, the natives and the afroamerican. I feel very exited that you have it and make music with it. I encourage all of you to find gaita music of colombia: Totó la momposina, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Petrona Martinez, etc...
whoa, i saw the title track on ben’s channel and thought the link in the description was for his most recent album (on the phone), but this clears it up a lot.
Angel's contribution and the tune after it gave me Lingua Ignota vibes. Love it! 'Goodbye' also got me thinking of Brendan Byrnes. Also, frigging mad that Jay from TesseracT raided you.
Not only was it for a great cause but you gave us 24 hours of the terrible decision of choosing what stream to follow. Thank you for a very inspiring day and a great record of course.
I've tried playing video games on stream for 24 hours and I couldn't do it, so I can't imagine how draining it must be to do something creative for 24 hours.
@@theostanway9013 It is but it's not an odd time signature since the "odd" has more to do with the way they sound rather than the top number being even or odd, usually an odd time signature is a time signature where the top number can't be evenly divided into 2 or 3 but that's not always the case, take 9/8 for example, 9 can be evenly divided into 3 groups of 3 but sometimes it's used as an odd grouping of 4+5 or 5+4 wich is also the case for most of the time 9/4 is used
This was AWESOME to watch. Really cool to see your creative process almost in real time. Will you have another recap video for your recent 24 hr album?
🥁Hey! Watch the extended version of this video here, also, without ads! Nebula baybee 🥁watchnebula.com/videos/adam-neely-making-an-entire-album-in-just-24-hours-beautiful-and-tragic
🎸Also, go listen to the dang record! sptfy.com/9QH4
hi adam
Deal!! Thanks for the great content!!!!
Why isn't this pinned?
You forgot to pin it my man
My "How to watch Adam's videos" tutorial:
1. Realize that there's a new video via YT notifications
2. Immediately start to watch the video on YT
3. Realize that there's an extended and/or ad-free version on Nebula
4. Presse "LIKE" and mute the YT tab
5. Open Nebula, go to "My library", select Adam's video and start to watch (YT video still playing in the background, so that counts as a play)
6. Watching the entire video on Nebula and enjoying it (YT video still playing)
7. In the meantime wonder how much more editing it takes to release a video to two separate platforms, and appreciate the effort
(8.) Leave a stupid comment on YT
This is great! Though it's nothing compared to my achievement of making an ENTIRE SONG in 3.5 years.
mood
that's what it usually takes me to make a song
darn...
I've made like fifty quarter-songs... I wish I had the time and skill to spin out actual tracks from my flashes of inspiration.
It usually takes me about two weeks, so I'm somewhere in between.
I'm sort of new to digital music production, but I can sort of understand everything Adam is doing, yet whenever I see Ben doing anything I feel like a medieval peasant discovering an alien species.
The key is that he doesn't know what he's doing either, just be crazy and turn knobs (physical or digital) in random ways, you'll find your own alien species from within
@@justinvallange yeah, I figured. That's what creative energy looks like. I can spend hours just thinking about one harmonic decision and never get anywhere.
I think one of Ben’s tips was literally to mess up the sound and see if you like anything from the mess you made
Retweet
I honestly relate to how ben makes music because im so bad at doing structured shit
I couldn’t tell if “Beautiful and Tragic” was the album name or the description of the process for making it.
Both
Yes
Lol same
Definately
i thought it was the description 😅
Ben's singing and lyrics are like a modern sitcom parody of artsy experimental musicians
yo
You're right, and I think it's this specific context (experimental synth jazz) where it really shines, mostly because the music is just as far out as he is.
Sooo... Itself?
STOP THINKING
It's too ironic to be ironic.. So he was iconic.
Soon making an album will become a speedrunning category
Underrated comment
Check out Crank That 8Bars%, which was truly the music category to end all music categories
The John Cage strategy is bullshit.
Can't wait to hear about all the new glitches people come up with
Think its held by first of october
"We just 9 to 5'ed!"
That's the only time I've heard that sentence in a positive tone
Me: "Man, how do I make the music I want to make?!?!?"
Ben Levin: "OOoooaAAAAaaahhheehoooooaHAAAAAAAH!"
So the answer is to not overthink it and just experiment without judging yourself :) The more fun you have, the more you will like the final product.
I’ll be listening all day! I’m so glad that an album came out of this momentous stream. Also, I do not envy you, having to edit this down to 43 minutes.
48 hours of content into 43 minutes of video... I would die.
@@jo54763 48? Or was it 24?
@@vraisairs9201 24 hours of Adam footage and 24 hours of Ben footage to scrub through.
I think it was Liz Maney who did the editing, so I do not envy them either lol
@@jo54763 actually way more tho - I think Adam has at least 2 cameras, plus his screen recording, and then Ben has his camera and his screen recording. Assuming they were recording with each of these the whole time, there would’ve been more like 120 (96 if Adam only has one camera) hours of footage to sift through and edit together
bruh i cant think of a good melody in 24 hours this man wrote an entire album wow
I doubt you can't think of a good melody. You can make almost any melody good if you have the right accompaniment.
I spent 11 months trying to come up with a chorus for a song and then did it in 2 hours by just playing the three major chords in the key. 😕
@@bruh-di4ku truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
You are in good company here then.
I don't think of em. They just come to me randomly throughout life with enough frequency that I can say I write music.
Adam: hey so I made this super useful synth line that sounds amazing and calm
Ben: so I screamed into a mic and used some nutso arpeggiators and stuff
Edit to note: I love it, it’s just very, very different approaches to music
Adam: i guess i could work with that
Adam is very much a Jazz Arranger(tm). Adam is really really good at making things work together with a little bit of that jazz spice. As for Ben, Ben is just so unbelievably full of creativity and zero shame which makes for a great song writer imo.
@@Terra654 yeah, I wasn’t trying to criticize him, it’s just very different ways to music. I have my personal preference towards adam because his music is much more my style, but bens music is still incredible in its own right
@@AFN2750 I wasn't criticizing either, just giving my take on how the two probably think of music and their approach to music making.
I was in the stream for +6 hours aprox and i can tell you that the entire livestream was as entertaining as this higlights video, their process is just so free and fun (also the ben jokes had me dying several times)
You're right about that 🤙 I did stay for the whole stream..and I intend to do so again tomorrow 😅😬
@@WhySoSquid YESSS i hadn't seen the ending when i comented but i'm SO ready too!
I love the contrast between Ben and Adam's rooms.
Really demonstrates their personalities which also come out clearly in their music.
everytime ben sends adam some of his weirdest shit and Adams like "0_0 okaaayyy" I live for that
It's like improv; the first rule is never say no
I can't believe between this and First of October, "album speedrun" is becoming my new favorite genre.
The amount of editing required to make this must've been insane, not to mention mastering the video's audio with a bunch of different songs. Great work
I love how Ben works in REAPER and how he just let's it fly with the vocals. Also, Adam improvising absurdly nice bass lines out of nowhere. Also again, how cool you guys let us see the chaotic beginnings before the tracks took shape.
also I can't even fathom how muffled your guys' ears were towards the end of this because as a sound engineer, I always find myself having to do 15-minute breaks every 90 minutes or so, otherwise I lose any possibility of clear-headed judgement over what's going on
That’s a pretty good creative exercise - set yourself a super tight deadline to do something highly ambitious that most people take weeks or even months to accomplish. It’ll strengthen those songwriting muscles 💪 🧠
It also forces you to be less of a perfectionist. You can’t really be like “nah that’s not the vibe I’m feeling rn” It forces the creative juices to flow regardless of what you want to do.
But imagine if they would do it every month couple of weeks. The amount of great art that would generate. it would be just an insane body of work.
@@apothecurio I should definitely try it then because being a perfectionist has upsides but it can really hold you back
THEY"RE DOINGG IT TOMORROW AGAIN!!!!
ben: "that's nice . obviously reversed"
not sure why but that was hilarious to me
10:40
Ben Levin really has an insane style. From workflow to the final product, it's unlike anything else I've heard in a really good way.
Wow this really highlighted to me that Justice Cow is an incredible lyricist and Josh Bailey is very good at the drums.
43 minutes of Adam Neely and Ben Levin? grab your tea everyone, this will be good!
olha um tuga
Or coffee
@@GoviaM olha um tuga.. e baixista, bom gosto
@@pedrocarvalho6609 obrigado igualmente
@@GoviaM já tinha visto o teu cover da rain antes! muito bom men, continua
I really did not expect to see our slovakian heritage instrument Fujara in this :D this is amazing.
I just watched a 43 minute video, about a 24 minute album made in 24 hours... And I can't wait to see the next one. Truly amazed at the bonkers musicianship and craft. Love what you do.
Just because Andrew is in space, doesn't mean you won't see him here in the comments section, waiting for his comment now
nah he ain't in space
@@BananaManPL what? did he escape to the shadow realm?
@@oleksiishekhovtsov1564 Nah Brazil
As someone who owns a Rainbow Machine, I can't overstate how excited I am to actually see one being used here.
whoever edited this needs a raise or a hug or something nice
@@ContentConfessional I literally thought the exact same thing when I saw the comment
For those of you who may have missed it this is happening again tomorrow! Starting at 9p EST!
Wait really?
Ah man I missed it! Thanks for saying though
Adam with a 5 o’clock shadow can’t hurt you
Adam with a five o’clock shadow:
Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang: We're four parallel universes ahead of you
Lol
I still listen to Ten Hours and Gourmet Ravioli. Both great albums
Imagine if the four of then collaborated
So glad Ben and Adam did this since they couldn't do the first of october last year
Now man, they didn't even release anything last year due to covid! This is how it's done!
Honestly I love these sorts of ridiculous projects and challenges, really inspires me to do something crazy with my music.
A song called OwO doesn't deserve to slap this hard. Amazing work!
i like why did they do that to us
Ben Levin is just wild. I haven't seen him compose before. He's like a musical mad scientist.
Everything about Ben’s vocals/lyrics are so indescribably bizarre that I feel like he’s ascended to a higher plane of thinking and my unevolved brain is incapable of grasping his artistry 😂
HAHAHAH
For real, omg! 😄
I can't even stay up past midnight, let alone 24 hours, let alone make an entire album in 24 hours. Massive achievement unlocked!
I thought all creative people stay up late
@@jakem1273 They do, until they hit 55, and then only some do.
You should get Marc Rebillet on one of these.
Or Beardyman even better. They would only need the duration of the album to make the whole album :)
No thanks on that haha. These guys are actually good at music, instead of being a comedian who just shouts dick and sex “jokes” over very basic loops
@@selliantuttimusi6735 Beardyman is a musical alien, he works at the speed of sound and can make a music out of literally anything. Good choice, in my opinion he's a better pick than Marc.
The sped up breakdown at 2:50 on Beautiful and Tragic is legitimately fantastic
i love you guys so much. you make it look easy to do songs, yet we see you struggle and get creative and work collaboratively. it's really beautiful and heart-warming. also i love your music.
Haven't watched the video yet, clicked the album link, the second track is titled "OwO"
Gotta love you two
The album being 24 mins long is a nice touch
Your interactions with your musical bros are so wholesome. Y'all are a bundle of non-toxic, secure masculinity and I adore it. ❤️
I'm digging the verse on Truck - got some real Aesop Rock vibes
love the charlie xcx vibe in the beginning
Me: Struggles to write 4 bars of music.
Ben and Adam:
That smile on Adam's face when the licc was played 😂 30:55
Well spotted
You two complement each other so well. I guess it helps that you're not terrible individually, but your collaborations are really more than the sum of their parts.
Pure Dyonisian and pure Apollonian
Adam's 24h in March and Rob's and Andrew's in October, love to see it!
These kind of videos/projects are so inspiring. Just makes me want to make some music instantly.
4 minutes in and I can already tell that Ben is the morning person that Adam isn’t! 😹
Great feat guys to pull that off in 24 hours. And thanks for introducing me to Fire-Toolz, who makes incredible stuff and I'm only a few tracks in
So good guys!!!
This is great, I've been looking for more First of Octobers... Firsts of October? Those type things. The charity collection is awesome of you, too!
Why does it seem like Bens power level increases as he gets more tired.
Ultra ego Ben
"We split in two 2 groups, meaning me and him" #Feels
Ben: “now that’s what mommy paid for!” 🤣
I will never forget this. My dumb ass stayed up over 19 hours watching this live 😂🤣
"Hey I'm a producer!" - Ben Levin, Producer. 2021
This was fucking sick and i can't believe I missed it. Definitely gonna join you guys for the full 24 hours tomorrow!
Seeing Adam in full on producer mode makes me so happy
Adam at the end of 24 hours: It's an ENTIRE album............. or is it? **vsauce theme plays**
26:23 - Adam Neely Music Mukbang. Possibly the most cursed sentence I have ever written.
I love this! It was really cool to see the process and I love seeing the way y'all interact with each other.
Adam 2021: It might be because I'm not playing bass enough?
Officially now the answer to all my problems
I love the gaita!! It's an instrument of my country that was invented for the natives and with the colony was adapted for the afroamerican freed slaves. Is a mervellous mix of two cultures, the natives and the afroamerican. I feel very exited that you have it and make music with it. I encourage all of you to find gaita music of colombia: Totó la momposina, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Petrona Martinez, etc...
adam neely: "we wrote and recorded an entire album in 24 hours"
andrew huang: "hold my OP-1 and cloning machine"
first of October has entered the chat
**air clap**
whoa, i saw the title track on ben’s channel and thought the link in the description was for his most recent album (on the phone), but this clears it up a lot.
“Vaguely pornagraphic” is what I’m going to put in my college housing application. Not sure where or in what context but consider it your fault Adam.
Please, Mr. Pornographic is my father. Call me Vaguely.
The laugh I suppressed after reading this made my ears pop it was so hard
“Obviously reversed” that would have been a nice title
*Buckethead enters the chat room*
hello there stylophone guy
@@GoviaM oh hai Mark!
Wait did he?
finally some good comment on a big guitar/bass channel!
@@NicolasPL_ he relessed 1 album to each day of halloween, 30 albuns in one month, entire albuns
Angel's contribution and the tune after it gave me Lingua Ignota vibes. Love it! 'Goodbye' also got me thinking of Brendan Byrnes.
Also, frigging mad that Jay from TesseracT raided you.
“We’re aiming to do like a flute choir” same Adam, same
the stream was so good to watch and for a great cause, I've been hype for the album release ever since
Not only was it for a great cause but you gave us 24 hours of the terrible decision of choosing what stream to follow. Thank you for a very inspiring day and a great record of course.
I've loved watching Adam's recording setup become increasingly elaborate over the years. Lighting game strong
Honestly love the vibes Ben is bringing out
Man, I've been looking forward to this video since tuning in to the live stream. Gonna listen to the finished album now, can't wait!
I've tried playing video games on stream for 24 hours and I couldn't do it, so I can't imagine how draining it must be to do something creative for 24 hours.
Gaming being less creative than writing music is precisely why you couldn't do it but they could.
@@SGresponse Haha, that's possible. I suppose being focused on a creative task would make it easier to forget how tired one is.
I guess it depends on how stimulating it is huh
7:25 "hey babe, take a walk on the wild side."
Last time I was this early Adam didn’t have hair
Flashbacks to First of October (Andrew Huang & Rob Scallion)
1:31 minutes in and I'm already crying at how good it sounds with so little time.
This album turned out so great! I will be listening to every song in it for the next decade.
Me: Oh man, I only have two days to record this one hymn for online church.
Adam: We're writing and recording an entire album in 24 hours.
I watched the stream and will hopefully catch the next one. So beautiful, boys❤️
"Let's do an odd time signature!"
Chooses 3/4
3 i s an odd number
Yeah?..
Literally just said that
@@theostanway9013 it’s not odd time tho since the beats can divide into three groups of two or two groups of three
@@theostanway9013 It is but it's not an odd time signature since the "odd" has more to do with the way they sound rather than the top number being even or odd, usually an odd time signature is a time signature where the top number can't be evenly divided into 2 or 3 but that's not always the case, take 9/8 for example, 9 can be evenly divided into 3 groups of 3 but sometimes it's used as an odd grouping of 4+5 or 5+4 wich is also the case for most of the time 9/4 is used
This was AWESOME to watch. Really cool to see your creative process almost in real time. Will you have another recap video for your recent 24 hr album?
excited to see how this turns out.
Justice cow's beautifull and tragic is a certified hit record...awesome. I can't stop playing this over on Ben's channel
"Protip - make sure you're autotuning your vocals to the same key." I fuckin died.
Wow, nice. I love it!
Got so much inspiration from your ideas.
shoutout to the editor for cutting 24 hours down into 43 minutes of bass-y goodness
I always love watching creators make these albums on a time limit, inspires me to try the same.
I thought beautiful and tragic was just gonna be a statement about how the stream went, not the album name
I'm definitely tuning into the next stream... it's a good thing I'm on spring break!
i have not seen much of Ben's content but holy shit he's so weird and I love it
I’ve been so excited for this album ever since the livestream! You guys are awesome!!
That song “Beautiful and Tragic” gives me Björk vibes if she were more mainstream
Awesome! I love your callabs with ben + others. Always good stuff.