Can the Phrygian Scale sound "happy?" ft. Jake Lizzio, Brian Krock, Trust Fund Ozu, + Courtney Swain

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  • Challenging Jake Lizzio, Courtney Swain, Brian Krock and Trust Fund Ozu to make the dark Phrygian scale sound...happy? What a fun challenge!
    0:00 Intro
    0:41 Courtney Swain (intro)
    2:33 Courtney Swain - All Around Me
    5:14 Brian Krock (intro)
    7:23 Brian Krock - Felix
    10:01 Trust Fund Ozu (intro)
    11:18 Trust Fund Ozu - Poison Ivy
    14:51 Jake Lizzio (intro)
    16:11 Jake Lizzio - Phiesta
    19:59 Adam Neely (intro)
    20:55 Adam Neely - Sunshine Bright Sky
    Go check out these wonderful musicians!!!
    Courtney Swain
    / cha1isu
    Jake Lizzio of Signals Music Studio
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    Trust Fund Ozu (Faye Fadem)
    / @fayefadem
    Brian Krock
    / briankrock
    Oh yeah, the lyrics to my song are...
    Sunshine, bright sky
    Apple of my wandering eye
    Crisp cobbler, peach pie
    Tastes like cherry paradise
    Flower Blossom radiation
    Radiant re-iteration
    I want to find a lovely scene
    To sit and smile
    And watch the world go by
    I want to find a lovely scene
    With you
    (⌐■_■)
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    ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿
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    Peace,
    Adam

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  • @ImaginaryMdA
    @ImaginaryMdA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1120

    5 musicians confidently attack a round hole with a square peg.

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      With varying degrees of success.

    • @juliuscaesar5397
      @juliuscaesar5397 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Successfully

    • @aclonymous
      @aclonymous ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nanamacapagal8342 2 successes, 2 mediocre attempts and 1 complete failure

    • @jasminebaldwin7615
      @jasminebaldwin7615 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@aclonymous I don't think anyone was an abject failure. they're all cheerful in their own way

    • @kenpokid10
      @kenpokid10 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@aclonymousif your parameter for success is "the music sounds happy", then they all more or less succeeded. If your parameter for success is "the music was clearly, audibly, and consistently using the Phrygian mode"... it's debatable, but I think they did all manage to incorporate at least some elements of Phrygian into their compositions.

  • @moonman57
    @moonman57 3 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    yeah i subscribe to the Adam Neely school of music analysis
    "that's a chord"
    "some time signature stuff happening"

    • @elli1419
      @elli1419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      excited mumbling.

  • @kinggimped
    @kinggimped 3 ปีที่แล้ว +680

    I feel like Jake Lizzio's was the 'happiest' sounding one (and catchiest), Courtney Swain's was the 'prettiest' in terms of the musical imagery... but when it came to pure out-and-out creativity, Trust Fund Ozu's track was simply insane

    • @Chestnut-xm2pv
      @Chestnut-xm2pv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I think Adam's was the best in terms of expressing happiness. I agree with your opinions on the rest's, though. To each his own, as they say.

    • @ne10ne10
      @ne10ne10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dude all of them were god tier

    • @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844
      @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True

    • @JackieTheCatfox
      @JackieTheCatfox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Trust Fund Ozu's track was what ADHD sounds like.
      I fucking love it.

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree. Happiness is all about attitude, not notes in the scale. I learned that after seeing a klezmer concert (my grad school advisor's band). Minor keys can be extremely happy (and fun) with the right attitude. Our expectations of moods (phrygian = dark) apply to strictly Western music. Jake's piece sounded Latin, which has non-Western roots. (I also think trying to make happy phrygian music by implying the major defeats the purpose :P )

  • @muyskerm
    @muyskerm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    Courtney's song absolutely gripped me. Felt like it was bursting with hope and brightness. Fantastic!

    • @aliensporebomb
      @aliensporebomb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like a morning sunrise.

    • @Emul7ifier
      @Emul7ifier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      huh, I would never take Bob for an Adam Neely fan haha

    • @raidedsalt7110
      @raidedsalt7110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hard agree

    • @daniellejoiner4929
      @daniellejoiner4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      1. You’re here?! Awesome!
      2. Absolutely, it holds me in this space where I feel a sort of relaxation. Like everything is going to be okay. An amazing work!

    • @bonnibloop_
      @bonnibloop_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Emul7ifier same lmao

  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1873

    This was so fun! Just an FYI, guys, we mostly grew up in the west, so we're deeply encultured to hear Phrygian (and related modes) as being "dark." That might not be the case everywhere, and that's what's so cool about music, it means very different things to different people! It's not a universal language, and that's great.
    One unfortunate thing to note is that there's also a long tradition of using modes like Phrygian with that scale degree b2 to exoticize non-western music, especial North African, Arabic and Persian music in American popular media and movies. The scale - the sound itself - represents "the Other" - to so many people who have watched these movies and experienced that popular media.
    It's unfortunate, but I think doing these scale challenges has helped me break of out a lot of sonic prejudices that I had!

    • @theelectricant98
      @theelectricant98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Appreciate you providing this context. You're the best

    • @neapolis7570
      @neapolis7570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I mean Jake has a video explaining how phrygian (dominant) is the egyptian scale. I guess it just has to do with traditional eastern music.

    • @oskarnystrom4643
      @oskarnystrom4643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Adam are you an angel

    • @MustafaAlmosawi
      @MustafaAlmosawi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Would be very interesting to see a collab with musicians with experience in Middle Eastern Maqams, Indian Ragas and Far Eastern scales.

    • @voodoo1988
      @voodoo1988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ahh! Thoughtful addition. We see reflection on implicit (historically grown) biases across many fields of society in recent years. I feel that the musical world - especially the classics - is still to have this discussion in a prominent place. Self reflection as you exercised here can only help.
      Also +1 comment for the algorithm ;)

  • @ZackGrooves
    @ZackGrooves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2630

    Poison Ivy goes HARD

    • @alicec1533
      @alicec1533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hi Zack!

    • @gptandtft
      @gptandtft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hi dad

    • @fear9998
      @fear9998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Grow down man!

    • @ks3bigksudjoht180
      @ks3bigksudjoht180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Where did you come from? Dude.

    • @FayeFadem
      @FayeFadem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      ThAnk you!!!

  • @SignalsMusicStudio
    @SignalsMusicStudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1432

    This was WAY too much fun! Cant say "thank you" enough for inviting me onto this collab, it was a honor to be included along such talented folks =) And I must shoutout Beardstank for drumming on my track and Roger Reupert for laying down those tasty trumpets!

    • @seiph80
      @seiph80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      You deserve it, Jake! Great to see you here!

    • @TSiAWD
      @TSiAWD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Best crossover ever

    • @mindlesswaffle
      @mindlesswaffle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I've been watching your channel for a while and I was psyched to see you in one of these challenges. You nailed it, man! Can't wait to see you in another one!

    • @EricMLopez
      @EricMLopez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You're a cool guy Jake

    • @kamilchosta5526
      @kamilchosta5526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Go see his channel if you want to easily understand theory and have a look on that practical side of it, which is often left out in music schools. It's a gold mine for every begginer/ intermediate musician or the advanced one to refresh the knowledge/gain another perspective :)

  • @cha1isu
    @cha1isu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    Thank you so much for having me be a part of this, Adam! Faye thank you for being such a badass QUEEN ily 🔥Brian and Jake, big high fives to you both, and I hope we get to meet in person and make some music together sometime in the future 😊

    • @ringoman08
      @ringoman08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You earned a fan Courtney! Followed you soundcloud already 🥺

    • @supersungal2
      @supersungal2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just added your song to my playlist. Thanks for putting it on spotify :)

    • @clockworkharvester2663
      @clockworkharvester2663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your track reminded me of Royksopp, strange and beautiful.

    • @furcornmanwiththemasterpla8380
      @furcornmanwiththemasterpla8380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yours was by far my favourite, you've gained a fan

    • @floatingdisembodiedhead8975
      @floatingdisembodiedhead8975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your track was the prettiest. Never imagined Phrygian could sound so calming and warm.

  • @chibicitiberiu
    @chibicitiberiu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1302

    We the sad people would like to petition for the saddest darkest lydian music.

    • @gillianomotoso328
      @gillianomotoso328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac and “When We Dance” by Sting aren’t pure examples, but partial contenders.

    • @sourcerorCTS
      @sourcerorCTS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Look at this Garbage Shark chumming the waters. Love you! 🖤🖤🖤

    • @scorpiorising3741
      @scorpiorising3741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lydian Augmented

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I think the ugly-lydian video had some songs that definitely hit that "sad" vibe more than just an "ugly" vibe, but that's subjective of course

    • @davemakesnoises
      @davemakesnoises 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This tbh

  • @BenLevin
    @BenLevin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2171

    So many of my closets collaborators in one video! Love this video, beautiful music y'all!

    • @theelectricant98
      @theelectricant98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ❤️

    • @audiosputo2457
      @audiosputo2457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/QiwBrmZBU8I/w-d-xo.html

    • @rassault
      @rassault 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      ben had to sit out becuase he absolutely smashes these composition challenges

    • @sirtorchington
      @sirtorchington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      U guys are ultimate sweeties and cuties

    • @alicec1533
      @alicec1533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@rassault Music is not a competition, but Ben makes great Ben stuff
      EDIT: Okay, so not only did I accidentally write "composition" originally, instead of
      competition, but I also misread Marwell's original comment as
      "smashes the competition". With that said, Music is not a competition,
      and Ben's smashes these compositions!
      With everything cleared up, have a great day, or rest of day, or night,
      depending on what time you are reading this!

  • @nick_cnc
    @nick_cnc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    Nobody else going to point out Jake Lizzio just wrote a dope Super Mario desert world track?

    • @DearFreja
      @DearFreja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He's actually David Wise, in disguise.

    • @linksayajin2958
      @linksayajin2958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Angry Birds Go! Soundtrack

    • @valentinasanchez5757
      @valentinasanchez5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      More like Banjo Kazooie

    • @DustinMTaylor
      @DustinMTaylor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@valentinasanchez5757 I was thinking Banjo Kazooie as well!

    • @marzmusic6455
      @marzmusic6455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It reminded me of Luncheon Kingdom

  • @NahreSol
    @NahreSol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Great music and great video!!! Loved this installment of the series!!!

    • @evanswonderland2955
      @evanswonderland2955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so good, except at 20:54 he didn't say citric acid to help de-bittter the broth

  • @AfferbeckBeats
    @AfferbeckBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Phiesta sounds like it came straight from a super cute platforming video game

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      like pikuniku or something

    • @RWTWM
      @RWTWM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My mind immediately to Loco Roco.

    • @RWTWM
      @RWTWM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Immediately *went*

    • @bergamt
      @bergamt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Big Banjo Kazooie energy

    • @MaladyKayjo
      @MaladyKayjo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES! Like a Halloween level

  • @fresquitotv
    @fresquitotv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +728

    I am so happy to see Jake getting some recognition. I hope he gets in the wheel of colabs. He deserves all the attention.
    Of course I am also happy to see other Bent Knee members come along. Courtney is soooo good.

    • @joaoassumpcao3347
      @joaoassumpcao3347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      This! Jake is such a good teacher, imo he doesn't get the recognition he deserves in the yt world

    • @caseylockwood5512
      @caseylockwood5512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Jake's channel is the best channel for learning all the cool musical concepts, in a way that will actually make you want to USE THEM. He is criminally under-rated.

    • @ozanmrcan
      @ozanmrcan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yeah, he is the one who got me into this stuff

    • @ChaosPootato
      @ChaosPootato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah Jake's videos are awesome

    • @frigginjerk
      @frigginjerk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@caseylockwood5512 Totally agree. I didn't really have an interest in music until I was 18, and I didn't start learning theory until I was in my late 20s, but Jake's teaching style is easy to understand, and I can start using the information right away.

  • @uncroppedsoop
    @uncroppedsoop ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Phiesta feels like a song you'd hear in an indie game in like, a really dangerous late-game area, in a subsection where a bunch of friendly characters are just having a party and ignoring the danger

  • @Narcissistic_Penguin
    @Narcissistic_Penguin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    TRUST FUND OZU IS THE DRUMMER FOR THANK YOU SCIENTIST! HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS!!! THIS IS SO FUCKING COOOOL

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Right?!? Going down the rabbit hole made me connect those dots AND end up realizing that I've frickin' SEEN TYS when they toured with Coheed but I'd totally failed to realize that that was why the band name sounded familiar when Adam has mentioned them lol. What a cool music niche these people occupy

    • @TheMister123
      @TheMister123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Her song could so easily be a full-fledged TYS song, too. :-)

    • @Jiggerjaw
      @Jiggerjaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hooooly crap, that's one of my favorite bands.

    • @dylanaguilar6545
      @dylanaguilar6545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait wahttttttt actuallyyyyyyy

    • @mindlesswaffle
      @mindlesswaffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh man I'm so glad I read this! I had no clue!!!

  • @sonnylost2179
    @sonnylost2179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Adam and Jake in a video, I'm EFFING HAPPY.

    • @XistoKente
      @XistoKente 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Correction, *EPHING.

    • @velvetsteele
      @velvetsteele 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Finally!!!

    • @elboniu
      @elboniu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I found his videos like two days ago and really liked it, and now bam, video with Adam :D

    • @sonicarvalho
      @sonicarvalho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      More collabs with those 2 PLEASE!

    • @nerahm249
      @nerahm249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He and Adam have such elegance in the way they speak about music it's addicting to watch their videos.

  • @paulyguitary7651
    @paulyguitary7651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    Jakes is so happy it sounds like it could be an opening to a cartoon.

    • @trombonology89
      @trombonology89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The beginning sounds a whole lot like the theme to Disenchantment.

    • @gizzhead7941
      @gizzhead7941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jake cheated by using nested modes

    • @PhilSamoylov
      @PhilSamoylov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Instantly thought about happy tree friends

    • @Bladavia
      @Bladavia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Banjo&Kazooie vibes

    • @DestructoPop
      @DestructoPop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@gizzhead7941 Isn't that kinda the name of the game, though? 😂
      It just feels like he leveraged a really solid understanding of that particular phrygian scale to force a more cheerful effect. And yes, I 1000% felt that Banjo Kazooie vibe.

  • @francomatiasmarron1274
    @francomatiasmarron1274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I think Jake was the one who best nailed the instructions of the game scale-wise. He kinda went to a B part with a major chord and then returning to the Phrygian minor tonic. But it all felt very cartoonesque and tongue in cheek, sorta. And if you put a reggaeton type of break behind it all you'll surely have one happy phrygian track.

  • @watcher314159
    @watcher314159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Adam's piece gave me the same kind of confused but undeniably happy feeling a Bill Wurtz video evokes.
    Poison Ivy though... what a bop. Happily and energetically singing about terrible things never gets old. Definitely a new favourite.

    • @Xankek
      @Xankek ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When he was talking about the scale in the first part of the video my brain instantly went to bill wurtz

  • @antonkovalenko364
    @antonkovalenko364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Wow. Courtney crushed it. So ethereal with a lofi feel. Jake's quasi-Nickelodeon jam is an incredibly close second for me.

    • @Sgroh87
      @Sgroh87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kinda reminded me of Massive Attack.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "quasi-Nickelodeon" is exactly the perfect term for the aesthetic of that piece lol, love it

  • @evandocarmo2209
    @evandocarmo2209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    Jake and Adam crossover episode is what I've been waiting for.

  • @caffeineau
    @caffeineau 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I liked Courtney's one because it felt happy, but emerging from a place of uncertainty and tragedy. Like happiness from finally coming through a long struggle. Fits with her intro. Very pleasant

    • @booognish
      @booognish 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah that was awesome when everyone got those vaccines and then went and got and spread COVID everywhere.

  • @shreddedbylight
    @shreddedbylight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Trust Fund Ozu's was happiness out of SPITE. I LOVE IT

    • @JackieTheCatfox
      @JackieTheCatfox 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can relate to that feeling tbh.

  • @kvothesixstring763
    @kvothesixstring763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    So what we've discovered is that Phrygian makes for excellent video game music.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Which might be proven by Pokémon.

  • @Trogmodyte
    @Trogmodyte 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    I'm leaving a comment so I can hear Adam sing more

    • @wushuallan
      @wushuallan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Take this offering, oh great algorithm, and hear my prayer. Manifest into reality my unfulfilled fantasy.

    • @Maxi.Ledesma.musica
      @Maxi.Ledesma.musica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yessir

    • @3countylaugh
      @3countylaugh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +

    • @arunthebuffoon4554
      @arunthebuffoon4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The warm bass in that track did it for me. Really good contrast with the robotic vocals

  • @McGuire40695
    @McGuire40695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Me, Listening to Jake's song: "Sounds like something straight out of Yoshi's Island."
    Everyone did great in this, though!

    • @AndJusticeForEl
      @AndJusticeForEl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      OMG YES THAT'S EXACTLY IT

    • @fenestrapain
      @fenestrapain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yoshis island is my favorite game. Kalimba and shakers and tubas do it immediately. Yes. He nailed this assignment.

  • @james.randorff
    @james.randorff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Initial thoughts: “Wow, I really love these! As a composer/arranger, I wonder how I could get in on one of these sessions.”
    After hearing Trust Fund Ozu: “I have no idea what I am doing with my life anymore. How do I even create something like this?!?”

  • @ethanlynch3639
    @ethanlynch3639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    trust fund ozu's song had me grinning like an idiot. these were all so fantastic

  • @_hamza6547
    @_hamza6547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    maaaaaan Jake Lizzio first show up and he nailed it ...jesuuus ...call snarky puppy

    • @julianjustin3455
      @julianjustin3455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yes

    • @Sclonez
      @Sclonez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude, It also gave me Snarky Puppy vibes. He nailed it hard.

  • @0Enigmatic0
    @0Enigmatic0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Faye is a music goddess, absolutely love the song. I'd love to hear a 100 gecs Thank You Scientist crossover. Seriously, wow

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      After exploring Faye's music more, I'd venture to say her work is kinda in the ballpark of what I'd imagine that crossover to be like haha. Absolutely wild. And she has a few great collabs with Justice Cow that I somehow didn't discover when the previous challenge video had me searching Justice Cow up.
      I'm so stoked these challenges got me into hyperpop. It's my new favorite thing, I can't stop jamming "Poison Ivy" in particular right now, it's all just SO SO GOOD

    • @BrendanMiranda
      @BrendanMiranda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hmm, fitting you’d be drawn to Faye, Spike 😂

    • @musthofaramadhani9962
      @musthofaramadhani9962 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait, goddess? ♀️?😂

    • @JackieTheCatfox
      @JackieTheCatfox 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@musthofaramadhani9962Yes.

  • @space8381
    @space8381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I've never seen someone talking as happy and innocent as Brian Krock about having Meshuggah as his favorite band

  • @Tiemewitte
    @Tiemewitte 3 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    The absolute audacity of making a happy song in a dark mode as a challenge and then prominently featuring the lyric 'I just can't stop crying' and have it work regardless.
    That's just next level.

    • @darthTwin6
      @darthTwin6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This comment is hilarious and so true! 😂😂😂

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hyperpop is amazing for this, I just discovered the genre from the ugly-lydian video a few months back and I'm absolutely in love with it. 100 Gecs make some ridiculous and sometimes warped lyrics feel so spunky and slap so hard, it's unreal

    • @GG256_
      @GG256_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ItsAsparageese When I heard 100 Gecs, I hated it so much, I looked at my friend and said something I'd NEVER say, "This is so bad I need to take a break from music for a while." Lol. A hyperbolic joke of course. In the beginning it sounded like an animal crossing character vocalist who grew up listening to emo music learned how to use a DAW. Some songs like stupid horse are still terrible, but now I actually love a few of their songs. It grew on me like noise rock. Hyper pop is cool, but the vocals aren't for me. Hypocritical I guess, because I love aggressive death and black metal vocals.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GG256_ Nothing hypocritical about subjective taste, because it's not a function of objective criteria to begin with :) And yeah I love thrash and punk style harsh vocals in particular but also am a big fan of genres with growls/screams/cackles, so I get you on how it feels weird sometimes to be turned off by any vocal style. Usually they all grow on me, I like some unusual vocalists (Bobby Blitz comes to mind).
      I wouldn't have expected myself to like hyperpop if I was told about it before hearing a piece. I have sensory hyperacusis issues and the lows and highs and distorted noises would be problems for me if I listened through a fancy sound system but my cheap Bluetooth speaker I use for everything helpfully cuts down the frequencies that are the worst problems for me, so hyperpop has become sorta like very mild exposure therapy for me and helps me get comfortable with harsh noise in a way. But it I hadn't been caught off-guard by it from Justice Cow's piece, I'd have avoided the genre from its description lol. Her song made me viscerally uncomfortable the first time I heard it (though of course she wrote it to be discomforting), but I deliberately listened a second time because it was fascinating and the horror vibes were desirable in a way, and then the jam itself grew on me, and next thing I knew I was getting into 100 gecs and fell totally in love with the genre lol.
      I think "stupid horse" is a blast haha but subjective taste and all that :) I wonder if you'd dig Dorian Electra, their sound is definitely gec-adjacent but a fair bit less manic/goofy, and more edgy and dramatic.

  • @nfectedpsychosis
    @nfectedpsychosis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    Jake’s sounds like it could be on the Yoshi’s Island soundtrack and I freaking love it

    • @robertsteinberger
      @robertsteinberger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Absolutely gave me yoshi vibes

    • @mysigt_
      @mysigt_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It’s definitely got that Nintendo vibe

    • @slash196
      @slash196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      EXACTLY what I thought.

    • @hazeri
      @hazeri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are not that far off @JEMAW_ . But i think the closest would be from Paper Mario 64: th-cam.com/video/BkxDO1k9rGE/w-d-xo.html

    • @leonardomartins9292
      @leonardomartins9292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It reminded me of Crash Bandicoot

  • @fatherindia4810
    @fatherindia4810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love how Adam uses food to describe music, it's genuinely insightful

  • @davidtracy223
    @davidtracy223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    make Phrygian scale sound happy?
    Spanish musicians: Sostén mi cerveza

  • @loganowens623
    @loganowens623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    when Jake Lizzio was listing the "happy" instruments i was sad to not hear him mention the most jocular brass, the tuba, but so happy to see he used one after all! TUBAAAA

    • @progfox
      @progfox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      thank you for turning me on to the word "jocular" which i will now use in my day to day speech

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very jocular choice of word.

    • @progfox
      @progfox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@onkelpappkov2666 :)

  • @ethan.schechinger
    @ethan.schechinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I’m SOOOO so happy Jake Lizzio is finally in one of these! I’ve been waiting for a collab between you guys

    • @rainbowkrampus
      @rainbowkrampus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Biggest lol of the whole thing was "Phiesta".
      Groan worthy word play for the win.

  • @kwarrtzorau7203
    @kwarrtzorau7203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I love how every track ended up sounding vaguely demented.

  • @xander1052
    @xander1052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Trust Fund Ozu's track definitely felt the happiest. Can't beat that 100Gecs feel lol

  • @BrianKrock
    @BrianKrock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This was so much fun, thanks for putting it together Adam!

    • @floatingdisembodiedhead8975
      @floatingdisembodiedhead8975 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yours reminded me so much of maudlin of the Well and early Kayo Dot. Thank you for that.

  • @rachelkatin4904
    @rachelkatin4904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Adam adding his own vocals was great!!! I feel like that's been happening occasionally ever since the rap covers video, in which Adam sort of recontextualizes singing/rapping your own words and the vulnerability it takes to make music

  • @DumblyDorr
    @DumblyDorr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Holy wow - how hadn't I heard of Trust Fund Ozu before? All of these people are exceptional musicians - but Trust Fund Ozu just *KNOCKED* *IT* *OUT* *OF* *THE* *PARK* . Instantly have a ton a respect. Wow! Jake's felt really happy, too. The most "smiley-happy" to me.... with perhaps only a touch of mischeif - especially in that Zappa-esque moment (which made me very happy).

  • @JooshyBaby
    @JooshyBaby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I want more of Courtney's song. One of those that makes you want to buy the song and play on repeat on the drive into work for about a week

  • @therealandrew185
    @therealandrew185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I think Jake Lizzio actually nailed it. Most of the other pieces did not sound very happy to me personally, but Jake's really sounded Phrygian, and really overjoyed.
    Good job to everyone else too though, this seemed like an impossible challenge to me, but I was really surprised by each song.

  • @Blutzen
    @Blutzen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The biggest thing Adam's scale series has taught me is that hyperpop is my favorite.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      SAME. First video introduced me to it and got me hooked, this video just catalyzed my obsession lol. Hyperpop is legitimately the best thing to happen to me in a long time, I can't get enough

  • @lilithsawyer762
    @lilithsawyer762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    SO happy to see Faye in here, Trust Fund Ozu never fails....

  • @josephmay1255
    @josephmay1255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    All around me definitely sounds more on the positive side but still has this slightly somber side to it. It sounds happy but Courtney managed to preserve the darker quality of the phrygian scale. Brilliant

  • @Symphonicrockfran
    @Symphonicrockfran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Wow. Jake Lizzio is here! I love his channel

    • @seiph80
      @seiph80 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah!

  • @melpopovich565
    @melpopovich565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    trust fund ozu's was a hyperpop masterpiece, that was amazing

    • @karinamaloney1033
      @karinamaloney1033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She genius.

    • @shanechenmusic1804
      @shanechenmusic1804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly it reminds me of some of Ben Levin’s stuff in his videos

    • @karinamaloney1033
      @karinamaloney1033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@shanechenmusic1804 she works with ben and helps him cameos in his videos often. Good catch.

    • @DamianRoseroCazar
      @DamianRoseroCazar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karinamaloney1033 agreed

  • @MarlonOwnsYourCake
    @MarlonOwnsYourCake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This video helped me put words to the fact the rhythm is where the emotion of a song comes from got my way more than the key. Like my whole life I've been confused when people say major is happy and minor is sad

  • @johnathanrhoades7751
    @johnathanrhoades7751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Phrygian is my favorite mode. That flat 2 is just so good. Ozu just killed it...I think I need to explore more hyper pop type stuff. (everyone else was good too!)

  • @StahlmetallerM
    @StahlmetallerM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Courtney beeing all like "ooooooo" is one of my favorite things.

  • @jotaroshinsuke
    @jotaroshinsuke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Poison Ivy is something i didn't know i needed until i heard it, definitely can be a movie/game soundtrack xD

  • @GabeMillerMusic
    @GabeMillerMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The production on the Trust Fund Ozu track is absolutely bonkers and I love it so much. Loving this series Adam!

  • @martijnvanditshuizen8925
    @martijnvanditshuizen8925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Brian: "Phrygian is the darkest of the church modes"
    Locrian: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It might as well have been but they already did a challenge for converting Locrian into happy music.

    • @josemorgan8048
      @josemorgan8048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pretty much. Nobody uses locrian

    • @JVR10893
      @JVR10893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought when he said church modes it was to make a point of excluding locrian since the root triad has a tritone so it’s very unchurchy.

    • @HipsterShiningArmor
      @HipsterShiningArmor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The church modes are the other 6 modes of major with the intentional exclusion of Locrian, which unlike the others didn't exist in the renaissance era and was developed later as a way to kind of fill in the blanks.

  • @Rexalt
    @Rexalt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Good job Adam, you're getting a lot better at mixing and producing tracks which I think is something musicians often lack.

  • @herrbasan
    @herrbasan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Adam won this one! Btw, how did it happen that the son of a voice coach ended up with such an beautiful, innocent, un-trained singing voice ? Love it! Sing more!

  • @BlockDefender
    @BlockDefender 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Jake Lizzio's sounded like how one of those chile coated mexican lollypops tastes

  • @gustavotavarezlora5261
    @gustavotavarezlora5261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Idk why but everyone in this video seems so cool and chill, and then their songs are so cheerfull, I kinda want to hug them all

  • @danielcorrigan3147
    @danielcorrigan3147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Jake's sounded like something straight out of Mario, and I loved the whisper harmonies in Courtney's ugh I love the collaborations its amazing

  • @bodhidavis8400
    @bodhidavis8400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    the last thing that i expected out of Phrygian is hyper pop. but it also oddly makes sense so now im confused

  • @coreyaudet9656
    @coreyaudet9656 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Trust Fund Ozu for this assignment is my first choice. She made me actually laugh out loud when she got "heavy happy ". Everyone did well and I am thankful for all of you taking the time.

  • @ghostofdayinperson
    @ghostofdayinperson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Courtney’s song was incredible. She definitely crushed the challenge in terms of making Phrygian mode uplifting, but the reason it was so beautiful was that it had a melancholy undercurrent that made it ambiguous.

  • @rumpelRAINS
    @rumpelRAINS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Thanks for having Brian Krock on this video. He has been putting out some of the best videos this past year. Hopefully this collaboration will get more eyes on his channel.

  • @brandonthompson8640
    @brandonthompson8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Jake's feels right at home over a Mario Kart track, and thats probably the highest compliment i can think of lol

    • @mox_ndwn
      @mox_ndwn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yesssss, I couldn't stop thinking of a Beach/Jungle Mario Kart race track

  • @marcelo.bassalo
    @marcelo.bassalo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Bent Knee chick! Love you, Courtney. This is such a crossover episode. Everyone is great, goddamn.

  • @AzhiOnline
    @AzhiOnline 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this series so much. It introduces me to so many amazing music TH-camrs I didn't know about. I also love how supportive and positive everyone is about eachothers tracks. Pure positivity and I really appreciate that.

  • @MisterManDuck
    @MisterManDuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    You know, never did consider Phrygian explicitly non-happy because it sounds different in a context that descends a lot like what I'm used to.

    • @RaysonWilliams
      @RaysonWilliams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Andalusian cadence?

    • @vincenttavani6380
      @vincenttavani6380 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go on...

    • @samstits8982
      @samstits8982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The scale is a palindrome of major

    • @dangerkeith3000
      @dangerkeith3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@FluffyBunniesOnFire The Andalusian cadence in the Phrygian mode is the iv-III-II-I progression. The only borrowing is that the I chord borrows it's major third from the relative major key....otherwise it would be iv-III-II-i, which sounds great but isn't the cadence. I've never seen it written i-bVII-bVI-V. I guess that could be the chords of the relative Aeolian/minor mode (where the final (V) chord still borrows a major 3rd) but it's not that progression in Phrygian.

    • @user-dd3hn7lu2d
      @user-dd3hn7lu2d 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dangerkeith3000 "I've never seen it written as i bvii bvi v" this is how it is written literally everywhere

  • @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942
    @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Great to see Jake here; nice to see people I watch collaborate. I can't wait to see what you guys came up with.

  • @francescoideo9330
    @francescoideo9330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wait that's the drummer from Thank You Scientist. The crossover I didn't know I needed

  • @DMLand
    @DMLand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Adam's groove takes us very much into Bill Wurtz territory, which is just about the highest compliment I can pay him.

  • @whovianz
    @whovianz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Trust fund ozu is so so so wonderful!! infectious energy!! thank you for having her on and introducing such an incredible talent to us!!!!

  • @thefatfella
    @thefatfella 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Jake Lizzio's song sounds like it could be the theme song for a Gullah Gullah Island reboot. I like it!

    • @DestructoPop
      @DestructoPop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeeees! Or a Banjo-Kazooie esque Gullah Gullah game where you play as Binya Binya! Hahaha

  • @andrejgregoric1324
    @andrejgregoric1324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So fresh, i just love your challenges. It takes me out of daily boundaries and routines, everyday musical templates.. Thanks.

  • @fonkbadonk2957
    @fonkbadonk2957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ok, so I NEED a full version of ALL of them. Wow, so much creativity and the results were all totally easy to listen to and had amazing moods. I couldn't name a single song I liked just a tiny bit less than the others, despite all being very different and original. Brilliant idea and execution!

  • @thefullestcircle
    @thefullestcircle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Phiesta sounds like something that would play in a level of a Yoshi game where you're being chased by something.

  • @UncleJack420
    @UncleJack420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Not a hyperpop fan, but TrustFundOzu killed this challenge!

    • @cibojules
      @cibojules 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AGREED

  • @alsdrumhang
    @alsdrumhang 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was spending a dreary afternoon auditing client files and I popped this video on. I got SO HAPPY listening to these clips. thanks to all of you for your creativity!

  • @straightXjessedge
    @straightXjessedge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Phiesta" sounds like it belongs on a Mario Kart soundtrack.

  • @weslieberman4009
    @weslieberman4009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Never heard of Trust Fund Ozu but that was such an incredible piece of music

    • @Empyrean55
      @Empyrean55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Love her stuff, it's all wild and crazy and just her! Highly recommend checking her stuff out!

    • @weslieberman4009
      @weslieberman4009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Empyrean55 Yeah I will! Have her page bookmarked for later

    • @quartzofcourse
      @quartzofcourse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They are from the band Thank You Scientist if you want some more of them!

    • @ozu2647
      @ozu2647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I kept getting startled every time her name was said.

  • @xmadrugadaxeternax
    @xmadrugadaxeternax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Courtney's is sparkly jam. Wonderful!

    • @ravenecho2410
      @ravenecho2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      full bjork

    • @landoncbradford
      @landoncbradford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ravenecho2410 bjork meets mitski i was thinking

  • @nigelnix1
    @nigelnix1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    T.F.O. Killed it! An excellent eclectic mix of just about every genre, DubStep, Metal, Pop etc. etc. etc. Loved it, 😀

  • @robertofontiglia4148
    @robertofontiglia4148 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These have become some of my absolute favourite videos. This collab format is just amazing !

  • @LunchBandit
    @LunchBandit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Salsa music and “Flamenco: Alegrias” are two styles that routinely make happy Phrygian songs. Also, plenty of Arab music also uses it in happy ways.

    • @JPVillalobos27
      @JPVillalobos27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alegrias are in major keys. Maybe you're thinking Bulerias? Carnatic music also has a lot of really cool upbeat pieces in Phrygian derived raag "modes”. Raags are not really modes though.

    • @vadim4252
      @vadim4252 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They go out of the mode to achieve that

    • @sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379
      @sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThatBernie Hijaz...

    • @petterhouting7484
      @petterhouting7484 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alegrias is in major??? They sometimes modulate to phrygian but the standard chord progression is phrygian.

    • @LunchBandit
      @LunchBandit 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@petterhouting7484 Yes, the chords and strong beats clearly outline major in Alegrias but the singers end up singing in phrygian a lot or at least throwing trills and licks in phrygian.

  • @Quesbe
    @Quesbe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Trust Fund Ozu's song was... so freaking amazing!
    ok to be fair all of the submissions were amazing :D

  • @TomCTHC
    @TomCTHC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love seeing Jake here. Never stop making these videos.

  • @TheNowhereTrip
    @TheNowhereTrip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I genuinly laughed or smiled with every track, excellent work and love the different approaches each of you had. + Jake and Adam in the same video is awesome

  • @PebloNemo
    @PebloNemo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Most people: "Phrygian sounds dark!"
    Me: *Laughs in Andalusian*

    • @Shdinexus
      @Shdinexus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Iberian Peninsula strikes again XD

  • @Jex--
    @Jex-- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Yes, we do need more Adam singing. This was an enlightening video - my phrygian mood is always late autumn, slipping into the death of winter, but these pieces sort of... revel in the kicking through piles of leaves and shouting obscenity at pumpkins. I'm digging it.

    • @colinvollmer
      @colinvollmer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “Shouting obscenities at pumpkins” this is absolutely the best way to describe that feeling, thank you

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is a fabulous comment, I love how you took the experience of this awesome music-art and reinstantiated it as such concise yet perfect word-art lol

  • @qopdob
    @qopdob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these collab/challenge pieces! The degree to which you each took one degree of freedom and stretched it so far away from the typical "home" of a mode to make it feel "naturalized" in its new location is amazing.

  • @gehteuchnichtsan7911
    @gehteuchnichtsan7911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Metal guitars with a bass clarinet is an insane combo.

  • @saranonimus9211
    @saranonimus9211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I LOVE the whole concept of giving the group a challenge and sharing how each artist solves it. What better way to encourage emergent artists to explore the possibilities and find their own unique voice? Excellent idea, fascinating results. Thank you all SO much!! 💜

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed, this is one of the coolest challenge/prompt concepts I've ever seen in music and it's absolutely wonderful. Perfect way to inspire musicians of all kinds to break every barrier ever. We live in such an exciting era of new experiments in music/production like humanity has never seen before, and I'm confident this series already is playing a major part in catalyzing the wave. So, so cool.

  • @alicec1533
    @alicec1533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    OMG Faye's made eveyone's face light up!! Full on smiling!

  • @ems7623
    @ems7623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, Adam. Seriously, these videos on the modes are some of the best you've done - and incredibly fun.

  • @TheBoboMaker
    @TheBoboMaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    All of them were absolutely amazing.
    Love these challenges, never been disappointed by the pure creativity and artistry of the musicians involved.

  • @jamminhunter
    @jamminhunter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how I can hear and recognize Adam’s bass tone

  • @leftygroove5161
    @leftygroove5161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    It's very happy to see Jake Lizzio of Signals Music Studio at Adam's video as their pieces :D

  • @dwc1964
    @dwc1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These collab "challenges" are my favorite part of this channel, and possibly my favorite part of all of music-nerd TH-cam
    Here's some Engagement. For The Algorithm!

  • @SammyMakepeace
    @SammyMakepeace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So glad to see Faye here, one of my fave drummers