Ugh that tip reminds me so much of the couple of times my voice teacher would, in an attempt to get me to engage my core more, had me sing my song while standing on one foot and doing a squat/pile with every breath. I mean, it definitely worked.
Wow! I’m absolutely honored to be a part of this video. Even more because the song is in Portuguese! Thank you so much Adam! Your bass sounded great! I didn’t use an electric bass in the song because i didn’t have one at the time 😅, but I definitely think it sounds a lot better! Im gonna give this one a remix for sure! Thank you!
And I found you guys with this video which is amazing. Never thought I'd find good Brazilian artists through Adam Neely! Foda demais a música de vcs cara, vou dar uma olhada com certeza agora
That really is very nice tune. I agree with Adam, getting closer to the mic will really showcase the vocals. Hearing sexy vocals makes me want to hear a little breathing too, so teasing in music is a good thing too.
I’m so so thankful that the negative comments from this series didn’t stop you from continuing this series, although I can tell they definitely affected the series a lot. Your insight as an educated and experienced musician is something extremely valuable, and you providing it for striving musicians for free is an absolute gem! Thank you so much for your work, Adam!
Haha yes from "this is why you suck at music" to "adams guide for how to not suck at music" to "how to get good at music" to this, which is the same title, but with way more compliments than before. I am fine with this progression, as it hasnt appeared to really affect the quality of the info given, but it is kinda funny to see it change in this way.
ironically, i feel like adam’s navigation of those sorts of comments has made for a better series. he can’t leave the justifications and qualifications of his critiques go unsaid, so the videos end up being more accessible
@@manuelmanolo7099 totally agree, I'm actually quite glad he got away from the first one, the "this is why you suck" message is definitely too much of an obnoxious gatekeeping type of message. Personally I thought "Adam's guide for how to not suck at music" was fairly innocuous and also more funny and clever than the original, harsher "this is why you suck" title, and as such it would be difficult to get offended by that second title, but obviously some people found a way to do so. I don't blame him for changing it to the third title, as he's big enough that he now has a brand to look after, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed whenever he changed the name that second time. The quality of the videos has remained the same if not better though, so I quickly got over this mild initial disappointment.
Adam it was seriously a huge surprise seeing us on here thank you so much! Trust me we are no stranger to crazy mixes. That one was pumped out pretty fast but we’ve got some other neat things too. :D
The only useful thing my orchestra teacher in middle school taught me is that if there's dynamics, overexagerate them. If there's only piano and forte, those are now pianississmo and fortississimo. You can do the same when there's more dynamics, but you should make sure that p is louder than pp. Dynamics can make anything sound fancier 👌
soloists with no amp have to play p as mf, and f as ff, or else the music might not even be heard. So although I think it's not bad advice, overexaggerated dynamics is situational advice for some and not others (mostly applicable in amped or group setting)
@@oryxthemad I totally agree; dynamics are relative to the type of instrument you play. A violin by nature is quieter than a trumpet, and a trumpet is by nature quieter than pretty much an instrument plugged into an amp so this affects how dynamics are interpreted by the player
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I can do louder than pp ;) (whatever that means) but in all seriousness, yes agree with what you said
At this point it has reached meme status already (came up in an earlier iteration of this series, had community in stitches, Adam is playing along and reusing it)
I mean......even if you're a world-class soloist in a world class orchestra, you will eventually make a mistake in the middle of a show, and you will have to push forward. Getting past a mistake in live performance is an important skill, and I'd think your professors would be impressed with a speedy, accurate, and seamless recovery.
@@exquisitecorpse4917 I understand. Your comment is applicable to me, because of amazing teachers. I don't know about other students. Sadly, not all professors grade students based on the whole performance, some teachers evaluate based on how perfect a student plays note-per-note.
@@mongarcia9151 "How to be a good musician" and "how to do well in music school" are not the same thing. Ideally they would overlap very closely and a good music education should serve to support the former, but obviously trying to objectively grade an inherently subjective activity is never going to be perfect.
@Tree Jesus Stress also makes you play stiff. If you hit every note and it doesn't swing.....that's a lot worse than something with minor errors that swings like mad.
OMG I having an aha moment. When I was playing guitar in jazz band in middle school the teacher used to always make me and the bassist stand up to practice. He said you have to learn the rhythm standing up if you're going to perform standing up. That never made sense to me until this video. That's kinda cool.
The thumbnail reminded me of my band teacher back in Middle School. He was always so passionate about the music he would have us play. Genuinely one of the best teachers I've ever had, he made playing my instrument, a clarinet, into something I actually WANTED to do rather than just something I did to fill an hour. I remember specifically realizing for the first time that he really knew what he was doing when he stopped the class and told the brass section to play with meaning. The song we were playing was Night on Bald Mountain, and for 10 whole minutes he had them play the same part over and over again just so they could get to the right volume he was looking for: forte fortissimo. Everyone was kind of laughing to themselves because it seemed like he was overdoing it... but then he had us play the song again, and he said before playing that if the brass section, specifically the tubas, didn't play like they just did then he would stop us. We got to that part--if you've ever heard Night on Bald Mountain before, you know what part--and the brass section absolutely nailed it. It was powerful. I got goosebumps. That's when I learned that composers write the dynamics in their pieces because they're trying to invoke a certain feeling. That's when I learned my band teacher knew what the fuck he was doing.
The way Mussorgsky tended to compose for orchestra had a really intense sound. If the orchestra is talented and spirited, it inspires them to play more intensely, which makes it sound more intense which makes them play more intensely which makes it sound more intense which .... you get the idea. Night On Bald Mountain was absolutely the coolest experience I had as a music major at my 2nd university.
I just wanna say that you are absolutely excellent at giving criticism. With musicians with disparate backgrounds and abilities, you had something genuinely good to say about each performance and gave suggestions which didn't at all feel dismissive or belittling. Keep these coming! You've got talented fans!
The part about the vestibular system's affect on rhythm was really interesting! When I have a head cold, I find it hard to find the groove. I never understood why. I actually thought that I was crazy to think this. But now I feel a little less crazy.
Favourite music teacher! Showing these to my young daughter who is learning piano and has to deal with those pesky 'f' and 'p' notations! She asked of your hair is actually pink, lol and loves the power stance and facial expressions! So do I!
Everytime I watch the Foo Fighters play live, I'm blown away by the way the bass player moves out of time with the music. Its like he is feeling some weird polyrhythm.
Adam, as time goes by, you seem more and more flourished and serene with your content, and it's such a pleasure to see. Thank you so much for sharing your passion, it truely makes my life better. Love from Paris
11:13 The simple G F E D D melody worked great over the chromatically moving G F# F chords. It's a reminding that even if your chords get a little unusual, sticking to diatonic melodies can smooth over those edges.
Hey! This was such a pleasant surprise for me! Thank you for the critiques and overall fun lol and thank you for saying my name correctly - people usually don't haha
it's amazing how Adam playing along occasionally takes this from "talk is cheap" to "I'm invested in this." I've watched and loved tons of Q&As so I'm not criticizing, just noting an effect that pleasantly surprised me.
The last video or a different one? Because that last video is absolutely Djent - extreme Prog metal with lots of chug. The chugs aren't super present, but they're there.
The last song was absolutely djent style guitar - percussive bass notes (on the guitar) and/or power chords (5ths) using heavily gated very high gain distortion.
Absolutely loved this video!!! But was anyone else mad that Adam closed his eyes and missed Brenda's epic body roll at 17:11? 😂😂😂That was the best song for me by the way.... Absolute TUNE!!!!!!!
11:40 Theres an interview that EVH did a little while ago where he said "if you make a mistake, play it again and smile. People will think you did it on purpose"
I'm so grateful for the comment about wavering in a circle while performing. I know I do that at times and I always mean not to because I think it looks distracting. But I'll be far more motivated to pay attention to my stance for the sake of rhythm.
I diagree with your Adam's take on the 7/4 lo-fi thing. I don't think his opinion is wrong, but from my personal perspective, I think the thing the guy was playing was way cooler than if he looped the chords. I get that the 7/4 is lost, but at the end of the day, if the goal was to make good music, he achieved that.
10:21 For sure Lenny White and Stanley Clarke were good together, but that was later on. In "Light As A Feather" it is Airto Moreira on the drums killing it with Stanley. Lenny came in for the next lineup when Return To Forever got a more rock sound.
All viewer submissions are great but Sergio Alonso was the best in my opinion. Your critique is both informative and relatable.. More yogic balance poses required. Another great video!
Man! we had this show last August... the only one we played in 2020 and we played Spoonful towards the end of the set... We always like to bring that one down real quiet towards the end right before closing it with the loud vamp for the finale... That night we could actually hear people whispering in the crowd, wondering what was up... The singer shushed them, waited a bit and then we ended it with a bang!! God I miss playing gigs!!! Wanted to add, the first band reminded me of a Quebec band called Kamendja... kind of like gypsy surf music! Loved it!!
I don't consider myself a practiced hand at mixing and this comes only from a place of love: I think the piece by Rafael Gama (Brazilian Lo-Fi Groove) could benefit from the drum sound being slightly softer and more compressed too. It just felt like it was really far away from everything else, which usually does happen with programmed drum parts. Just a compressor on the drums and then a master compressor would glue it together well. I loved the piece and wish them all the success
The bass clip at the end of his videos got cut off by an ad for me and I was pretty mad until I realized just how much it was improved by coming in abruptly after a relatively calm ad.
Man I fucking love hearing your thoughts on people’s pieces in this series, Adam. You always have something constructive and insightful to say and always makes me see and hear things in my own work. Love this series so much!
I love seeing all these talented musicians, but I feel like this series has kind of experienced some Quality Inflation. It's sort of a showcase of already very talented musicians, which is cool, but less valuable to me than people who are more, I don't know, relatable in terms of their musical journey. I know that'll be different for everyone, but let's shake it up! Bring back the worse players!
Yeah. I was getting my self pumped up, ready to do this until I saw the quality of the content over the last few episodes. Now, I'm back in the woodshed. But that's good, too.
on balance, i think its very interesting when we delay a beat or note, we tend to fall or lose our balance on purpose, we move to anticipate it and as the note/beat hits we center ourselves again :)
Love these videos! I've discovered so many great musicians through this series. I always find myself wishing you linked the musicians' socials in the descriptions so we can look them up more easily
The balance talk is SUPER fascinating. I consciously choose onstage footwear with thin soles (Vans slip ons or Chucks) so I feel more stable on my feet. Even when doing a pretty high-energy rock show, my playing stays way better in time, and I don’t fall on my ass...which is also a plus.
When I first started watching this I thought I was going to hate this format, then I kept watching and turns out I love this format and these videos. So cool and insightful. Thanks for creating!
“How to Get Good at Music” 1. Select your parents carefully. They should give you good musical genes, and an environment filled with music and appreciation for the arts 2. Start young 3. Listen as much as you practice 4. Work hard
I really hope Adam is a recognized world-class musician by now. He is a kind of a person that we want to be financially independant so that he can devote himself completely to sharing his knowledge and passion with a broader audience.
Honestly I preferred the more drunken swing movement on the second piece. It may not have been intentional but I think its a nice break from the typical repetitive looping on most lofi music
I like it how I get just as much out of one of your videos as I do from my $60 per hour jazz lessons. All though the one on one is definitely necessary every now and then to answer some of those harder to articulate/easier to give and example type questions. Genuinely appreciate this channel and what you do Adam.
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These are insightful critiques and I learned!
Are you from space?
You are a good teacher.
My favorite thing I learned from Adam today was that you need to turn the guitar up in the mix! Thanks Adam!
Ben ur a legend
This is an informative comment that I read!
Plot twist: he actually intentionally lowered the guitar in the mix so that Adam Neely can say, "Turn the guitar up in the mix"
That cunning scoundrel!!!
what a GOD
😂😂😂
You can clearly see the pain in his eyes as he utters those fateful words: "more guitar, please."
Watched the video and hoped no one commented this yet haha
3:20 oh my god time to stand on one leg for two hours until i fall asleep onto my keyboard and reharmonise giant steps in 27/5
Ugh that tip reminds me so much of the couple of times my voice teacher would, in an attempt to get me to engage my core more, had me sing my song while standing on one foot and doing a squat/pile with every breath. I mean, it definitely worked.
the face when the bass solo hits LOL adam's genuine surprise 🥺
Hahaha that was me up there. It was soft boy face!
The face that really got me was the Breneslie's when she caught herself with that ridiculously hot note at 10:50
@@Pickle-oh lol yes RELATABLE af.
"Low power stance"
Okay boys it's crabcore time
The only genre that matters
attack attack immediately comes to mind
As in evolution, so in music.
Eventually, everything succumbs to carcinization.
TIL that Rob Trujillo must have killer timing
I really laughed out loud at this hahaha
Adam's editing got so smooth he basically becomes his videos
it's all skillshare man
Ive noticed that he usually edits in time with his music. It really is so smooth
Agree, side camera cuts don't work unless you address the camera directly. My thoughts only.
@@deadeaded I have a feeling it was inspired by Paul David's use of a side camera.
@@deadeaded It's done to hide cuts, and in theory should make the video seem smoother than having straight jump cuts
i strongly suspect that if you did a “how to listen to music” series, it would be amazing.
Sadly impossible due to the copyright hellscape that is current TH-cam.
Wow! I’m absolutely honored to be a part of this video. Even more because the song is in Portuguese! Thank you so much Adam! Your bass sounded great! I didn’t use an electric bass in the song because i didn’t have one at the time 😅, but I definitely think it sounds a lot better! Im gonna give this one a remix for sure! Thank you!
And I found you guys with this video which is amazing. Never thought I'd find good Brazilian artists through Adam Neely!
Foda demais a música de vcs cara, vou dar uma olhada com certeza agora
I loved your submission! Really really nice, you should release to streaming services! I'd be listening for sure :)
Da onde vcs são? Tinha umas gigs mt legais no teu Instagram mas não vi nenhum nome de cidade
That really is very nice tune. I agree with Adam, getting closer to the mic will really showcase the vocals. Hearing sexy vocals makes me want to hear a little breathing too, so teasing in music is a good thing too.
(So no one else is going to comment on the fact that you're now Rafael "Jama"? :D)
I’m so so thankful that the negative comments from this series didn’t stop you from continuing this series, although I can tell they definitely affected the series a lot. Your insight as an educated and experienced musician is something extremely valuable, and you providing it for striving musicians for free is an absolute gem! Thank you so much for your work, Adam!
I'm joining this comment. Thank you Adam!
Haha yes from "this is why you suck at music" to "adams guide for how to not suck at music" to "how to get good at music" to this, which is the same title, but with way more compliments than before.
I am fine with this progression, as it hasnt appeared to really affect the quality of the info given, but it is kinda funny to see it change in this way.
ironically, i feel like adam’s navigation of those sorts of comments has made for a better series. he can’t leave the justifications and qualifications of his critiques go unsaid, so the videos end up being more accessible
Pretty sure he got a little more aware of framing the entire series in another light.
Less "you suck" and more "That was great, but X little thing"
@@manuelmanolo7099 totally agree, I'm actually quite glad he got away from the first one, the "this is why you suck" message is definitely too much of an obnoxious gatekeeping type of message. Personally I thought "Adam's guide for how to not suck at music" was fairly innocuous and also more funny and clever than the original, harsher "this is why you suck" title, and as such it would be difficult to get offended by that second title, but obviously some people found a way to do so. I don't blame him for changing it to the third title, as he's big enough that he now has a brand to look after, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed whenever he changed the name that second time. The quality of the videos has remained the same if not better though, so I quickly got over this mild initial disappointment.
I think Adam saying "Please turn the guitar up" is his code phrase for when he's being held against his will.
Adam it was seriously a huge surprise seeing us on here thank you so much! Trust me we are no stranger to crazy mixes. That one was pumped out pretty fast but we’ve got some other neat things too. :D
Sick tune! Definitely just got another listener and subscriber!
Bruh Alex
Cheers for the critique! Been watching you for so long it's odd seeing my video on here haha. Definitely made my day!
Nice voice !
The only useful thing my orchestra teacher in middle school taught me is that if there's dynamics, overexagerate them. If there's only piano and forte, those are now pianississmo and fortississimo. You can do the same when there's more dynamics, but you should make sure that p is louder than pp. Dynamics can make anything sound fancier 👌
soloists with no amp have to play p as mf, and f as ff, or else the music might not even be heard. So although I think it's not bad advice, overexaggerated dynamics is situational advice for some and not others (mostly applicable in amped or group setting)
@@oryxthemad I totally agree; dynamics are relative to the type of instrument you play. A violin by nature is quieter than a trumpet, and a trumpet is by nature quieter than pretty much an instrument plugged into an amp so this affects how dynamics are interpreted by the player
I can do louder than pp ;) (whatever that means) but in all seriousness, yes agree with what you said
Don't you just hate it when your pp is louder than your p? Like I know my boy's lonely, but when he screams it makes me kinda nervous.
I remember a jazz performance submission from India had not much variation in dynamics and Adam had said the same thing
"That's a chord... More chords, wow."
I'm glad to see that two degrees in jazz composition are paying off.
The Brazilian lofi is going to be living in my head rent free. Such a groove.
💚
To be honest, brazilian music makes the best lofi
Great advice Adam!!
13:13
Singer: 'I've been thinking, it's probably best to separate.'
Adam: 'That's nice!'
Lmao
This went right over my head. I feel like there is something really funny here but it's not clicking in my brain.
Oh my god! Hahaha holy sh*t the lyrics!!!
15:01 "That's a chord" is going to be my favorite line for a while
At this point it has reached meme status already (came up in an earlier iteration of this series, had community in stitches, Adam is playing along and reusing it)
"What do you mean by cable?"
"That's a cord."
It really was a chord and I am proud of my little chord boy
15:07 “more chords. Wow” - Adam Neely, 2021
:dacob:
@@uvi_music :wacob:
Barre chords?
@@adelbordbari9416 is that what he’s saying? It makes more sense, but he puts such an “o” in it that it sounded like “more” to me
@@jordanolson yea i suppose barre chords would be more weird to a jazz musician than "more" chords xD
I'm that weirdo bouncing bassist from Maciek Koziol Trio
I just cant help it :p
Thank u a lot for it Adam !
Greetings from Poland
"More guitar please."
- Adam Neely, 2021
time changes a man
I saw this comment before I watched the video and my curiosity increased 100x
The pandemic has really taken a toll on us all.
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!
We need to quote this in all of Adam's videos
Adam: "laugh off the mistake, it's just music"
Cool I'll try this when I make a mistake playing my final exam pieces this term. lol
I mean......even if you're a world-class soloist in a world class orchestra, you will eventually make a mistake in the middle of a show, and you will have to push forward. Getting past a mistake in live performance is an important skill, and I'd think your professors would be impressed with a speedy, accurate, and seamless recovery.
@@exquisitecorpse4917 I understand. Your comment is applicable to me, because of amazing teachers. I don't know about other students. Sadly, not all professors grade students based on the whole performance, some teachers evaluate based on how perfect a student plays note-per-note.
@@mongarcia9151 "How to be a good musician" and "how to do well in music school" are not the same thing. Ideally they would overlap very closely and a good music education should serve to support the former, but obviously trying to objectively grade an inherently subjective activity is never going to be perfect.
@Tree Jesus Stress also makes you play stiff. If you hit every note and it doesn't swing.....that's a lot worse than something with minor errors that swings like mad.
Hey, if you do it confidently enough, they just might think you meant to do it.
OMG I having an aha moment. When I was playing guitar in jazz band in middle school the teacher used to always make me and the bassist stand up to practice. He said you have to learn the rhythm standing up if you're going to perform standing up. That never made sense to me until this video. That's kinda cool.
The thumbnail reminded me of my band teacher back in Middle School. He was always so passionate about the music he would have us play. Genuinely one of the best teachers I've ever had, he made playing my instrument, a clarinet, into something I actually WANTED to do rather than just something I did to fill an hour. I remember specifically realizing for the first time that he really knew what he was doing when he stopped the class and told the brass section to play with meaning. The song we were playing was Night on Bald Mountain, and for 10 whole minutes he had them play the same part over and over again just so they could get to the right volume he was looking for: forte fortissimo. Everyone was kind of laughing to themselves because it seemed like he was overdoing it... but then he had us play the song again, and he said before playing that if the brass section, specifically the tubas, didn't play like they just did then he would stop us. We got to that part--if you've ever heard Night on Bald Mountain before, you know what part--and the brass section absolutely nailed it. It was powerful. I got goosebumps. That's when I learned that composers write the dynamics in their pieces because they're trying to invoke a certain feeling. That's when I learned my band teacher knew what the fuck he was doing.
The way Mussorgsky tended to compose for orchestra had a really intense sound. If the orchestra is talented and spirited, it inspires them to play more intensely, which makes it sound more intense which makes them play more intensely which makes it sound more intense which .... you get the idea. Night On Bald Mountain was absolutely the coolest experience I had as a music major at my 2nd university.
Wow, this is so beautifully written. Thank you for taking the time to flesh it out
I just wanna say that you are absolutely excellent at giving criticism. With musicians with disparate backgrounds and abilities, you had something genuinely good to say about each performance and gave suggestions which didn't at all feel dismissive or belittling. Keep these coming! You've got talented fans!
True, that was very kind and constructive at the same time!
Good move with the purple light. 👌 This demonstrates how to get good at cinematography.
The part about the vestibular system's affect on rhythm was really interesting! When I have a head cold, I find it hard to find the groove. I never understood why. I actually thought that I was crazy to think this. But now I feel a little less crazy.
Favourite music teacher! Showing these to my young daughter who is learning piano and has to deal with those pesky 'f' and 'p' notations! She asked of your hair is actually pink, lol and loves the power stance and facial expressions! So do I!
Thanks for including our track on here man! And really appreciate the input. Will keep all that in mind ;)
Everytime I watch the Foo Fighters play live, I'm blown away by the way the bass player moves out of time with the music. Its like he is feeling some weird polyrhythm.
Jojo reference
@@bigaleinstein4639 ...
Adam, as time goes by, you seem more and more flourished and serene with your content, and it's such a pleasure to see.
Thank you so much for sharing your passion, it truely makes my life better.
Love from Paris
Brazilian Lo-Fi Groove for me...anytime! With Adam playing bass!
11:13 The simple G F E D D melody worked great over the chromatically moving G F# F chords. It's a reminding that even if your chords get a little unusual, sticking to diatonic melodies can smooth over those edges.
It actually was really beautiful though the execution isn't perfect maybe, but you're right, that solution is great
Hey! This was such a pleasant surprise for me! Thank you for the critiques and overall fun lol and thank you for saying my name correctly - people usually don't haha
When he said "turn the guitar up" I felt the pain in my heart as much as he did lol.
3:49 Opponent: Adam Neely
Full health points: 20 hearts
Strength: 7.5/10
Resistance: 9/10
Charisma: 11/10
Knowledge: 100/10
Caffeine level: ∞/10
Hahaha
I’m deciding which fighting game, but I think he’d be right at home animated in Jump Force or Tekken
Adam is like every piece of good advice from my childhood piano lessons but without the crushing terror.
This is how I feel after ten years of not understanding a damn thing about guitar besides rhythm and then a year of self teaching from TH-cam
it's amazing how Adam playing along occasionally takes this from "talk is cheap" to "I'm invested in this." I've watched and loved tons of Q&As so I'm not criticizing, just noting an effect that pleasantly surprised me.
I love that every time Adam hears an electric distorted guitar he just goes "Oh yeah that's some sick djent! 😎"
I mean, that video does have "#djent" above the title
@@MissYaBigMan True but still funny.
@@MissYaBigMan and it's like a 8+ string guitar too
The last video or a different one? Because that last video is absolutely Djent - extreme Prog metal with lots of chug. The chugs aren't super present, but they're there.
The last song was absolutely djent style guitar - percussive bass notes (on the guitar) and/or power chords (5ths) using heavily gated very high gain distortion.
Absolutely loved this video!!! But was anyone else mad that Adam closed his eyes and missed Brenda's epic body roll at 17:11? 😂😂😂That was the best song for me by the way.... Absolute TUNE!!!!!!!
Finally someone talked about my epic body roll, thank u so much Ayesha💚 It makes you precious ✨
@@minzy447 hunny the world needed to witness that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🧜🏽🧜🏽🧜🏽🧜🏽🧜🏽🧜🏽
that afro jazz tiktok was HEAT, would make a great hip hop sample too
So many amazing tips here that would be invaluable to any musician.
Can we get a clean feed of you improvising over the 7/4? That was so chill.
the afro-jazz song so wonderfully encapsulates variation in rhythm rather than pitch, wonderful!!
production skills skyrocketed so much
Hats off to Adam for such on point constructive criticism-you really are turning this into an art form.
Liked very much the first trio and the Brazilian duo.
Awesome!
Thanks dude!
10:28 I think that's Airto Moreira playing drum set on Light as a Feather. I think Lenny White first appeared on Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy :)
11:40 Theres an interview that EVH did a little while ago where he said "if you make a mistake, play it again and smile. People will think you did it on purpose"
"Repetition legitimizes"
Rafael Gama, like Gamma Rays. Awsome video! Nice to see some fellow brazilians in here.
Started following 3 weeks ago. Absolutely love your channel.
I'm so grateful for the comment about wavering in a circle while performing. I know I do that at times and I always mean not to because I think it looks distracting. But I'll be far more motivated to pay attention to my stance for the sake of rhythm.
Bass solo appears. Adam: *Talks all over it (as he should)*
That first submission gave me 70’s Al Di Meola vibes, very nice indeed.
Plot twist, they knew the guitar needed turned up, they just wanted Adam to say it outload "More guitar please"
I diagree with your Adam's take on the 7/4 lo-fi thing. I don't think his opinion is wrong, but from my personal perspective, I think the thing the guy was playing was way cooler than if he looped the chords. I get that the 7/4 is lost, but at the end of the day, if the goal was to make good music, he achieved that.
10:21 For sure Lenny White and Stanley Clarke were good together, but that was later on. In "Light As A Feather" it is Airto Moreira on the drums killing it with Stanley. Lenny came in for the next lineup when Return To Forever got a more rock sound.
All viewer submissions are great but Sergio Alonso was the best in my opinion. Your critique is both informative and relatable..
More yogic balance poses required.
Another great video!
What a great way to start the day with some desert surf rock.
Man! we had this show last August... the only one we played in 2020 and we played Spoonful towards the end of the set... We always like to bring that one down real quiet towards the end right before closing it with the loud vamp for the finale... That night we could actually hear people whispering in the crowd, wondering what was up... The singer shushed them, waited a bit and then we ended it with a bang!! God I miss playing gigs!!!
Wanted to add, the first band reminded me of a Quebec band called Kamendja... kind of like gypsy surf music! Loved it!!
I don't consider myself a practiced hand at mixing and this comes only from a place of love: I think the piece by Rafael Gama (Brazilian Lo-Fi Groove) could benefit from the drum sound being slightly softer and more compressed too. It just felt like it was really far away from everything else, which usually does happen with programmed drum parts. Just a compressor on the drums and then a master compressor would glue it together well. I loved the piece and wish them all the success
I definitely agree! We actually are remixing the song to post on spotify! And i think we solved these problems!
@@rafagfl oh that's so awesome! I'll definitely check it out when you do release it! ☺️ All the best and much love from India ❤️
@@rafagfl If you are on Instagram, do share your handle. Would love to see the stuff you put out! 😊
Sure! Much love! It’s @rafaeljama
The bass clip at the end of his videos got cut off by an ad for me and I was pretty mad until I realized just how much it was improved by coming in abruptly after a relatively calm ad.
Excellent. Dynamics are probably the least discussed important element of music. 👍
Yes, very underrated!
Man I fucking love hearing your thoughts on people’s pieces in this series, Adam. You always have something constructive and insightful to say and always makes me see and hear things in my own work. Love this series so much!
I love seeing all these talented musicians, but I feel like this series has kind of experienced some Quality Inflation. It's sort of a showcase of already very talented musicians, which is cool, but less valuable to me than people who are more, I don't know, relatable in terms of their musical journey. I know that'll be different for everyone, but let's shake it up! Bring back the worse players!
The girl playing guitar on the teal fender seemed like a beginner.
Yeah. I was getting my self pumped up, ready to do this until I saw the quality of the content over the last few episodes. Now, I'm back in the woodshed. But that's good, too.
Loving how positive Adam is about the submissions - makes all the critiques feel genuinely constructive. Great vid!
Indeed he’s done that really well!
I got my Bachelor's degree by analysing the use of dynamics in a certain band's music, so videos like these are always nice.
fucking love you taste for brazilian music. I dream on spending a afternoon showing you my favorites. Abraço!
on balance, i think its very interesting when we delay a beat or note, we tend to fall or lose our balance on purpose, we move to anticipate it and as the note/beat hits we center ourselves again :)
Love these videos! I've discovered so many great musicians through this series. I always find myself wishing you linked the musicians' socials in the descriptions so we can look them up more easily
The growl of that P-bass is somehow both so aggressive and so smooth
I think Adam's bass tones are such an underappreciated part of his videos. They're so nice👌
If you turn up the drive It has a throughty clean sound that is the perfect bass tone for clean, background bass
what i learned from the first critique is that when metal musicians get into their power stance it actually helps
If Tyler Bridgewater is reading this please do more, loved that demo.
I will :) Thank you so much
@@TylerBridgewater that demo was amazing, i want more
@@defecito Thank you, I shall try my best :)
@@TylerBridgewater Yes, those chord choices and singing, soooo good I’m gonna watch the full video when I finish this one!
The balance talk is SUPER fascinating. I consciously choose onstage footwear with thin soles (Vans slip ons or Chucks) so I feel more stable on my feet. Even when doing a pretty high-energy rock show, my playing stays way better in time, and I don’t fall on my ass...which is also a plus.
Reclusão is such a bopppppp
Thanks man 😅
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When I first started watching this I thought I was going to hate this format, then I kept watching and turns out I love this format and these videos. So cool and insightful. Thanks for creating!
“How to Get Good at Music”
1. Select your parents carefully. They should give you good musical genes, and an environment filled with music and appreciation for the arts
2. Start young
3. Listen as much as you practice
4. Work hard
Shit, I forgot to do the first two
You forgot rich parents/at least middle class
@@ItzJeweled Many great musicians grew up very poor. Buddy Guy, for instance.
macleadg I was joking, I know it’s obviously not true
@@ItzJeweled👍
I love to see brazilian in your videos. Also, nice video, congratulations
Someone needs to make a video just looping Adam saying 'more guitar please' for 10 hours.
The submissions keep getting better with every video. Great video as usual!
Essa dupla de Brazil ficou muito bom
É brasil caraio! Chama!
Obrigada queridoooo
I really hope Adam is a recognized world-class musician by now. He is a kind of a person that we want to be financially independant so that he can devote himself completely to sharing his knowledge and passion with a broader audience.
"Get low while playing" - Robert Trujillo approves
Lil Jon too
Bob Marley does not.
Ha! Regarding Trujillo, I was thinking the exact same thing! :D
This guitar arrangement for Pannonica was BRILLIANT.
Thank you for using my clip!
Really got what you said and I’ll work on it(:
Good luck, you’ll manage it! :)
that video indication placement in the end, tho. *chef's kiss*
Honestly I preferred the more drunken swing movement on the second piece. It may not have been intentional but I think its a nice break from the typical repetitive looping on most lofi music
Bravo to the artists willing to present their music for constructive feedback.
Brazilian duo was legit af
Thanks my dude!
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The power stance trick is exactly the advice I needed for my voice jury in two hours.
Thanks as always for being a godsend.
Muito orgulhoso de ver o adam analisando uma música feita por aqui, mas, sabem como é a regra, se tem brasil no video, logo: PLEASE COME TO BRASIL!!!
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I like it how I get just as much out of one of your videos as I do from my $60 per hour jazz lessons. All though the one on one is definitely necessary every now and then to answer some of those harder to articulate/easier to give and example type questions. Genuinely appreciate this channel and what you do Adam.
Djent guy is 300 iq for making Adam advise to turn up the guitar. My man
I love this discussion. I'm amazed at musicians more literate and educated than myself who ignore dynamics and still turn up to 10 and blast away.
The classic response, which I've heard people use not in jest: "Dynamics? But I'm playing as loud as I can!"
I'm so glad you brought this series back.
I'm a better musician because of your videos
That second admission made me realize I’m a sucker for lofi.
Very happy to see fellow brazilians here!
Yes, I should be practicing…
Haha same here 🙈😂
The tip about keeping the time signature while improvising was extremely helpful!