Asking my YouTuber friends advice at NAMM
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- Asking UA-camr friends advice at NAMM.
0:00 Intro
0:05 Rhett Shull
0:33 Paul Davids
1:21 Zach Grooves
1:39 Benn Jordan
1:52 Tim Pierce
2:00 Aimee Nolte
2:15 Signals Music Studio
2:48 Mary Spender
3:02 Gear Gods
3:15 Samurai Guitarist
3:45 Rotem Sivan
4:26 Eitan Kenner
4:54 Natalie Tenanbaum
5:18 Pete Thorn
6:50 guitaro5000
7:04 j3po
7:37 Venus Theory
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Zach heard 5 made it a 4. Classic drummer.
God-tier
chill
Adam: Just give me 5 words you'd say
Nate: 7?
Adam: what no
"5 words *or less*"?? Can't you read?
@@bordershader he might not be able to read, but at least he has a sense of humour. Also you must be shite at parties.
My 5 words would be "Perfect doesn't exist, have fun"
Perfect always takes so long because it don’t exist
for me it's "perfect doesn't exist, that shouldn't stop you from trying"
9 words cuz there are no rules
edit: here's another one cuz i'm high, "perfect may not exist to everyone, but it may exist to you if you work for it", just for the crazy dedicated.
But why doesnt it exist? I know an answer to that is humans make mistakes, etc. BUT why deny the possibility that there is a way to make perfectly what you want? Maybe there is a way. I respect the opinion that perfect cant be made, but i just want to start a conversation around this.
@@dreway4102 it certainly is possible to play what you want to play or write what you want to write but i think perfect in this context means that there is no objectively correct, superior way to do things
Hell yeah!
My best advice would be “enjoy sounding shitty.” I can’t remember the exact quote but Kenny Werner said something like “If you can get up on stage and play terribly for a room full of people and say ‘I love myself’ once you are finished, that is a great liberation.” Obviously you want to do your best and have some level of self awareness about your music but we are almost always the ones blocking our own progress.
A variant on the punk-rawk motto, "Give no f***s". Do what you do for you, then it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.
@Michael Lochlann that's the thing about performing music though, it never goes as expected and as the performer your standards are probably the some of the highest in the room. If you let yourself noticing flaws get you down you'll almost never feel good about performing because you always make a few mistakes. The point is just to focus on the fun of the act of making music
I mean, you have to make shitty music before you can make good music. And performing is a part of that. You don't get good right away.
But I've been a sound tech for regular open mics and seeing people who sound terrible come back over and over without ever improving is unfortunate.
Serious question: what do you do if this goes too far? I have a drummer friend that I jam with sometimes. The only kind of music he listens to is like grindcore and similar stuff. I find it makes me anxious so it's not really for me, but it's not like I HATE it or anything. The problem is, when we get together with people and jam, we tend to end up in kind of an indie-jazz sort of zone... and this this guy jumps in with the most abrasive and aggressive stuff and starts screaming and growling and just totally drowning out everything else. He doesn't even care about timing that much, he just wants to pump the bass drum as much as possible. And because all of the stuff he listens to sounds like a pitched-down Furby put through a garbage disposal, he genuinely thinks he sounds good. Like, he doesn't even practice drums really, and because he thinks he's so good already that he never watches videos or listens to other drummers or anything. His timing is the worst of anyone I've ever heard who calls themselves a drummer. He's the type of person to think they are amazing at everything they do the first time they try it and really minimizes all the work other people put into their instruments and styles. He thinks he can play any instrument when hes really just doing random crap because again, thats all he listens to. And he doesn't understand why people get annoyed when he joins the jam. He doesn't seem to understand that we like playing in different genres and don't want everything to be a fucking grindcore death noise track. We only let him join because he said he could play jazz drums, which is what we were looking for. Turns out his idea of "jazz" was Primus, which... I guess an argument COULD be made there...but not by him lol. He wants to jam with people, but doesn't try to vibe at all, just totally dominates and then is like "great jam! :D" afterwards and we all just smile and nod but are dying inside. It's hard, because he's otherwise a very nice guy and it's hard to dislike him, but when it comes to music his confidence is WAY too high. He thinks he knows about every kind of music like it's all "easy". It's like how they say when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail, except with him he THINKS he has a full toolbox when all he has is a single, rusty, unmaintained hammer. This is why the guy in the video saying confidence was key left a sour taste in my mouth, because in my decades of playing, the confident people the worst to deal with, and usually nowhere as good as they think they are. Humility and receptiveness and critical self-analysis are much better qualities to have as a musician, and a person.
jake the dog said "being really bad at something is the first step to being kinda ok at something" FIFY
"Take care of your hearing"
Wear ear protection, keep volume at reasonable level, let your ears rest from time to time. It will pay off in a long run
This. If nothing else, this. Tinnitus is hell.
This is so, so true…thanks for this!
"Your metronome is your bandmate". I got told this by my drum teacher in high school and it COMPLETELY changed how I viewed the metronome. It wasn't this intimidating guardian of time any longer, but just your friend who happens to have insane timing. When I practice with a metronome (which is every time I practice) I imagine someone standing next to me grooving along to what I'm doing and it made me much more confident and made me able to practice my timing while still maintaining that sense of feel and groove.
This is cool! Thx, gonna brush dust off my old-school metronome :-)
The core one: "Listen." Just like learning to draw is actually learning to SEE, learning to make music is learning to listen.
this
Thats very pretty.
ABSOLUTELY!
Great one
Fundamentally, it'd be seeing and *hearing* respectively. To actually learn, you need to *observe* and *listen.*
On a serious note, Bass, Bass, Bass, Bass, Bass is so true. Every time I'm working on something and I'm like "This sounds so disconnected and awful" I'll add a bass line, even if it's just root notes and Boom! GLUE!
I feel this. I can't play bass, total layman. Friend of mine riffs guitar to my cover song singing. I've tried somehow filling up his play with chords and it sounds garbage. Turns out if I only pluck the bass notes on like 1 and 3, it sounds dope and sexy and groovy.
KISS + BASS
ive heard so many people send music on discord going "heres my music" and i always felt like it was shallow.
i figured out that they werent adding fucking basslines. Add Fucking Basslines, holy shit
People don’t add basslines to their music? I thought it was like an unwritten rule that you just wrote a bassline for almost everything
In 2016 Adam Neely said a gig must have two of three:
- good pay
- good people
- fulfillment
[paraphrased from Q+A #15]
This has been very good life advice that has helped me nearly triple my income, deepen important relationships, and move from stagnant repetitive art to spontaneous explorative art. Thanks Adam!
I believe the quote was good pay, good people, good music. I appreciate you bringing it up, I love this quote and this matra
@@submh0938 indeed, I abstracted Adam's wisdom to apply to any gig, not just music. Here is the note I typed in .txt back in 2016:
Does it pay? Is it with people that you like being around? Is it musically rewarding? Adam Neely - Q+A #15 - A Bassist's Inferiority Complex, Gig Requirements, and Extreme Metal is Boring - Aug 15, 2016 ua-cam.com/video/w1d03yr_NBc/v-deo.html
Even snappier would be "Pay, People, Purpose" or "Pay, People, Passion" or something else starting with P. Even "Fulfillment" is a bit high-minded. Unpaid lolz with friends is 2/3.
Rhett Shull put it like this:
The music, the money, the hang. The hang is non-negotiable, but you can get by with one of the other two; good people CAN make bad things worthwhile.
@@Dave-bo8ry for me the hang is negotiable, but we better be making GOLD and I better be making BANK
"Copy others, then reject them."
Great way to find your personal style.
My advice? “Play with, not for, others”.
Play with others: when I was starting out, playing with other musicians who are more experienced, or who have different skill sets, or different ways of making music, was *hugely* important to growing and developing my own musical skills. I haven’t played with others for years, but if I hadn’t started out with my high school bands, I would be a significantly worse musician.
Don’t play for others: something that really hindered my growth, however, was basing everything I learnt or tried to write, based on “will other people think it’s good? Will other people think I’m good at my instrument? Will other people think I’m talented?”, and all that shit. It made music stressful, and it’s so much harder to enjoy it when you’re dedicating your work to what others think of you, instead of what you like. When I left high school, I went from doing constant shredding exercises and playing the wildest prog metal, just to impress others; to making a weird noise project entirely that I didn’t expect anyone to listen to, just bc I thought it was fun. And, that freedom to just. To just put something out there that I enjoyed? Suddenly, I was experimenting with all kinds of things, learning shit I had never even considered before, and actually *enjoying* what I made. And you know what else happened? Everyone else liked it more than all the shreddy shit I was doing! Bc it was sincere, and it was unique, and because I enjoyed it.
Thank you for putting it into words, that’s such an important thing to keep in mind
I always had that dicothomy where I questioned if I wanted to be seen and applauded by "other people" or if I simply wanted to play interesting music for myself.
I don't condome wishing to be admired by the "general public", but yeah I think one's self enjoyment should be the priority.
Lots of great advice here. Things I never though of before. Thanks for including me at 6:50 ! Happy Namm 2022
There is always someone better.
Seeing really amazing musicians can either be inspiring or intimidating.
Oscar Peterson was intimidated by Art Tatum.
So when you're new remember that those great players you see, no matter how good, they've got an Art Tatum of their own.
So don't sweat it.
Who intimidated Art?
Honestly that's just good life advice. You shouldn't compare yourself to others, just do what you're satisfied with (to a reasonable degree)
@@herculesrockefeller8969 I think James P Johnson, Fats Waller and Earl Hines. But perhaps he took my advice and became inspired rather than remain intimidated.
@@herculesrockefeller8969 Life intimidates Art
Yep. Good martial artists believe that as well.
I really agree about the cool looking gear one. Obviously the mantra of gear doesn't matter is very uplifting but also if you get a guitar that you really really love to look at and makes you excited it just changes your day every time you see it.
1. I agree.
2. There are caveats though:
a. What looks cool to you and what is easiest to learn on is not always the same. ( plenty of examples here but I'll keep this short )
b. This could degenerate into a gear-addiction downward spiral, where you spend more time looking for the next piece of gear instead of practicing. This is particularly important for adult beginners ( sic ).
c. This could spiral into a downwards ego trap. Where you know you've spent 3 grand on something you are really bad at ( as you should be as a beginner ) instead of something you might have actually needed/ used.
lol the look of gear is what got me into the idea of owning a cassette portastudio one day
Those two points stand on there own to me and are both true. "gear doesn't matter" doesn't necessarily mean keep playing that valencia nylon string and be happy with it forever, I think it was more towards, you like what you bought, it looks cool, stop chasing more amplifiers and pedals and string gauges, don't follow the rabbit hole and just get down to it. It's a good way to be a "guitar guy" and not actually a player.
I personally went away from the look thing a little bit. I mean it has to look good but if it doesnt look perfect but instead it feels and plays perfect then thats better than if it looks incredible but feels and plays like crap
@@azzogathor Oh I absolutely agree with you on this. I favor the idea that gear doesn't matter much more but it is also impossible to deny that within rationality a really good looking and fun feeling instrument will just change everything. I also think that displaying instruments are also really important.
"Too much information is overwhelming".
When I started playing drums around 5 years ago, being 25, I used to watch all kinds of videos and followed a ton of musicians around social media, trying to take as much knowledge as possible in the shortest possible time, since I felt that I was "late" to start learning to play and that if I didn't, I wouldn't be "someone".
I found out later that this started to discourage me and make me anxious, since I was comparing my weekly ~3 hours practice to absolute beasts who've been playing countless hours in years.
My way to get over this and learn to "learn from others" was to detox myself: stopped watching videos and unfollowed a ton of people. Much later in time I started watching and following again, but with a purpose: "this guy has excellent X in Y aspect and I want to learn Z thing".
Don't forget it, you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.
This resonated with me. I want to soak up a lot of knowledge and while that instinct isn’t wrong, if I try to cram so much knowledge and music into my brain in a short period I’ll get overwhelmed and I won’t even retain it. There’s always time to learn things, as long as you’re always learning in some way, you don’t need to put so much pressure on it.
"No one else is you." Even if you feel like you're not saying anything new with your music, you have to remind yourself that it's still YOUR music, and as long as you endeavour to keep true to yourself, no one else can really make the music you do, because no one else is you.
As a singer (instrument specific) “Learn to speak, not sing.” Often there’s this focus on singing itself that we forget what the purpose of it is for - to speak. It’s also good technique for legato. Whatever your instrument is or preferred genre, you’ve got to say something, rather than just focus on technique.
That's so true, actually. It also applies to any instrument as well, taking guitar for example - it's not about how you shred in your solo or what gimmicks you make in the given part, but is about what you SAY. What emotion you express, the way you do it - a good piece of music (of any genre) is about a story and a journey. And I'm absolutely not talking about lyrics right now. Most of my favourite guitarists are not virtuosos technique-wise, but are amazing musicians because they know how to express their idea and passion through music. John Frusciante, for example, or J Mascis. It literally feels as if they tell you a story in the context of a piece.
Just start doing it, man.
The distance between you and where you want to be may seem insurmountable, but the only way to beat it is to just start doing it. Take learning little by little, and be persistent at it. And keep in mind that everyone starts from somewhere, and everyone had to work their way to where they are today.
“Answers are found through action”.
Instead of watching UA-cam tutorials and reading Reddit posts about how to do something, the best way to get that answer you want is by taking action and doing the thing itself. You will learn infinitely more that way.
This applies not only to music, but to everything in life.
For me it's something along the lines of Signals Music Studios:
"Keep it interesting, have fun."
For a long time, I was trying to figure out what playing music meant to me, as I struggled to balance my hobbies with my education and personal life etc. After years, I came to realize the reason I like playing music is simply because it is fun, but also that 'having fun' means you have to actively keep it interesting. For me, it was playing with my friends that would bring the most joy and acomplishment.
Unfortunately, me and most of my musician friends have put music aside to focus on our careers and it's like we can't recall how to have "fun" anymore. But I believe we'll find out in the end. I hope.
Just start playing again, the fun will reappear I believe - that is how it was in my case.
So great to see SO MANY amazing musicians of the plataform hanging out together. Zach Grooves, Sammy G, Mary Spender, Paul Davids... Love to see it!
Signals music studios gets me so excited to write every time they make a video. Jake has such a great way to make music feel accessible rather than vague theory.
As a thirty something year old in their first year of piano, this video resonated deeply, so thanks man!✌✌✌
never to old! picked up the bass again at 32 and almost on a full year of consistent play now. keep having fun!
Started clarinet at 37... But how do you find others to play with? Playing with my teacher is sooooo valuable but it's only 1 hour a week... I need morrrre
@@russelljazzbeck I don't think I'm at a stage where I can play with others yet, but I've realised I'll have a problem when I eventually do want to. I'm not sure there's a global community of older beginners eager to form beginner practice bands 😅
As another 30-something starting a piano journey, 100%! Best of luck to us both
good luck dude
"play with others often"
This is the reason I feel very stagnant. I'm in a 3 piece band, a vocalist, a drummer and me (who plays keys bass and guitar).
It's kinda wild how the body knows instinctively on how to improve, because IM DYING FOR A JAM SESSION!!! It sucks when I don't know many other musicians lol
This seems to be a best-of of all my favourite youtube musicians - perfect setup, perfect advice!
Some weren't really particular to beginners. I have one. "Make it easy to play." I keep my bass plugged in and the amp turned on on a stand at arms reach from my office chair (I work from home). If I have the whim to play I'm one second away from doing it. If I had to find the end of the cord, plug it into the bass, turn on the switch, or even (horror) take the bass out of a case, I'd play 10% as much.
This, This, and This. I started keeping my bass on a stand right next to my bed for about 3 months now so that all that needs to be done is plugging in the bass and turning on the amp (since I have an active eq and don't want to drain the battery). I decided to do this when I first got my upright and I noticed that I played it so much because all I had to do to play was just pick it up. I play so much more now and my progress has been so much faster and more tangible.
I can relate to this as a piano player. Even the minor inconvenience of having to turn on my electronic keyboard and pop on the headphones is enough to keep me away from the keys, compared to how often I used to play when I had a real piano in the room, where all you needed to do was sit down.
Unfortunately my active bass will drain the battery if I let the cord plugged in. Ask me how I know...
@@NicolaLarosa lol, been there
Doesn’t it drain the battery?
Rhett is really selling that advice man 😂 I love all of these musicians man, thank you for the advice guys and girls!
The advice is really good, but the editing on this video is great! Everything flowed so well, it felt like one big conversation and not a series of separate interviews. The grayscale highlighting the actual five words, the inter-cuts of different performances, the final punchline. Fantastic stuff!
My Teachers! 1/2 of those people are my go-to folks, other half I can now look up thanks to your listing them in the description. I appreciate the common thread of passion for playing and learning as the key.
Never stop learning...ever.
After playing for many years and 10 professionally, I decided to take private instruction. Mostly to tighten my technique, I learned more than technique.
I was 36 at the time. I'm 51 now, and have thought about going back for more lessons. Learning isn't about being young and dumb, it's about expanding upon your small well of knowledge. When you think you know everything, you reaffirm you know nothing.
Agreed. Im the same age and am studying music theory now more than ever. And learning to read music. Making lots of progress.
I find it interesting that beginning musicians tend to be in it for themselves (what they can get out of it) but old timers who’ve been through ups and downs do it all mostly for audiences.
To add to the cool looking instrument one, keep it nearby where you typically sit or walk by at home. When it's within arm's reach you just instinctively grab for it
I used to keep my guitars on a 4-slot rack on the far edge of my room, but then I figured keeping my most-used axe beside my desk on a single stand would make me play more lol.
I really thank you for making these kind of videos. As a beginner-intermediate musician, I can say the help me and inspire me a lot.
Dream it, don't rush it.
This is something I've learned from experience and it goes for everything: Your career (have a focus in mind, but enjoy the ride), the way you play (as in trying to shred vs just imagining the groove and letting it manifest through you involuntarily), you can take this wherever you want!
Ok, but that's like 85 words, how am I gonna remember all these?
U can come back to the video 😋
Bass
best video to date. simple and full of life. thanks adam.
Mine? "You're supposed to copy people."
If I had known that when I was trying to learn improvisation on my own 20 years ago, I'd probably be much better at it now. Anyone who tells you different doesn't understand that they do it intuitively.
Funny thing is, I actually transcribed and imitated the form of other composers' songs when I was teaching myself to compose and guess what? I'm actually pretty decent at that now.
We live in a society
I forget who originally came up with it but my jazz teacher always told me the 3 steps of learning to improvise were to imitate, assimilate, and innovate. You start by imitating musicians you admire, then you assimilate their ideas into your vocabulary, then you create your own ideas/innovations based on that vocabulary.
This is a good one. “Good artists borrow, great artists steal” or whatever that saying is
Great video concept Adam. Terrific way to take advantage of easy access to some great musicians.
That was great!! I needed that ...or most of it... Thanks!!
Keep growing, keep loving it.
Practice and skill are important, but don't let your love of music die in the pursuit of craft. It can be easy to lose the joy in pursuing perfect, but it is also easy to settle with a certain level of ability where pursuing growth can help you express yourself more completely than you realize was possible. You can discover areas of music/playing that you hadn't noticed before.
Darn I never expected this... I got super emotional watching this, seeing all of the great people you asked this question to reminded me how involved they have all been in my learning and journey as a musician. It was like watching a nostalgia video of all of my favorite people.. A subtle tribute to all the people I can thank for placing me where I am now.
Literally teared up when @Signalsmusicstudios came into the picture
Thank you all for being my teacher, definitely including you Adam. You brought my scope out of the lense of strictly playing instruments, to being curious about all aspects of music. That factor alone is the reason I decided to go into music school
So good video and have to admit that I really needed this. Made my day.
Not long ago my third band broke up and I have been bummed about it. Basicly we were split between towns and guys quit cause better offer and formed new band with one new member. Going to be same genre etc, but without us who live 180 miles away or so. It sucks and I understand. If nothing else, now I have more time to do something different.
Love it! Thanks Adam et al.
It's awesome seeing so many great and knowledgeable musicians in a single video. Thanks!
It's really cool to see all the music UA-cam faces I recognize hanging out in-person again. :) Great advice all around!
03:16 oh man, that sentiment hit haaaaard. Music is, at the end of the day, a social activity. I'm good at recording, I play multiple instruments, but after years and years of mostly doing it by myself, the joy slowly fades away - but everytime I get to jam with other people, it's instantly reignited. Play with others often. HEAR HEAR!
I feel the same. Being a lone producer, I've basically honed my craft with all instruments I could get my hands on (mostly guitar, bass, and keys), and honestly... It sucks. The real joy is being able to jam with others. I need more musicians in my life lmao
Then I guess I don't want to be a composer but rather a band player 😅
Practice slowly, quickly.
You want to take your note by note slowly when getting familiar with a phrase of music, but you want to get accustomed to doing the movements from note to note at speed.
i love these videos where you just go around talking to a bunch of musicians, honestly best type of content for me
Thanks for an awesome night out in Manchester yesterday! Loved every second of the show, even the misbehaving laptop
I've been doing most of these for many years.
The one that resonated most for me was when Mary said "listen to every genre". I've been doing that for many years. And to embrace pop music as well. I resisted it for many years, thinking it's all computers and pandering for the money. The one thing that helped me see pop music differently was seeing Taylor Swift do a song live during a convention; It was a spoof of Smelly Cat from FRIENDS.
And also when Adam said bass bass bass bass bass at the end, that resonated - because repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes.
And Adams video where he talks about CCM, and learning to like it gave me some insight, and now I listen to songs I don't like different. I still don't like them, but I appreciate them.
"Play, practice very very slow." Haha I love that he ditched the "and" because both "verys" were paramount!
I’ve been a composer and performer in college for 3 years, and this advice has struck a strong chord with me, thank you!
Some great stuff here! Saw Rick Beato in the background of one of the pieces was dosappointed he didn't get his five words in.
Well, this is a special video! Many musicians that have UA-cam channels on here with many words of wisdom.
As always, Adam gave the best advice!
This vid really helps. Thanks adam :)
I appreciate the advice from these beginning musicians!
Nice community vid - makes it more special than just the quotes.
I needed to hear this :)
I played lead in a chamber group performance just last night and it definitely wasn’t my best performance. I was beating myself up all last night because I wasn’t perfect but everyone said it sounded good, so I guess it didn’t matter too much!
Never get bored of rudiments.
Everything you play is built off of rudiments both in theory and in technique. You’ll never be above running scales, triad inversions, 4/4 etc
This hit me hard when I started learning Mozart pieces and admiring how much those arrangements really really really utilized basic triad inversions- and though I definitely wouldn’t call the rhythms square, it ain’t prog.
I had been in a jazz coma for a couple years and was guilty of overplaying and especially over arranging. Advanced extensions and sophisticated rhythms are there for when you can hear them in your head but if you need them to sound interesting then you need to step back and work on building with just the essentials.
After many years… including taking extremely long “breaks” (longer than I care to admit), going back to those rudiments is what has made me fall in love again with my instruments. I’m able to enjoy sitting down to discover and my instruments from the very basics and then zoom out and apply those brush strokes to the bigger picture.
Yay, I'm coming to see Sungazer tonight!
Thanks for including me Adam! It was cool hearing what everyone had to say, and it was great meeting you ⚡️
this is an excellent video, I love music so much!
Great video but minor correction: Drops Of Jupiter definitely contains guitar during the second half of the song so Pete's most likely referring to the guitarist playing throughout the entire song and the mixer only bringing in the guitar after the 2nd chorus.
Awesome format!
Great video. I was at NAMM, so much collected wisdom!
This is like all my favorite UA-camrs in one spot. WTH!?!?! 👏👏👏
Go out and play lots. You learn so much from going out; experience, networking, just purely having fun, history of the music (sooo many anecdotes learned from just talking to people at sessions/gigs), learning how to have a stage presence,
Amateur guitarist
Paul David's helped me explore different genres of music and artists. He's very passionate yet straight to the point which makes him relatable and interesting to watch. He has a massive library of tutorials and a great setup which makes his vids excellent.
Signal's Music taught me A LOT of theory and explained modes and chord theory best because he has very effective visual language and general communication skills. His association of sounds with feelings is easily the best.
Mary Spendor is very relatable. When I first started learning, it was overwhelming to see so many youtubers with professional setups sounding like they were born playing. Mary, has all the talent and ability and I have all the confidence in her knowledge but feel like I'm learning from an equal. Her capacity to be vulnerable enough to do something experimental or reveal that she makes mistakes too made me feel like I was watching someone who understands the struggle of learning. I also enjoy her music.
Samurai Guitarist is an awesome player and excellent content creator. I've learnt so much theory and gear knowledge from his channel. His niche presentation helps me break away from the usual tutorial setup and he usually makes reference to his personal experience so amateurs like myself can enjoy anecdotes between the lessons.
Reggie5000 is one of my favourite guitarists ever because he taught me that basking needn't be bland but also that music can just be a fun thing to share with everyone. Most of the songs he plays sound great with just a few open chords and a key change. I was blown away by how many songs he can play on the spot and he inspired me to learn as many songs as I can and enjoy them with people.
Adam Neely is easily the most sophisticated youtuber. As a guitarist, I found him after learning some theory and wanted to expand my knowledge. He has the most captivating deep dives into seemingly simple concepts and can explain complex topics thoroughly while remaining engaging. Not only do I learn challenging music theory, I learn about the history and culture surrounding it too!
Thank you for this wonderful video. Thank you thank you
Dope to see some of my favs in one vid.
I very much approve of the title change. The old title made me think it was just going to be about that one bit of advice I saw in the preview ("listen to every genre"). A bunch of different bits of advice from different people is far more interesting to me.
(Granted, it's an Adam Neely video, so I'd have likely watched it eventually. It just was lower priority. But I'm a subscriber.)
Very good video, Mr. Neely!
thank you so much for making this video
i really enjoyed it and learned so much
edit: banan on the drum
This was a treat, thank you Adam.
I'll add advice an older, more accomplished musician gave me: "When playing with others, put more energy into listening to them than into your own playing." That sounded radical at first and I'm sure can be taken to far but the idea has served me well.
Playing music is a marathon.
It's not a race. Don't ruin your body by practicing so much it hurts. Remember why we all started, hopefully it's because we thought it was fun.
'Learn how you learn.' A lot of bottlenecks educationally, for learning anything really, is being unaware of how the learning process itself works, specifically for you individually. You'll get bogged down, but not really know why, and your amount of effort spent might not yield the amount of results to keep you motivated. Plus it then pays off learning anything else. To investigate how you learn effectively, what works for you, is easily imo one of the best investments in yourself, and music is a fantastic thing to do it with.
It's always informative and inspiring for me, a middling musical hobbyist, to hear what accomplished musicians have to say about their art. Coming up with just "5 words of wisdom for BEGINNING musicians" seemed to me like a pretty difficult task. It was fun to see what your respondents came up with. 👍
So cool seeing everyone in the same room
All my favorite YT guitarists in one video 🤘🏽
Whoa. Cool video Adam. With some big hitters such as yourself.
yooooo i did not expect zack grooves to be in an adam neely video thats awesome
The best NAMM video ever !!!
Totally digging the juxtaposition of "do you have a few words of advice for beginners?" with "You got, y'know, bills to pay, man" 🤣 playing the long game there.
My 5 words are
“good rhythm matters the most”
cause there has never been a phrase that sounds good, that was played with bad rhythm
even traditionally "bad" rhythms (like the drunken swing etc.) are perceived as good because they're INTENTIONAL
@@caseymclane1972 yeah, and even in cases where it seems like rhythm is omitted like free time music, you’ll still notice that the good and clear phrases have a defined start and end and that’s the rhythm
"Move at your own pace" also, nice Rick Beato cameo @ 2:01!
Great topic Adam! It works for non beginners too!
This was like an It's a Small World of music UA-camrs, and it was even in Anaheim, blocks away from the Small World itself! Lizzio, Venus Theory, Beato in the background, other people whose names I don't know. What a blast that must've been!
I have mentioned this before but I love your content
1:52 "Be easy on yourself" made me tear up, it's like the most fatherly advice i've heard.
and it made me realize that i'm not being patient with myself.
nice to see venus theory and benn jordan in this place, two great channels
Good to hear at all levels
This is actually a „best of“ of my favourite UA-cam-musicians ;-)
you can tell Adam is a good bass player by the fact that he uploaded a video on his main channel without making it about himself
such a great video ~
Adam and Mary getting lunch at that diner is already adorable, but the fact that Adam pulled out the camera to film a segment for a video totally tracks for both of them.
It's kind of cool to watch this and then realize "Oh, I'm not a beginner anymore."
It's been a few years since I started taking music "seriously" (as in knowing it's an integral part of my life and pursuing it consistently), and like with life in general, time flies.
Got to a place of having loads more skill, knowledge, ability to make exactly what I want AND surprise myself, fun, magic, etc., before I knew it; it snuck up on me. Obviously, there's still a lifetime more to progress with and do, but that's par for the course. That's all fun.
It has yet to be any sort of lucrative for me, but I know that's also not what _really_ matters. Surviving matters to me, making my art matters to me. If I can one day combine the two, it will be a privilege that I gladly accept. I know the work that has gone into my art and the development of my skills, and I know what it's worth. The worth that others see in it is secondary at best; a pleasant pass of cool air that cannot be held in my lungs.
TL;DR? If you *know* what you want in life, pursue it regardless of any outside factor (and perhaps certain inside factors such as doubt). It's worth it.
It is usually the last part that sticks to you the most, wisdom at it's finest
Oof, these are really good. Gonna keep this one in the watch later list.
Hey Adam, love your stuff, I'll be attending a sungazer concert later this year in St Louis and I'm so excited!!! Question for the next q&a:
As a percussionist and a composer, I use rhythmic melodies quite a lot. How do you feel about rhythmic, unpitched melodies vs pitched melodies? Can unpitched melodies have the same impact as pitched?
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing 😊