Adam Neely x Little Kruta - CLARITY (Zedd Cover ft. Hannah Sumner)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Oh look, it’s a jazz/fusion reharmonization of a pop song with a bass vocoder and chamber orchestra. I teamed up with the musicians' collective/chamber orchestra Little Kruta to create some stuff that I think is pretty neat.
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THIS VERSION OF CLARITY WAS MADE BY...
Bass/Vocoder/Arrangement - Adam Neely(that’s me)
Real vocalist - Hannah Sumner
Cello/Bandleader/Cat Wrangler - Kristine Kruta
Viola - Yumi Oshima
Violin II - Meitar Forkosh
Violin I - Audrey Hayes
Trumpet - Enrique Sanchez
Alto Sax - Eitan Gofman
Tenor Sax - Jared Yee
Keys - Drew X Coles
Guitar - Shubh Saran
Drums - Josh Bailey
Studio Engineer - Ibra-Heem Tatlicioglu
Videographer - John Calle
Mixing/Video Editing - Me!
Recorded at Mirrortone Studios
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PRO TIP:Make sure that the vocals and the keyboard are in the same key
Musicolophilia one minute late
wtf did i just listen to? I thought my mac speakers were fucked up or something
Where's the fun in that?
Shymain literally me lmao
Musicolophilia must be a joke
Actual music performed by Adam Neely on the Adam Neely channel? what a time to be alive
Hearing this in England.....we want more..;-))
He's done it quite a bit... check out his earlier videos and his gig vlogs.
i post gig vlogs of me playing live every couple of weeks! but yes, kind weird, right?
Now I want a Moon Pie. Thanks.
True that, I have seen those actually. But sshhhh. Recorded music then! ((honored to have a top comment on an Adam Neely video))
By popular demand there is now a download link!
adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/track/clarity-with-little-kruta
Love it, Adam. Personally would have given Hannah a bit more room in the mix; my shallow brain has issues hearing the words.
Adam Neely LOVE THIS COVER!!!!
Papa bless
Phil DeFranco sent me... I gave ya a like, but despite loving the music I'm just not , at all, a fan of synth vocals... :(
amazing reharm and that sax dayum!! congrats again man
4:55 all musicians "wooooow that lick was greeeaaat and emotional!!!!" engineer "yeah....sound...."
You are the piece of meat I wish I didn't eat. This was amazing Adam.
i love your lessons
Wat
LOL!
HA
This comment is confusing me more than I can describe with words
Tenor sax solo was tiiiiight
and in 4:52 he even played a different insane beginning to his solo, insanely dope
The 4:52 part is my favorite thing on youtube right now. Badass!
AlbaanOstchoklad same here! Unreal!!
Yeah that was some Zorn level shit.
Man I want a version with the alternate solo!
The 2:11 polychord is still one of my favorite things I've ever heard in an arrangement. There's so much tension in the chord, but the music out before is almost more of a tension, the chord then feels like a release. So good.
I am extremely nostalgic for this cover, I remember when I was a freshman in high school and I found your channel I was bound and determined to do music through and after high school and I watched many of your videos repeatedly. Sorry, probably a stupid rant but just wanted to say how these old Neely videos make me feel. They just make me feel inspired to make music again and not to mention the gig vlogs! Anyways, love the videos!
Outstanding arrangement Adam! It gives a sense of how great the future genre of 'post-edm' music will sound. It's an innovative example of the potential of aesthetic fusion (synergy, balance) between human musicianship and technology. And is such a timely and inspiring response to the growing dialogue about musician/songwriter obsolescence to technology/AI.
Didn't expect to see you here! I love your microtonal compositions!
Electronic music that actually takes talent to make? Man, djs are going to be quite mad.
Wow, didn't expect to see you here too! Musical youtube is actually such a small place - in a good sense though.
I feel like musicians and songwriters will only become obsolete if they stop feeling the desire and need to create or we the audience stops caring or wanting what they create. A tool is only as good as the user's skill and creativity in utilizing it, and the product only as good as the effort put in to craft it. As long as people still want to create and we keep supporting it, there shouldn't be a need to even worry about obsolescence, but that does mean we all have to be involved in maintaining it. Or maybe my vision is too narrow and ideal, I don't pretend to have the answers.
Ricardo Urquiza as a producer i find your comment ignorant and insulting.
That violin played over that base voice and horns at 2:22 is just
~~ ascension ~~
But are you all tuning in A=432hz?
No, I tune to A=420hz because I'm an uncivilised tart. Or I'm civilised, I dunno.
You people are so conventional. I tune A = 12255 hz
@@DogOfEgypt that's like... G9 half sharp?
@@nicktaylor1902 Ya. And I tune my C like 5 octaves flat because of that lovely spice.
love how this comment also has exactly 432 likes right now
This absolutely blows me away! This is such a jazzy song and yet it sticks very solid to interesting consonance with the occasional dissonance and I love the sound of this so much, especially when Hannah's vocals kick in (because for all that I love the bass voco, it can't compare). Also, that sax player is on POINT!
Shymain OBJECTION!!! sorry, obligated to do that cuz of your display pic
Man, that tenor sax at 2:33 - absolutely amazing! I keep coming back to this over and over - fantastic work by all!
Do we wanna do that _one more tiiiime?_
Yay! So cool, I hope to see more of your art!
hell yeah
julian poppa
My man!
Oh shit Juj!!!!
Love ur videos
I enjoy your stuff my dude, keep it up. Proud of you. :-)
I LOVE the striking contrast between the modern pop electronic percussion and then the live proggy, fusiony, jazzyish drums!! Great arranging!!!
Adam you are now responsible for the death of three computer mice from playing 2:11 over and over again so many times. I hope you're happy.
Hey Adam
How did you made something that is so unnatural like that voice fit into the song without sounding creepy
The expressiveness of the bass playing is part of what helps. When we usually hear vocoder, we hear it done with synthesizer and keyboard based instruments controlling the pitch, which don't have quite as much direct tactile control over the notes being played. With bass, you can slide and bend notes rather easily to mimic the inflections of the human voice, whereas you can't do that quite as simply on keyboard based instruments. Keyboard based vocoders tend to sound stiff and less human due to tha
it sounds terrible lol
@@EclipseAtDusk I think it may also have to do with the sax playing very closely with it, almost blending together at times so something else is sort of grounding it and bringing it into the composition.
@@Strowen It's meant to serve as a contrast to the normal voice, i feel like you kinda missed the point there
Oh no… I’ve listened to this song and watched the “Elemental Arranging” video so many times, that now, whenever I read the word “clarity” in any text, I cannot concentrate on the rest of the paragraph I’m reading. Instead, immediately _this_ song plays in my head-with all the triple polychords and singing “’Cause you are the piece of me / I wish I didn’t need!”. Thanks a heap, Adam…
Found myself trying to remember the original song and remembered tracing my steps that Adam did a prof jazz fusion version 😂
Sick song and is kicking off a 2010’s dance music night
After all this time, the tension release in the end still makes tears stream down my face... Everyone did such a good job. Never stop doing what you do.
god bless Philip Defranco for making this the secret link today...
took me a bit to find a defranco in the comments. a few under you too. but ^_^
Oh this was a secret link? I always watch his shows but never bother with the links, I came across this on my own
What's the chord at 2:11? Also, how come you are wearing ZERO watches when the keyboardist is wearing TWO watches?!??
Jake Day I didn't realized that chord was in the song until I saw your comment, and now I need it.
Hiroko Kaku dude don't tell me I'm trynna get on q and a
I was about to ask the same thing. I feel like adam talked about this chord in another video of his where he showed an arrangement of his where he used it. Sounds dope as fuuuuuuck.
He answered it in the elemental arranging video. It's a polychord, with an F# major on top of an E major, and a D in the bass. So the notes in order from the bottom are D E G# B C# F# A#.
Third grade of melodic scale, Dmaj7 #5 9 #11 basically used all notes of scale distributed on two major triads. Great arrangement Adam
In high school I sang with a chamber choir (chamber music one semester, jazz music for the other) and enjoyed my only recording studio experience. The bizzare quality of being hooked into monitors and looking at our rhythm section and extra brass in their own little rooms. This really takes me back.
I love the moment where you tease the drop, but then have that one beautiful string chord and then drop verse 2. Love the arrangement!
That sax solo had me SHOOK
4:53 the absolute madman
Came here from PhillyD and think I just got hypnotised. Wow, could this be my new favorite thing? This is amazing.
Adam, thanks for sharing this. This isn't the kind of music I normally listen to; even though I can appreciate the technical aspects, I just prefer to stick in my music comfort zone. However, after watching your videos for a couple years and being exposed to more electronica and dance club music, I'm getting an an appreciation for it on the direct emotional level too.
fudgesauce the more you listen, the more you grow lil homie. I was like you once, now I find myself nodding my head to industrial machinery. Enjoy your expansion
I think Dance club is not the best kind of electronic music, especially if you like something more sophisticated and complex. But exist great electronic compositions. Its nice to expand your brain do hear new things.
Check out 'Meanwhile in the Future' by Koan Sound, my dude
I'd like to echo LivingEidolon and wish you a fantastic musical expansion
I love everything about this. It's such a grand transformation. This sounds magical.
In the summer of 2013, I worked at a radioshack and Clarity was on repeat on a Beats promo display, and I wasn't allowed to turn it off. Clarity all day, every day, every five minutes of a six hour shift, for three months.
I've hated this song ever since, associating it with the doldrums of crappy mall retail and lack of control over something that's driving you totally insane. Until now. Adam Neely has saved Clarity for me.
Wait, at 2:34, am I hearing the tenor's overtones? Or is that a pedal, or some sort of modulation? Just curious because I hear more than one thing going on there, like it's a harmony
It's a harmonizer pedal!
@@AdamNeely for sax??? Which one m
@@andrejilievski bruh, its for everything; guitar, bass, keyboard, sax, drums, etc. As long as it uses a mic or a pickup or has an audio output
So impressed. The arrangements and musicianship are stellar! Will definitely find out more about Little Kruta. Such a likable group of people as well. A sense of humor and good music. No better combination. Kudos to all.
SARDOCHE AIME CETTE MUSIQUE , BÉNIE SOIT CETTE MUSIQUE
It's been almost a year and I still consistently remember this cover and come back to listen.
It's been a whole year? Damn, I hadn't realized. Its still so fresh despite a year of my music taste changing.
This is like Pop, but with music.
LMAO true
Yenno I really don't like pop but I feel like we're gradually getting closer and closer to the point of over doing the slamming lmao
ive been wating for this since the vocoded bass video
Very cool arrangement, can't listen to the normal song now!
And I can't stop listening to this version!
duuude thank you so much for doing this full cover!
I hope groundUP records find this and give you a little call ;)
Damian Potenzoni EXACTY what I was thinking
Damian Potenzoni I Hope not? Independent Adam is best Adam. Keep out of that paradise Adam. It might be perfectly set up for your survival, but freedom and actually living will eventually get you dreaming of a picnic in the shadow of the tree of life with some forbidden fruit and a bass waiting to be played ;)
Damian Potenzoni SAME.
Do you even know groundUP music?!
The sax and drums followed by the tutti at 2:34 is so perfect 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I've just watche the video about 10 times. So can i kindly ask you make more of this style of music.
Loving that sax arrangement, love to see arrangements like this become more of the norm than the pieces they're based on
Hoooly shit, the Sax solo was MASSIVE
This is probably the 20th time I'm listening to this and it still gives me the shivers. Great work!
speechless as always
This song is PERFECT. It took me a bit to realise it, but now I feel like I've found something so amazing, that it can hardly be described with words. The original song itself has a really catchy melody (its catchiness enhanced by the lyrics) and this take adds the great arrangement and performance that the former lacks. The changing textures and rhythms, jazzy licks, slight reharmonisation make this version addictive. And those horns 😍
Does anyone feel the same? 🙄
Super great!
I'm so glad you took this further than just the vocoder lesson........... one of the rare times a cover is better than the original
Dude you need to get this on Spotify
Gotta love that admirning look the trumpet player makes at 3:10
trumpet guy at 3:09
That's how I feel about this video.
A really well done video, Adam. The compositional aspects to this doesn't need anymore or any less. The way you brought the strings section to keep flowing and gliding while the sax solo was going was awesome.... The switch between the electronic and acoustic really gives a sense of 'clarity' if you know what I mean. From a drummer's perspective, our boy tried to put quarter note triplets in there at 2:11 but I think just playing simple and tight groove and fills would made the music feel better and it did. Some melodic overtones on the drumkit with the rhythm would have been seventh heaven for me. Thanks a lot again
Makes me think of snarky puppy
Lugo like nope
Check out Neely's project Exigence, it's on his channel, it has a similar vibe.
He made a vid about who he was inspired by to make this song at snarky puppy was one of them
Dude! That was awesome. Thanks for the behind the scenes part after the song. Your videos help open my eyes to a different world.
That moment when Hannah Sumner's voice cuts through and provides all of the clarity is divine!
I love that little nod the trumpet player does after the Sax Solo at 3:08
yessssssssssssssssssss i enjoy the evolution and push to more contemporary approaches to pop music like this wherein there is synthesis of old sounds with new. the orchestration is beautiful and the jazz rhythm and chords really add to it :))) amazing!
Stellar.
love how they put their own vox chops like the og 😂
after gettin more into porters stuff i appreciate this cover even more
In the beginning i tought it was a boring song but after a while i was speechless!
Damn that's a funky looking viola
Why did I start crying in the middle of the song for no reason? Is this the power of music?
Hi Adam, love your vids! This arrangement is amazing and also creds to sax for insane fill!! Could you do a studio rig rundown through mics, preamps and basics of how you mixed? compressors and gates etc.... Thank you for all you do!
Wow what an incredible arrangement I'm blown away!
2:11 was getting memed on some back when this was released but I SWEAR it gives me chills every time I come back to this video. also, remember when Adam didn’t have hair?
Nice job Adam and Little Kruta, really liked it. Just made the description's translation to Portuguese and I think i'm going to subtitle the jam/talking part in the end. Just like to support my favorite UA-cam Channel by making it accessible to my language companions. Thanks for everything.
I wonder what your thoughts are considering different keys in an album? Is it better or worse to have all different keys or use the same key a majority of the time.
It's a taste thing maybe you would like to make it less crazy maybe modulate one time or two times and to make it smoother as the other person said you can use the circle of fifths or you can modulate the other way (the circle of fourths) or you can modulate chromatically a halfstep or a wholestep commonly used in pop music.
Just do whatever the f you want
2:09 I replayed multiple times, what a masterpiece
Adam I've noticed you really like sections in your songs like 2:10 - 2:25 . What is the technique or idea behind this section?
It might be his signature.
It's called "reharmonization" - he redid the arrangement of the song to have different chords under the vocal melody, while still remaining in the key of the song. It creates a more interesting harmony between the vocal line and the accompanying chords, and is very much the reason lots of jazz interpretations of songs sound the same yet drastically different.
Not to be a dick, but the whole point of a jazz re-harmonization is to go OUTSIDE the key signature of the melody.
Otherwise, you won't have made much of a difference to how the melody plays with the harmony.
Note that it is possible to re-harmonize a song using only diatonic chords, but probably won't be very interesting, at least if you want it to be a "jazzy" re-harmonization.
The "jazzy" sound comes from having non-cyclic chord progressions, using passing chords that are tritone substitutions, all while paying attention to voice leading.
Also, syncopated rhythms and such.
And a cocaine-addicted tenor sax player.
myfairjew good points. After a few listens on different devices it has really grown on me.
Yeah, Adam has a video on jazz re-harmonization and I'm just essentially regurgitating it, though I have tried to internalize what he outlined.
I really enjoyed the opening idea, changing the emotional beauty from the vocals to the instrumentation while making the vocals as “robotic” as possible. Genius!
I absolutely love the way you arranged this track. When it was big it felt huge and when it wasn’t I was in awe of the harmony of the strings and horns that just felt so tasteful.
So like this is a question here and maybe could go into a Q&A or something like this. When you arrange these songs, how much is written out and how much is free roam? I'm asking specifically in regards to the percussion/drumset part. As a classical orchestral percussionist as well as a jazz drummer you see a lot of different things, so i was curious as to how much of the part you had really written out for him to play. Thanks :)
oh, that tenor sax - chills and shakes it was so good
me, age 10: *puts random notes together with odd time signatures and triplets*
my dad: what are you doing what is this music
me: ITS JAZZ, DADDY-O
Every time I listen to this it gets better.
3 Years later and this version still can bring a tear to my eyes. Adam, your reharmonizations are exquisite.
can someone PLEASE transcribe that sax solo? That man is a monster!
Bro that was sick! Please do a billion of these! I love the youtube powered approach of pop songs with a technical mind, and I'm definitely saving this to my favorites!
This was great! Thank you for doing this!
DAYUM SON!
it is lit
I can't stop thinking about this cover
2:10 jeeeeeesssuuuusssssss
There's definitely genius in this arrangement! Great stuff, Adam! Thanks also for advertising Little Kruta - what a great organisation!
Thanks Adam. This is some good shit.
Wonderful and brilliant. I love your arrangements, i'm crying right now.
Im a simple man, I see Adam neely, I hit like :V
P.S: DAT SAX HOLY SHIT
this reharmonization lives in my head rent free
Will this be released on spotify?
ola_sabo it's been for some time (though I guess you know already)
Can't stop listening to this.
Fabulous arrangement, wonderful musicianship from everyone involved. What a joy to see and hear. It makes me wish I could go back 76years and start again, but this time learn to play properly. Your UA-cam’s are so Interesting, informative, impressive and humorous. With much respect I wish you and all your collaborators much success, you truly deserve it.
That chord at 2:10...DAMN
Thank you for puting this on spotify
for your next Q&A:
Was Jared Yee's saxophone solo completely improvised or prewritten?
You guys were amazing in this.
I want to watch an entire Anime in this.
Oh. You got a shout out from Philly D. You're the secret link of the day.
Wow. I am in awe of the musicianship. Holy cow. I would give almost anything to spend time with people like this.
anders b. lume on the sax :O
Goosebumps for days!!!