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

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
  • Challenging Jake Lizzio, Courtney Swain, Brian Krock and Trust Fund Ozu to make the dark Phrygian scale sound...happy? What a fun challenge!
    0:00 Intro
    0:41 Courtney Swain (intro)
    2:33 Courtney Swain - All Around Me
    5:14 Brian Krock (intro)
    7:23 Brian Krock - Felix
    10:01 Trust Fund Ozu (intro)
    11:18 Trust Fund Ozu - Poison Ivy
    14:51 Jake Lizzio (intro)
    16:11 Jake Lizzio - Phiesta
    19:59 Adam Neely (intro)
    20:55 Adam Neely - Sunshine Bright Sky
    Go check out these wonderful musicians!!!
    Courtney Swain
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    Jake Lizzio of Signals Music Studio
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    Trust Fund Ozu (Faye Fadem)
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    Brian Krock
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    Oh yeah, the lyrics to my song are...
    Sunshine, bright sky
    Apple of my wandering eye
    Crisp cobbler, peach pie
    Tastes like cherry paradise
    Flower Blossom radiation
    Radiant re-iteration
    I want to find a lovely scene
    To sit and smile
    And watch the world go by
    I want to find a lovely scene
    With you
    (⌐■_■)
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    Peace,
    Adam

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  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  3 роки тому +1866

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

    • @theelectricant98
      @theelectricant98 3 роки тому +77

      Appreciate you providing this context. You're the best

    • @neapolis7570
      @neapolis7570 3 роки тому +34

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

    • @oskarnystrom4643
      @oskarnystrom4643 3 роки тому +13

      Adam are you an angel

    • @MustafaAlmosawi
      @MustafaAlmosawi 3 роки тому +60

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

    • @voodoo1988
      @voodoo1988 3 роки тому +28

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

  • @ImaginaryMdA
    @ImaginaryMdA 3 роки тому +1103

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

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 2 роки тому +88

      With varying degrees of success.

    • @juliuscaesar5397
      @juliuscaesar5397 Рік тому +23

      Successfully

    • @aclonymous
      @aclonymous Рік тому +1

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

    • @jasminebaldwin7615
      @jasminebaldwin7615 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @kenpokid10
      @kenpokid10 5 місяців тому

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

  • @kinggimped
    @kinggimped 3 роки тому +674

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

    • @Chestnut-xm2pv
      @Chestnut-xm2pv 2 роки тому +16

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

    • @ne10ne10
      @ne10ne10 2 роки тому +15

      Dude all of them were god tier

    • @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844
      @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844 2 роки тому +5

      True

    • @JackieTheCatfox
      @JackieTheCatfox 2 роки тому +23

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

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @muyskerm
    @muyskerm 3 роки тому +749

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

    • @aliensporebomb
      @aliensporebomb 3 роки тому +5

      Like a morning sunrise.

    • @Emul7ifier
      @Emul7ifier 3 роки тому +53

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

    • @raidedsalt7110
      @raidedsalt7110 3 роки тому +4

      hard agree

    • @daniellejoiner4929
      @daniellejoiner4929 3 роки тому +13

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

    • @bonnibloop_
      @bonnibloop_ 3 роки тому

      @@Emul7ifier same lmao

  • @ZackGrooves
    @ZackGrooves 3 роки тому +2626

    Poison Ivy goes HARD

  • @moonman57
    @moonman57 3 роки тому +395

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

    • @elli1419
      @elli1419 2 роки тому +33

      excited mumbling.

  • @SignalsMusicStudio
    @SignalsMusicStudio 3 роки тому +1429

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

    • @seiph80
      @seiph80 3 роки тому +40

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

    • @TSiAWD
      @TSiAWD 3 роки тому +29

      Best crossover ever

    • @mindlesswaffle
      @mindlesswaffle 3 роки тому +30

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

    • @EricMLopez
      @EricMLopez 3 роки тому +13

      You're a cool guy Jake

    • @kamilchosta5526
      @kamilchosta5526 3 роки тому +20

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

  • @nick_cnc
    @nick_cnc 3 роки тому +450

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

    • @DearFreja
      @DearFreja 3 роки тому +12

      He's actually David Wise, in disguise.

    • @linksayajin2958
      @linksayajin2958 3 роки тому +14

      Angry Birds Go! Soundtrack

    • @valentinasanchez5757
      @valentinasanchez5757 3 роки тому +23

      More like Banjo Kazooie

    • @DustinMTaylor
      @DustinMTaylor 3 роки тому +7

      @@valentinasanchez5757 I was thinking Banjo Kazooie as well!

    • @marzmusic6455
      @marzmusic6455 2 роки тому +2

      It reminded me of Luncheon Kingdom

  • @BenLevin
    @BenLevin 3 роки тому +2169

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

    • @theelectricant98
      @theelectricant98 3 роки тому +2

      ❤️

    • @audiosputo2457
      @audiosputo2457 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/QiwBrmZBU8I/v-deo.html

    • @rassault
      @rassault 3 роки тому +78

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

    • @sirtorchington
      @sirtorchington 3 роки тому +5

      U guys are ultimate sweeties and cuties

    • @alicec1533
      @alicec1533 3 роки тому +18

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

  • @chibicitiberiu
    @chibicitiberiu 3 роки тому +1298

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

    • @gillianomotoso328
      @gillianomotoso328 3 роки тому +47

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

    • @sourcerorCTS
      @sourcerorCTS 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @scorpiorising3741
      @scorpiorising3741 3 роки тому +5

      Lydian Augmented

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +23

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

    • @davemakesnoises
      @davemakesnoises 3 роки тому +1

      This tbh

  • @cha1isu
    @cha1isu 3 роки тому +547

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

    • @ringoman08
      @ringoman08 2 роки тому +4

      You earned a fan Courtney! Followed you soundcloud already 🥺

    • @supersungal2
      @supersungal2 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @clockworkharvester2663
      @clockworkharvester2663 2 роки тому +2

      Your track reminded me of Royksopp, strange and beautiful.

    • @furcornmanwiththemasterpla8380
      @furcornmanwiththemasterpla8380 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @floatingdisembodiedhead8975
      @floatingdisembodiedhead8975 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Narcissistic_Penguin
    @Narcissistic_Penguin 3 роки тому +191

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

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +16

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

    • @TheMister123
      @TheMister123 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @Jiggerjaw
      @Jiggerjaw 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @dylanaguilar6545
      @dylanaguilar6545 2 роки тому +6

      Wait wahttttttt actuallyyyyyyy

    • @mindlesswaffle
      @mindlesswaffle 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @AfferbeckBeats
    @AfferbeckBeats 3 роки тому +431

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

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ 3 роки тому +9

      like pikuniku or something

    • @RWTWM
      @RWTWM 3 роки тому +8

      My mind immediately to Loco Roco.

    • @RWTWM
      @RWTWM 3 роки тому +1

      Immediately *went*

    • @bergamt
      @bergamt 3 роки тому +11

      Big Banjo Kazooie energy

    • @MaladyKayjo
      @MaladyKayjo 3 роки тому

      YES! Like a Halloween level

  • @sonnylost2179
    @sonnylost2179 3 роки тому +584

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

    • @XistoKente
      @XistoKente 3 роки тому +12

      Correction, *EPHING.

    • @velvetsteele
      @velvetsteele 3 роки тому +2

      Finally!!!

    • @elboniu
      @elboniu 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @sonicarvalho
      @sonicarvalho 3 роки тому +7

      More collabs with those 2 PLEASE!

    • @nerahm249
      @nerahm249 3 роки тому +8

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

  • @NahreSol
    @NahreSol 3 роки тому +492

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

    • @evanswonderland2955
      @evanswonderland2955 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @uncroppedsoop
    @uncroppedsoop Рік тому +28

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

  • @Trogmodyte
    @Trogmodyte 3 роки тому +221

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

    • @wushuallan
      @wushuallan 3 роки тому +17

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

    • @Maxi.Ledesma.musica
      @Maxi.Ledesma.musica 3 роки тому +4

      Yessir

    • @3countylaugh
      @3countylaugh 3 роки тому +3

      +

    • @arunthebuffoon4554
      @arunthebuffoon4554 3 роки тому

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

  • @paulyguitary7651
    @paulyguitary7651 3 роки тому +376

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

    • @trombonology89
      @trombonology89 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @gizzhead7941
      @gizzhead7941 3 роки тому +5

      Jake cheated by using nested modes

    • @PhilSamoylov
      @PhilSamoylov 3 роки тому

      Instantly thought about happy tree friends

    • @Bladavia
      @Bladavia 3 роки тому +3

      Banjo&Kazooie vibes

    • @DestructoPop
      @DestructoPop 3 роки тому +20

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

  • @McGuire40695
    @McGuire40695 3 роки тому +138

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

    • @AndJusticeForEl
      @AndJusticeForEl 3 роки тому +3

      OMG YES THAT'S EXACTLY IT

    • @fenestrapain
      @fenestrapain 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @shreddedbylight
    @shreddedbylight 2 роки тому +87

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

  • @kvothesixstring763
    @kvothesixstring763 3 роки тому +142

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

  • @fresquitotv
    @fresquitotv 3 роки тому +726

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

    • @joaoassumpcao3347
      @joaoassumpcao3347 3 роки тому +59

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

    • @caseylockwood5512
      @caseylockwood5512 3 роки тому +50

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

    • @ozanmrcan
      @ozanmrcan 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @ChaosPootato
      @ChaosPootato 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah Jake's videos are awesome

    • @frigginjerk
      @frigginjerk 3 роки тому +10

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

  • @watcher314159
    @watcher314159 3 роки тому +112

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

    • @Xankek
      @Xankek Рік тому +1

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

  • @francomatiasmarron1274
    @francomatiasmarron1274 3 роки тому +125

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

  • @ethanlynch3639
    @ethanlynch3639 3 роки тому +347

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

  • @evandocarmo2209
    @evandocarmo2209 3 роки тому +428

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

  • @caffeineau
    @caffeineau 3 роки тому +84

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

    • @booognish
      @booognish 8 місяців тому

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

  • @davidtracy223
    @davidtracy223 3 роки тому +81

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

  • @Tiemewitte
    @Tiemewitte 3 роки тому +476

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

    • @darthTwin6
      @darthTwin6 3 роки тому +11

      This comment is hilarious and so true! 😂😂😂

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +19

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

    • @GG256_
      @GG256_ 3 роки тому +13

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

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @antonkovalenko364
    @antonkovalenko364 3 роки тому +230

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

    • @Sgroh87
      @Sgroh87 3 роки тому +1

      Kinda reminded me of Massive Attack.

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @james.randorff
    @james.randorff 3 роки тому +184

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

  • @0Enigmatic0
    @0Enigmatic0 3 роки тому +84

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

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @BrendanMiranda
      @BrendanMiranda 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @musthofaramadhani9962
      @musthofaramadhani9962 11 місяців тому

      Wait, goddess? ♀️?😂

    • @JackieTheCatfox
      @JackieTheCatfox 8 місяців тому

      ​@@musthofaramadhani9962Yes.

  • @_hamza6547
    @_hamza6547 3 роки тому +230

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

    • @julianjustin3455
      @julianjustin3455 3 роки тому +10

      yes

    • @Sclonez
      @Sclonez 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @nfectedpsychosis
    @nfectedpsychosis 3 роки тому +330

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

    • @robertsteinberger
      @robertsteinberger 3 роки тому +10

      Absolutely gave me yoshi vibes

    • @mysigt_
      @mysigt_ 3 роки тому +17

      It’s definitely got that Nintendo vibe

    • @slash196
      @slash196 3 роки тому +3

      EXACTLY what I thought.

    • @hazeri
      @hazeri 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @leonardomartins9292
      @leonardomartins9292 2 роки тому

      It reminded me of Crash Bandicoot

  • @space8381
    @space8381 3 роки тому +102

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

  • @fatherindia4810
    @fatherindia4810 3 роки тому +28

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

  • @loganowens623
    @loganowens623 3 роки тому +96

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

    • @progfox
      @progfox 3 роки тому +17

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

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 3 роки тому

      Very jocular choice of word.

    • @progfox
      @progfox 3 роки тому

      @@onkelpappkov2666 :)

  • @Blutzen
    @Blutzen 3 роки тому +76

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

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @kwarrtzorau7203
    @kwarrtzorau7203 3 роки тому +21

    I love how every track ended up sounding vaguely demented.

  • @DumblyDorr
    @DumblyDorr 3 роки тому +34

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

  • @melpopovich565
    @melpopovich565 3 роки тому +140

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

  • @ethan.schechinger
    @ethan.schechinger 3 роки тому +146

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

    • @rainbowkrampus
      @rainbowkrampus 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @xander1052
    @xander1052 3 роки тому +28

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

  • @lilithsawyer762
    @lilithsawyer762 3 роки тому +22

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

  • @Symphonicrockfran
    @Symphonicrockfran 3 роки тому +76

    Wow. Jake Lizzio is here! I love his channel

  • @BrianKrock
    @BrianKrock 3 роки тому +28

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

  • @martijnvanditshuizen8925
    @martijnvanditshuizen8925 3 роки тому +22

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

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @josemorgan8048
      @josemorgan8048 3 роки тому +5

      Pretty much. Nobody uses locrian

    • @JVR10893
      @JVR10893 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @HipsterShiningArmor
      @HipsterShiningArmor 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @joshuawillson3008
    @joshuawillson3008 3 роки тому +17

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

  • @therealandrew185
    @therealandrew185 3 роки тому +36

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

  • @StahlmetallerM
    @StahlmetallerM 3 роки тому +198

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

  • @josephmay1255
    @josephmay1255 3 роки тому +12

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

  • @johnathanrhoades7751
    @johnathanrhoades7751 3 роки тому +17

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

  • @herrbasan
    @herrbasan 3 роки тому +42

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

  • @rachelkatin4904
    @rachelkatin4904 3 роки тому +30

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

  • @DMLand
    @DMLand 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @BlockDefender
    @BlockDefender 3 роки тому +22

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

  • @jotaroshinsuke
    @jotaroshinsuke 3 роки тому +41

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

  • @PebloNemo
    @PebloNemo 3 роки тому +48

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

    • @Shdinexus
      @Shdinexus 2 роки тому +3

      Iberian Peninsula strikes again XD

  • @coreyaudet9656
    @coreyaudet9656 Рік тому +5

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

  • @AzhiOnline
    @AzhiOnline 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @Rexalt
    @Rexalt 3 роки тому +89

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

  • @UncleJack420
    @UncleJack420 3 роки тому +94

    Not a hyperpop fan, but TrustFundOzu killed this challenge!

  • @gustavotavarezlora5261
    @gustavotavarezlora5261 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @MarlonOwnsYourCake
    @MarlonOwnsYourCake 3 роки тому +9

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

  • @brandonthompson8640
    @brandonthompson8640 3 роки тому +27

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

    • @mox_ndwn
      @mox_ndwn 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @thefatfella
    @thefatfella 3 роки тому +50

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

    • @DestructoPop
      @DestructoPop 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @ghostofdayinperson
    @ghostofdayinperson 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @fonkbadonk2957
    @fonkbadonk2957 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @Quesbe
    @Quesbe 3 роки тому +29

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

  • @thefullestcircle
    @thefullestcircle 3 роки тому +41

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

  • @andrejgregoric1324
    @andrejgregoric1324 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @TheNowhereTrip
    @TheNowhereTrip 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @MisterManDuck
    @MisterManDuck 3 роки тому +107

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

    • @RaysonWilliams
      @RaysonWilliams 3 роки тому +6

      The Andalusian cadence?

    • @vincenttavani6380
      @vincenttavani6380 3 роки тому

      Go on...

    • @samstits8982
      @samstits8982 3 роки тому +1

      The scale is a palindrome of major

    • @dangerkeith3000
      @dangerkeith3000 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @user-dd3hn7lu2d
      @user-dd3hn7lu2d 3 роки тому

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

  • @danielcorrigan3147
    @danielcorrigan3147 3 роки тому +12

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

  • @marcelo.bassalo
    @marcelo.bassalo 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @straightXjessedge
    @straightXjessedge 3 роки тому +15

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

  • @memphis_RAlNS
    @memphis_RAlNS 3 роки тому +44

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

  • @trapfactory8600
    @trapfactory8600 3 роки тому +20

    Trust fund Ozu is QUEEN

  • @dwc1964
    @dwc1964 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @robertofontiglia4148
    @robertofontiglia4148 3 роки тому

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

  • @xmadrugadaxeternax
    @xmadrugadaxeternax 3 роки тому +88

    Courtney's is sparkly jam. Wonderful!

  • @weslieberman4009
    @weslieberman4009 3 роки тому +39

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

    • @Empyrean55
      @Empyrean55 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @weslieberman4009
      @weslieberman4009 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @quartzofcourse
      @quartzofcourse 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @ozu2647
      @ozu2647 3 роки тому +2

      I kept getting startled every time her name was said.

  • @nigelnix1
    @nigelnix1 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @TheBoboMaker
    @TheBoboMaker 2 роки тому

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

  • @jazzyboyem7b569
    @jazzyboyem7b569 3 роки тому +78

    Bro i misread the title and i seriously thought it was a collab with lizzo for a second lol.

  • @LunchBandit
    @LunchBandit 3 роки тому +80

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

    • @JPVillalobos27
      @JPVillalobos27 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @vadim4252
      @vadim4252 3 роки тому

      They go out of the mode to achieve that

    • @sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379
      @sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379 3 роки тому

      @@ThatBernie Hijaz...

    • @petterhouting7484
      @petterhouting7484 3 роки тому

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

    • @LunchBandit
      @LunchBandit 3 роки тому

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

  • @markusszelbracikowski956
    @markusszelbracikowski956 3 роки тому +2

    Oh my god this was going to be good even before I noticed Jake was here. So happy to see him on your channel, Adam! You guys rock

  • @MegaMike3443
    @MegaMike3443 3 роки тому

    I'm speechless, this video was awesome! Keep up the good work, Adam!

  • @Lukz243
    @Lukz243 3 роки тому +21

    I am gonna agree with Trust Fund Ozu and say Adam, please sing more!

  • @mroc170
    @mroc170 3 роки тому +24

    Never heard of Trust Fun Ozu but they won me over with the gecs reference

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 3 роки тому

      Same, that got me super jazzed up. Definitely check out her other work, I hadn't heard of her before this video either but she's got quite a few other kickass hyperpop bangers out there. I especially love her collabs with Justice Cow, the one who did the epic hyperpop piece in the ugly-lydian video

  • @ems7623
    @ems7623 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @forisfive5309
    @forisfive5309 2 роки тому +1

    This was a great group! I loved all of these. Replayed all of them! Adam that was amazing!

  • @leftygroove5161
    @leftygroove5161 3 роки тому +21

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

  • @whovianz
    @whovianz 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @jaeemans3863
    @jaeemans3863 2 роки тому +1

    This series is great. Thanks for sharing!

  • @qopdob
    @qopdob 3 роки тому

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

  • @alicec1533
    @alicec1533 3 роки тому +21

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

  • @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942
    @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 3 роки тому +44

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

  • @GabeMillerMusic
    @GabeMillerMusic 3 роки тому +16

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

  • @francescoideo9330
    @francescoideo9330 3 роки тому +9

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