Your rhythms make my eyes bleed! | How to Not Suck at Music #4
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The three basic lessons from this video:
1. Keep it simple, stupid - KISS
2. Keep a straight wrist - KASW
3. BASS - BASS
Keep a consistent internal rhythm! - KACIR
These need to be added the shirt store
this needs to be named: The KKK Bass doctrine of Adam Neely
KISS KASW KACIR
That'll go over well I bet. :p
A0M92 yes
SHIRTS!
No "A = 432 hz" shirt?
No "A =/= 432Hz" shirt?
Maybe even both
mrDazzlRazzl lol he should have that
Maybe if it said something like "A=432hz is a sham", otherwise people might think he was advocating it.
it could even be A=440hz
That definitely Hz.
Can't belive that a fuckin comment got put on a shirt! Haha *throws money at monitor*
just put your comment in a t-shirt
What is the synth and vocals comment from?
J D The video when he realised his version of clarity.
Mago commentception T
Terry Smith it's awesome I'm already ordering 5 as we speak!
we need a Your rhythms make my eyes bleed! T-shirt
Or a "Keep your Wrist straight"
hope it comes with the meme he used
Right
Adam - you should consider doing workshops around the NYC area, if you haven't already. I'd guess your channel would fill them up pretty quickly.
I agree!
I would go!
I've often considered during.
I bet you'd get my bass player friend to show up. We are only up in Albany. Me, I'm a harmonica player, but I like your videos.
Please do this. I would even pay to attend!
I know nothing about bass, but after watching all of Adam’s videos, I rank all bass players by how straight their wrist is.
It’s not the best way to judge musicians, but I like to keep it simple.
Protip: make sure the tendons and bones are in a straight wrist.
Since i'm early, i'll tell you a good joke
432Hz.
That joke just aligned my chakra brah
Ayeeeeeeeww
Tarks Gauntlet chakra's not real, weab
What you're feeling is the scientifically proven harmonic vibrations of da youniiverse penetrating your kiai holes
Yeah I appreciate whatcha doin here.
XXXTekashion I think jimmy is also making a joke, mate
Great Adam!
The passion and dedication in all of your work is amazing. You will be great in whatever you want out of this eventually if not already
Yesssssss ! I made it ! Thanks Adam all you advices was realllllllllllly helpful ,hope that was not too bad 👌 you're amazing ! Keep grinding, i'll keep it simple promise :)
YESSS! I loved your advice to listen to your playback for rhythmic integrity. Personal recording projects have been on the best most helpful things for growing
Adam Neely, I just gotta acknowledge how cool and generous it is of you to dedicate your time, attention, and constructive criticism to all of these musicians/composers. It's one thing to be a UA-cam content creator, but something else entirely to interact (rather deeply) with some of your viewers. For the record, I think you do an excellent job with your cerebral analysis and thoughtful advice, especially considering music (and its quality) is so very much a subjective enterprise. A very enjoyable channel, sir.
Adam your videos are just great. They make me want to learn as much as I can -- and even when the subject matter is over my head, the way you present things is still interesting -- and that is the mark of a great teacher. Thanks for all the great content!
OMG I MADE IT
Thank you so much for the advice, I'll take everything you said into account. This means a lot to me :)
Awesome composition Matt! At least what I heard.
I'd be interested to hear the final product Matt. Weird time sigs are fun :)
Is the full thing available to check out anywhere?
Hey guys it's still in the works atm but when it's done I'll contact you if you're interested! Thanks 💓
Loved the bass part in the second segment that Adam showed
1% of how not to suck at music, really good advice we never heard before. the other 99% KEEP YOUR HAND STRAIT
repetition legitimizes
69 likes
He states his reasoning
I love the way that you broke this down in the second submission. The way that you explained the n notation and how it relates to the specific instrument, ie the piano or the guitar, and how it is necessary to keep in mind how the instrument is played and whether the chord you wrote can be played as written on the staff. As a drummer, this is not something that I would have otherwise been attuned to, so I thank you for this tip for i will definitely keep this in mind when I am composing and arranging my music.
Since you started this series I have made a conscious effort to keep my fretting wrist straight, thanks for the advice and thanks for all the great videos you do
Really enjoy how informative your videos are. More on the side of educational than entertainment and i really like that.
I actually love that the only thing you give advice on for one of the submissions was to keep a straight wrist, and this has been a recurring piece of advice that I've noticed in your videos. It's great to see that you care more about the health of your viewers than their technique! RSI is no fun, and it's not just musicians who suffer from it - it is especially important to keep straight wrists and take regular breaks when working at a computer for long stretches of time, which is becoming increasingly common in our increasingly corporate world.
Keep up the good work man :)
I love the Q&A series. It opens my thinking from various angles. I mean brainstorming. It's not necessary to take everything what Adam said but he does inspire people how to approach and perceive music just because he's capable of more knowledge and experiences.
9:09 This guy didn't get any feedback besides the "wrist rant." :)
No bass player will unless they straighten their wrists.
That's cruel, man. :D
You know what's more cruel
Repetitive Stress Injuries
Daaamn
Yup. Homie's spitting truth. RSI ends careers.
This is fantastic information!
Thank you, Adam.
Great video as always, Adam; keep it up!
Adam i love you for making me appriciate music on whole another level. keep it coming
Long video, yet it was over really fast! Thank you, loved it.
Wow great merch dude! Congrats, it's great to see how your Channel grows. Saludos desde Colombia
100%.. durring my 1st string quartet recording session. I learned so much about making the parts readable and as clear as possible. Thanks!!
This makes me feel like a real youtube certified musician. I'd wear that on a shirt. Love the channel, bass all day!!!
"For the love of God, keep a straight wrist" I absolutely love that you really hammered this point home in this video, very important lesson for anyone who plays bass or guitar for that matter.
Hi Adam,
A cat called Olivia once peed on my bass. The neck still smells like catpee and I can't seem to get rid of the smell. Do you have any suggestions?
hyppo00 you gotta throw away the whole bass now
hyppo00 why is it important that the cat's name was Olivia???
Jan Minor Context.
hyppo00 This deserves to be top comment
Naphtha
Love this series please resume it!
Adam! I really like your videos and I find them really useful, is there any way you could go in depth on the techniques mentioned in the jazz reharm video like diatonic substitutions and all that other stuff you mentioned?
I played classical guitar before, so that's a natural hand position for me. Had no idea I was doing this wrong. Thanks a lot, Adam!
Adam you are a master of music education in 2017. You have completely modernized what it means to be a bass teacher now. Hugely inspiring. Cheers. Real information, visuals (everybody loves pictures), shi*p*st humor, bass.
Here is a question: what are some of your favorite blue note records from the late 50s?
for which instrumentalist have you transcribed the most of his or her solos? For me it's Lester Young.
Brilliant as ever. Thank you.
The concept of call and answer on improve was genius. Could never visualize it. Thank you
The internal sense of rhythm is the most important part of being a bass player. without it you are useless. if you have this you will quickly find out drummers that dont. and you will be getting gigs because you have good time. I get hired because of the pulse I give a band. Thats so fundaMENTAL. Great vid again Adam. My favourite philosopher of bass and other things.
I wish there was an Adam Neely for classical pianists. Whatever you make great stuff keep it up!
I here would like to appreciate how you, by the power of editing, made a guitar magically appear in your hand at 5:24, with the relevant fingering already in place. It was so smooth that I almost just accepted you're a Wizzard.
Sergio F Honestly same, so useful to show to people. Had to show the singer in my band (a pianist) why it’s not the easiest way to write chords for guitar players lol
One of the best music youtubers
Your music advice is very valuable to me.
I teach piano and drums and when I do dictation with my students, I occasionally do a drill where I will write a short rhythm out poorly - correct, but “eyes bleedy” - and have them rewrite it legibly.
I encourage other teachers to do the same!
Love your channel Adam!!!
Hey Adam, thoughts on the movie 'whiplash'? What did you like/dislike? Is there any truth to the brutal cutthroat musical environment that the movie presents? If so, do you have any experience/ stories of such an environment?
If you haven't had the chance to see them yet, he recently posted a couple of videos on his opinion of Whiplash.
When Adam mentioned "rushing and dragging" at 11:59, who didn't think of that scene in "Whiplash"?
that tip about keeping the elbow parallel helps so much, I was wondering why there was so much tension in my hand
Your wrist comment reminded me of a fantastic bass player I played with in high school that went on to play upright for Ellis Marsalis. After about a year he had damaged his tendons in his left arm he had to quit playing entirely for a year. Proper technique is definitely important and often overlooked.
I need a t-shirt with "the striking chord changes may be disturbing to the layman's ear" on it.
This^
In extension of the straight wrist point, it applies to violinists and other classical strings too. _Your teacher wasn't being mean, it's beyond essential to play with a straight wrist_! It even helps you play better, as vibrato is easiest when your wrist has the greatest freedom!
TAP7a Yeah, not bending your wrist is one of the first things that was impressed upon me when I started violin. It's weirdly difficult to get down at first but after a while keeping your wrist straight is the most natural thing ever.
Listening back helps pretty much every sonically that we do - I especially recommend this advice for people wanting to learn how to sing. It literally brought me from being god awful to somewhat listenable maybe over the course of a few recordings and critical thinking. "Somewhat listenable maybe" should never be the end goal, but the distance between those two descriptions is more than big enough to want to strive towards and listen to yourself back for.
You are the best person for making those shirts
The reveal of the C7 cord finger was stupendous.
Belabour ... I will definitly use that.
Thanks for the new vocab Adam.
As for the wrist; was taking some guitar lessons with a very capable teacher that had bad form and insisted that I disregard my classical guitar position. Long story short, glad to be able to play again, took 6 months off but glad to see I'm now able to play again (bass and steel string can be painful so only short jams with those).
In other words take care folks!
Any Meshuggah fans here that saw the title and hoped it was Adam’s way of saying he would discuss the rhythm of Bleed 😂?
Yannick haha didn't think of that one but i'm a huge meshuggah fan
I skipped an interesting video only to be disappointed
lol ya
Yup!
The rhythm of Bleed is impeccable. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Needs more Spicey.
Need more shawn spicy
More Spacey?
Kevin Spicey.
Kevin Spicey Bacon
Adam, During my time at Berklee, Ray Brown visited and provided a "How to not suck at music" seminar. (AKA master class). His main point on how to learn the grove (at least the part that stuck with me) was to sing the bass line. He could sing everything he played. This has helped me with every groove I had troubles with.
Thank you pal!
Great video mate!!
Your pronunciation is perfect, I will recommend your channel for every non-english speaker like me. Specially your "th"s
My anatomy teacher brought up KISS when we (a class of mainly seniors with a few juniors and sophomores) had to present in front of a bunch of 7th graders. Pretty good advice for a lot of areas in life.
Awesome video! We always called it K.I.S.A. in our band. Anyhow last night I was yelling at my 12 year old daughter when she wanted a capo, "I don't care what Adam Neely says, learn it right!" It was Memory from cats though, and by the end of transcribing it I said, ok honey we'll get you a capo. Response to earlier video. Anyhow thanks again!
That composition was pretty cool! Is there gonna be a full version posted somehwere?
Hey Adam, great video as always.
When songwriting I really tend to struggle with moving past my initial idea or the first 32 bars or so, to the point where I haven't called a song "done" in years. Any advice for moving forward with a piece you've hit a wall with?
lyrics or music? There's slightly different strategies for extending either.
Music mainly, I can happy get an intro and verse section, then get halfway through another god knows what section, never able to settle on something!
I don't really write songs with words but if you just need a chorus and bridge, it's not too bad because some choruses are pretty simple/short and bridges aren't even really necessary. With songs with words, I think the music is subordinate to the singing, so you would probably build up the chord structure and rhythm to the singing, although I guess it's possible to start with specific chords instead.
Maybe those 32 Bars are already all that you need. Sometimes repetition (maybe with some variations) is better than trying to do something completely new every 16 bars.
Of course, this may differ a little bit from genre to genre, but there are a lot of songs that have become massive hits that only have the same four chords being repeated over and over and over and over.
I think changes in arrangement and dynamics are usually much more important than changes of the harmony.
Hey Marc, did you ever find a way past this obstacle?
My high school orchestra teacher told us to bring our elbows in (meaning closer to our body/torso) so that we would play with straight wrists (I played viola). I did this only sometimes because I was already used to playing the other way with my wrist bent. Now I've learned from you why she said that.
Thank you!!
Regarding the Ray Brown solo, at a local school they have the students plays RB's transcriptions with RB in one earphone and the student's performance in the other
"The way you wrote your rhythms makes my eyes bleed." Damn, I bet you felt pretty good after hearing that. Full of confidence.
Thanks for giving the wrist advice, wrist operations ain't fun, and the 6 months to a year not playing until it heals really really sucks. Been there done this.
47th!
When I actually first heard Keep It Simple, Stupid, I thought it was a reference to the band KISS, and their simple and stupid songs.
From what I've heard, it's actually from the era of Motown music, which was made with KISS in mind.
Would not surprise me, haha.
lol spot the pretentious person
Lul, dudes, the KISS rule came from U.S. Navy as a rule for designing aircrafts. Then was adopted by other environments like programmers and musicians.
Perhaps excellent songwriting ("Calling Dr. Love," "King of the Night Time World," "Hard Luck Woman," ad infinitum) fused with flashy stagecraft is a concept too musically elevated for your limited understanding.
I'd love to see you do a video on some of the minimalist and post-minimalist composition techniques like phasing and additive rhythm. The few videos going into those I've found online have been pretty crap.
"The Lick" shirt ordered. Thanks for making it.
Nick Rutkowski what does it mean?
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Hugo Leonardo Amaral music meme
Im a beginning guitarist and the Keep It Simple Stupid bit on improvising just blew my mind as to why my improvising has sounded "forced" if that makes sense. Thank you!!
Hey Adam, I love your Chanel !! Thanks for posting fascinating content. you said it did happen to you, that you got injured. How did you deal with it?
Alex's song at 9:11 was awesome! Loved it.
KISS, excellent! thanks Adam!
as a middle-aged noodler of many moons, i find most 'musicians' don't LISTEN (especially when playing w/ a group or ensemble, band, &c.) particularly well. in addition, i find a whole heap of 'musicians' play waaaay above his/ her technical ability (e.g. KISS & responsibility as suggested by you, Adam) for what appears to be the consequence of a theory started long ago which suggests a correlation between (for example) fast playing a guitar w/ "greatness" or technical savvy. again, much to be said for SPACE in musical compositions; Miles Davis's commentary in this regard remains the single, most important consideration i think i've ever heard... to date anyway. cheers, Adam & thanks!
Hey man. Thanks.
i m not even a musician, neither do i aspire to be, yet i love your channel.
Thank you for the straight wrist advice!! I developed some nerve damage and I’m only starting to recover after a year. No one told me to keep a straight wrist. No one. I just thought I got unlucky
Hey there, Adam. Love your channel! I’m a music ed student at Morehead State University here in Morehead, KY and I have to do a research paper on a topic in our field of expertise. So, my main topic is: Are there certain skills that are generally associated with special areas in music (like jazz) that could benefit the “common” musician such as myself? (Like learning jazz theory even though I won’t be a predominantly jazz-oriented musician) And I do mean statistical benefits, not a “could this benefit someone” but more of a “HAS this actually improved a musician’s skills?” Do you have any thoughts on this subject that you could spare? Thanks in advance!
Skills and knowledge are a bit different, but there are many examples of somewhat obscure musical categories causing more general benefits. Jazz increases modern harmony and chordal skills, not to mention improv, difficult metal requires high comprehension of arpeggios and modes, new pop and hip hop production needs high rhythmic and syncopation-based fluency, and baroque to Renaissance composition improves skills in voice-leading, harmony, consonance, and emotional and structural stability. I'm not really the best person to know specific artists but Liszt and Bela Bartok took folk music strains into classical music and a lot of famous musicians are classically trained.
That passage at 7:12 reminds me a lot of Dead Can Dance's later stuff.. progressions, melodies ...esp starting at 7:21
Boy, the bassline in #2 is so cool!
Hi Adam! (I'm going to be off-topic)
I'm travelling to NYC in November and it would be nice to catch you live. Do you have a list of your gigs somewhere on the internet?
Thanks! Z
I've been really concentrating on your "keep a straight wrist" advice because I've been getting some pain in my fretting hand, wrist and arm. Pointing the thumb at the stock has helped a lot (although it did destroy my playing for a few hours). Next I'm going to try the elbow suggestion. There do however appear to be some chords and positions where I cannot not bend my wrist. I'll point out I am playing an eight string electric guitar so that probably doesn't help.
In the upright bass performance I felt reminded of a bassline from Blues Clues
5:23 actually you can play this same chord very easily: C on 6th string, E in 5th, Bb 4th and G open
There is always the temptation to play a bass guitar as it were a lead sole guitar. We get over it when we understand the nature of bass. Avant-garde composer Phil Lesch who has played bass with the Grateful Dead seems to understand this well.
Hey Adam! You mentioned you had a brush with a repetitive stress injury. I have sustained some damage in my wrists from my retail job, bad posture, and more than a few misinformed stretches. I've been playing bass around 14 years. Being as I rather enjoy making music, I resolved to take a few weeks off from all instruments to allow for proper healing. It feels like I stopped before inflicting severe damage on myself, but am legitimately fearful for my musical future. Aside from learning and maintaining proper technique, consulting medical professionals ( currently not an option for me ) and consuming all educational information on the Internet with a hefty salt grain, do you have any tips from your experience that might help guide me back to my beloved thunder safely and sustainably? Thanks!
Hi Adam,
I've taken your KASW advice to heart and am trying be conscious about it when I play. It only happens when I'm playing some chords up near the headstock, but I'm really having trouble improving those. Is it okay to have a few places like that with a bent wrist? How would you recommend improving that?
Also, I really cannot visualize what you mean when you say "bring your elbow close to parallel with the fretboard". The elbow is the corner. How do you make a corner parallel with anything? Did you mean the... Upper arm? I don't even see which body part of mine could be parallel with the fretboard.
hi Adam, i've been following your videos for awhile and your tips and lessons have helped me in all aspects of my musicianship, and i found you as i picked up the bass a couple months ago. i started with a 5 string (because why not) and im having trouble fretting notes on the low b and e string. any additional pointers you can give?
Hi, Adam. Excuse my silly username.
I want to thank you for being here on youtube and uploading all these super helpful videos. As a learning musician, I can't stop watching both your new and old stuff, and there are plenty of interesting concepts I've picked up on from watching you. I wish I wasn't a deadass broke highschooler, so that I could donate to your patreon :)
Thanks for being awesome, keep doing it.
Well my internal rhythm is always good, i just have trouble with fluidity in soloing. Recently made a lot of progress with that by playing to a captive audience (a canary, known for being sensitive creatures) so i could externalize my inner critic to the bird and just let my hands and brain improvise, almost autonomically, but every time i come up with a direction i could take it or a blue note or juxtaposing pattern to use i work that in.
What i may need is to get a bird.
Nice!
About the wrist thing - I'm a guitarist, and able to maintain a straight wrist for the most part - except for on the low E at the first four frets - as soon as I try to stretch from the first fret with my index to the fourth with my pinky, my wrist naturally bends. Am I missing something?? Or does it not matter that much if it's only at a very specific point on the neck??
nice that you pointed out lisening back to the recording as a means of confronting ones own ego in favour of learning about ur own short comings ive been playing for about 7 years now and i didnt have the funds for a formal music edjucation so i figured out this trick after about a year of playing i would record a line or a piece of music and i wouldnt lissen to this for a few days while continuing to practise tha same music i previously recorded then every 2 days or so i would make a new recording and also lisen back to the prious line to have fhysical record of me improving and i think this also helped to counteract the lack of regular feedback i didnt get from a instructor any way cool vid apoligies for my gramer mistakes its not my primary languase peace out from the netherlands
Hey Adam. my question relates to the concept of modal interchange. I'm interested to know if diatonic function tension and release has any bearing to which modal interchange chords are used in relation to the original chords in a piece. Peace, love, and BASS
You should make a t-shirt that says " I haven't heard you playing, but you should improve your rhythm" or something like that...
OH MY JESUS PURPLE CHRIST HOW DID I JUST NOW FIND OUT ABOUT BENT KNEE?! THANK YOU ADAM.
Straight wrist !! yeah. Same thing happened to me during high school. I didn't have a good hand posture and then I tried to play a Metallica solo like Michael Angelo Batio. I was pretty successful at that haha but my hand has stayed injured after that. I couldn't play properly for months. It gives me pain time to time but learned a pretty hard lesson. I always give that same advice to guys who I have taught guitar. Yes!! learn to hold the guitar comfortably guys. Comfort is the key.
The KISS point, for someone who has started improvising with friends quite recently (more of a Mars Volta or a post-rock ambient thing than a jazz thing), is really important. Especially given for me anyway I have found a lot of satisfaction in not playing that many notes, although having a few pedals helps in that regard.
Also on lead, I struggle with that a fair amount. I have built up a number of licks that aren't necessarily helpful to use that much