The Q+A Podcast with Adam Neely

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Who made you an authority to speak on anything?! Sep 11, 2017

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Many thanks to Drazon spielt, Tom Korchak, jt33396, John Daniel, shrapnel, Cuix, Chris Kalos, reg4321, SANTIAGO RESTREPO, ThomasAleksanderVEVO, Ibrahim Hassan, Antonio Rivera Torres and Felipe Monteiro for their insightful questions!

Groove: A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance http://amzn.to/2wTNCsZ

0:14 Do you need to keep up on pop music if you're going to me a musician? 2:51 What is groove? Can you define it? 4:58 Are capos cheating? Why would you ever need to use a capo? 6:46 What is Pitch Axis Theory? 9:07 What are your thoughts on collective cadenza? 9:54 How does tension/release apply to things like lo-fi hip hop? 11:47 I forgot Adam Neely is a musician 12:07 Who made you an authority to speak on anything? 13:49 Incoherant mumbling about 432hz 14:34 Is it better to use different keys or the same key a majority of the time on an album? 15:35 How did you recover from your RSI? 16:52 How do you sound "authentically" jazzy? What sort of musical "accent" is required? 18:50 What do you think about the sideman mentality in jazz music?

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Is Synesthesia ACTUALLY real? Aug 21, 2017

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Many thanks to Chris LeMond, TheHarmonicPulse, SAMUCA CHIODINI, Jim Haugland, Denis, bj7xtas1, thebudsofmay, Zippy Leroux, user name, Yhoda, Joe Turgeon and Daniel Proctor for your insightful questions!

:14 What's the deal with Fanned Frets? Also, how does an understand of physics relate to music? 2:23 Is Synesthesia real, or just some BS you made up? 5:11 What is the function of the Fm7 in the chorus to Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder? 8:08 How do you come up with melodies? 10:06 How do you keep so relaxed with your technique on bass? 12:02 What are your thoughts on NOT recording to a click in a modern DAW environment? 14:01 On modern jazz big band music 14:09 How do you approach memorizing large amounts of music? 15:01 Can Adam submit a song for US to review? 15:11 HOW MUCH DID THE 440 CONSPIRACY PAY YOU TO MAKE THE ANTI-432 VIDEO?!?! 15:48 Can I get away with not doubling if I'm a woodwind player looking to make a career in NYC? 17:21 How do I start a career in TEACHING music?

SYNESTHESIA RESEARCH

(Cognitive Neuroscience)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037840/

(Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience) http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jocn.2010.21486?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed& http://cogprints.org/6268/1/Cortex_sound-colour_Synaesthesia.pdf

(Yale journal of biology and medicine)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670440/

(Biological Psychiatry)

http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(99)00056-6/fulltext

(Neuropsychologia)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393212003879?via%3Dihub

(Consciousness and Cognition)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810013000834

(Neuron)

http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(05)00835-4

Psychology of Music

http://mobile.www.daysyn.com/Rogers1987.pdf

American Journal of Psychology

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1410812?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

(Others)

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134456 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23000109

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432hz is a sham, please don't buy into it, thanks. Aug 01, 2017

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Many thanks to Bloodbath and Beyond, Tiago da Silva, TheMASDrummer, thescowlingschnauzer, Benjamin Stedman, M3Z4C, hyeguitar1, The Bolan, kevs musicandstuff, Marko Perälä and Hanna Turunen for their questions!

Also to Ricardo Aldana, Tomás Borralho and Hamguy Bacon! Can't forget them!

0:21 A response to all of the 432 feedback 4:01 Why do you use All Star in everything? 4:33 Using "sound guy" is gendered, and we should move away from the word 6:08 Your vaporwave is bad vaporwave because I don't like it. 7:04 Performance opportunities in NYC 8:25 What are your thoughts on natural "talent"? 9:37 Government support for the arts in EU countries 10:34 Why does my complicated jazz feel "flat" when recorded, compared to simpler music? 11:37 What are the gigging opportunities like in NYC? 14:26 Is a masters degree in music worth it? 16:11 Is it necessary to own a car as a musician? 17:52 What goes into locking in with a drummer?

ADDITIONAL DEBUNKING OF 432 http://www.medson.net/A432hz-myth.html

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Q+A #35 - Why do you like pop music when other artists go unnoticed? Jul 17, 2017

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0:15 Why do US percussionists play Cajons the way that they do?

3:50 What should you do in order to back out of a gig for a higher paying one?

6:19 What is your advice for a trans musicians entering college?

8:03 Why is musicianship so high in NYC?

9:59 How should transients line up when you time-align music in a DAW?

11:25 What do you mean about the "craft" of pop music making?

15:42 Talk to me about bass effects, please!

17:38 If you knew about the Myth of Sisyphus before your recital, why did you still get depressed afterwards?

Thanks to Rodrigo de Piérola, Reagan McCann, Olivia Andersson, Fergus, Stanislav Kogan, Jon Chen, Christian Hasselberger and Frisky Maulida for their insightful questions!

Q+A #34 - What is your opinion of music critics like Anthony Fantano? Jun 26, 2017

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1:02 Can you introduce my question without the Lick? 1:10 All about the Double Harmonic minor scale and its weird intervals 4:07 Why is your audience almost exclusively male? 5:35 What is your opinion on contemporary music reviewers like Anthony Fantano? 7:05 What is the life cycle of pop tunes in your cover band? 7:48 Playing a sax with drumsticks isn't as valid as with a mouthpiece. 10:09 What do you think about having 8 string guitars and no bass player? 10:57 What do you think about bass tremelo bridges? 11:37 Were you playing to a track when you played on Kelly and Ryan? Is that cheating? 12:45 Do you consider yourself a musician or a youtuber? 13:04 Pop music is pretentious branded garbage 15:39 Have you ever had to play in very tall buildings? 16:08 Is there a style you dislike playing? 16:17 Do you answer questions on youtube? 16:22 Do melodic minor and harmonic minor have that "modal brightness" thing you've talked about? 17:16 How would you analyze that E7#9 chord in Purple Haze? 18:49 200k video? 19:00 Weren't violin strings made out of cats guts? 19:30 Why aren't you employed as a professor?

BONUS VIDEO - Dorian Bright Theory Madness (exploration of brightness in unusual modes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAgd_3inRt8

Thanks to SandvichBlock, the Antichronist, Albinojackrussel, Blake Davis, SuperMegaPeanut, famitory, syaolanli, NumberNEINLarge, Fossil FIshy, Deo Wardiman, W1NGXER0, Chris Verns, edharris496, somot olovo, Johnny Nothing, Blackzeppelin68, David W., Realraven2000, boobtuber06 for your insightful questions!

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Peace,

Adam

Do you even need a Bass player? Jun 22, 2017

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In this podcast, we explore....

0:15 Characteristic pitches, chords, and the functional harmony of the modes 2:52 You just like to hear yourself talk about music 3:46 "Just Feel it!" 4:08 Which is more important, bass or drums? 5:52 What is Berklee Funk? 7:41 Salsa on piano 8:13 What audio interface do you use? 8:42 What sort of instrument would you learn how to play and why? 9:26 How do you deal with nerves on stage? 11:47 Idiot choir leader 11:56 On long 6 hour rehearsals 12:50 What's the difference between pop/rock keys players and classical pianists? 14:07 Who…is the target audience for your channel? 14:56 The Undertone series exists! 15:22 What exactly is the neo soul feel? Quintuplets? 16:19 What are your comments on the Music Industry? 19:06 Why bother transcribe the music exactly

Thanks to Adam Emond, Mr. Way, Zac Jelke, Damdam Dadimson, Mackie Jones, Paul Mendoza, Hugh Gaenus, Wesley Lao, Kalen Austin, Robert Schuster, 1234lavaking, Samuel Wilson, anthony valdez, Nick Denning, Nikolas Wolf, Paul Hanson, and jg0r for your insightful questions!

Peace,

Adam

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