How to Play Music With a "Drunk" Feel

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  • Play lopsided tipsy grooves by subdividing in odd groupings! Also, by staring deep into the abyss of meaninglessness. Either one works!
    CHECK OUT OUR LIVE SESSION OF "DRUNK" here!
    • Sungazer - DRUNK (live...
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    Brooklyn Rose Ludlow’s. Great Groove Analysis
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    The Lesson GK / Lenny “The Ox” Reece killing it on Zildjian -
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    Questlove talking about drunk feels
    • Questlove "Mind Dividing"
    Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis' sweet article on repetition
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    Forum post talking about Drunk feels
    www.drummerworld.com/forums/sh...
    Snarky Puppy - Binky (outro)
    • Snarky Puppy - Binky (...
    Anderson Paak - NPR Tiny Desk
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    Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
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  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  Před 5 lety +750

    Check out the live session we recorded of the tune “Drunk!” Also make sure to subscribe to Shawn's channel, he drums really good.
    czcams.com/video/0BRxDp2u02U/video.html
    Also, if you dig what we do, presave our upcoming EP, out Jan.7. Thanks guyz!
    distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sungazer/fCQR

    • @gabrielryan7212
      @gabrielryan7212 Před 5 lety

      Did I achieve a semi-"drunk" sound on my cover of I'd Rather Go Blind? I'd love your input.

    • @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885
      @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 Před 5 lety +2

      CIA music torture details by music professor Steven M. Friedson czcams.com/video/I4-uvj80J9g/video.html

    • @charleskall2933
      @charleskall2933 Před 5 lety

      What was that one Jacob Collier song question mark?

    • @DibIrken
      @DibIrken Před 5 lety

      I dunno half of the s**t you just said but my non-musically trained brain says it makes sense and I'm sold. The metronome made me go, "ahhhh... okay. I see."

    • @thedondeluxe6941
      @thedondeluxe6941 Před 5 lety +1

      That's very impressive, but can you play bass with cutlets?

  • @XX-lx4mr
    @XX-lx4mr Před 5 lety +7378

    I thought I was a bad drummer. Turns out I'm a niche drummer.

    • @lukemjm
      @lukemjm Před 5 lety +73

      This needs all the upvotes lol!!

    • @N3rdZon3
      @N3rdZon3 Před 5 lety +219

      Just a friendly reminder you're not on reddit

    • @N3rdZon3
      @N3rdZon3 Před 5 lety +78

      it just would be... you know.... reddit?

    • @N3rdZon3
      @N3rdZon3 Před 5 lety +77

      Now, CZcams with 4Chans community, thats what I would pay for to see

    • @sirenwavemtv8334
      @sirenwavemtv8334 Před 5 lety +4

      HAHAHAHAHA

  • @csscszcsgv
    @csscszcsgv Před 5 lety +4367

    Frank Zappa quote: “If you make the same mistake three times, thats an arrangement"

    • @aklzenginidmbllanus1463
      @aklzenginidmbllanus1463 Před 5 lety +204

      Repetition legitimizes

    • @user-xi9py8es1s
      @user-xi9py8es1s Před 5 lety +59

      I’m moving to Montana real soon,
      I’m gonna be a dental floss tycoon

    • @alfiesolomon3531
      @alfiesolomon3531 Před 5 lety +18

      It's from Jorma Kaukonen actually

    • @chrispham6599
      @chrispham6599 Před 5 lety +8

      Me: *to my Piano teacher* See sir? I was meant to do that! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @Smo1k
      @Smo1k Před 4 lety +16

      Thelonius Monk said "If you make a mistake, just repeat it and nobody'll be able to tell" ;)

  • @lifeteen2
    @lifeteen2 Před 5 lety +1961

    If I hear Adam say "repetition legitimizes" one more time, I'm going to start thinking it's true.

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 Před 4 lety +9

      Kinda is

    • @XitlalicProductions
      @XitlalicProductions Před 4 lety +12

      @@reedy_9619 I would argue repetition reinforces, but if the idea you're trying to impose doesn't work in the musical situation then it sticks out even more.

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 Před 4 lety +4

      Xitlalic yeah if it doesnt work at all you ll just seem weird

    • @XitlalicProductions
      @XitlalicProductions Před 4 lety +1

      Reedy_ Agreed. The only reason I said anything is because I hear a lot of jazz musicians saying that’s how you can recover from a mistake, and I find that mentality a little flawed.

    • @bpunsky
      @bpunsky Před 4 lety +80

      tfw nobody gets the joke

  • @MechMK1
    @MechMK1 Před 5 lety +2686

    Random Guy: Too bad it's only in 4/4
    Adam Neely: 『Do you even JAZZ?』

    • @JackProPC
      @JackProPC Před 5 lety +16

      @Hichard Rammond Ah yes, James May would surely agree. He's the one that likes *SMOOTH JAZZZ*
      Either that, or it was on Jeremy's list of things James May does not want to do in case of future episodes with that segment.

    • @user-or2gl9sq5d
      @user-or2gl9sq5d Před 5 lety +7

      I L I K E J A Z Z Z Z Z

    • @jackspence3178
      @jackspence3178 Před 5 lety +8

      Don’t worry it was just massive Tory arsehole Jeremy Clarkson

    • @shishbish9489
      @shishbish9489 Před 4 lety +12

      I don’t understand why being in 4/4 is bad

    • @that_one_dude_3541
      @that_one_dude_3541 Před 4 lety +3

      Ya like Jazz? 🐝

  • @lukec1471
    @lukec1471 Před 5 lety +1384

    Adam 1 month ago: *Play sober*
    Adam now: *Play drunk*

  • @wojtekwieczorek6397
    @wojtekwieczorek6397 Před 5 lety +1842

    I love how Adam explains complicated rhytms and patterns. At least now I can understand what I can't play.

    • @wipje41
      @wipje41 Před 5 lety +9

      and why im drunk right now... its meant to be

    • @take5transfat
      @take5transfat Před 5 lety +9

      u can pal, i believe in ya

    • @aaronklein3480
      @aaronklein3480 Před 5 lety +5

      i love how adam explains chords
      at least now i can understand...well...still nothing

    • @AwesometownUSA
      @AwesometownUSA Před 5 lety

      I kinda hate this channel, in the same way a magician would hate a channel that explains how to do various illusions >:(

    • @wojtekwieczorek6397
      @wojtekwieczorek6397 Před 5 lety +11

      @@AwesometownUSA Well, to me, it's the other way around - i enjoy the trick more when I learn how much thought, creativity and what tools went into bringing it to life. Not to mention how helpful this channel is for music interested in or learning music theory/composition.

  • @andyedwards9011
    @andyedwards9011 Před 5 lety +396

    I love how we've gone from an era when jazz musicians played a bit dirty because it wasn't important to be perfect, to an era where overly educated musicians play obnoxiously clean, and now those same musicians are perfectly emulating the dequantized style introduced by electronic music producers

    • @jacobkudrowich
      @jacobkudrowich Před 4 lety +5

      Are you saying Adam is one of those overly educated musicians

    • @andyedwards9011
      @andyedwards9011 Před 4 lety

      @@jacobkudrowich No, I haven't heard Adam solo that much tbh

    • @jacobkudrowich
      @jacobkudrowich Před 4 lety

      @@andyedwards9011 I just figured since he was going on and on about music terms i didn't even have a clue about that he was the overly educated musician

    • @VynceMontgomery
      @VynceMontgomery Před 4 lety +12

      Yeah, I kinda felt like that "naw, he just didn't read the manual" comment was underappreciated.

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo Před 3 lety +6

      Well that's all a matter of perspective, though, isn't it? You can't be inside the head of every musician so it's kinda fragile logic to be making such claims. For instance, I learned about these kind of grooves because I learned most of my musicianship from a primarily west African drum circle, where we played a lot of polyrhythms & even on some samba the bell parts are usually tuplets of one kind or another, so if you're playing the dunduns & the bell @ the same time (common in my experience), youre usually counting in 3 and in 7, but the djembe parts are often in 3, 4, or 5. And that shit and music like it is way older than jazz or even "classical"

  • @musicandmyth
    @musicandmyth Před 4 lety +931

    "That guy is like really obnoxiously good at music" (4:09)
    -Adam Neely on Jacob Collier, 2018

  • @amwastaken3419
    @amwastaken3419 Před 5 lety +2028

    I can't play drunk grooves until I'm 21

    • @KnzoVortex
      @KnzoVortex Před 5 lety +2

      🤣

    • @marselmusic
      @marselmusic Před 5 lety +10

      in australia you start college at 18

    • @isaybegonethot9293
      @isaybegonethot9293 Před 5 lety +8

      🤣 18 in the uk

    • @joshuagavaghan224
      @joshuagavaghan224 Před 5 lety +8

      Yeah I did it before that but now I’m LEGALLY playing drunk grooves. Hahahahaha

    • @zethz161
      @zethz161 Před 5 lety +3

      I'm still a year away from playing drunk grooves, pretty excited bout it

  • @GogiRegion
    @GogiRegion Před 5 lety +978

    I love how the drunk drumming is harder than regular drumming. So if you want to sound like you’re playing bad, you need to play very well.

    • @KnzoVortex
      @KnzoVortex Před 5 lety +14

      @monokhem it really is (assuming you mean playing in tuplets)

    • @KnzoVortex
      @KnzoVortex Před 5 lety +31

      @monokhem judging by the examples Adam played for us, they seemed pretty consistent.

    • @KnzoVortex
      @KnzoVortex Před 5 lety +2

      @monokhem who are "they", "the examples", and "his drummer"?

    • @boiledegg3534
      @boiledegg3534 Před 5 lety +7

      monokhem make you own video exposing this guy or no balls

    • @srglzrmj
      @srglzrmj Před 5 lety +17

      Boiled Egg i think he is right, the first drunken beats by JDilla certainly sound glitchy, but they are not thinked in quintuplets for sure. Not that is a bad thing, but they definetly feel different.

  • @BaronVonQuiply
    @BaronVonQuiply Před 5 lety +396

    Speed up during the chorus and slow down for the verses.
    That's what my old drummer did when he drank.

  • @fh404
    @fh404 Před 5 lety +898

    When I gig drunk I sometimes skip a whole verse, does that count?

    • @ravenousfire7798
      @ravenousfire7798 Před 5 lety +154

      As long as you repeat it...

    • @ravenousfire7798
      @ravenousfire7798 Před 4 lety +29

      @keu_per 2 Because you are a smart and wonderful person. :)

    • @david2618
      @david2618 Před 4 lety +9

      @@nimugonz9226 You are a wholesome man too.

    • @baconsalad9743
      @baconsalad9743 Před 4 lety +6

      I think I've found the second nicest comment on the internet. The nicest comment I've ever seen is the entire medieval Halo theme video comment section.

    • @spideyjtw
      @spideyjtw Před 4 lety +2

      Jazz

  • @sebastianzaczek
    @sebastianzaczek Před 5 lety +771

    **laughs in septuplets**
    **breathes in off-beat triplets**

    • @PixelVarnox
      @PixelVarnox Před 5 lety +40

      *hyperventilates rhythmically*

    • @charliebarber7682
      @charliebarber7682 Před 5 lety +23

      *speaks in invertible counterpoint*

    • @samljones
      @samljones Před 5 lety +34

      *_*blinks in 19/16_**

    • @depthshade837
      @depthshade837 Před 5 lety +15

      *Closed eyes in Polyrhythm*

    • @BibleStorm
      @BibleStorm Před 5 lety +28

      @@depthshade837 I just tried a 5 over 4 with my eyelids but they aren't loud enough and they've got no tone.

  • @JustinOliverMusic
    @JustinOliverMusic Před 5 lety +512

    "Only in 4/4." Hmm. I was unaware 4/4 was suddenly uncool 🤔

    • @an_annoying_cat
      @an_annoying_cat Před 4 lety +7

      There are so many better options out there for time signatures. A desperation to rebel to seem edgy does not fit into music like it does into other media.

    • @MsDestroyer900
      @MsDestroyer900 Před 4 lety +64

      @@an_annoying_cat what do you mean. If 4/4 conveys what a composer wants in his piece, then let him use 4/4. To switch up the time signature of your song just so you're different might at the least confuse the people reading the music, and at the worst, take away from the music.

    • @an_annoying_cat
      @an_annoying_cat Před 4 lety +1

      MsDestroyer900 I wasn’t trying to say that it is bad, just that there are so many other choices you can use to spice up your music.

    • @Gnurklesquimp
      @Gnurklesquimp Před 4 lety +6

      4/4 Still my favorite by far. There's stuff like 3/4 that sounds just as natural to me, but 4/4 JUST GOES
      It just has a certain kind of strong and steady momentum to it, I wonder if it feels the same way to at least some people who didn't grow up on it.
      Even if you're all about weird time signatures and going from one to the other, you should see how good it can be to land on 4/4, for like the chorus, and how the weird ones can sound even more pleasingly off-balance coming out of it.
      I had a realization the other day, 4 measures of 3 equals 3 measures of 4, you can have a waltzing element be a constant pulse on a 3 bar 4/4 section and keep it a constant even when transitioning in or out of a waltz, no cut of the pattern at the end to make it fit. Had a waltzing bass solo playing a simple pattern with the 1, 4 and 5 for 4 measures, with the 1 always on 1st measure, then I throw in drums and chords in a 3 bar 4/4 pattern and suddenly the note on each first measure varies, it grooves so hard.

    • @pongugy9828
      @pongugy9828 Před 4 lety

      It is. Kinda. A bit.

  • @websterwing8225
    @websterwing8225 Před 5 lety +748

    This entire video was made to dunk on that one commenter about 4/4, wasn't it

    • @MandrakeGuy
      @MandrakeGuy Před 4 lety +68

      Webster Wing kinda sad this reply was in 4/4

    • @husnainali-gn8bo
      @husnainali-gn8bo Před 4 lety +12

      @@MandrakeGuy kinda sad that this reply to the reply was only in 4/4

    • @StellariaEclipse
      @StellariaEclipse Před 4 lety +8

      @@husnainali-gn8bo kinda sad that this reply of the reply of the reply is in 4/4

    • @husnainali-gn8bo
      @husnainali-gn8bo Před 4 lety +11

      @@StellariaEclipse kinda sad this reply to my reply to mandrakes reply to the comment is in 4/4 :/

    • @maninthecrowd5076
      @maninthecrowd5076 Před 4 lety +9

      @@husnainali-gn8bo kinda sad that all of you misjudged this to be in 4/4 when it was actually in triplets within 3/4

  • @RothmanHarv
    @RothmanHarv Před 4 lety +57

    "The sloppier that you deliver it, the more heartfelt and human it is." That's why we've quantified it!

  • @chasecollins5349
    @chasecollins5349 Před 5 lety +205

    do you think adam knows his videos are extremely watchable for people who don't know shit about music. i've been sitting here for 15 minutes and i don't have a goddamn clue what he's talking about but by god it's mesmerizing.

    • @johnbotelho3453
      @johnbotelho3453 Před 5 lety +7

      Chase Collins lol it's ok you're not alone but still a very interesting video.

    • @cumbertiger8503
      @cumbertiger8503 Před 5 lety +8

      +1 man, i shit-played piano for several years and would not want to think of it ever again.. but I really enjoy watching him talk about this stuff, it might even bring me back to studying musical theory (which I hated back in the days btw). Adam's awesome

    • @ErnestLemmingway
      @ErnestLemmingway Před 5 lety +1

      That's a good point. He really is that good at what he does.

    • @nathanielsaxe3049
      @nathanielsaxe3049 Před 5 lety +1

      It's mesmerizing because you subconsciously know it's informative and you're trying to figure it out

  • @coryman125
    @coryman125 Před 5 lety +184

    When you first said "Repetition legitimises", I didn't believe you. But now you've said it a bunch of times, I'm starting to agree. ;)

    • @tiltil9442
      @tiltil9442 Před 5 lety +12

      Had to read that a couple of times - legit!

    • @EchoHeo
      @EchoHeo Před 5 lety +2

      Ooooooh I get it lmaoooo

    • @richardmetzler7909
      @richardmetzler7909 Před 5 lety +3

      A professor of mine referred to it as "The First Law of Propaganda". He used it to good effect.

  • @diegosandoval2043
    @diegosandoval2043 Před 4 lety +260

    "Repetition legitimizes"
    Got it. going to play random shit with a delay effect.

  • @yungstallion2201
    @yungstallion2201 Před 4 lety +65

    If you look at Jacob Colliers’s Apple Music bio, it lists its hometown as England. That’s an example of what I like to call, England is my city

  • @stringtheory9395
    @stringtheory9395 Před 5 lety +156

    Dude launch a video given you advice about playing sober and the next month he is teaching you about how to play with a drunk feel.
    Genius

    • @geniusaboutsockss3573
      @geniusaboutsockss3573 Před 5 lety +7

      Apparently the trick is to sound drunk when sober and sound sober while drunk.

    • @fjeinca
      @fjeinca Před 5 lety +1

      String Theory Presidential material.

  • @LimeGreenTeknii
    @LimeGreenTeknii Před 5 lety +547

    Lo-fi Hip Hop Beats and Where to Find Them with Adam Neely

    • @chico1342
      @chico1342 Před 5 lety +2

      LimeGreenTeknii no. Funny joke but no. Lofi hip hop is a very vanilla extremely straight form. Whenever I hear lofi cats they have virtually no swing that feels natural or genuine. Swing isn’t just dragging a hit hat

    • @focusstudios1296
      @focusstudios1296 Před 3 lety

      Exactly, I never drag my hit hats, they go on my head or on the clothes rack

  • @theEduEnthusiast
    @theEduEnthusiast Před 4 lety +89

    4:03 - Jacob Collier - "That guy is like... REALLY obnoxiously good at music!
    I couldn't agree more. Jacob is the Mozart of our generation.... if Mozart played 300 instruments at a professional level and had the internet at his disposal.

    • @musamusashi
      @musamusashi Před 2 lety +4

      Mozart DID play every instrument at top level, but yes: he had no internet.
      As good as Collier is, he is far from being comparable to Mozart: i would not even say he is the Stevie Wonder of our generation. He's an extremely talented musician on his own, and that's more than enough.

    • @A_Simple_Neurose
      @A_Simple_Neurose Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah I feel like this is an exaggeration. Jacob is an excellent musician in his own right but comparing him to someone so monumentally influential as Mozart sounds ignorant of either Mozart or Jacob, or both.

    • @theEduEnthusiast
      @theEduEnthusiast Před 2 lety +1

      @@A_Simple_Neurose Touché ~ I appreciate your input

  • @benevolentsun
    @benevolentsun Před 4 lety +105

    Imagine getting called for a gig and they tell you like: it's gonna be fine, we got it all written out, you just have to read and then they email you this 04:44

  • @finalscore2983
    @finalscore2983 Před 5 lety +278

    *"SMOOTH JAZZ FOR MILLENNIALS."*

    • @moochincrawdad
      @moochincrawdad Před 5 lety +7

      Sadly yes - and equally boring!

    • @user-ge8yn4ql4i
      @user-ge8yn4ql4i Před 5 lety +3

      For this GenXer as well :)

    • @dylant2323
      @dylant2323 Před 5 lety +3

      I think it's more of a gen z thing but yeah

    • @viper77778
      @viper77778 Před 5 lety +3

      @Mark Donald the lofi 24 hour music for study he played in the video: if you watch closely you can see he changed the name of the video "smooth Jazz for millennial's"

    • @leonardsullivan
      @leonardsullivan Před 5 lety

      Lol

  • @hankyg329
    @hankyg329 Před 5 lety +304

    You really couldn't resist at 14:10 - 14:20 huh. *Lick*

    • @austincovey5663
      @austincovey5663 Před 5 lety +21

      he had to do it to 'em.

    • @frankeec
      @frankeec Před 5 lety +31

      Henry Graves I think it's in his contract.

    • @toodsf1
      @toodsf1 Před 5 lety +12

      But he didn't repeat it - does that mean the lick is illegitimate?

    • @frankeec
      @frankeec Před 5 lety

      Alexander it's a real bastard of a lick for sure.

    • @MrSpeakerCone
      @MrSpeakerCone Před 5 lety +1

      @@toodsf1 If it's not repeated, it's The Bastard Lick. That's what we're calling it, right?

  • @Prince_Luci
    @Prince_Luci Před 5 lety +640

    Idk why i watch videos about music theory. I can’t play any instruments and have never tried.

    • @sciencecompliance235
      @sciencecompliance235 Před 5 lety +255

      Poizin Rath It's called intellectual curiosity. I watch orgy videos yet have never participated in one and have no desire to. It's called intellectual curiosity.

    • @Prince_Luci
      @Prince_Luci Před 5 lety +131

      Science Compliance That’s, uh, a lot of information about you friend.

    • @sciencecompliance235
      @sciencecompliance235 Před 5 lety +10

      Poizin Rath lol

    • @jamietaylor8663
      @jamietaylor8663 Před 5 lety +10

      To learn! Nothing wrong with that

    • @glowingfish
      @glowingfish Před 5 lety +25

      I bought the simplest musical instrument, the woodblock, which costs like 5 dollars and takes 2 minutes to learn to play. And just from practicing that I can understand a lot of this conceptual stuff a lot better.

  • @MexTubu
    @MexTubu Před 5 lety +98

    "Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement" - Frank Zappa

  • @enricodemeo
    @enricodemeo Před 5 lety +440

    'That guy is like... really obnoxiously good at music'
    - Adam Neely & every single musician listening or watching Jacob Collier perfom

    • @senselessinductor7921
      @senselessinductor7921 Před 5 lety +7

      Momo's not a musician...
      That all being said, I'm not sure if I'm happy or mad that I just found out about Collier!?! (it's probably the normal response... for musicians) ;)
      -sorry momo, couldn't help myself

    • @PixelVarnox
      @PixelVarnox Před 5 lety +9

      @MomoTheBellyDancer now now fellas lets not get into some deep lettuce here

    • @JonnyKaine
      @JonnyKaine Před 5 lety +21

      I find Jacob Collier just obnoxious. But different strokes for different folks. Music ain't sport.

    • @zzzdi5770
      @zzzdi5770 Před 5 lety +4

      @@JonnyKaine It's not indeed. But it's hard not to sadmit how easy it has been for Collier to learn to play various intruments, recording, mastering, and also sharing music.

    • @omegakek
      @omegakek Před 5 lety +1

      @@zzzdi5770 he doesn't master his songs

  • @DBruce
    @DBruce Před 5 lety +419

    Awesome stuff Adam! I love how you're incorporating more 'hands on' creative music making within your videos, like the demo of the musicality of repeats. Makes for a perfect combo of entertainment and education. Love it! (And Sungazer sounds awesome too!). Also agreed on Collier - I'm annoyed how much I like that With Love in My Heart track!

    • @wojtekwieczorek6397
      @wojtekwieczorek6397 Před 5 lety +16

      You two should finally do a crossover episode, since you have probably the best channels on music theory on youtube! Btw, I watch yours quite regularly, but today I'm binge watching your old videos and I'm quite surprised how much of Polish influences there are in your music.

    • @dariocaporuscio8701
      @dariocaporuscio8701 Před 5 lety +3

      Did you listen all the album by Collier? The choir intro is stunning! And I love the ouverture too, it's very Bernstein-like

    • @ricardozapata9142
      @ricardozapata9142 Před 5 lety

      David Bruce, you inspire me a lot in my journey to be a composer with every video you post. Well, I have the inspiration, only 8 years more of school haha. Great day!

    • @matthewdeakin9939
      @matthewdeakin9939 Před 5 lety +1

      David and Adam collab???

    • @a_wild_Kirillian
      @a_wild_Kirillian Před 5 lety

      Your content is nice too. I like watching your videos and it's cool to see you on Adam's channel =)

  • @aviewer6897
    @aviewer6897 Před 5 lety +442

    You dare make fun of my 24/7 Study, Gaming, Relaxation, Calm, Lo-fi music?!

  • @schm4704
    @schm4704 Před 4 lety +45

    13:20 Hilary Hahn once said: "I cannot get lost in the music, since I'm the one producing it. It would be like driving with your eyes closed." But I guess that's a different genre.

    • @marcianoacuerda
      @marcianoacuerda Před 4 lety +3

      I don't know much about music, I first heard about her on the TwoSet channel. Then I started to listen to her records and woah. How can she play like that!!! Goosebumps!

  • @TheAlpineProject
    @TheAlpineProject Před 5 lety +273

    I think a lot of musicians don't necessarily realize when they're doing "micro-rhythmic blurring" kinda like how most people don't notice when they're converting base numbers to do math. It's only when analyzing it after the fact that you realize just how interesting it is.

    • @glowingfish
      @glowingfish Před 5 lety +4

      Or how people don't realize when they switch from a 1st to 2nd conditional. Why is "I Second that Emotion" in first conditional but "Santeria" in second conditional?

    • @KOSMIKFEADRECORDS
      @KOSMIKFEADRECORDS Před 4 lety +2

      @@glowingfish what?

    • @glowingfish
      @glowingfish Před 4 lety +34

      @@KOSMIKFEADRECORDS In English, when we talk about probable events in the future, we use the future tense. When we talk about improbable events in the future, we use the past tense. "If I go to the store, I will buy bread" is first conditional. "If I went to China, I would see the Great Wall" is second conditional.
      We do this so automatically we don't think about it, and we also don't think about the fact we are using the past tense to talk about the future. But which form we uses changes the emotional tone we use.
      So when Smokey Robinson says "If you feel like giving me a lifetime of devotion..." he is using the first conditional. He finds the possibility realistic, even if it is not assured.
      But Bradley Nowell saying: "If I had a million dollars, I would spend them all", means that he is talking about impossibilities. His revenge fantasies to him are just fantasies, him talking about an impossible situation.

    • @KOSMIKFEADRECORDS
      @KOSMIKFEADRECORDS Před 4 lety +11

      @@glowingfish Oh thanks for taking the time! Fine explanation.

  • @Sam-do4oj
    @Sam-do4oj Před 5 lety +507

    "That guy is like really obnoxiously good at music" lol

    • @loosecanyoncanyon4680
      @loosecanyoncanyon4680 Před 5 lety +18

      Sam It’s true Jacobs a god

    • @libertarious
      @libertarious Před 5 lety +20

      I'll wager that he will go down in history as one of the greatest musicians in the digital age.

    • @yesok2522
      @yesok2522 Před 5 lety +33

      @@libertarious My bet is that he'll be completely forgotten just like every other soulless musical savant before him. He's a musical genius devoid of artistry. Could be a great teacher though.

    • @rarebeeph1783
      @rarebeeph1783 Před 5 lety +29

      @@yesok2522 He won a Grammy for an arrangement of the Flintstones theme. The ability to do that is, to me, an indicator of some degree of artistry.

    • @franklehouillier8865
      @franklehouillier8865 Před 5 lety +46

      @@yesok2522 Yep, he'll be forgotten like Stevie Wonder or Mozart. Who ever heard of those soulless savants?

  • @marselmusic
    @marselmusic Před 5 lety +240

    _"1 Tip for Performing Complicated Music (that I learned the hard way)"_
    *1 month passes*
    _"How to Play Music With a "Drunk" Feel"_

    • @Zawmbbeh
      @Zawmbbeh Před 4 lety +5

      James Hetfield, 1987 - 1995

  • @mememem
    @mememem Před 5 lety +413

    14:16 the licc

  • @SimonTheMagpie
    @SimonTheMagpie Před 5 lety +1127

    I’m way to drunk to understand this

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel Před 5 lety +285

    **Repetition Legitimizes**
    **Off Kilter**
    **Tuplets**
    **J-Dilla!**
    **Great Video**
    Also kinda funny that Santana's Masterclass Ad follows you Adam. You keep being awesome.

    • @marselmusic
      @marselmusic Před 5 lety +1

      I saw that edited comment and was even more shocked that the flute channel posted it lol lmao

  • @StarOnCheek
    @StarOnCheek Před 5 lety +80

    So basically you turn the swing up to max

    • @wellfedstarvingartist
      @wellfedstarvingartist Před 3 lety

      Actually you're mixing straight and swing and making a "strung" feeling. You're basically in the middle of straight and swing.
      5=2+3
      2 being straight, 3 being swung

  • @lfox02
    @lfox02 Před 4 lety +40

    Pro Tip: Count along to "repetition legitimizes" to play in 9/8

  • @blenjamin
    @blenjamin Před 5 lety +49

    Not even two minutes in and .Paak has already appeared, love it!

  • @BlazeDrew222
    @BlazeDrew222 Před 5 lety +52

    Finally, a video about lofi hip hop

  • @Albeit_Jordan
    @Albeit_Jordan Před 3 lety +7

    As a kid my mother and her clique of friends were heavy drinkers, so being a child surrounded by and under the guardianship of very drunken adults I would experience a fair bit of anxiety, and hearing Sungazer's 'Drunk' tune somewhat evokes in me that same old kind of anxiety, so I suppose it really has captured the essence of drunkedness.
    It is a great tune though.

  • @artemkot7864
    @artemkot7864 Před 3 lety +4

    I'm fine, Adam. Thank you for asking. Started playing trumpet quite recently. I'm not a musician. More of a mortgage methodologist / quality assurance engineer, but I studied in a jazz studio several years ago. Your videos came quite handy in the last few weeks. You give a very warm feeling that music is not a competition, but art, self expression, deep and profound research of who we are and what we are up to. I, honestly, become acquiainted with your channel through Simon Fransman's gorgeous memes. And I'm extremely grateful that you gents created so wholesome and beautiful community of people who care about music, adore it and share their understanding and perception with everyone else. This is extraordinary valuable. Thank you very-very much.

  • @spilledcereals2585
    @spilledcereals2585 Před 5 lety +219

    head on, apply directly to the forehead!
    head on, apply directly to the forehead!

    • @matturner6890
      @matturner6890 Před 5 lety

      Kinda has a drunk rhythm when you say it out loud...

    • @mBUSHattack
      @mBUSHattack Před 5 lety +2

      It's so legitimate now!

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape Před 5 lety

      I read that phrase as 11/16. No?

  • @stefanderscariu8869
    @stefanderscariu8869 Před 5 lety +30

    Dude that lo fi joke made me burst in laughter! That's also my favourite lo fi channel on CZcams..
    Anyway, thanks for all the awesome content.

  • @Qubie1
    @Qubie1 Před 5 lety +7

    Sometimes the theorie is over my head, but the production values and the way that you explain things always keeps me watching

  • @rachelcabot4539
    @rachelcabot4539 Před 5 lety +98

    "smooth jazz for millenials" OOOHHH HE SAID WHAT WE WERE ALL THINKING

  • @hitsonacousticguitar
    @hitsonacousticguitar Před 5 lety +134

    Adam, this video is great on so many levels. The explanation of these "sloppy beats" was an eye opener to me. Paired with your sense of humour and your musical output it is absolute fun to watch your videos. Make sure your EP will also be on the streaming services. You got one listener for sure ;-).

  • @Allumik
    @Allumik Před 5 lety +84

    this explains me drunk so well - when i go to the bar, i'l be like 12:45 , after first beer 11:04 after a few more beers i talk like 6:28 and think 2:57 , after a few too many i go home like this 0:08 and when i get home and my wife gets mad, i wish i could be as apologetically articulate as 13:08 but all i get from her complaining is 2:34.
    oh yeah, and next day to myself 14:31

  • @MostlyEarTraining
    @MostlyEarTraining Před 5 lety +13

    Impressed you managed to say "it's everywhere" instead of "it's common" (after mentioning Common.) I couldn't resist such an obvious pun.

  • @bernatchezk1234
    @bernatchezk1234 Před 5 lety +539

    Dmaj7sus9b13 is the best thing I've heard all week

  • @epiczeven6378
    @epiczeven6378 Před 5 lety +472

    Lars was light years ahead of his time :p

  • @MrCocktaiI
    @MrCocktaiI Před 5 lety +53

    while(true) {
    print("Repetition legitimizes.")
    }

    • @oldm9228
      @oldm9228 Před 5 lety +10

      #define true false
      Happy debugging suckers

    • @sebastianzaczek
      @sebastianzaczek Před 5 lety +1

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    • @italianfromhell
      @italianfromhell Před 5 lety

      Very cleaver

    • @user-ge8yn4ql4i
      @user-ge8yn4ql4i Před 5 lety

      Gets thrown out by a good IDE

  • @AFreshmanPerspective
    @AFreshmanPerspective Před 5 lety

    Adam, I got started watching your videos a month or two ago when I watched "a day in the life of a working musician". I was intrigued by your many abilities and now am so glad I found you. I love your thoughtful and enchanting delivery. It would be easy to make another channel where you just spit out information. (Which you certainly do.) But you take a topic like "How to play music with a drunk feel" and turn it into something so meaningful. (depending on your definition of meaningfulness :)) Well done. I like it when I see someone who actually cares about what they're doing. Someone who digs and passionately and explores the reasons for things. Keep inspiring. Keep believing. Keep meaning. May God continue to bless you.

  • @jasonfieler
    @jasonfieler Před 5 lety +5

    Adam I know this is an old video so there's a very small chance that you'll see this but I just really wanted to say thank you for introducing me to Jacob Collier. I've been watching your videos for years so I always watch the newest one right away, and that afternoon when this video came out, I was watching it like normal until I got to the Jacob Collier part. My mind was blown for about 4 seconds and I just needed so see where that was coming from. I finished the video then searched up Jacob Collier With The Love In My Heart and was introduced to a new, almost unclassifyable genre of music that I had never heard before. I almost immediately got into his other music and the June Lee transcriptions/interviews and I just went crazy over the fact that this kind of thing was happening in the same world that I live in. That interest grew into a full on obsession and after squeezing out all the music theory I can from him, I started to become genuinely inspired to do my own similar things. I started by transcribing 6 of his Djesse Vol. 2 songs which was fun and then I realized that I could make music like that too, so now I have this long chapter of my life to look forward to, even at 15 years old. I'm happier now than I've ever been because of all these new feelings I'm getting from music and it's so wonderful! I'm sorry to put a praise of JC on your video but if you hadn't made such great content that kept me around for all these years, it might have been years till I found him. So thank you so much for being the reason that I've started this new era and found new love for music! I hope you have a wonderful life!

  • @angusmglfraser
    @angusmglfraser Před 5 lety +29

    get you somebody who looks at you the way Adam Neely looks when he complains about how good Jacob Collier is

  • @michelepolacco6305
    @michelepolacco6305 Před 4 lety +1

    I was like 9-10 years old when I played piano for my musical course in front of my parents and a lot of others. And suddenly I made a mistake. I wasn't panicking, and I continued playing. But when I repeated the same measure again, I felt like it seemed "right" to play it again "wrong". It was my way to make it feel like it wasn't an error, but something like a flavour I was adding. Being 20 and asking myself about what I was thinking 10 years ago make me realise that something I wasn't aware of made me feel like I was always in control. Now, watching your video and listening to those magical words "repetition legitimize" and "repetition is the key to the human intent" had me in a beautiful jump in the past. Thanks to have proven me that I wasn't doing wrong for the sake of being crazy, but instead because it was a rightful way of behave. Thank you, Adam.

  • @yougotgroove
    @yougotgroove Před 3 lety

    Adam, thanks for adding these links! Useful! I have subscribed! Keep em coming and thank you!

  • @AimeeNolte
    @AimeeNolte Před 5 lety +24

    Great video, Adam.

  • @Aio-Project
    @Aio-Project Před 5 lety +21

    adam leaving cute messages to all the nerds who paused to figure out why the move to the chorus didn’t quite feel like a jump three spaces around the circle

  • @Buick_GSX
    @Buick_GSX Před 5 lety +2

    So this is the video that introduced me to Jacob Collier and his music. I’d heard of him before, namely June lee’s interviews, but I’d never actually heard his music before. I’ve fallen in love with his music, his vibes, his energy. Because of this video I went to my first big name concert ever. What a magical experience it was to see Collier and his friends play live. Thank you Adam. You have inadvertently changed my life

  • @johnwalthall4937
    @johnwalthall4937 Před 4 lety +5

    That key shift is the musical equivalent of miscounting the steps going down stairs and temporary thinking your falling to your death

  • @drunkard103
    @drunkard103 Před 5 lety +19

    my drummer once counted one of our breakdowns at 23/16.... it was all 4/4
    i do love how time signatures are more just suggestions than an actual rule

    • @a_wild_Kirillian
      @a_wild_Kirillian Před 5 lety +3

      It is description. You basically say: "That's how music can be viewed". Not "should be viewed" or "must be viewed".

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 Před 5 lety

      It’s called “subdividing”, kid...

  • @Wizuu0274
    @Wizuu0274 Před 5 lety +26

    I'm good, Adam, thanks for asking.
    Also, just in case y'all don't want to pause the video at one exact frame in 10:39, here's the text:
    For example, it's actually a G7 at the top of the "Is That All There Is" chorus, so technically at most it's now tonicizing C major, only two steps removed from Bb in the circle of fifths, not three like I just said.
    It actually eventually tonicizes at C minor. The whole tune ends in G minor, which is the minor relative of Bb, so its debatable if there was ever any modulation to begin with, but here's the thing...
    The analysis is "wrong", but I'm giving you the inspiration behind the choice. I was inspired to do a modulation to a "brighter" key in the chorus by the feeling it inspired in this one particular song by Peggy Lee.
    Analysis can exist on many levels, and the more ways you can analyze a thing, the better you'll come to know it.
    Also, hi, how are you? Thanks for pausing this video. I hope you are enjoying it.

    • @Glun258
      @Glun258 Před 5 lety +1

      I appreciate this on a level I cannot convey into words

  • @MrAmericanaSam
    @MrAmericanaSam Před 3 lety +1

    Your videos may prove to be the inspiration I've needed to cough up the money for a music education. These analyses (and your masterful editing) keep things fresh as I listen to otherwise familiar music.

  • @foxbonesmulder
    @foxbonesmulder Před 5 lety +3

    Man, I've really taken a liking to the videos on your channel. It's just what I needed to help guide me in learning and understanding music theory. Love the tunes, too!
    Also, I definitely paused and read that whole thing as I absolutely adore single frame messages!

  • @paddyg4377
    @paddyg4377 Před 5 lety +51

    Neely *is* the Drunken Master

  • @Jwats96
    @Jwats96 Před 5 lety +19

    Flume does this really well in the electronic scene

  • @pbandjosh
    @pbandjosh Před 4 lety

    I've not watched all your videos but this is my favorite of the many I've watched to date. A great intersection of theory, feel, and just being human. Loved it.

  • @kitsvn
    @kitsvn Před 3 lety

    Super excited to see your live set tomorrow. Glad I did some additional research before hand. Appreciate the Drunken Master reference too.

  • @finalscore2983
    @finalscore2983 Před 5 lety +21

    I know that when Adam's final moment comes, he'll be saying *_BASS_*

  • @XenoghostTV
    @XenoghostTV Před 5 lety +227

    Adam play a 13 note tuplet pls

    • @Anjiruu
      @Anjiruu Před 5 lety +8

      Xenoghost 4+2.5+4+2.5?

    • @MediHusky
      @MediHusky Před 5 lety +15

      just practice in 3 and 5 and you can make any grouping you want really.
      3+3+3+4
      you can play stuff like 19/8
      5+5+5+4 or 3+4+3+3+3+3
      it's just maths man

    • @messyties
      @messyties Před 5 lety +11

      For 5 hours

    • @TheSquareOnes
      @TheSquareOnes Před 5 lety +4

      It's important to keep in mind that time signatures, tempos and note rates (like tuplets) are all just a way of conceptualizing when to hit shit, something demonstrated pretty nicely here where they translate 9-tuplets into triplets in 3/4. With that in mind if you get a firm grasp on odd time signatures then it's just a matter of getting them up to speed to be able to translate that into really deep and weird tuplets. So basically what Protoka is saying but a bit more explicit, 19/8 and 19-tuplets are different but if you play 19/8 fast enough it becomes synonymous with a 19-tuplet.

    • @XenoghostTV
      @XenoghostTV Před 5 lety

      @@MediHusky Groupings always work :)

  • @Leviwf
    @Leviwf Před 3 lety

    it's so much fun coming back to this video as I've learnt more and I can begin to understand a little bit more.

  • @TheEranTalmor
    @TheEranTalmor Před 3 lety +7

    Beyond being a master musician, Adam has killer presentation skills.

  • @FreezepondMapping
    @FreezepondMapping Před 5 lety +47

    How convenient, I was just writing a song in 7/4 timing.
    I'm not jazzy enough. It gave me a stroke.

    • @sebastianzaczek
      @sebastianzaczek Před 5 lety +1

      I am currently writing a piece without a meter entirely... but i've got 7/8 behind me now too + in that piece I've used the piano's white keys exclusively

    • @FreezepondMapping
      @FreezepondMapping Před 5 lety +1

      So you're essentially writing a spoken-word equivalent of music?

    • @sebastianzaczek
      @sebastianzaczek Před 5 lety +3

      Like a recitative? Hm, Not really, i think... the non-metric piece i was talking about sounds more like a slow, calm, free and progressively tonal improvisation, if that makes sense...

    • @joechip1232
      @joechip1232 Před 5 lety +5

      Pink Floyd's Money is in 7/4 and it's not particularly jazzy, so it can be done :)

    • @TheSquareOnes
      @TheSquareOnes Před 5 lety +2

      @@joechip1232 Yeah, odd meters are everywhere if you know where to look. Them Bones by Alice in Chains is another example of grooving rock in seven. It even shows up in pop, for example Always by Erasure has a bar of 5/4 in the chorus.

  • @Poo-Finger
    @Poo-Finger Před 5 lety +3

    Thanks Adam, you're absolutely phenomenal when it comes to explaining music theories.

  • @rafaelalbertoderasfunes1910

    "Obnoxiously good at music..."
    That's how I thought about you when I discovered your channel hehehe

  • @lordapophis93
    @lordapophis93 Před 5 lety +1

    I found this super interesting. Thank you for the notation as well, that is IMMENSELY helpful.

  • @PunkRocker370
    @PunkRocker370 Před 5 lety +29

    So THAT'S why lo-fi hip-hop sounds so weird to me. The world makes sense again.

    • @uhdobo7
      @uhdobo7 Před 5 lety +1

      When I first listened to lo-fi hip hop, I immediately noticed the off-beat feel of the drums right away too

  • @disc0duck
    @disc0duck Před 5 lety +20

    Damn how has your essay game gotten even better!

  • @jaded8863
    @jaded8863 Před 4 lety

    I'm doing wonderful Adam, thanks for asking! I am indeed enjoying this video in the middle of my quarantine a year and some change after it came out. Love your stuff!

  • @DamausZA
    @DamausZA Před 3 lety

    Hi, thanks for the pause explanation! Fascinating stuff, way above my paygrade, but I love it, fascinating stuff! Thanks for the videos!

  • @jolienSHABOOYA
    @jolienSHABOOYA Před 5 lety +59

    9tuplets = re-pe-ti-tion-le-gi-ti-mi-zes
    So play a 9tuplet twice and you're legit.

  • @sebastianzaczek
    @sebastianzaczek Před 5 lety +56

    I've always found that the 5:3 polyrhythm was a relatively easy "drunk" rhythm... Etude in 5/8 against 3/8 incoming...

    • @buildasnowman4601
      @buildasnowman4601 Před 5 lety +13

      The Jacob Collier song he shows actually does that along with the grouping of 7 - he doesn't show it, but in the actual song that section is at 73.8 bpm coming from 123 bpm - a perfect 5:3 ratio. So he's doing septuplets in a 5:3 polyrhythm. What a guy.

    • @sebastianzaczek
      @sebastianzaczek Před 5 lety +7

      So 3:5:7? Well, that sounds like a Challenge

    • @kaingates
      @kaingates Před 5 lety +1

      DerSibbe idk man, Jazz Waltz sounds nothing like drunk and it’s the mother of all 5/4 beats.

  • @skybldev
    @skybldev Před 5 lety

    "Congratulations, you're now ready to make lo-fi hip-hop"
    Definitely made my day. This is why I love the musical education side of CZcams.

  • @ThomasSanjurjo
    @ThomasSanjurjo Před 4 lety

    Definitely liked the digression into the pedantic world of music analysis. Keep being awesome at explaining this incredibly nerdy music stuff to those of us who are just dipping our toes in the water.

  • @OliviaSNava
    @OliviaSNava Před 5 lety +39

    I'm doing well thanks for asking! How are you? I'm enjoying the video so far!

    • @DJGreenArrow
      @DJGreenArrow Před 5 lety +1

      Olivia Nava peace! You beat me to this... Google was giving me errors, had to delete CZcams app and try through chrome. 😱😂🤗

    • @ajadrew
      @ajadrew Před 5 lety

      Beat me too!!

    • @moneyaintathang1879
      @moneyaintathang1879 Před 5 lety

      That was pretty genius😂

  • @mr.skeleton4346
    @mr.skeleton4346 Před 4 lety +11

    5:15 mr.krabs walking around

  • @Megadoculous
    @Megadoculous Před 4 lety

    Fantastic explanation Adam. And I agree about Collier - wow. Looking forward to hearing more of your (and Shawn's) music. Thanks.

  • @irlnoturl9448
    @irlnoturl9448 Před rokem

    Just found your channel and I knew there'd be a video about Dilla. Great videos man

  • @piotr803
    @piotr803 Před 5 lety +54

    7:13 that wonky image stabilizations makes me feel drunk

  • @a.thiren2459
    @a.thiren2459 Před 5 lety +8

    Damn.. I've listened to Drunk by sungazer so much lately, and I love the 'drunk feeling'. Hearing it with the metronome made me feel so sober. Like gaining a superpower of oversight

  • @dosegoe
    @dosegoe Před 4 lety

    what a great video, i always get back to watch it again

  • @FontesGabriel
    @FontesGabriel Před 4 lety

    Adam, I probably watched this video like 5 times, and in my opinion this is one of your finest works

  • @SteveHolmesDrums
    @SteveHolmesDrums Před 5 lety +9

    Good job on the video Adam. I like the cutting to the outdoor footage to keep things interesting. It's inspiring me to do an essay style video on some drum topic. Also if you're not hip to Zach Danziger, get hip to him. I'm betting you're familiar with him though. Thanks for the vid.

  • @EricssonB
    @EricssonB Před 5 lety +12

    I'm good. Thanks for asking.
    "for example, it's actually a G7 at the top of the "It That All There Is" chorus, so technically at most it's now tonicizing C major, only two steps removed from Bb in the circle of fifths, not three like I just said.
    It actually eventually tonicizes C minor. The whole tune ends on G MINOR, the relative minor of Bb, so its debatable if there was ever any modulationto begin with, but here's the thing....
    the analysis is "wrong," but I'm giving you the inspiration behind the choice. I was inspired to do a direct modulation to a "brighter" key in the chorus by the feeling it inspired in this one particular song by Peggy Lee.
    Analysis can exist on many levels, and the more ways you can analyze a thing, the better you'll come to know it.
    also, hi, how are you? thanks for pausing the video. I hope you are enjoying it." - @10:39

  • @franny231123DMT
    @franny231123DMT Před 5 lety

    Best. Audio. Channel. Ever. Love ya work bro, I'm tuning in for all your posts

  • @morezco
    @morezco Před 5 lety +1

    amazing editing illustrates it all perfectly