My Band's First Tour
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- My band Sungazer and Shubh Saran's band toured together as part of #shubhgazer2019 across the east and southern US in November of 2019. Here us is the vlog thing we put together.
SHUBHGAZER POSITIVITY TOUR 2019
Check out a live video of Shubh's band at Charlie's in Norfolk (and more BTS footage)
• HAZE Live in Norfolk |...
Sungazer is...
Bass/Programming - Adam Neely
Drums - Shawn Crowder
(joined by Christian Li, Jared Yee, Josh Bailey, and also by Zac Zinger and Angelo Spam)
Thanks to Shubh Saran for all his help, as well as Brian Plautz for that fire song he wrote at the Canal Club in Richmond. Big thanks to Liz Maney for videoing and photoing and helping edit stuff.
"...both have two drumsets"
Soundguy: dies inside.
"BOTH?!" QQ
The Butthole Surfers and Combichrist have used two live sets previously.
Also, a lot of Motown was recorded with more than one kit.
@@digitaldeathsquid3448 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard tours with 2 drummers (and 3 guitar players, one of which occassionally plays a microtonal guitar). I can't imagine how hard they are to set up for
@@THeKallOfCtulu well their frontman does most of it anyways soo..
Eh it's not too bad. It might mean a more rudimentary mic setup because many places only have so much gear or so many channels to work with, but in terms of mixing a band it wouldn't be too hard. I run sound for all kinds of shows, and being a Deadhead, I could only seldom fault a band for showing up with two drummers.
Imagine being on tour and suddenly remembering your wedding anniversary
Imagine thinking your wedding anniversary is more important than playing the licc
@@HimTortons Imagine considering of doing anything than playing the licc
@@MM-vs2et thats an utterly terrifying thought and I do not wish to think about it
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yeah that seemed like a whack ass excuse
the band is sicc
the members are thicc
but most importantly
they played the licc
I'm waiting for this to be the top comment
Licc*
@@bigchebureki beat me to it
There ya go. Forgive me for my sin.
It strongly smells like balls in that van.
"As long as there's more people 8n the audience than on stage"... the more important thing is, as long as there's more chords than people in the audience, it's still jazz
you win best comment of the decade hahaha
that is the best music joke of the decade! :D
"71 people bought tickets but only 40 people showed up". Been there.
Sometimes it's not just the band that can't find the stage.
That venue is in a bad place. And its not a great venue. There were multiple cockroaches that skittered between the band and audience. At least they know good music :/
31 people can't say the same
There are 71 likes on this comment, its perfect dont anyone ruin it
I was at that show and I was wondering how they ended up playing in middle-of-nowhere Fayette-nam (North Carolinians consider it the armpit of the state) instead of an hour and half north in the Triangle area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill). A lot of people at UNC, Duke, and NC State would show up but hour and a half to nowhere is a bit of a haul.
*sees 30 minute Adam Neely video*
Me: happy jazz noises
Smiles in quintuplets
@@darkflamerpunkboy *Y E S S*
*Nods in 4/20*
Licc plays in head
The licc but in major
Adam, in the future you should announce these kinds of tours on your channel. I had no idea there was anything happening as I don't have other kinds of social media, so if this had come to my area, I would have probably missed out on it and been really sad. It doesn't have to be anything major, but I think just a small announcement video on this channel would go a long way towards raising awareness about these kinds of things with your CZcams audience.
I can understand if he doesn't wanna rely on his CZcams to make something a success.
@@DiePixelkrieger I understand that to a certain extent, and if there was a separate Sungazer channel on CZcams where he announced these things, I probably wouldn't ask him to do it here, but as it is, this is the main place on CZcams for Sungazer fans to congregate (aside from Shawn's channel, which also didn't have an explicit announcement). Not wanting to have to rely on his CZcams audience to make this band a success is fine, but I think there should be at least some way for people to find out about these things if CZcams is their main social media platform, whether that be in the form of a separate channel or on this channel (which I had assumed to be the default location in lieu of an obvious alternative).
that’s on a periodt he went to a bar i live real close to and i had no idea i would’ve love to come out and support :/
silver-skeleton He did mention it on CZcams, (that's how I heard of it) but it was at the very end of a video
silver-skeleton I agree 100%! I live close to Fayetteville, NC, and I totally would have gone to see this.
Ngl I got a little emotional at the end when all of you played the lick.
You mean
THE L I C C
@@YAMMAS Yes
The
L I C C
on the
B A S S
T H E L I C C
I feel like you playing the licc is the equivalent of Rick Rolling us but better
the licc is a religion
the licc is a way of life
Wow I've never seen you on any video at all :)
@@BrunoNeureiter yeah she is new
@@VOLAIRE lmao he made a joke about how he never saw you comment
do i have to explain the joke ?😂
nvm i just did
I hope that you guys will eventually get to Europe. I would love to see you perform live.
Shawn lives in Berlin, it shouldn't be that much of a stretch
I would drive the 800 km to Berlin to watch them :)
9/4, would jazz.
hope they'll cross over to the UK while they're at it, fairly large jazz scene to play in. would love to see them live
would love that.
I love watching your audience, especially during polyrythmic sections, all digging along in different beats like it's the jazz appreciation Olympics.
You gotta practice polyrythmic dancing for that extra level of appreciation :)
"sleeping is the key to feeling better" oof i felt that one
I thought it was D locrian
Starts with *T H E L I C C?*
**like**
It strongly smells like balls in that van.
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Fun Japanese fact: The drummer's t-shirt at 22:56 says ドラマー (dorama), which means "drummer".
Thanks, Gregory!
And ドラマ (without the ー) means "Drama", for those wondering.
@@dscarmo ありがとうございます
Omae wa mou shindeiru.
@@mitchinatr7093 💀
some drummer: I don't practice with a metronome, so my rhythm has feeling...
band leader: tomorrow you play with another drummer. simultaniously
I've been a musician/bass player for over a decade and went on my first tour over the summer as a tech for 3 bands. We went through Texas and made $0. It was basically 15 people on vacation that happened to play a show every night for 11 days. Played for a total of probably less than 100 people but, met a lot of cool musicians along the way.
3:50 oh wow that's Music Is Win and his wife
That sounds weird xD
@alan wake I know it's Tyler Larsen, been following him for a really long time. But he's more known as music is win
Ulas Demirtas oh shit. What a cameo
God bless papa Tyler
And Adam photobombing behind them :-D
Wish I could've seen you guys live!! Congrats Adam and bandmembers 🙌😎😊😀🙌
"let's do push-ups"
"what time signature are we doing them in?"
I love these people, i genuinely do
25:39 seeing Adam's smile is truly melts my heart, we get so little of it
So weird seeing a much much more accomplished and skillful group of musicians play the same stage (Smith's olde bar) and occupy the same green room as i did for my first show a few months ago lol
This is where it all starts :)
thisismajorthom it happens a lot. Just be grateful to have been able to play in the same stage I guess.
You're probably one of those musicians too, but too humble to realize it... or just playing low...
Either way, I feel the same as a musician too...
You're probably the only person younger than 60 who made money touring with their Jazz band in 2019, congrats! It only took you two degrees and multiple years of consistently playing gigs and making youtube content on the side, seems easy enough, right? They should hand out medals for people who can make a decent living with a Jazz band that plays originals while affording NYC rent
I mean, do you really listen to current jazz ? There are plenty of those young bands. I don't mean to downplay the achievement, and of course it's not easy to make a living from jazz nowadays, but you can't exaggerate that much and ignore all the other amazing young musicians who are making it out there
He mentioned in a livestream that he actually lost money, but that he hadn't intended to in the first place
@@Bladavia i started listening to jazz and jazz influenced artists on a regular basis about three months ago. Before that it was definitely somewhat uncharted territory for me. I got 90% of my recommendations from Reddit and none of the bands I've heard had a following that's comparable to Sungazer. I'd be happy to hear some of your recommendations and examples of bands that manage to live off their music!
@@nathanielwise508 oh wow, that's really disheartening. They didn't seem to have any outrageous expenses and they're pretty well-known too. I can't imagine having so much passion for something that I'd be willing to do even half of the things Adam and the others are doing.
It strongly smells like balls in that van.
Well you do have a Wikipedia page. That means you made it.
just saw it ahah
That's actually amazing :D
"we're going to do 40 pushups!" " what time signature should we do them in?" *laughs in jazz*
I'd love a live album on Bandcamp of recordings from this tour!
Especially since he didn't tour anywhere near where I live on this tour...
this x1000
@@theelectricant98 raised to the 4th power (some will understand)
Look at Adam, living his best life playing music for his band and accomplishing dreams. I honestly feel so happy for him, wish you can keep this up mate!
Loved every second of this.
It worries me, though, that the band has two drummers and Adam has zero ear protection.
Question for the next Q+A: what exactly happened on the first show that went wrong?
I'm so happy for you guys. Congrats on the first tour!
Holyyyy shit why are you here
Adam, I think a lot of musicians would benefit from a video on how to schedule a tour. I can imagine there is a lot of factors to consider!
27:56 that bass is perfect wow
I want to know what that song is so bad, he says it's "ascent" by Shubh but it's not the same song when I listen to Ascent.
Robert Rossignol i also looked at the original song because I was so obsessed with the baseline but now I’m pretty sure he just improved it on stage
"I hope to tour more with sungazer in the future"
I felt that :(
Ah... Touring.. I miss touring.. Thanks for the music, the videos and all that you do, man.
Solo's: Exist
Zac Zinger: I made you
When someone says bass is easy cause u only play the root of the chord 4:43
Watching Adam’s videos makes me appreciative being a part of the music scene in my local area. I haven’t went out on bus tours yet but I play a couple gigs to several a month and love the community aspect. At this point having adopted a couple of kids, I don’t think I could commit to it. But I know I have the chops for it if I had to. I’m not bragging I’m just gracious and thankful to have achieved this level of success and to have the amount of talent I do have. I’m happy to watch those cutting teeth in the not so glamorous part of being a professional musician. My hat’s off. Because I know it ain’t easy.
Pretty cool for a 2019 tour. Looking forward to Shubgazer 2020 ft. Music is Win making that face off in the background @3:53
Y'all would have the best time in Europe, I'm encouraging coming here ^^
Getting the Lick signed on your guitar by Adam Neely awesome sauce way to go that dude 16:10
So as someone who tours for a living, I totally feel your pain with the first show having so many issues. Things go wrong, stuff doesn't work, I've been there before. At the same time, it kinda of highlights the importance of pre-production. I don't intend any disrespect, you guys are much more competent musicians than myself.
Any tour that I've been a part of, we would always take a couple days before, work out any issues with the rig, with parts, tracks, arrangement, choreography, etc. Even if it was stuff that we had played for months, we would hash it out fix issues, tweak the setlist, try to improve the overall presentation.
Sometimes issues come up and you can't predict/avoid them. We once had our interface keep disconnecting mid song. I tore our tracks rig apart, tested every cable, swapped interfaces, only to find out we had a slightly loose USB port on our Macbook. A little gaffe tape every set and it fixed the issue.
Also, I know this is your band's first tour, but the type of shows and setup/teardown needs to be taken into consideration. If you know you are going to have a short change-over, you need to design your rig around it. If you do a bunch of festival style shows, maybe running your own board/monitors would help. It helps with quick set-changes since you know that there will be consistency in your ears from night to night and you can focus all of your time on line-check.
On a side note, the people you tour with really do become like family, for better or worse. 😂 On good tours, it's hard saying goodbye to all the friends you just made, it you really bond over shared experiences.
Anyway, congrats on the first tour. Hopefully you guys get to tour some more! Maybe I'll have to catch a show if you're back in Nash. 😏
5:34 I like how the dude from Music is Win is just standing there
When he said "ooh! Green takis!" I felt that...
Breaks my heart that you were in North Carolina and I didn't know.
Got a kick out of Shawn's shirt at the NYC show, it said "drummer" in Japanese, LOL. Great vlog, thanks for sharing!
So are we just gonna ignore the straight drip Adam has in all the early shots? The fit is too cold
Yeah that coat tho
@@itoastpotatoes399 right? Wearing that shit like the preview for those fake ass coats on Wish
2:45 I felt that. The only thing I ever got the butterflies from playing live: _no sound check._
ShubhGazer2020 U.K and Ireland?
at least youd have shorter drives and id get to see you
Ha! Shorter drives so long as they avoid the M25, M42, M5... 🙄😁😁
Damm I would be very nervous parking a van on a parkinglot overnight with all the gear inside of it. All the small portable cases, I've seen enough ads on facebook posted by bands whose vans have been raided on tour.
MrHestichs I was REALLY GLAD that’s not how the video ended
Yeah so many of my fav bands have had their vans robbed :(
3:53 Cameo
Double cameo ^__^
play prs for ultimate toan ok?
@@BubbleManxx butterscotch tele best toans ok
I’m kinda sad I missed the Boston show!
same here!!
Yeah I had no idea they were touring ☹️
same i didnt even know they were tourin
Same. The show was like a ten minute walk from my place. Tracking them on band's in town and SongKick now!
Sameeeeeeee
when you're doing a new thing thats not really been done before, sometimes its hard to make the things right the first time! But the train is on the tracks till it meets its destination
I am a blues guy. I play in 4/4 and live in the blues scale. I play in either A or E (because I know where the four boxes are on the fretboard) and when you hit a dissident note, me and everyone around cringes. With this, you can play any note you want. There are no dissident notes or "wrong" notes. That's the part that I can't seem to get my mind around and accept Jazz for what it is. Because if I tried that playing blues, the band would fire me. I watched Justin and Lee on the Rut Buster videos about jamming on the sixth. Even that concept is putting me out of my comfort zone because you still have to know when to land on the sixth note in the scale and not the fifth or seventh like is what I normally do. So watching these jazz videos are helping me to see that if it's in the right context, it can sound nice and musical.
I had a smile on my face watching this. Wish I could see you someday, until then YT has to do :)
seeing you interact with your fans put a big smile on my face
You know it’s gonna be a gnarly experience when Adam starts with “So, here’s the situation.”
Sell outs. I knew it
I'm editing this comment because I wanted to clarify that I was making a joke. Trying to be clever about the sold out shows. But then I realized just calling you all (amazing, accomplished, inspiring musicians) sellouts doesn't sound like a joke. I'm not good at jokes. If you cant tell. I love what you guys do
positivitytour
Hey don't apology for making a joke.
Also, I was about to make this one ahah
@@esmajin8185 unless it's a bad joke like this. Then you're allowed to apologize for it.
An emoji wink ;) would have been sufficient sign posting in case the PC police were out on youtube patrol. However, having said that, I think, in the current climate, your self awareness and sense of fair-play is appreciated too.
loved the part at 25:43 it was really good I definitely watched the entire video already
Real fans listen to Adam Neely videos at 20x speed so that everything sounds like blast beats and punch the content directly into their brain
Wow. Never heard this type of music. Has to be soo difficult to play. Appreciating it.
Adam Neely... all the technical failures. Man I feel you, broke a string amp dies and there's no P.A. Hell once I drove an hour before I realized that I left my bass at home. Man I miss being on the road. Adam I appreciate you sharing everything you share, Thank You.
Always inspiring to see artists persuing what they love. Great spirit, great people and great music. Fly high, Adam and friends
It was such a treat to catch you guys in Boston! You put on a killer, energetic show and inspired me to write cool and wacky tunes like y'all. Congrats on a wonderful tour, I can't wait for the next one!
Come back to Cambridge! When I saw the announcement I was so pumped but but then so bummed as I had a conflict and could not make it.
I want to shoutout not only the excellent content, but the absolutely top tier editing on these videos.
Low-key a well performing documentary if this stuff was made full length and distributed.
Thanks for documenting the stops on the tour. Working artist life is hard but rewarding
Your technical difficulties reminded me of Periphery’s tour with Dream Theater.
Ah yes, back when p1 was new
Kind friend, may I introduce you to Thank You Scientist?
Is there any more information about this online? I'm interested in what happened, but I've only found one article
@@cadeallen7210 Misha Mansoor of Periphery talks about the tour, and specifically the technical issues they experienced in a interview style video with Music Is Win.
He recalls John Petrucci being disappointed in them a bit, and it really made them step up their game to work out the issues.
@@ddawsT Thank you! I think it's really cool that they were able to learn and grow from the experience.
7:54 So _that's_ how Rick's studio is arranged!
That was kind of a fun watch. Congrats on the tour and keep rockin and jazzin!
Having being used to this life of 150 plus shows a year for the best part of 30 years , 2020 has been painful beyond belief to say the least
But watching this just now put me right back in the bus and warmed my heart . Funny how I’m missing those last minute technical difficulties which obviously worked perfect the previous night , I’d strongly give anything to have fix our keyboard players rig while still playing bass mid song or find that nightmare power cable that just decided to my pedal board howl like a banshee ... DAMN I MISS THIS SHIT
yeah, we need you guys to tour Europe asap
Adam
Does being a performer helps you as a composer, if yes, how?
it wouldn't be an Adam Neely video without the classic Navy Blue with White Dots Shirt
That was great brought back lots of memories of being young and playing and doing roadie work touring around. All aspect of music on the road is frustrating and cool at the same time.
I need that “ドラマー ” shirt Shawn was wearing at the NYC show.
What do it say?
@@hmmm8735 it says 'drummer'
Your band is the Ringo Starr of jazz: There's lots of clever stuff going on, but you play for the music and not to show off your skill... which ultimately leads to music that is easy to listen to despite being complex.
That takes a true passion for, and understanding of, music and a well-tamed ego.
The fact that you were able to tour playing that type of music and sold out shows is a wild success. Congrats and please come to Florida
I’m not surprised the first show was iffy. Nashville is where music goes to die.
Good on you all for keeping your heads up!
I love the fact that you can see my apartment in this video lmao
Saxophonist doing high fives with the crowd was the best thing I've seen xD
Life before COVID
I was there at the Atlanta show. I still think about Adam and Shubh playing, as well as all of the Aberdeen guys, it was a very memorable night and I hope that I'll be able to see them live again in the future. Sadly I didn't make the cut on the footage reel, but I'll always have my memories :)
I love your version of Ascent at 27:56 with the super groovy bass line and dragging drums. You should totally record a version of it, would love to be able to listen to it on Spotify!
Nodoby:
Adam: does 40 pushups before gig
great show in fayetteville, y'all, i hope y'all come back to NC again and come to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill. I guarantee you'll get a better turn-out.
Peef Rimgar agreed. I’d have gone to Fayetteville if I’d have known!!
@@VivianLund i was there and it was great but like.... there's just more people in the triangle area.
I live in Fayetteville and i agree. I couldn't believe they were coming to play here and i knew hardly anyone would come. They could have played just about any other town in NC and got a better turn out. First time i got to see anyone interesting in town tho
Wet eyes rewatching all this. Watching the fans jammed up so close ENJOYING TOGETHER. Covid19 reality forces me to ask, will we ever do this again this way? Proud of your shubhgazer tour even more now. Wish I had been there. It seems so damn precious now...
the corner of my head is in one of Adam Neely's videos... i can die in peace now.
Still sad I missed you in Atl, had to do something for work that night. Would love for you to come back one day!
For the next Q+A: How do i teach a person how to swing and shuffle? We recently discovered in my band that our bassist didn't really know that these two things existed..
Its crazy seeing my city in the background of one of your vids, love from Norfolk, VA!
Thanks for the vicarious re-living touring with ya'll!! Great camera work and editing. You guise rock- headaches and aallll. !!
just checked your band out and that shit blessed my headphones, very nice
When I went to the venue in Fayetteville we said the same thing lmao that place looked deserted
Hi
I like how real this tour diary is - it doesn't sugarcoat anything. It shows how harsh the reality of being a touring musician is sometimes but also how fun and rewarding it can be. There's a song by Jawbreaker called "Tour Song" that i think exemplifies this best: "every little thing must go wrong." Great video Adam, can't wait to see more.
I really wish I lived in the US (or, at least, not across the Atlantic Ocean) to go and catch you guys live. I had a smile on my face just from seeing you all having a great time. I pray for Shubhgazer2020 to be a thing!
Thanks a lot for your content and opening a new world of music to a whole lot of people like me!
5:34 I spot a music is win
Spicy jazz chords and sax appeal are guaranteed to draw a crowd!
(But most of them probably just came for The Licc...)
Trying to find a silver lining here. Friday night, we played to a sold out house. However, it was a average sized bar/venue with four acts (we were #2). But thanks to COVID, tickets were required and everyone came early. So even though it wasn't capacity, we had a very excited audience and it was a blast! That was our first show in over 9 months! Felt so good.
I respect you so much for showing footage of the technical difficulties. I'm only a short bit into the video. The show must go on indeed. Much respect!
me: (is english)
Also me: Sungazer came to Norfolk????
That's quite a detour indeed
10:32 to 11:34 sounds so good
Congratulations Adams, so happy for you, you deserve all this love. Thank you for what you do
Hope y'all can come to Chicago on a future tour. I love the albums, and hearing this music live would be great. Congrats on your first tour! It's great to see real music appreciated around the country.