How do you make lo-fi hip hop? | Q+A
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Also, lots of other questions like “What’s it like playing with 2 drummers?” “What key is Rihanna’s Umbrella in? and What are your thoughts on Thank You Scientist?” CHECK OUT SUNGAZER TOUR DATES (and other gigs) below http://www.adamneely.com/gigs Ted Gioia’s How to Listen to Jazz https://amzn.to/2ZHJ6La How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and why you should care) https://amzn.to/37jENYR Shawn Crowder’s sweet quintuplet playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QYqOYriy5rb3zrHZHIQtP?si=cQwasu22TcifvS11cpldBQ Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town musical recording that you should actually listen to (other recordings aren’t nearly as badass, this shit slaps. give it an afternoon to listen to. you won’t regret it. its spicy and delicious) https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CU74e2MBCPm4MH9veaVVW?si=EReKazVsS0Crw6cowiOlMw Tonal Ambiguity in Popular Music’s Axis Progressions http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.3/mto.17.23.3.richards.html 0:53 How do you make lo-fi hip hop?’ 1:36 Do you want to collaborate with Davie504? 1:42 How do you think people with perfect pitch feel about microtonal music? 2:53 Are you good at piano? 3:26 Is Pink Floyd’s “Money” jazz? 3:36 Cmaj7#11? 3:49 Rhythm games becoming a means of enjoying a song?’ 4:04 How to listen to jazz? 4:17 Song/Album of the decade? 4:21 Motown or Atlantic 4:25 Hablas español? 4:27 Is music profitable? 5:04 What are the practical uses of microtones? 5:25 How do you stay fresh with rhythms while composing? 5:45 Who is your favorite male jazz vocalist? 5:52 Is it hard playing with two drummers? 7:26 Have you ever listened to Greek music? 8:08 Why is 12TET the vibe in Western Music? 9:07 Why haven’t we seen a microtonal jazz fusion cover of single ladies in 4/20 yet? 9:15 How to develop a good work ethic with practicing? 9:32 Is it more important to study technique or theory? 10:28 Thoughts on Thank You Scientist? 10:32 What am I supposed to be thinking about while soloing? 11:27 How do you write velocity more accurately in sheet music? 12:32 Do you think the future of music will be DAWs? 12:59 Why all the microtonal stuff lately? 13:09 What are your thoughts on Simon Fransman? 13:19 Are you related to Blake Neely? 13:24 How do you internalize quintuplets? 13:52 Favorite Bernstein musical? 14:24 Why aren’t resonator guitars used in jazz music? 14:50 PleAse stop showing up in my nightmares 14:54 What key is Rihanna’s Umbrella in? 16:07 Ever play Jazz Crimes by Joshua Redman? 16:15 Why is music theory so daunting to learn? 17:15 Can you play the lick 1 million times when you hit 1 million subscribers? 17:33 What pop artist has the best music? 17:40 Is sungazer touring again?
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