Adam Neely
Neely in 2019
Neely in 2019
Background information
Born1988 (age 35–36)
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • musician
  • composer
  • YouTuber
  • record producer
  • educational entertainer
Instrument(s)
Years active2006–present[1]
Websitewww.adamneely.com Edit this at Wikidata
YouTube information
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
EducationBerklee College of Music
(Class of 2009)[2]
Manhattan School of Music
(Class of 2012)
Channel
Subscribers1.77 million[3]
Total views234.26 million[3]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: April 2, 2024

Adam Michael Neely (born 1988[4]) is an American bassist, YouTuber, and composer. His YouTube channel is described as containing "music theory, music cognition, jazz improvisation, musical performance technique, musicology and memes".[5][6][7] He also creates "Gig Vlogs", which give insight into his life as a professional musician in New York City.[8] As a musician, he performs as a solo artist, as a session musician, and as a member of a number of New York City-based ensembles, including the electro-jazz duo Sungazer (along with drummer Shawn Crowder), and the jazz bands Adam Neely's Jazz School and Aberdeen.

Education

Adam Neely graduated from Berklee College of Music with a B.A in Jazz Composition in 2009[2] and in 2012, received a Masters of Music in Jazz Composition from The Manhattan School of Music as directed under Jim McNeely.[9] He was awarded the Herb Alpert ASCAP Young Jazz Composer award in 2012 and 2015[6][10][11] as well as the Jerome Fund commission prize in 2014, for his work "Exigence".[12]

Career

Neely appeared on the BIMM podcast EP.8 to discuss his beginnings in music and approach to creating content.[13] He discussed bass and the role of social media with YouTube bass educator Scott Devine in this podcast.[14] He has also been interviewed by Music U.[15]

Neely is a founding member of the electro-jazz and electronic dance music (EDM) band Sungazer.[16] He regularly performs with rock band Bright and Loud, indie-soul group Jae Soto, his large ensemble Mass Extinction Event, and a number of singer-songwriters based in New York.[6]

On May 18–20, 2019, Adam Neely, as a member of the band Aberdeen, was hired by the United States Department of State to go to Kyrgyzstan on a three-day tour that included two concerts and a workshop. The first concert was held at the music venue Ololohaus Erkindik in Bishkek. The band was joined by the Kyrgyzstani band Choro in a collaborative concert of American rock music. They then held a workshop and masterclass for underprivileged and young students at first the A. Novoi School, located in the Osh region in southwest Kyrgyzstan, and then a select group of students within the Access Microscholarship program at the Osh Regional Library. They completed their ambassadorship with a concert at School #29 in the capital of Bishkek.[17][18]

In August 2019, Neely defended Katy Perry's use of an ostinato in the song "Dark Horse" after she was sued by the rapper Flame.[19][20][21]

In December 2019, Neely earned a spot in the New Yorker's annual Christmas Poem.[22]

Awards

  • Collaborative Emmy in "Outstanding New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle, and Culture" (2020)[23]
  • ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award (2011, 2012, 2014)
  • Jerome Fund Commission (2014)

Discography

EPs

  • 2014: Sungazer, Vol.1
  • 2019: Sungazer, Vol. 2

Albums

  • 2021: Beautiful and Tragic
  • 2021: How I Loved My Cat
  • 2021: Perihelion

Singles

  • 2017: Want to Want Me[24]

Remixes

  • 2017: Want to Want Me (Jason Derulo "djazz" remix)

Filmography

Animation

Live recording

  • 2018: DRUNK
  • 2018: Dream of Mahjong

Music video

  • 2014: Dream of Mahjong (ft. Ivan Jackson)
  • 2014: Sequence Start
  • 2014: I Walk Alone (ft. Justina Soto)
  • 2014: Level One
  • 2014: Ether (ft. Pier Luigi Salami)
  • 2015: Ostinato
  • 2015: Why We Fight
  • 2018: Bird on the Wing
  • 2021: Saria's Song (ft. The 8-Bit Big Band)[25]

References

  1. ^ Adam Neely: About. Retrieved November 23, 2020 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "Adam Neely". Berklee College of Music. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "About Adam Neely". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Adam Neely (@its_adamneely) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Allread, Landry (March 16, 2019). "YouTuber Adam Neely explores language as universal music". The Daily Texan. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Adam Neely". New Music USA. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Adam Neely". SXSW. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "Adam Neely - Loop 2017". Loop. 2017. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "Bio". adam neely. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "2015 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients Announced". ASCAP. February 5, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "2012 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards Recipients Announced". ASCAP. February 2, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  12. ^ "The Musician's Show - Adam Neely - WKCR 89.9FM NY". WKCR. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  13. ^ "Adam Neely - BIMM Podcatst EP.8". Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  14. ^ "In Conversation with Adam Neely and others". Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  15. ^ "The Power of Curiosity, with Adam Neely". February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  16. ^ Tagat, Anurag (February 13, 2020). "New York Jazz Artists Shubh Saran and Sungazer to Tour India This Month -". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  17. ^ "American Rock Brass Band Aberdeen from New York in Bishkek and Osh". U.S. Embassy in The Kyrgyz Republic. May 16, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  18. ^ I worked for the US State Department as a Jazz Diplomat, retrieved August 16, 2021
  19. ^ Adam Neely (August 2, 2019). "Why the Katy Perry/Flame lawsuit makes no sense". YouTube.
  20. ^ Jeremy Hobson and Serena McMahon (August 14, 2019). "Musician Says Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse' Copyright Infringement Verdict Sets A 'Dangerous Precedent'". WBUR-FM.
  21. ^ Rachel Yang (March 17, 2020). "Katy Perry scores win as judge rules 'Dark Horse' didn't copy Christian rap track". Entertainment Weekly.
  22. ^ Frazier, Ian (December 16, 2019). ""Greetings, Friends!" The New Yorker's 2019 Christmas Poem". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  23. ^ @its_adamneely (September 25, 2019). "Congrats Estelle! EMMY BABY" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "want to want me, by sungazer". sungazer. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  25. ^ "The 8-Bit Big Band". The 8-Bit Big Band. Retrieved August 7, 2023. Bass soloist on "Saria's Song" - Adam Neely

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