Democratic Chord Writing – Music Games with Adam Neely and Ben Levin
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18.11.2022
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aaahhhh!, Both of you guys drive me nuts! Specially Ben. He's got such far fetched, far out concepts. I have not heard such a great idea like this before. That's crazy good.
Fully support jam dating, that sounds awesome. Especially since music is so personal, it gives each of you a chance to examine the other's tastes and your own overall compatibility with each other and each other's musicality.
Now all I need is to find a girl who actually cares about music enough to jam with and isn't ugly or dumb.
Adam talked about stratification in one of his Q+A's, where as long as the notes are far apart from each other, it doesn't really matter if they're dissonant or not. That has to be the only reason why those clickbait chords sound ok.
aaahhhh!, Both of you guys drive me nuts! Specially Ben. He's got such far fetched, far out concepts. I have not heard such a great idea like this before. That's crazy good.
this is so inspiring
Very inspiring but two things: let Adam do some transitional runs and find something to cap it off, perhaps a solid diatonic chord.
Fully support jam dating, that sounds awesome. Especially since music is so personal, it gives each of you a chance to examine the other's tastes and your own overall compatibility with each other and each other's musicality.
Now all I need is to find a girl who actually cares about music enough to jam with and isn't ugly or dumb.
Are my standards too high?
maKe sUrE tHe bAss aNd tHe GuitAr arE iN thE sAme kEy
If it has a minor second, Adam approves
I love these videos. At the start I'm thinking "Ok, crazy wacky BS music incoming." A few minutes later and I'm loving what you come up with!
"You can say no" it's something I'll start to say more often
Please tell me someone else thinks the first 4 chords sounded good as a progression
Those first few chords you guys played almost sounded like Kayo Dot's "The Antique". It's not exact, but the vibe is there.
Seagull – great guitar, great value and Canadian! Sorry
3:54 lofi hiphop radio – beats to study/relax to
Would be even more fun to do with 4 people and everyone just choose one note.
Reminds me of Kurt rosewinkel ' Polish song'
Man that was super neat! I love the sax on top of it and that slow beat boxing too.
Gives me some Kayo Dot/maudlin of the Well vibes 🙂
Legit shit
That's just Biblical Chord Writing
Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
Insta sad lo-fi hip-hop on a rainy megapolis day
I come back to this video every once in a while just to hear that movement at 1:35, so good.
This was actually really great, cant wait to try it with someone.
it's weird how almost all the chords you liked were chords with minor 2nds
I'm stealing all the changes you guys didn't like. Thanks for the free ideas, suckers! 😛
Did they ever develop this idea into a full song? I watched the whole vid twice and listened to the "song" twice more just for the pleasure of it.
"Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator."
– Adam's shirt
i freaking love Seagull guitars
Such a wholesome video, thank you
This sounds like an Animals as Leaders song
got that noir noir
Beefheart chords
Adam talked about stratification in one of his Q+A's, where as long as the notes are far apart from each other, it doesn't really matter if they're dissonant or not. That has to be the only reason why those clickbait chords sound ok.
Great game. Just deliberation alone can help so much
This sucks
Adam: 😐
1:05 Adam? I thought I knew all the chords
Sounds like the band Sleepytime gorilla museum…🤘 Awesome band btw
Omg, hermoso
Ben Gershwin
Sounds a lot like Djavan! You guys should check it out
4:01 that was nice
"you're gonna find the Ⅰ that way."
I still wish this was turned into a full song
wow
Adam Neely looks a lot younger 5 years forward.
So that's how you write lo-fi hip hop! 🤔
Ammaj7/C
Emin7
Gmaj13
Gm/A
Bmaj7(b9)/D#
Sounds like Derick Bailey. But this sounds better.
"It's so romantic. You'll really find the One that way."
Adam is on fire.
this is such a cool idea and it sounded so interesting and actually worked really well
Remember when this came out. Wild. Miss these two weirdos doin weird stuff but glad they’re still around makin their own weird stuff