Q+A #23 - "I hate your gig vlogs", jazz jobs, and what makes an Xmas song

Thanks to Malachi White, Michael LaViola, Vincent Mouzon, Rope Dsbm, Nick Adams, Alex Hernandez, Peter Marsh, rbapf, Jorge Pulido, Adam Pierce, Luca Elizabeth July, Brett Burner, Listen Carefully, Dylan Glas, 21 25, Drew Morgan, Objectivityiskey, Filip Torres, TheOfficialLilWiebe, Timothy Brown, Carlo Dominic, Topcturvee1, Asa Peters, Jacob Moreno, AEFic, James Gaskell and Daniel Vivanco for your insightful questions! Bobby McFerrin learns you good.    • Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of t...   SUPPORT ME ON PATREON   / adamneely   AFFILIATE LINK - 10% off lessons from reverblessons.com http://bit.ly/2esxMfK FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS   / adamneely     / its_adamneely   BACKGROUND MUSIC/MUSIC FROM THE BEGINNING http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com 0:13 Melodic/chordal use of the bass guitar 1:01 Nancarrow is the scientists from Jurassic Park 1:09 On racist perceptions of black jazz intellectualism 2:54 Speed and reading standard notation 3:49 Cameras on gig blogs 4:09 What makes a Christmas song? 4:45 Adam’s music sounds bad, and the ways of listening to music 5:35 Careers in music are wars of attrition 6:43 Recording in recording studios, and how it doesn’t exist anymore in NYC 7:32 Is it professional to use a short scale? 8:30 Brief thoughts on the Misa Tribass, 9:20 Brief thoughts on the new Animals as Leaders record 9:46 Stravinsky, Laphroig, and DJ Mashups 10:34 Relationships of Japanese characters to Tab/Standard notation 11:06 “jazz jobs” 11:57 French horn players on the bandstand 12:23 Adam is the musical Bill Nye….but somehow this doesn’t feel like a compliment. Seriously, check this one out. 13:13 Jazz musicians learn classical history, but not vice versa 14:44 The emotional experience of ke$ha 14:49 The tone is in the hands? 15:52 Your gig blogs are pure bullshit! I don’t want to play gigs like those! 16:31 What sort of pedal are you using on Gig Vlog 3? 17:01 Is Ableton good for composition and production? 17:39 Music schools don’t teach you how bad it is 18:37 The cultural relativism of “emotion” being tied to certain chords, scales, etc. 20:13 How did you drive views to your channel? 21:05 Stimpy Lockjaw Peace, Adam