Adam Neely

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Adam Neely
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

    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

    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. 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. 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

    External links

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