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Adam Neely
Personal information
Born1988 (age 35–36)
NationalityAmerican
EducationBerklee College of Music
(Class of 2009)[1]
Manhattan School of Music
(Class of 2012)[1]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present[2]
Subscribers1.1 million[2][3]
Total views118.5 million[2][3]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: July 26, 2020

Adam Michael Neely (born 1988[4][5]) is a New York City-based YouTuber, bassist, and composer. His channel contains a mix of musical history, theory, and popular culture video essays.[6][7][8] He also creates "Gig Vlogs", which give insight into the life of a professional musician.[9]

Career

He graduated from Berklee College of Music's undergraduate program in 2009.[1] He was awarded the Herb Alpert ASCAP Young Jazz Composer award in 2012 and 2015[7][4][10] as well as the Jerome Fund commission prize in 2014, for his work "Exigence".[11]

He has made appearances on NPR, TEDx, Vox, SiriusXM, SXSW, Ableton Loop, MAGFest, Bass Player Magazine, Electronic Musician Magazine and Ultimate Guitar. He has since worked as a bass player and educator in New York City with artists like Shubh Saran,[12] Zac Zinger,[13] the NYChillharmonic,[14] The 8-Bit Big Band, J-Music Ensemble,[15] and many others. Adam Neely frequently plays gigs with jazz/indie rock brass band Aberdeen.[16]

Neely is a founding member of the electrojazz and EDM band Sungazer.[17] He regularly performs with rock band Bright and Loud, indie-soul group Jae Soto, his large ensemble Mass Extinction Event, and a number of up and coming singer-songwriters on the New York scene.[7]

In December 2019, Neely earned a spot in the New Yorker's annual Christmas Poem.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Adam Neely". Berklee College of Music. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Adam Neely: About. Retrieved April 22, 2020 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ a b "About Adam Neely". YouTube.
  4. ^ a b "2015 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients Announced". ASCAP. February 5, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Adam Neely (@adamneelybass) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  6. ^ Allread, Landry (March 16, 2019). "YouTuber Adam Neely explores language as universal music". The Daily Texan. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Adam Neely". New Music USA. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "Adam Neely". SXSW. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "Adam Neely - Loop 2017". Loop. 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  10. ^ "2012 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards Recipients Announced". ASCAP. February 2, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "The Musician's Show - Adam Neely - WKCR 89.9FM NY". WKCR. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  12. ^ Neely, Adam (December 16, 2019). "My Band's First Tour". YouTube. Retrieved April 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Neely, Adam (February 4, 2019). "I played 23 Video Game Covers at the Bit Awards | Gig Vlog". YouTube. Retrieved April 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Neely, Adam (February 24, 2020). "Touring with a Prog Rock Big Band". YouTube. Retrieved April 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Neely, Adam (May 6, 2019). "Mixing Jazz and J-Pop". YouTube. Retrieved April 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Neely, Adam (February 18, 2019). "I played a gig with a 20-piece band | Gig Vlog". YouTube. Retrieved April 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Frazier, Ian (December 16, 2019). ""Greetings, Friends!" The New Yorker's 2019 Christmas Poem". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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