Rick Beato and Adam Neely 'Every Artist Dies Twice'

Adam and I have a great chat about a range of interesting topics including why we love videos about people quitting YouTube.

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[robboddice]

you guys are popular because you treat your audiences like adults. You share knowledge on the basis that you think it's worth sharing. People are starved of knowledge in traditional media. You remind us there is richness to life.

[marsrideroneofficial]

"Composers never die they just decompose" - George Canseco a legendary Filipino composer.

[norseman]

One big reason (of many big reasons) why Rick’s interviews are so good is the simple fact that the guests being interviewed have legitimate RESPECT for the interviewer. They can relate to Rick as “one of them”, so they are much more likely to open up. I agree with what other people have said… there should be a YouTube award for Rick’s interviewing successes.

[JavierBonnemaison]

I love this pair. Rick is a great interviewer, in part because he is so knowledgeable, but mainly because he can keep his train of thought while actually listening (is this perhaps a jazz musician thing?). Adam is such a nerd in the best of ways, and has an intense and humble intelligence that allows him to make incredibly insightful connections and talk about anything from a musical point of view. They are cultural treasures and much more than "youtubers" (they will outlast the platform).

[bartonone]

Adam Neely's video on "Garota de Ipanema" featuring Martina DaSilva is one of the best I have ever seen.
Chuck

[thecollective]

This interview has a direct music lesson for musicians of all sizes that has nothung to do with "AABA".
Rick and Adam are creating the "music" out of thin air. They had no real structure or form, they just decided to wing it.
This interview is so phenominal because they both listen to the other, they give each other space to feel it (talk), they support the other's "music" l, they sense when the "tune" is changing and go with it, and they are simply having fun.
Having been a working musician since the 80's, I can promise you even experienced musicians can learn this lesson.

[guitarjonn]

Great conversation, they should do this more of them. Rick's mentioning that Keith Jarrett had wished he had recorded with Wayne Shorter really got me thinking what an awesome collaboration that would have been.

[michaelmccrary]

Two of the finest music educators and explainers ever! Fascinating.

[Sonic_Egg]

this sort of ‘fly on the wall’ insight into a conversation like this between two musical doyens, makes me so grateful for this platform. thank you Rick and Adam - love both of your channels. cheers

[joshuafrank]

I loved this conversation! You guys are so well spoken and ask each other really poignant questions. This 80-year concept is fascinating to me because I've spent time thinking about what it means to be in the public consciousness and why some artists are remembered more deeply than others. I agree with Adam that education plays a large role – the aural and oral traditions keeping individuals alive – as well as the simple fact that other artists enjoy performing and doing renditions of what we call jazz standards. When something is good, it's undeniable, and you want to replicate it or put your own spin on it. Please keep doing these interesting discussions!

[philiploertscher_music]

I'm studying classical cello, and I did check out the Keith Jarrett interview. I've been watching yours and Adam's videos for years as a jazz outsider, and I keep coming back because I know there's something beautiful about it. That interview with Keith Jarrett was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I'd never heard of him before and I still don't comprehend much of what it's like to be a jazz musician, but I could feel his humanity through his playing. That was something. So thank you for doing what you do, educating, sharing history and theory, and documenting a bit of the lives of some amazing people.

[imCurveee]

Not only are classical music composers taught in school but their music is used so ubiquitously in movies, TV, commercials, etc. Even if people don't know all of their names, I'm sure most still know the melodies.

[budgetguitarist]

You guys could talk about the weather and everyone would be interested. Two of the best channels EVER.

[therej]

I actually talked about a similar discussion in my PhD dissertation. Events (and in your conversation artists) have a lifespan that has changed because of technological advances. Our traditions of sheet music and or oral/aural musical traditions shifted with the advent of recorded technology. I talked about how Blues music was a perfect example because it was primarily aural/oral and was passed down that way, but with recorded technology it changed our conception of what a musical event meant. Really great convo!

[alexandreazzalini-machecle]

Actually, Bach was apparently "forgotten" for a long time before being unearthed by Mendelssohn almost a century after his death.

[richarddoan]

Bach's reputation was elevated years after he died. He was an old-fashioned relic in his own time, as music was moving on to the classical style.

[leokimvideo]

Artists like The Bee Gees died 4 times during their long career but grew stronger after every death. Yet a YouTube producer only ever gets one short stab at popularity, there is rarely ever another time of mass popularity. So much of the online environment is fleeting, short stabs of being popular, whatever popular is. I should have quit 6 years ago when I was ahead of the curve. Hanging on has done some very serious damage to my health

[ashleycrawford]

I saw Rick in London last night, really enjoyed it. Thank you Rick for coming to London.

[chrisggoodwin]

"I'm not going to say his name, but I literally laughed out loud 😂😂😂 this was an extremely insightful interview. I continue to glean so much from Rick's channel

[leaningtower]

Wow amazing! Two of my favorite YouTubers in the music business. Thank you