Metal Musician Sucks at Jazz (w/ Adam Neely)

I suck at jazz.

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[stevetorster]

the motif of adam saying "i'm so sorry" quickly followed by rob's "i'm not" is music to my ears

[DavidBennettPiano]

I can’t wait to see Sca-Taylor release their first saxophone!

[brianbethea]

As a saxophone player, watching the blind lead the blind was painful but hilarious. Especially seeing the neck get pulled out to tune the instrument. Bless your hearts.

[trevorjackman]

Robs “When life gives you a saxophone, play it like a lead guitar” mindset is everything

[gso]

Overlooking the sax sounding like the CIA waterboarding a swan for information, it's amazing how Rob will already have the hang of what Adam's explaining by the time he's finished explaining it.

[bird]

The best call-and-response in this is Adam's "I'm sorry" and Rob's "i'm not"

[lfkw]

I love how happy Rob looks when Adam "allows" him to do a guitar solo

[EverythingN.Nothing]

"So jazz starts with the bass"
Rob's metal brain: "not the drums?"
"No, upright bass"
Rob's metal brain not computing: "sooo...not drums?"

[LS-jjsy]

as a saxophonist I will literally never judge rob for not being able to learn how to play a wind instrument in 10 minutes haha

[Bobbias]

Man, hearing Adam explain how the different instruments take care of different parts in jazz really helped me visualize that concept. I've heard the idea explained before, but hearing a concrete example of how the piano took up the voicing of the lower notes that Rob wanted to play on guitar really drove the whole thing home.

[OptimusSatanas]

When rob throttled that sax, the look of bewildered uncertainty on adam's face was priceless. He was so unsure if what he was hearing was terrible or about to go somewhere epic lmao

[hendrikvanderweerd]

10:33 Rob shreds on the piano and Adam still decides to tell him which key is the Bb, love it

[LucasNicolau-yskk]

This and the metal videos made me realize how a series about these two trying to learn to play different styles would be great, they have so much chemistry

[darilcorsner]

The amount of times rob says "really?" Is oddly profound. No matter how knowledgeable you are, and no matter how deep you've gone down the rabbit hole of genres and instruments, music is surprising to everyone at times.

Maybe I will pick up my instrument today

[ragnarockerbunny]

Adam and Rob have some of the best chemistry and the two of them super HAVE to collab again! It's crazy how much fun they are together.

[penttikoivuniemi]

I love the difference in attitude between you two: "I'm so sorry to all my friends who have dedicated their lives to the study of this wonderful instrument..." "I'M NOT" *continues figuring it out."

[maggiepie]

This could be the best jazz solo ever by a complete beginner saxophonist.

[jamesmarkham]

Count basie's guitarist played quarter notes for 40 years and never played a solo. Absolutely amazing commitment to the rhythm.

[mikemakesmusic]

Wow, I’m pretty impressed at how that all came together in the end. Adam really knows his stuff, and it never ceases to surprise me how quickly Rob can pick up random instruments.

[shanebentley]

As a jazz saxophonist, this did not disappoint. Absolutely loved all of this! Makes me really want to give this a try, I always thought it would be so much more complicated to put together a little jazz piece.
Can't wait to see Adam turn metal!

Makes me think of H. John Benjamin's music albums! Absolutely love it all!