I played a show using only the 1991 Casio Rapman

It was...kind of a dumb idea. But it was a useful exercise in creativity.

JAE SOTO joined me...

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[finnChitwood]

“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” -Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Apendices

[arronviolin]

Love it.
“The more chords you know, the more courage it takes to not play them.”
-Jacob Collier

[yungtown]

Bless you, and this beautiful wonderful video you’ve created. Stay encouraged Dude.

[hansgrueber]

5:23 - Ravel composed that for a pianist who lost his right arm in WW1.

[gazelle]

Thought this guy looked like Adam Neely then I looked at the channel and it's actually Adam Neely wtf

[richsackett]

Now the price for a Rapman is going to go through the roof. Damn you hipsters and your gentrification of technology.

[shneershiishonest]

Ah wow, my older brother got one of these for his 9th birthday but he wasn't really interested in music so I played it more than him. Being poor as a kid, this was basically my first instrument and it helped to spark my passion for playing and creating music.

Years later my parents bought a video game called 'Music 2000' for my older brother, and that was seriously fun! I guess I never really knew it but I've probably been creating music for 20 years or so haha.

Great video as usual!

[mydude_]

I just came here for the kicks, and what I got was a deep, meaningful, educational and entertaining video.

Thank you. Good job.

[AshenRJ]

Adam, there's something on your head.

[khendar]

"You're free to choose whatever it is that you want, and you become kind of depressed because you don't really know what you want."

Get out of my head man.

[lightningjimmyjoejohnson]

He turned a dumb 90s toy keyboard into a thought provoking video . . nice job man :)

[alissonshore]

you solved my 5 year dillema. Thank you Adam.

[poohcom]

Damn this was eye-opening. I've been juggling with the idea with limitations for a while now but can't quite put it to words. But you really nailed the topic and I thank you for that!

[RCAvhstape]

Pro tip: make sure the singer and the Casio are in the same key.

[AndrewColyerMusic]

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!!! I ACTUALLY STILL HAVE MY CASIO RAPMAN!!! I wrote and recorded some fun songs and demos with it, from 1991 to 1993. I thought it was actually kind of a cool little instrument, and never had the heart to part with it. So happy and excited that you used it for a live gig, and demoed it here on your channel!! Great way to be brave and creative. :-)

[markhenryabello]

It's fantastic what you did!
Back in 1991 I was a salesman and demonstrator for Casio musical instruments and when the Rapman was introduced into the market, me and my colleagues milked every bit of creativity from ourselves to produce anything out of the Rapman. The results were amazing. It was challenging and exciting!

[bryandukeBrynyab]

William Wordsworth describes Adam’s point as “the weight of too much liberty” in this sonnet.
Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their cells;
And students with their pensive citadels;
Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom,
Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom,
High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells,
Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells:
In truth the prison, into which we doom
Ourselves, no prison is: and hence for me,
In sundry moods, ’twas pastime to be bound
Within the Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some Souls (for such there needs must be)
Who have felt the weight of too much liberty,
Should find brief solace there, as I have found.

[FizzyK-]

You should send this to *The 8-bit guy* and do a video on it together.

[palmbeachdude]

I had a hemiola once, and I went to the doctor to get it taken care of.

[JeredtheShy]

I gotta say, if that gig was any sort of success it's because you managed to engage a really, really good singer.