How to make a Sungazer song [ft. Adam Neely]

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Sungazer is my band with bassist Adam Neely. In this video, we look at the recording & production process for the song "Electro". We walk through the process of creating drum parts, learning the song, recording the track, and producing the final version that you hear on the Sungazer Vol. 2 EP.

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Sungazer is:
○ Adam Neely - Bass, Production
○ Shawn Crowder - Drums

Featuring:
○ Jared Yee - Saxophone

[DioGhark]

now a video on how you manage to schedule all your music career, youtube videos, doing gigs and studying japanese at the same time.

[briancherry]

Adam - Just because you can write music on authoring software doesn't mean it can actually be played
Shawn - Challenge Accepted

[candyeatingmonster]

that synchrony at 12:58 is really satisfying

[Clinterus]

Watching trained, professional drummers at work always is a big ego killer--just shows what a massive gulf there is between them and the weekend warrior drumming-for-fun that I do!
It both makes me want to learn more and work harder on things, and makes it daunting to do so since I know how much work I have to do.

[matthewdeakin]

Awesome seeing this from the drummers perspective. Always wanted to see how you write for Sungazer, it’s really encouraged me to re-evaluate the way I write parts myself. Can we expect more videos like this?

[alexandernigro]

I was going to ask why Vol. 2 is only just now coming out if you recorded that song in 2016--

And then I remembered my pile of unfinished projects dating back at least 10 years and got sad.

[timworley]

i love the part about playing the song at 50% speed! this is a useful exercise for learning any song on any instrument! my drum teacher explained it to me like this. "its harder to play something at a stupid slow speed, but its easier to train your muscle memory and hold yourself accountable when there's space between the notes. once you've got it speeding it up becomes easy"

when i say all instruments, i really mean it too! i play both drums and bass. its helped so much with both! and also playing in a band situation, it can really clear up alot of riffs and fills if you're unsure about how something goes (not every musician is a pro with a DAW unfortunately. i myself am just starting to learn)

[ukrdima]

10:28 nested triplets inside of quintuplets... An idea for Adam's video: how deep you can go...

[booyeah]

Your ability to play polyrhythms on top of grooves that just straight up bounce is incredible. Honestly the only other drummer I've seen do stuff as rhythmically complex as this is Matt Garstka. I'm not really a drummer, but this just shows me how there really is no limit as far as technical proficiency on the drums.

[ndykman_pdx]

I honestly am scared to even think about what rhythms would be actually too hard for you to play. I'm not say you don't have to work at it, but what you can work out is frankly remarkable.

[garygordon]

please make this an adam neely but for drums channel

[iskandertime]

Hey Shawn, you have the best drum face in the game! Thanks for this, it's fascinating to see your creative flow.

[themandownstairs]

As someone who never understood the writing process for drums, this is amazing

[bigweld]

its so nice to see all the hard work that goes into your drumming b/c its always ON POINT in sungazer tracks

[kamisawze]

That tension feeling when the bass drops out is like hitting the vertex of jump. That’s the part in music videos and action scenes when everything goes slow mo and weightless. I love it.

[rodrigodepierola]

Sungazer's music is not quite my thing, but seeing the process makes the result more enjoyable.

[tacos]

As a non-drummer composer who writes his own MIDI drum parts, I found this kind of content fantastic. Thanks so much for giving us an insight about your writing and production process, can't wait to see more from you!

[enkiea]

Dope. I've now heard 2 Sungazer tunes; this one and "drunk" and really enjoyed them both. Excited to hear the rest of the EP. God, I need a drummer like you in my life.

[lourencojacome]

I've never seen so much detail go into a drum part.... incredible.

[kevinenriquez]

And from this we learn, great things take time, practice, and disciple