# Adam Neely > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Neely > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Neely.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neely > Source revision: 1347321622 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American YouTuber and musician (born 1988)}} {{good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date = April 2019}} {{Use American English|date = April 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Neely | logo_caption = | image = Adam Neely Aberdeen-Group-Shot-3-1 (cropped).jpg | caption = Neely in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1988}} | instrument = {{hlist|[Bass guitar](/source/Bass_guitar)}} | genre = {{hlist|[Jazz](/source/Jazz)|[electronic](/source/Electronic_music)|[indie](/source/Independent_music)|[nu jazz](/source/nu_jazz)|[EDM](/source/Electronic_dance_music)}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|composer|[YouTuber](/source/List_of_YouTube_personalities)|record producer|educational entertainer}} | years_active = 2006–present{{Cite AV media |via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube) |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5/about |title=Adam Neely: About |accessdate=November 23, 2020}} | label = | current_member_of = | website = {{Official URL}} | module = {{Infobox social media personality | child = yes | youtube_handle = AdamNeely | youtube_display_name = Adam Neely | youtube_years_active = | youtube_genre = | youtube_subscribers = 1.82 million | youtube_views = 257 million | stats_update = April 5, 2026 }} }} '''Adam Neely''' (born 1988) is an American [bassist](/source/bassist), [YouTuber](/source/YouTuber), and [jazz](/source/jazz) musician based in New York City. His YouTube content includes Q&A videos, [vlog](/source/vlog)s about performing music, and [video essay](/source/video_essay)s about online music culture. As a musician, he performs with groups including the [electro-jazz](/source/electro-jazz) duo Sungazer (with drummer Shawn Crowder) and the instrumental band Aberdeen. Neely began playing [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar) and composing [jazz](/source/jazz) music in high school. He studied jazz composition at [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music) and the [Manhattan School of Music](/source/Manhattan_School_of_Music). He began making YouTube content in 2006, initially creating lessons for bass guitarists before shifting toward [edutainment](/source/edutainment) about [music theory](/source/music_theory) in the 2010s. He and similar YouTubers established the community of Music Theory YouTube, and he became a celebrity among music theory communities. He created a 2019 [internet challenge](/source/internet_challenge) that involved playing 7-over-11 [polyrhythm](/source/polyrhythm)s at [7-Eleven](/source/7-Eleven) stores. He has made videos discussing [musical copyright cases](/source/List_of_songs_subject_to_plagiarism_disputes) such as ''[Gray v. Perry](/source/Gray_v._Perry)''. He collaborated with music theorist [Philip Ewell](/source/Philip_Ewell) on a 2020 video essay, "Music Theory and White Supremacy". == Education == Adam Neely was born in 1988.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/its_adamneely/|title=Adam Neely (@its_adamneely) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2021-12-09}} His mother, Cathryn Frazier-Neely,{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqYft12nV4 |title=The most elegant key change in all of pop music |date=April 16, 2021 |last=Neely |first=Adam |type=Video |time=11:33}} worked as a singer and instructor of [avant-garde](/source/Avant-garde_music) classical music. Neely began playing [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar) when he joined a band in high school and gained more interest in the instrument after attending a [jazz](/source/jazz) concert by [Dave Brubeck](/source/Dave_Brubeck) and bassist [Christian McBride](/source/Christian_McBride). He joined his [school jazz band](/source/School_band) and began composing music, with the support of his teacher. Adam Neely graduated from [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music) with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in Jazz Composition in 2009{{cite web|title=Adam Neely|url=https://www.berklee.edu/bt/alumnotes/adam-neely|access-date=April 16, 2019|website=[Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music)}} and in 2012, received a [Masters of Music](/source/Master_of_Music) in Jazz Composition from the [Manhattan School of Music](/source/Manhattan_School_of_Music) as directed under [Jim McNeely](/source/Jim_McNeely).{{Cite web|title=Bio|url=http://www.adamneely.com/about|access-date=2021-08-03|website=adam neely|language=en-US}} He was awarded the [Herb Alpert](/source/Herb_Alpert) [ASCAP](/source/ASCAP) Young Jazz Composer award in 2012 and 2015{{Cite web|title=Adam Neely|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/adamneely/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416171146/https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/adamneely/|archive-date=April 16, 2019|website=[New Music USA](/source/New_Music_USA)|language=en}}{{cite news|date=February 5, 2015|title=2015 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients Announced|work=ASCAP|url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2015/0204-herb-alpert-young-jazz-composer-award-recipients|access-date=April 16, 2019}}{{cite news|date=February 2, 2012|title=2012 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards Recipients Announced|work=ASCAP|url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0201_foundation_young_jazz|access-date=April 16, 2019}} as well as the Jerome Fund commission prize in 2014, for his work "Exigence".{{cite web|title=The Musician's Show - Adam Neely - WKCR 89.9FM NY|url=https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/musicians-show-adam-neely|access-date=April 16, 2019|website=[WKCR](/source/WKCR-FM)}} Neely initially planned on a career in academia. == Career == Neely began making [YouTube](/source/YouTube) videos in 2006{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=171}} and regularly posted while attending Berklee. Neely's initially made videos teaching bass guitar, inspired by the burgeoning [DIY](/source/DIY) culture of music lessons by amateurs.{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=171}} Like other music-themed YouTubers of the time, he mentioned [music theory](/source/music_theory) only as part of instrument lessons.{{sfn|Grasso|Arnold|2022}} He focused on being a full-time [YouTuber](/source/YouTuber) at the suggestion of a friend after experiencing [burnout](/source/Occupational_burnout) from his job as a [gig](/source/Gig_worker) musician. Neely integrated the strategies of viral music content creators and of broader edutainment creators. As his audience expanded beyond bass players, he diversified his content to include [music video](/source/music_video)s, [reharmonization](/source/reharmonization)s of songs, and "gig [vlog](/source/vlog)s".{{sfn|Wolf|2024|pp=171–172}} Music YouTubers such as Neely, [Rick Beato](/source/Rick_Beato), Aimee Nolte, and 12tone shifted toward [curiosity content](/source/Edutainment), teaching advanced music theory to a general audience, around 2016.{{sfn|Grasso|Arnold|2022}} His 2018 [livestream](/source/livestream) series ''Musica Analytica'' consisted of conversations with YouTubers 12tone, Sideways, and 8-bit Music Theory. This introduced these YouTubers to each other's audiences, contributing to the establishment of the [Music Theory YouTube](/source/Music_Theory_YouTube) genre.{{sfn|Grasso|Arnold|2022}} In a 2018 review of the movie ''[Whiplash](/source/Whiplash_(2014_film))'', he criticized it for misrepresenting jazz culture and using it only as a plot point.{{Cite news |last=Neilan |first=Dan |date=November 26, 2018 |title=This jazz musician is not a fan of Whiplash |url=https://www.avclub.com/this-jazz-musician-is-not-a-fan-of-whiplash-1830656595 |access-date=January 18, 2025 |work=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)}} He presented a talk at SXSW 2019 analyzing spoken language through the lens of music.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailytexan.com/2019/03/16/youtuber-adam-neely-explores-language-as-universal-music|title=YouTuber Adam Neely explores language as universal music|last=Allred|first=Landry|date=March 16, 2019|work=[The Daily Texan](/source/The_Daily_Texan)|access-date=January 18, 2025}} {{external media |float=right |headerimage=alt=YouTube logo|x20px|center |video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CgR2Y6XO4 7:11 Polyrhythms]}} Neely originated an [internet challenge](/source/internet_challenge) called "7-Eleven polyrhythms" in early 2019. He posted videos on YouTube and [Instagram](/source/Instagram) showing how to play a 7-over-11 [polyrhythm](/source/polyrhythm) and told people to play the rhythm at a [7-Eleven](/source/7-Eleven) store. Neely combined the popularity of the difficulty of polyrhythms with an iconic number, saying, "Memes can be a way to musical aptitude." Hundreds of social media users attempted the challenge; some failed.{{sfn|Piilonen|2022}} A YouTube video by Alex Becerra of [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), titled "Playing a 7/11 polyrhythm inside a 7-Eleven on July 11th at 7:11 for 7 minutes and 11 seconds", received millions of views and was positively reviewed by Kevin Cortez of ''[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)''{{sfn|Piilonen|2022}}{{sfn|Gesoff|2023|p=29}} Other versions involved people using one hand to play [The Lick](/source/The_Lick) and the other to play a song like "[All Star](/source/All_Star_(song))" or "[Never Gonna Give You Up](/source/Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up)".{{sfn|Gesoff|2023|p=29}} The trend became one of the most popular music theory memes.{{sfn|Piilonen|2022}} Neely has made videos about [musical copyright disputes](/source/List_of_songs_subject_to_plagiarism_disputes).{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Stolen or Original? Hear Songs From 7 Landmark Copyright Cases. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/music/music-copyright-lawsuits-ed-sheeran-blurred-lines.html |url-access=limited |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}} In the case ''[Gray v. Perry](/source/Gray_v._Perry)'', he said that a jury's decision "sets a dangerous precedent" by ruling that [Katy Perry](/source/Katy_Perry)'s song "[Dark Horse](/source/Dark_Horse_(Katy_Perry_song))" had copied an [ostinato](/source/ostinato) from "Joyful Noise" by [Flame](/source/Flame_(rapper)). He argued that other aspects of the songs were not similar and that the ostinato was too unoriginal to be copyrightable.{{Cite news |last1=Hobson |first1=Jeremy |last2=McMahon |first2=Serena |date=August 14, 2019 |title=Musician Says Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse' Copyright Infringement Verdict Sets A 'Dangerous Precedent' |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/08/14/katy-perry-dark-horse-copyright-infringement-case |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[WBUR](/source/WBUR)}} His video about the case received a [YouTube copyright strike](/source/YouTube_copyright_strike) by [Warner Chappell Music](/source/Warner_Chappell_Music) for featuring "Dark Horse", despite the fact that the segment cited in the claim actually used "Joyful Noise". In a follow-up video, Neely criticized that Warner Chappell "specifically [targeted]" him despite his support of their case.{{Cite journal |last=Edmondson |first=Hannah |date=Spring 2024 |title=Interpolation, Litigation, and Copyright Confusion: How the Music Industry's Influence Is Hindering Creativity |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/oklrv76&id=1&collection=journals&index= |journal=Oklahoma Law Review |volume=76 |issue=3 |page=789 |via=[HeinOnline](/source/HeinOnline)}}{{Cite journal |last=Gersham Johnson |date=2022-02-02 |title=The Last Line of Defense: Addressing Section 512(g)'s Dwindling Capacity to Protect Educational Fair Users on the Internet |url=https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/lawandarts/article/view/9167 |journal=The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts |volume=45 |issue=2 |page=290 |doi=10.52214/jla.v45i2.9167 |issn=2161-9271|doi-access=free }} In a video about the suit against [Ed Sheeran](/source/Ed_Sheeran) over similarities between his song "[Thinking Out Loud](/source/Thinking_Out_Loud)" and [Marvin Gaye](/source/Marvin_Gaye)'s "[Let's Get It On](/source/Let's_Get_It_On)", he compared it to ''[Pharrell Williams v. Bridgeport Music](/source/Pharrell_Williams_v._Bridgeport_Music)''. He said, "The fear is that you can own a groove. And because you can own a groove, you can own genre." {{external media |float=right |headerimage=alt=YouTube logo|x20px|center |video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3quGh7pJA Music Theory and White Supremacy]}} Neely published a 44-minute video essay titled, "Music Theory and White Supremacy", in 2020. It featured music theory professor [Philip Ewell](/source/Philip_Ewell), who had authored a controversial paper the same year arguing that the field of music theory largely promotes an [ethnocentric](/source/ethnocentric) view of music by disproportionately teaching the techniques of 18th-century [Western classical music](/source/Western_classical_music). In the video, Neely argues Western music theory emphasizes outdated concepts like [figured bass](/source/figured_bass) while inadequately describing traditions such as [Indian classical music](/source/Indian_classical_music). The video introduced Ewell's [anti-racist](/source/anti-racist) perspective to a large audience. A thread about it on the [subreddit](/source/subreddit) r/musictheory had many commenters who argued against it.{{sfn|Lavengood|Mitchell|2022}} The video received 500,000 views within days of publication.{{Cite news |last=Rogerson |first=Ben |date=September 11, 2020 |title=Is music theory racist? Adam Neely argues that the harmonic style of 18th Century European musicians has become the default |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/is-music-theory-racist-adam-neely-argues-that-the-harmonic-style-of-18th-century-european-musicians-has-become-the-default |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[MusicRadar](/source/MusicRadar)}} In a video about "[The Girl from Ipanema](/source/The_Girl_from_Ipanema)", he argued that the version of the song in the ''[Real Book](/source/Real_Book)'' loses the complexity of the original [bossa nova](/source/bossa_nova) song in order to fit within the jazz tradition.{{Cite journal |last1=Jamar |first1=Steven D. |title=A Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual Property Protection for Folk Music |date=2021-11-10 |journal=The Oxford Handbook of Music Law and Policy |editor-last=O'Connor |editor-first=Seán M. |url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/35420/chapter/371719525 |access-date=2025-01-18 |edition=1 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190872243.013.26 |isbn=978-0-19-087224-3 |last2=Mtima |first2=Lateef|url-access=subscription }} In a September 2023 deep dive video titled, "Is Laufey Jazz?", he analyzed the stylistic choices and "cultural foundations" of [Laufey](/source/Laufey_(singer)), classifying her music as [mid-century pop](/source/Traditional_pop) with various influences.{{Cite news |last=Russonello |first=Giovanni |date=November 2, 2023 |title=Laufey's Old-Time Pop Is Smooth. Its Relationship to Jazz Is Spikier. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/arts/music/laufey.html |url-access=limited |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}{{Cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Kristin |date=January 11, 2024 |title=Welcome to Laufey Land — Where Gen Z Meets Jazz |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/laufey-jazz-future-tiktok-gen-z-cover-story-interview-1235578792/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}}{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Laufey is a trad-pop superstar (and that's enough) |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1227976838/laufey-grammys-jazz-pop |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[NPR](/source/NPR)}}{{Cite journal |last=Sobol |first=Elad |date=January 2025 |title=Jet-Lagged Jazz History: Teaching on the Other Side of the World |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/949470 |journal=Jazz Education in Research and Practice |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=55 |doi=10.2979/jerp.00005 |issn=2639-7676|url-access=subscription }} === Music performance === thumb|upright|Neely performing in Indianapolis, Indiana in January 2025 with saxophonist Jared Yee. Neely is the bassist and a founding member of the [electro-jazz](/source/electro-jazz) band Sungazer alongside drummer Shawn Crowder. The band went on tour in 2018. In March 2020, Sungazer and [Shubh Saran](/source/Shubh_Saran) went on the Shubhgazer tour, performing at five cities in India. The band debuted its second [EP](/source/Extended_play), ''Sungazer vol. 2'', on the tour.{{cite news |last1=Tagat |first1=Anurag |title=New York Jazz Artists Shubh Saran and Sungazer to Tour India This Month - |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/new-york-jazz-artists-shubh-saran-and-sungazer-to-tour-india-this-month/ |access-date=2020-05-14 |work=Rolling Stone India |date=2020-02-13}} In 2024, Sungazer was a supporting act for a North American tour by guitarist [Plini](/source/Plini).{{Cite news |last=Roche |first=Sam |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Plini announces North American tour with Jakub Zytecki and Sungazer |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/plini-north-america-headline-tour |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[Guitar World](/source/Guitar_World)}} On May 18–20, 2019, Adam Neely, as a member of the band Aberdeen, was hired by the [United States Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) to go to [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan). Their tour consisted of a rock concert at the Ololohaus Erkindik in [Bishkek](/source/Bishkek), joined by the Kyrgyz band Choro; a workshop for students at the A. Novoi School in the [Osh Region](/source/Osh_Region), then at the Osh Regional Library; and a concert at School #29 in Bishkek.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-16|title=American Rock Brass Band Aberdeen from New York in Bishkek and Osh|url=https://kg.usembassy.gov/american-rock-brass-band-aberdeen-from-new-york-in-bishkek-and-osh/|access-date=2021-08-16|archive-date=May 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517163500/https://kg.usembassy.gov/american-rock-brass-band-aberdeen-from-new-york-in-bishkek-and-osh/|website=U.S. Embassy in The Kyrgyz Republic|language=en-US |last1=Bishkek |first1=U. S. Embassy }}{{Citation|title=I worked for the US State Department as a Jazz Diplomat| date=June 8, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oSHxPAFA5s|language=en|access-date=2021-08-16}} He has also performed with the electro-jazz and [djent](/source/djent)-influenced inside//outside, the rock band Bright and Loud, the [indie soul](/source/indie_soul) band sóto, the [ensemble](/source/Musical_ensemble) Mass Extinction Event, and other New York City artists. == Style == Neely's YouTube content includes [vlog](/source/vlog)s, short [video essay](/source/video_essay)s, Q&A videos, and deep dives about musical trends.{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=172}} Several of his video essays deal with [internet culture](/source/internet_culture), with topics including the [vaporwave](/source/vaporwave) genre and the trend of [sea shanties](/source/sea_shanties) on [TikTok](/source/TikTok).{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=172}} He told the magazine ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))'' that his video topics were, "the stuff I get excited about", rather than what is covered in [music education](/source/music_education).{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=172}} His Q&A videos have titles and thumbnails that feature a single question to draw in viewers.{{sfn|Grasso|Arnold|2022}} His "gig vlogs" give insight into his work as a professional musician in New York City and around the world.{{cite web|url=https://loop.ableton.com/2017/participants/adam-neely/|title=Adam Neely - Loop 2017|date=2017|publisher=Loop|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004112513/https://loop.ableton.com/2017/participants/adam-neely/|url-status=dead}} Neely films his videos at his apartment in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). He co-writes original scores for his videos and edits them using [Final Cut Pro](/source/Final_Cut_Pro) to match the timing of the music.{{Cite news |last=Harnisch |first=Lukas |date=April 1, 2021 |title=Making Music Theory Entertaining |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/04/adam-neely-interview/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))}} Neely is a celebrity within [online communities](/source/online_communities) about music theory who has inspired [internet meme](/source/internet_meme)s and influenced an online jazz movement.{{sfn|Gesoff|2023|pp=10}}{{Cite news |last=Cush |first=Andy |date=January 31, 2023 |title=The New Weird Virtuosos Making Jazz for the Post-Internet Age |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-new-weird-virtuosos-making-jazz-for-the-post-internet-age/ |access-date=January 18, 2025 |work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))}} His [inside joke](/source/inside_joke)s incorporate memes and music theory content, contributing to the viral spread of his content.{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=173–174}} He creates collaborations with YouTubers with dissimilar musical niches, such as [Rob Scallon](/source/Rob_Scallon).{{sfn|Wolf|2024|p=182}} == Awards == * ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award (2011, 2012, 2014) * Jerome Fund Commission (2014) == Discography == === As Adam Neely === {| class="wikitable" |+ Albums and EPs{{Cite web |title=Music {{!}} Adam Neely |url=https://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com/music |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=[Bandcamp](/source/Bandcamp)}} ! Year !! Title |- | 2014 || ''time//motion//wine'' |- | 2018 || ''Gig Vlog M I X T A P E vol. 1'' |- | rowspan=2 | 2019 || ''two microtonal lo-fi jams'' |- | ''Christmas Microtonal Lo-Fi Hip Hop EP'' |- | rowspan=2 | 2020 || ''polytonal lo-fi'' |- | ''A Very 15/16 Christmas'' |- | 2025 || ''The Way Under'' (with [Lau Noah](/source/Lau_Noah)) |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Singles ! Year !! Title |- | 2016 || "優待 k m a r t ジ​ャ​ズ" |- | rowspan=2 | 2017 || "Clarity" (with Little Kruta) |- | "[Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas](/source/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas)" (feat. Justina Maria Sóto) |- | rowspan=2 | 2018 || "no pride (leonard bernstein remix)" |- | "the '15 minute tune{{' "}} |- | rowspan=2 | 2019 || "7:11" |- | "...it ain't my fault..." |- | rowspan=3 | 2020 || "we got people playing pianos" |- | "g a r o t a" |- | "a.i. lo-fi #1" |- | 2020 || "[Castaways](/source/Castaways_(song))" (ft. [Martina DaSilva](/source/Martina_DaSilva)) |- | 2022 || "in this moment" |} === With Sungazer === {| class="wikitable" |+ Albums and EPs{{Cite web |title=Music {{!}} sungazer |url=https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/music |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=[Bandcamp](/source/Bandcamp)}} ! Year !! Title |- | 2014 || ''sungazer vol. I'' |- | 2019 || ''sungazer vol. 2'' |- | 2021 || ''Perihelion'' |- | 2024 || ''Against the Fall of Night'' |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Singles ! Year !! Title |- | 2017 || "[Want to Want Me](/source/Want_to_Want_Me)" ([Jason Derulo](/source/Jason_Derulo) cover) |- | rowspan=2 | 2024 || "Against the Fall of Night" |- | "Cool 7" |} == References == {{Reflist}} === Primary sources === {{Reflist|group=an}} === Works cited === * {{Cite book |url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/37086 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Public Music Theory |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-755155-4 |editor-last=Jenkins |editor-first=J. Daniel |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197551554.001.0001}} ** {{harvc |last1=Grasso |first1=Julianne |last2=Arnold |first2=Cory |c=Music Theory YouTube |in=Jenkins |year=2022}} ** {{harvc |last=Piilonen |first=Miriam |c=Music Theory and Social Media |in=Jenkins |year=2022}} ** {{harvc |last1=Lavengood |first1=Megan L. |last2=Mitchell |first2=Nathaniel |c=/r/musictheory: Making Music Theory on Reddit |in=Jenkins |year=2022}} * {{Cite book |last=Wolf |first=Jonas |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839473825/html |title=Re-Composing YouTube: Vernacular Musical Aesthetics in the Digital Age |date=2024-12-31 |publisher=transcript Verlag |isbn=978-3-8394-7382-5 |doi=10.1515/9783839473825}} * {{Cite journal |last=Gesoff |first=Liam |date=2023-12-13 |title=The Shitposting of Jazz to Come: Virtual Communities, Internetworks, and the Dank Jazz Meme |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17494060.2023.2283219 |journal=Jazz Perspectives |language=en |pages=1–41 |doi=10.1080/17494060.2023.2283219 |issn=1749-4060|url-access=subscription }} == External links == * {{Official website}} * [https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5 YouTube Channel] * [https://www.sungazermusic.com/ Sungazer Band] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Neely, Adam}} Category:American music YouTubers Category:Living people Category:21st-century American jazz composers Category:American male jazz composers Category:American jazz bass guitarists Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:1988 births Category:Nebula (streaming service) content creators Category:21st-century American male composers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Neely](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neely) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neely?action=history)). 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