The top 12 posts of 2025
A leaner output but I’m still posting bangers!
Tag: Adam Neely
Adam Neely is a bassist, composer and YouTuber who examines the “music theory, music cognition, jazz improvisation, musical performance technique, musicology and memes” in music culture. Aside from being a solo musician and a session musician, he is also the bassist in the electro-jazz group, Sungazer. He’s also really awesome if you hadn’t guessed that already.
Adam Neely on the ethics of fake guitar
Another Neely banger in his own words (lol)
The racist history of music theory
Screw Heinrich Schenker, Ben Shapiro, and his music theorist dad.
When Miles Davis was Beaten and Arrested in 1959
Adam Neely discusses the legacy of Miles Davis’s experience with police brutality in 1959 and it’s connection to Black Lives Matter.
The Best Analysis of the Worst Jazz Solo of All Time
Is ‘the worst jazz solo of all time’ really the worst jazz solo of all time? Adam Neely’s brilliant critique might change your mind.