Sungazer - Hot Saturn [Bass Play-through]

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I realized that I haven't had a video of me playing bass on this channel for like, a decade, so here's a video of me playing bass! Enjoy.
Adam

[@aschneider8912]

With all the talking videos it's easy to forget what a cracked out bassist Adam actually is

[@EliasGitterman]

I like the talking videos quite a lot but holy damn his sense of rhythm is insane

[@luisrocha26]

True. His precision when it comes to time in those absurd tuplets is otherworldly

[@mattica2000]

Oh my goodness. I totally agree. This guy really seems to be that good. There're no other bassists that could write or perform like this. He's suddenly (and easily) in the top 10 now.

[@monteironoteador]

I was watching with that same thought in the back of my mind.

[@ericleiter6179]

I see your point here...but 'cracked out' ?...I think he elevates the game to the point where Crack can't compare now, and he wants a new drug

[@wido123123]

What a great cover! I'm sure the band will appreciate it... maybe even call you for touring!

[@Rowanexen]

😐

[@merbius727]

😐

[@sayanmandal2246]

I see what you did there 😂

[@sanjuacharya]

😐

[@badfozziebear446]

🤭

[@JustinLe]

best cover of this song I've seen on KZbin yet

[@windymustard1701]

yeah almost as good as the original

[@thewaldfe9763]

@@windymustard1701😂

[@kencarlmusic]

I remember when Adam was just learning ableton, made videos of pick up gigs and didnt have a band. Now hes making some of the best music out there and selling out around the world. Also, this shit slaps.

[@Gwunhar]

I've liked all of Sungazer's music but Against the Fall of Night is really a step up. It's such a cohesive piece of art. I can't stop spinning it.

[@IDTT137]

Perihelion was absolutely amazing, don't get me wrong, but it did feel like a bunch of songs with the same album cover. This feels like an actual album. Love it.

[@elhiars9185]

Album of the Year in my Opinion

[@ChuckDimeCliff]

I would absolutely love a play-through like this for every tune off the record. So fun to watch

[@Adisonadibeba]

Thats would he awesome

[@dryeyesx]

1:41 makes me feel like i just completed the most insane mario kart map

[@pazzy768]

Honestly Mario kart was the first thing i thought of when i first heard this song haha

[@NicolasPL_]

​@@pazzy768same! That intro always makes me smile

[@BenLevin]

I hope you are having a great tour, this is so sick!

[@ChristopherWilliamCarreras]

I saw Sungazer last night in San Francisco and it was over-the-top FANTASTIC! Four awesome musicians, terrific music. Not just awesome chops (like for example, the Aristocrats), it was super musical and easy to listen to. The cover of Weather Report's Palladium was one of many highlights. Thank you!!!!!

[@MechanicalRabbits]

It's funny how insane the song instantly becomes the moment Button Masher comes in. I'm glad you made a playthrough of this one, it was my favorite in the album!

[@jaycielle]

this feels like the _exact_ type of "song" I was hoping Sungazer would make after Perihelion came out, _and_ it absolutely nails it - it's like you guys read my mind & went _"yeah screw it we'll take a request"_

[@qasderfful]

I love Adam showing off how tremendous a musician he is every now and then.

[@OTRainbowLive]

Adam! I always love your video essays, but I gotta say I would love to see more videos like this every now and then as well. This was fun to watch!

[@MrAlexButyrin]

KZbin music report said I listened to Sungazer for 7 hours in 2024! And I loved it!

[@MrMurkosullivan]

Ok... As a long time musician (who is terrible at sight reading) this edit with notation is allowing me to enjoy the Sungazer music SO much more. With many of the newer aural textures, and blend with other instruments I personally find it hard to really discern some of the harmonic and rhythmic information of a particular instrument. This Rocks. Also. Adam. I know it's a cliche, but so many of the basslines truly 'sing,' to me. The emotive vocal-like phrasing hits hard.

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

0:31 So many musicians outside certain genres hardly go into sound design... It can make corny chords sound amazing. It's not like you guys are going Noisa levels of crazy or anything, but I always love that you guys switch it up with the timbre. I've been obsessed with building big chords from sine waves, roughly following the pattern of increasing density seen in the harmonic series, then filtering etc. those in much the same way you'd treat a monophonic bass sound, I'd love to hear you do that. I was WAY into deep Dubstep back in the day, and what always stood out to me were the synths where certain partials become tonal. They did that in some crazy complex ways I still love, but one day it just occurred to me I can just stack sines in whatever tuning system I want. Warning, though, you will become more and more sensitive to hearing distinct partials, the lower overtones of bass sounds don't even have to be very resonant. It's a very strange blurry line between timbre and harmony, I wish it was explored more.

[@tfwnoyandere]

i often have difficulty transcribing pieces from video game soundtracks because they use such creative timbres

[@harrisg5]

I support the channel rebrand

[@AdamNeely]

adam Neely playing Adam Neely’s music on the Adam Neely channel

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

@@AdamNeely don’t get used to it. Adam Neely might copyright strike you.

[@StuartHetzler]

@@BradsGonnaPlay wouldn't be the first artist to get their own music copyright strike on their own channel

[@SpencerTwiddy]

Something does feel different lately. Have there just been gradual changes or was there a big change recently?

[@icecold5707]

@@AdamNeely. UMG is sending an airstrike on your position

[@faroffgrace5490]

I'm not even gonna PRETEND to know what was happening with the rhythm of that "button mashing" bit but holy hell, that was a fun playthrough of the song!

[@tfwnoyandere]

yo dawg we heard you like syncopation

[@BiggyJimbo]

First bar is 5 against 4 polyrhythm, I know that much

[@Ludix147]

"Button Masher" is the artist who's featured in the song! :)

[@NonDewman]

@@BiggyJimboit’s in 4/4 :D

[@NonDewman]

U can count it like this (: Hippopotamus Hippopotamus Hippopotamus Fajita Fajita Chickensalad Fajita Tu-na Hippopotamus Chickensalad Fajita Fajita Fajita Chickensalad Fajita Fajita Scoo-by-doo

[@hubterk]

dude I had this at 1.35x speed without realizing it and I was so impressed with Adam's sixteenths for a second LOL

[@Neowo1f]

This was awesome! I sometimes get overwhelmed when listening to Sungazer songs but being able to follow along with you was great and I really got to appreciate just how cool the bass line is :D

[@martindl9897]

Your playing so relaxed, amazing.

[@PhilKelley]

Always a pleasure to see you play, Adam. Thanks.

[@Jppeanuts959]

All These People has been one of my most played songs over the past 2 years. I have watched a handful of Adam Neely videos during that time. Today I connected the dots. Insane skill🤘🏻

[@jarahgates7292]

Please more of this!! So many awesome bass lines that I would love to jam along to

[@captngalexc]

Awesome show in Portland. Still buffering from such a great experience.

[@TheDarkninja1010]

I want more of these videos!! Incredible playing as always Adam!

[@unnamed_boi]

i feel bad for shawn he must have been having a hard time playing in an unfamiliar time signature

[@TheMojoGang]

Keep the play-throughs coming!

[@woubaey]

I like to imagine that Adam isn't playing the rest of the track through his monitors and just listening to the metronome and unamplified bass for this whole playthrough.

[@lemmenkainen]

There is so much to say here: Those 16th note runs are all so clean. Just art in motion. On top of that it's all fabulously musical. The phrases take time to breathe and where they land and pick up with the chord changes is also just out of this world good. The timing in the end section is (to me) is a MONSTER of a part. Kudos. Looking forward to seeing you in Burlington VT on the 17th.

[@resetreboot]

I enjoyed this song when you came to Madrid to play. What a great concert. So much talent and great music.

[@julien.biardeau]

The level of chill is disgusting x) It was a great video,, hope we'll see more of this kind of stuff !

[@Lildoc911]

Going to see you tonight! EDIT: The show was awesome! Thanks for coming to San Diego, hope you had fun!

[@zaharm6475]

BASS TUTORIALS - FINALLYYY !!!!! YEAAAH!!!!!!

[@bmprrr]

adam loves his music so much and this is apreciatable

[@ranth963]

i love your video essays and q+a's a lot but this was great! would love to see more bass playing videos 😎

[@plootyluvsturtle9843]

my favorite sungazer song so far

[@arthurmee]

Beautiful . . . Love Sungazer music.

[@Neo-rc8kc]

I've never clicked on a video so fast

[@GabrielStrozi]

Same here

[@Skeletors_Closet]

Same my friend, same. I had a shit ton of notifications and I just happened to land my eyes one this one. My eyes know what my ears want.

[@DarkShaman667]

This is nuts. Shredding like a machine, what a monster!

[@KimSE4]

Not my genre of choice, but I really enjoyed this. Adam's economy of movement and fluidity is incredible to watch. Makes it look easy... when you can hear that IT REALLY ISN'T!!!

[@lesnouilles5931]

Sungazer’s new album is so great ! You have done a great job for a pleasy listening record and put so much complexity that we don’t understand at the first time 👍 hope to see you on live (sorry for my english, I’m french !)

[@ShredmasterScott]

This is a brand new sound

[@talanky]

Did not appreciate how awesome the bass was in this song until seeing this!

[@mymo_in_Bb]

I appreciate this video so much! I'm already learning so much just listening to the bassline! Thank you so much, this is such an amazing resource for learning new composition and arranging techniques!

[@dubmoth76]

Stunning!

[@TasiaLatimore112]

I love this, you're very talented. I would also love for you to do a video on the different types of jazz.

[@aiueokaya]

This is so life changing

[@mjears]

REALLY enjoyed this, yes!! And hearing the Bass isolated is my favorite perspective.

[@lucianorigobelo]

Can't wait to see you guys playing in Canada!

[@1234drums]

Amazing performance ❤

[@denaraptis3716]

Holy smokin low tones! Sick bass playing. Yes, I forgot what an amazing bassist Adam is. What a great channel. Kudos!!

[@Randy_Arizona]

This Bassline has a healing effect !

[@drummermomcjs]

Wow, that was impressive. Those stabs near the end are really amazing.

[@alexosinlu5148]

amazing! i love this song so much, it's my favourite from the album

[@pablomanga8959]

Can’t wait to see you guys in Montreal !!

[@t4qu1t08]

You guys sounded amazing in Madrid!! It really blew my mind. Keep making such ethereal and incredible music and I hope you come back soon!

[@NoFunkGiven]

This dude got talent. Keep it up. You might have a career on youtube or live. Hopefully Sungazer notices you

[@AChadWardenProduction]

This comment is Reddit as fuck.

[@AChadWardenProduction]

This comment is Reddit as fuck.

[@mFinker]

@@AChadWardenProduction Dementia

[@FM-wc8gu]

So funny, I forgot to laugh!

[@mFinker]

@@FM-wc8gu google dementia and I bet you'll see purple links

[@johngrigsby8021]

That was AWESOME ADAM THANK YOU.

[@Annie-eh6mq]

You guys fuckin killed it in Adelaide this year, best band I’ve seen in forever, would be amazing to see you here again

[@tfwnoyandere]

real

[@Brantsworth]

This is what I’ve been waiting for!!!

[@oj8479]

Really enjoyed the video, would appreciate seeing more of these bass play-throughs. Especially as the album has become one of my favourites recently.

[@swaggedup6934]

lol I’m wearing my sungazer hat from when I saw you guys live! You were blast!!

[@soondubu.]

Saw this one in times square, i think its my fav from the new album

[@ollililjestrom]

Thanks for sharing this!!! Educational, inspiring, fun to watch and groovy as hell! 💪💪💪

[@MrBillyspilly]

Tight! Fantastic.

[@GinTonDrix]

When there are no tabs you know this is some serious stuff :D

What a nice and easy 4/4 song!

[@yezhong4294]

Hey, I drove all the way from Santa Barbara to San Diego to see your show (since Stevie Wonder was playing in LA the same day as you). Amazing performance!

[@DJ_Pavka]

an adam neely video is like icecream. its not for sustaining yourself but oh boy does it make you feel better!

[@joebuckleyandfriends]

This is just so sick! More more more!!!

[@nomannic1]

It's so sick that you're touring with buttonmasher, I dig his SNES powered music! Killin' bass playing!! :)

[@ahazemy111]

Great performance!

[@andrewsantopietro3526]

lowkey this is how I found out there was a new album out for sungazer 😂. Thanks for the dub Adam.

[@NonDewman]

U r a true goat for givin da sheet music ty 🫵🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥💃💃💃💃💃

[@maghurt]

Good to see you playing again, love it.

[@aiueokaya]

Ayayay this is so mind bending

[@oiramssab]

Killin! Love what you do man!

[@TheJeromeP]

Practice Bass, Practice reading & enjoying Sungazer ! Thank you @Adam Neely !

[@THRLGRNDHG]

New fav, wonderful!

[@benpolonsky]

I'm loving the album. Great video.

[@IDTT137]

Still so sad that the seattle concert was 21+ 😢 Maybe you guys will tour in 6 years Absolutely cracked playing

[@kungfuseadog]

Dude I just realized you using different registers in different parts is a part of how you contribute to the whole sound of the part that I did not notice before. Like you must be tempted to throw in some low notes in those "high" parts since there's nothing in the bass but you don't and that gives it a different quality. Cool!

[@ghameleon]

Can't wait Sungazer coming to Japan in May!! Already got the ticket

[@christopher.stewart]

top chops maestro Neely ! quite the inspiring number ! 🙏 🌠

[@arielgioino]

Nice to see you playing, with the transcription! Please come to Basel, Switzerland

[@AustinStonewall]

There’s such a Motown “play the right note(s) and get the timing right” ethos to your playing, but it’s like watching that set of instructions being followed by Jaco or Michael Manring… Won’t be able to catch you guys live, but know that your work is really genuinely appreciated. God bless!

[@harriesdelosangeles1000]

best cover out there.

[@Regalado_Aspic]

Its so pretty damm nice the Sungazer album man, See you on Toronto!

[@alirezabayat6388]

I'm in love with this album. Super enjoyable to listen to✨

[@hjerre1]

Adam Gnarly! Could use more of these, this is great! 🔥

[@Wendolynn_Jane]

Love you too. Twelve days 'til Sungazer's in Phoenix. I've seen a couple of good omens regarding the concert. Bass. 😎

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

1:37 oh gosh I love this part the most: the throw-up before crashing to the open string an 8ve down

[@BetterCallJohn]

This bassline is insane

[@davidwylde8426]

Even though his channel has inevitably helped Sungazer get more profile, I think it’s in some way ended up with him being underrated amongst bass players. He’s phenomenal and I’d say his artistry is at a greater level than his technical ability.

[@COMATRON.]

you the man. the songs sounds like straight out of a fast paced SEGA game :)

[@midnightmix2692]

Saw this live in gothenburg. Amazing show! Crowd was just as nerdy as expected! Great live mix :)

[@Hiei999]

Damn, I wish I could play this well. You are a beast Adam. Can't wait to see yall live on the 17th

[@jihun_steven_kim]

Hey, I loved this. Could you please do more? I really enjoyed it. (and also please make a playlist of your play-through videos!)

[@camcam0490]

Will be seeing you for the second time in Portland this weekend, can't wait! Also grabbed a ticket to the VIP session 🙌