Glamour Profession - Steely Dan

[@jkrycz]

This has got to be the craziest progression in even their catalogue.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

It's wild, yeah!

[@brainards11]

My hats off to anyone trying to keep up with Steely Dan!!!

[@maverickfandub2983]

I named my son Hoops MacCann after this song!!

[@pranktheroyal]

The faces that you're making during the chord changes reminds me of myself every time I listen to this. How can you not--it's pure joy. The progressions are so unconventional, yet sound inevitable, once you've heard them. Nice job on copping the changes.

[@alexemhardt3762]

Exactly 😉

[@tana_crz]

I watch it many times😊

[@elementrypenguin3116]

Crazy chord progressions!! Amazing. Very good !

[@Flughafenkaiser]

The facial expressions are unique and exceptional in groove technology

[@TIMOWHITEBUFFALO]

This is so much fun...trying to keep up.....I love these chord changes....thats why guitar guitars hate me...hey man...where's my guitar solo...sorry bro....I would rather have a bassoon player.......teee hee hee heee

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks!!

[@aregar1]

Your facial expressions are just as entertaining as the music. And I feel the same way too, I make the same faces when I hear this song. Nicely played

[@tana_crz]

😊

[@shereewilson6278]

Donald Fagan and Walter Becker were such clever composers They are up there with the likes of Burt Bacharach and George Gershwin in my humble opinion and the musicians they used were ridiculously talented.

[@spenceredmond8641]

FagEn.

[@_yatte]

Don, you are a monster 👀✍️🧠😮‍💨

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Yeah, Donald Fagen is absolutely genius!

[@SvdP-vi5kk]

Best ever Steely Dan song. And again it shows what great musicians they are / were. Great palying by the way. Cannot have been easy.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Yes, but, except for some sections, the chords stay pretty long. Two bars. Anyone could learn it. It was more about showing the chords to you all! :) Thanks for your comment!

[@GlennErikMathisen]

Dan changes make me salivate

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Hahaha!

[@bassvibasics479]

Hats off to you sir!! This was excellent! Bravo!

[@michaelrouten6169]

Love those jazz progressions! Too bad music these days doesn't even come close to measuring up to what was done 40 years ago. Nice work, by the way!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much!!! And yeah, true.

[@roundtownKen]

This (Glam P) sounds foreign to any 16 year old who listens to pop radio(Taylor Swift, Cardy B, etc.) because it's very complex and nuanced. Jazz and groove literacy is ZERO among our youth. And when this age group writes music it, sounds like the middle school marching band(mostly). So simple. All four on the floor, shouting and chanting in 4 part unison. Sad. My twenty-something child agrees.

[@MrSteelyDaniel]

@@roundtownKen I consider myself lucky to appreciate the chord nuances and structure, but think that mainstream pop, such as those you mention, is liked by many, not just 16 year olds. I don't think there's nothing inherently wrong with catchly little pop tunes, but for me, why would you want to eat just baked potato all your life when there are thousands of different tastes, textures and flavours out there? I'm 46 and I'm still discovering new music every day (Hippocampus Serenade) new genres, new styles, hell, even new instruments from artists/groups young and old, from all over the world. As far as young people are concerned, have a listen to Jacob Collier, his understanding of reharmonization, dissonance, microtonality and polyrhythms, which are all relatively uncommon concepts in pop music, is amazing. He rewrites the musical rule book and who is also (unsurprisingly) a huge Steely Dan fan. Because of his experimental, out of the box thinking about music, his delivery technique and methods, his fan base is attracting many of those 16 year olds who perhaps now have a real appreciation for musical technique and theory outside the mainstream pop bubble.

[@alexterwilleger5580]

@@roundtownKenYou need to realize the survivorship bias around the pop charts. Do you think this song was a hit? Was it a number one single that played on every radio station? No, and it doesn’t need to be. My point being that you ONLY know about this song because it’s from your era, and you refuse to look for any new music, so you immediately discount anything that’s new because it’s “not the same” anymore. The truth is that the radio is dead and you aren’t getting spoonfed good music anymore, you have to make an actual effort to find it. If you look at the charts from the year this came out, I guarantee it is filled with songs that have been forgotten and aren’t nearly as good as Glamour Profession.

[@MrStarman926]

I actually really like the sound of this mix, with the piano super bright. I know it's just an effect of how you filmed but I really like it.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

I recorded the piano I played over the original, I tried to balance the levels. :))

[@anyviolet]

Fantastic to see anyone appreciating the Dan, and who better than musicians themselves. Thanks for posting man you made my day.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

And you mine!!

[@MrSteelyDaniel]

I could watch this all day... the absolutely joy of watching you playing these chords and seeing you get the sublime and different chord progressions. 4 minutes 27 seconds of shared stank face lol, beautiful playing and energy :)

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thank you sooo much!

[@leesuh]

i loved seeing your face as you play, made the whole video! excellent playing!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks! :P

[@EddieG1888]

I'm not sure if this is spot on with the original, and I'm not sure if its not. All I know is, this has to be one of the most insane chord progressions in popular music, and what you're playing sounds amazing!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much for your comment! The 3 chords at 1:32 are a bit more spiced up by me. What they play is Bb6 or Bbmaj7 13, A6 or Amaj 13, Abmaj7. I altered it a bit but the functions of the chords stay the same. The chord after that I called Eb add2/G but some will disagree and call it a Gmin7#5. I don't like minor #5 chords because no matter how much I play them, the #5 will make the minor chord sound like another major chord with a third in the bass. The rest you could consider as accurate!

[@EddieG1888]

@@unforgettablejazzfusion5546 I'm totally here for it! This was the song that sealed me as a 16-year old Steely Dan fan almost 34 years ago. I can play the bass line to easily, but Anthony Jackson is more outlining the chords than relying on root notes, so trying to figure it out from the bassline is pretty difficult. But I love the chords you're throwing in, it would be great to hear your piano part in isolation or over a rhythm track.

[@EddieG1888]

I've been listening to this again and playing it myself over the past few days, and I think there are a couple of chords that might be slightly wrong, which is where I'm getting thrown off. I think the A9 in the verse over the "outside the stadium" is actually an Em9 to E6, and the chords over the "local boys" line is Ab/Bb to Bb/C. But I'd have been nowhere near getting any of this under my fingers without watching this video in the first place!

[@Stavboy]

@@EddieG1888 Agreed, largely. The "Outside the stadium" chord is Em6/9. Essentially the same voicing as A13, but it's definitely an E in the bass there. Also agreed on the Ab/Bb to Bb/C. There are some places where for me the #11 (or b5) really should be included in the chord names as that extension is so integral to the sound (although it could basically be added to every chord in this song since it's 90% dominant chords). Another correction is that it should be a G7b5 (not G7#5) on the "silver bowl" line. Still, great work UJF, and what a ridiculously crazy and fun progression this is!

[@jml-rj5re]

Nice. Those are sick chord progressions!

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

Sick chords. No real theory behind them. Fagen just sat down and tried to make things sound cool :)

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Good observation! ;) I have some more sick chords on this channel ;)

[@jonathan49771]

Great!!! Greetings from chile

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks :) Greetings from Amsterdam!

[@endretriantafillou700]

this is fantastic, thank you from the deepest inner part of my heart

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much!!

[@jamestulk5111]

The great Rob Mounsey on piano.

[@RickMCMusic]

show us the piano too brooo I love this chords

[@Michael-Kreutz]

Fantastic Progressions.💎

[@GP1138]

...THE L.A. CON-CESSION!!

[@FraserJCovers1975]

This really is incredible....... Thank you

[@minnyh]

that was awesome

[@ViniciusNipote]

Nah, the chords are easy! What I definitely can't perform are those chordfaces of yours! Haha amazing job, dude

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

😁Thanks :)

[@gabrielguerra2935]

this is pure gold

[@executivesteps]

A split screen with an overhead camera of the keyboard would be an additional treat. Great job.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much! In other videos on my channel I do that! :)

[@bobbyd79903ify]

Thx dude. I'm a guitarist, and your chording really helped me out.

[@cosmai23]

Great job Thank you! Now I've got to get to work on this...

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much! Enjoy :)

[@afrasation]

Those chords are so yummy!!!!🥰 Thank you so much for sharing these. I LIVE for 13ths❣️

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

It is a genius composition!

[@drvp1996]

Awesome. Would love to see what the hands are doing but still great to listen to

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much! For me, it was more about showing the chords on screen :)

[@MrStarman926]

Singing along here at home. Great work

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Amazing! Thanks!

[@Wushutigercranekungfudragon]

Thank u

[@alanrowekelly11359]

That was Fabulous!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much!!

[@thomasmarengi2951]

Really cool. I don’t know whether I like the chord progressions or the facial expressions more! LOL. Thanks.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

haha THANKS! Means a lot!

[@isaacbox633]

Beautiful

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Thanks so much!

[@StijnSchellart]

Heel lekker Tim! Ook één van mijn favorieten!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Hee Thanks man!!! Ik heb misschien nog wel meer dingen op dit kanaal die je geinig vindt. Ik kom binnenkort met meer filmpjes! Groetjes uit Amsterdam!

[@StijnSchellart]

@@unforgettablejazzfusion5546 keep ‘em coming!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

@@StijnSchellart I will :))))

[@JoshOwensMusic]

Do you have the isolated piano? I wanna mix this with a flac version of the track

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

I sure do! But I play until the third verse. I could record it to the end? Email me your project idea at [e-mail]

[@JoshOwensMusic]

Ok!

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Never received it btw :)@@JoshOwensMusic

[@Wushutigercranekungfudragon]

So I see Hal Leonard says the song is in dmajor. Is that true?

[@zoastymusic]

I would guess C due to what sounds like a clear 2-5-1 from Ebmaj7 - D7#5#9 - G7#5#9 - Cm. "Living hard will take it's toll" It definitely does mode mixture and lot of borrowing for harmonies, and seeming willing to also just completely drift. This one is beyond my ability to completely understand the writing concept though, although it's very possible there wasn't a strict concept.

[@tinklychickn9623]

How did you know that you play bceg in right hand instead of am7 and b in the base? Are you just listening? I’m new to music theory. Thanks

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Hello! Can you give a timecode where that chord is played? But yeah, I am trained to listen and write down music or chord symbols.

[@tinklychickn9623]

@@unforgettablejazzfusion5546 I was able to figure out the first couple of chords so I think I’m good now but thank you for responding and this video

[@LarryJackson-xw5mx]

the Bflat min 7-9 (prior to the c min 9) seems wrong

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Can you give me the time code?

[@dougcosbie5860]

:15 and :23 sound wonky - might be the voicing 1:39 and 3:07 is where the Bb 7-9 occurs - seems wrong or voicing is really off. With Fagan the voicings can be vital

[@davidyork]

te ha costado, pero vale la pena

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

no me costó nada :)

[@jorgekutev9067]

Bien, algunos acordes están de mas, y otros no totalmente correctos, pero dada la complejidad de la obra, mas no se puede pedir. Si lo está sacando de oido, entonces yo no lo haría mejor, sin dudas.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Hola! No es una transcripción, es lo que estoy haciendo con ella. De hecho, algunos acordes los toco como me gustan. Muchas gracias por tu comentario y por tomarte el tiempo de ver el video :D

[@guillaumechabason3165]

Donald was inspired by Thelonious Monk probably

[@superdoov]

Are you even playing?

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Yeah, sure! Do you think it's relevant?

[@clarissagafoor5222]

#lush

[@lukemaxwell6373]

No offense but I’d rather see the actual keyboard

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Yeah understood. In my later videos I show it. Thanks for the feedback!

[@BigMusicVibes]

Brother you have a great face but maybe it’d be better to see your hands?

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Yeah, in some other videos I have you see them :P At that time I only had one camera.

[@unforgettablejazzfusion5546]

Why, btw? There are a lot of videos out there where you see hands playing a keyboard. I gave you the chord symbols, still not satisfied? :D