Making an ENTIRE album in 24 Hours (Beautiful and Tragic)

How we recorded “Beautiful and Tragic,” an album written in a day!
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0:00 Intro
03:42 10am
06:05 11am
08:46 12pm
11:21 1pm
13:44 2pm
15:52 3pm
16:09 4pm
19:50 5pm
21:45 6pm
27:04 9:30 pm
27:41 10pm
30:27 12am
31:07 1am
32:40 2am
33:44 4:20 am (nice)
35:31 5am
37:52 7:30am
39:40 8:57am
Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday March 23 9pm- Wednesday March 24 9pm when we do it again over on my Twitch!
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Beautiful and Tragic was recorded by…
Adam Neely - Lots of stuff
Ben Levin - Lots of stuff
Justice Cow - Vocals ( / @justicecow )
Fire-Toolz - Vocals (fire-toolz.bandcamp.com/)
Josh Bailey - Durms
Josh Plotner - Contrabass pan flute, Sheng, Fujara, Gaita, Flute, Alto Flute, Alto Saxophone, Contrabass Recorder, Bass Clarinet, and more probably ( / @joshplotner )
Mixing by Angel Marcloid @ Angel Hair Audio
Mastered by Randy Roos
Video Editing by Liz Maney
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[@AdamNeely]

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[@GoviaM]

hi adam

[@these2feet.vs.theworld270]

Deal!! Thanks for the great content!!!!

[@Jamie_kemp]

Why isn't this pinned?

[@joshuadaley7069]

You forgot to pin it my man

[@gzurti]

My "How to watch Adam's videos" tutorial: 1. Realize that there's a new video via YT notifications 2. Immediately start to watch the video on YT 3. Realize that there's an extended and/or ad-free version on Nebula 4. Presse "LIKE" and mute the YT tab 5. Open Nebula, go to "My library", select Adam's video and start to watch (YT video still playing in the background, so that counts as a play) 6. Watching the entire video on Nebula and enjoying it (YT video still playing) 7. In the meantime wonder how much more editing it takes to release a video to two separate platforms, and appreciate the effort (8.) Leave a stupid comment on YT

[@sanfranciscoalsur6002]

This is great! Though it's nothing compared to my achievement of making an ENTIRE SONG in 3.5 years.

[@wooooowpewpewpewpew311]

mood

[@cointoaster9488]

that's what it usually takes me to make a song

[@ileryon4019]

darn...

[@alexanderkonczal3908]

I've made like fifty quarter-songs... I wish I had the time and skill to spin out actual tracks from my flashes of inspiration.

[@RemixerDarken]

It usually takes me about two weeks, so I'm somewhere in between.

[@Mincher]

Me: "Man, how do I make the music I want to make?!?!?" Ben Levin: "OOoooaAAAAaaahhheehoooooaHAAAAAAAH!"

[@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

So the answer is to not overthink it and just experiment without judging yourself :) The more fun you have, the more you will like the final product.

[@corg_9939]

Soon making an album will become a speedrunning category

[@magnusbreinholt350]

Underrated comment

[@Jademalo]

Check out Crank That 8Bars%, which was truly the music category to end all music categories

[@japplek]

The John Cage strategy is bullshit.

[@Herfinnur]

Can't wait to hear about all the new glitches people come up with

[@EstelonAgarwaen]

Think its held by first of october

[@gustavbw]

"We just 9 to 5'ed!" That's the only time I've heard that sentence in a positive tone

[@maxhoughtonmusic]

Ben's singing and lyrics are like a modern sitcom parody of artsy experimental musicians

[@matt23012301]

yo

[@davidwave4]

You're right, and I think it's this specific context (experimental synth jazz) where it really shines, mostly because the music is just as far out as he is.

[@keksimus__maximus]

Sooo... Itself?

[@Patrick-dy3ls]

STOP THINKING

[@SanguineThor]

It's too ironic to be ironic.. So he was iconic.

[@EusebiusAT]

I'm sort of new to digital music production, but I can sort of understand everything Adam is doing, yet whenever I see Ben doing anything I feel like a medieval peasant discovering an alien species.

[@justinvallange]

The key is that he doesn't know what he's doing either, just be crazy and turn knobs (physical or digital) in random ways, you'll find your own alien species from within

[@EusebiusAT]

@@justinvallange yeah, I figured. That's what creative energy looks like. I can spend hours just thinking about one harmonic decision and never get anywhere.

[@TheIdiothead]

I think one of Ben’s tips was literally to mess up the sound and see if you like anything from the mess you made

[@NostalJackMusic]

Retweet

[@chickenicecream1942]

I honestly relate to how ben makes music because im so bad at doing structured shit

[@amytg777]

I couldn’t tell if “Beautiful and Tragic” was the album name or the description of the process for making it.

[@--TOM--]

Both

[@mwm345]

Yes

[@DHawkBeats]

Lol same

[@paulembleton1733]

Definately

[@dedemushi7824]

i thought it was the description 😅

[@AimeeNolte]

I’ll be listening all day! I’m so glad that an album came out of this momentous stream. Also, I do not envy you, having to edit this down to 43 minutes.

[@jo54763]

48 hours of content into 43 minutes of video... I would die.

[@vraisairs9201]

@@jo54763 48? Or was it 24?

[@jo54763]

@@vraisairs9201 24 hours of Adam footage and 24 hours of Ben footage to scrub through.

[@benas_st]

I think it was Liz Maney who did the editing, so I do not envy them either lol

[@Turt3752]

@@jo54763 actually way more tho - I think Adam has at least 2 cameras, plus his screen recording, and then Ben has his camera and his screen recording. Assuming they were recording with each of these the whole time, there would’ve been more like 120 (96 if Adam only has one camera) hours of footage to sift through and edit together

[@RicardoLopez-rq4vg]

I was in the stream for +6 hours aprox and i can tell you that the entire livestream was as entertaining as this higlights video, their process is just so free and fun (also the ben jokes had me dying several times)

[@WhySoSquid]

You're right about that 🤙 I did stay for the whole stream..and I intend to do so again tomorrow 😅😬

[@RicardoLopez-rq4vg]

@@WhySoSquid YESSS i hadn't seen the ending when i comented but i'm SO ready too!

[@AFN2750]

Adam: hey so I made this super useful synth line that sounds amazing and calm Ben: so I screamed into a mic and used some nutso arpeggiators and stuff Edit to note: I love it, it’s just very, very different approaches to music

[@Victorsandergamer]

Adam: i guess i could work with that

[@Terra654]

Adam is very much a Jazz Arranger(tm). Adam is really really good at making things work together with a little bit of that jazz spice. As for Ben, Ben is just so unbelievably full of creativity and zero shame which makes for a great song writer imo.

[@AFN2750]

@@Terra654 yeah, I wasn’t trying to criticize him, it’s just very different ways to music. I have my personal preference towards adam because his music is much more my style, but bens music is still incredible in its own right

[@Terra654]

@@AFN2750 I wasn't criticizing either, just giving my take on how the two probably think of music and their approach to music making.

[@nyaKona]

bruh i cant think of a good melody in 24 hours this man wrote an entire album wow

[@MrShagification]

I doubt you can't think of a good melody. You can make almost any melody good if you have the right accompaniment.

[@bruh-di4ku]

I spent 11 months trying to come up with a chorus for a song and then did it in 2 hours by just playing the three major chords in the key. 😕

[@tacticalguy6473]

@@bruh-di4ku truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@DjangoThunders]

You are in good company here then.

[@Rhekon]

I don't think of em. They just come to me randomly throughout life with enough frequency that I can say I write music.

[@KosieRosie]

everytime ben sends adam some of his weirdest shit and Adams like "0_0 okaaayyy" I live for that

[@Drumwannabe17]

It's like improv; the first rule is never say no

[@Clashyah00]

I love the contrast between Ben and Adam's rooms. Really demonstrates their personalities which also come out clearly in their music.

[@dallen3000]

ben: "that's nice . obviously reversed" not sure why but that was hilarious to me 10:40

[@calebb.56]

I can't believe between this and First of October, "album speedrun" is becoming my new favorite genre.

[@ttmcoffee6806]

Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang: We're four parallel universes ahead of you

[@MongerOfStrings8222]

Lol

[@timterwan]

I still listen to Ten Hours and Gourmet Ravioli. Both great albums

[@mariodanielfilho3415]

Imagine if the four of then collaborated

[@jailun6758]

So glad Ben and Adam did this since they couldn't do the first of october last year

[@XantuxNepomuk]

Now man, they didn't even release anything last year due to covid! This is how it's done!

[@caseymclane1972]

also I can't even fathom how muffled your guys' ears were towards the end of this because as a sound engineer, I always find myself having to do 15-minute breaks every 90 minutes or so, otherwise I lose any possibility of clear-headed judgement over what's going on

[@emrazum]

The amount of editing required to make this must've been insane, not to mention mastering the video's audio with a bunch of different songs. Great work

[@manit9226]

THEY"RE DOINGG IT TOMORROW AGAIN!!!!

[@michaelnajoan5104]

Just because Andrew is in space, doesn't mean you won't see him here in the comments section, waiting for his comment now

[@BananaManPL]

nah he ain't in space

[@oleksiishekhovtsov1564]

@@BananaManPL what? did he escape to the shadow realm?

[@YourMumGreen]

@@oleksiishekhovtsov1564 Nah Brazil

[@zendobrendo0001]

I love how Ben works in REAPER and how he just let's it fly with the vocals. Also, Adam improvising absurdly nice bass lines out of nowhere. Also again, how cool you guys let us see the chaotic beginnings before the tracks took shape.

[@CheddarKungPao]

"Hey I'm a producer!" - Ben Levin, Producer. 2021

[@pedrocarvalho6609]

43 minutes of Adam Neely and Ben Levin? grab your tea everyone, this will be good!

[@GoviaM]

olha um tuga

[@--TOM--]

Or coffee

[@pedrocarvalho6609]

@@GoviaM olha um tuga.. e baixista, bom gosto

[@GoviaM]

@@pedrocarvalho6609 obrigado igualmente

[@pedrocarvalho6609]

@@GoviaM já tinha visto o teu cover da rain antes! muito bom men, continua

[@tonywolfemusic5920]

Ben: “now that’s what mommy paid for!” 🤣

[@IOxyrinchus]

That’s a pretty good creative exercise - set yourself a super tight deadline to do something highly ambitious that most people take weeks or even months to accomplish. It’ll strengthen those songwriting muscles 💪 🧠

[@apothecurio]

It also forces you to be less of a perfectionist. You can’t really be like “nah that’s not the vibe I’m feeling rn” It forces the creative juices to flow regardless of what you want to do.

[@bigmistqke]

But imagine if they would do it every month couple of weeks. The amount of great art that would generate. it would be just an insane body of work.

[@IOxyrinchus]

@@apothecurio I should definitely try it then because being a perfectionist has upsides but it can really hold you back

[@YoYo10542]

For those of you who may have missed it this is happening again tomorrow! Starting at 9p EST!

[@bigmistqke]

Wait really?

[@Modupe5566]

Ah man I missed it! Thanks for saying though

[@nomansland5113]

“Obviously reversed” that would have been a nice title

[@AFN2750]

Adam with a 5 o’clock shadow can’t hurt you Adam with a five o’clock shadow:

[@mesiyathefelinegod9608]

That smile on Adam's face when the licc was played 😂 30:55

[@ShortMan_123]

Well spotted

[@dongonzulman6478]

whoever edited this needs a raise or a hug or something nice

[@sawaki2338]

@@ContentConfessional I literally thought the exact same thing when I saw the comment

[@michaellisinski2822]

As someone who owns a Rainbow Machine, I can't overstate how excited I am to actually see one being used here.

[@spacebiggles]

Wow this really highlighted to me that Justice Cow is an incredible lyricist and Josh Bailey is very good at the drums.

[@MasterArrow]

Ben Levin really has an insane style. From workflow to the final product, it's unlike anything else I've heard in a really good way.

[@WildSeven19]

Ben Levin is just wild. I haven't seen him compose before. He's like a musical mad scientist.

[@NostalJackMusic]

Everything about Ben’s vocals/lyrics are so indescribably bizarre that I feel like he’s ascended to a higher plane of thinking and my unevolved brain is incapable of grasping his artistry 😂

[@nathanhammontree2018]

HAHAHAH

[@alexiz0013]

For real, omg! 😄

[@diavalitemusic]

I really did not expect to see our slovakian heritage instrument Fujara in this :D this is amazing.

[@maromaro1337]

*Buckethead enters the chat room*

[@GoviaM]

hello there stylophone guy

[@maromaro1337]

@@GoviaM oh hai Mark!

[@NicolasPL_]

Wait did he?

[@CHARLESAUVET]

finally some good comment on a big guitar/bass channel!

[@CorvoCelestial]

@@NicolasPL_ he relessed 1 album to each day of halloween, 30 albuns in one month, entire albuns

[@TorTheWeirdo]

I will never forget this. My dumb ass stayed up over 19 hours watching this live 😂🤣

[@ricardozapata9142]

Me: Struggles to write 4 bars of music. Ben and Adam:

[@ramirorybczuk9100]

"We split in two 2 groups, meaning me and him" #Feels

[@Athraminaurian]

Why does it seem like Bens power level increases as he gets more tired.

[@LeatherNinja]

Ultra ego Ben

[@probablynotjordan]

“Vaguely pornagraphic” is what I’m going to put in my college housing application. Not sure where or in what context but consider it your fault Adam.

[@TCMcBiscuits]

Please, Mr. Pornographic is my father. Call me Vaguely.

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

The laugh I suppressed after reading this made my ears pop it was so hard

[@matthewdunne6253]

You should get Marc Rebillet on one of these.

[@selliantuttimusi6735]

Or Beardyman even better. They would only need the duration of the album to make the whole album :)

[@kturn5953]

No thanks on that haha. These guys are actually good at music, instead of being a comedian who just shouts dick and sex “jokes” over very basic loops

[@LeatherNinja]

@@selliantuttimusi6735 Beardyman is a musical alien, he works at the speed of sound and can make a music out of literally anything. Good choice, in my opinion he's a better pick than Marc.

[@budgetguitaristcom]

I can't even stay up past midnight, let alone 24 hours, let alone make an entire album in 24 hours. Massive achievement unlocked!

[@jakem1273]

I thought all creative people stay up late

[@budgetguitaristcom]

@@jakem1273 They do, until they hit 55, and then only some do.

[@fe3bal]

I just watched a 43 minute video, about a 24 minute album made in 24 hours... And I can't wait to see the next one. Truly amazed at the bonkers musicianship and craft. Love what you do.

[@georgemcgarry703]

I'm digging the verse on Truck - got some real Aesop Rock vibes

[@Javier-qk7ms]

The album being 24 mins long is a nice touch

[@wilberforce95]

"Let's do an odd time signature!" Chooses 3/4

[@theostanway9013]

3 i s an odd number

[@ShortMan_123]

Yeah?..

[@trevorlee9949]

Literally just said that

[@d36class]

@@theostanway9013 it’s not odd time tho since the beats can divide into three groups of two or two groups of three

[@Wind-nj5xz]

@@theostanway9013 It is but it's not an odd time signature since the "odd" has more to do with the way they sound rather than the top number being even or odd, usually an odd time signature is a time signature where the top number can't be evenly divided into 2 or 3 but that's not always the case, take 9/8 for example, 9 can be evenly divided into 3 groups of 3 but sometimes it's used as an odd grouping of 4+5 or 5+4 wich is also the case for most of the time 9/4 is used

[@Foxenco]

A song called OwO doesn't deserve to slap this hard. Amazing work!

[@dclan2592]

i like why did they do that to us

[@healthcaredotgov3097]

26:23 - Adam Neely Music Mukbang. Possibly the most cursed sentence I have ever written.

[@EvanMarien]

So good guys!!!

[@najrenchelf2751]

4 minutes in and I can already tell that Ben is the morning person that Adam isn’t! 😹

[@NaanPlayableCharacter]

Adam at the end of 24 hours: It's an ENTIRE album............. or is it? **vsauce theme plays**

[@marotteinc.766]

i love you guys so much. you make it look easy to do songs, yet we see you struggle and get creative and work collaboratively. it's really beautiful and heart-warming. also i love your music.

[@themandownstairs4765]

adam neely: "we wrote and recorded an entire album in 24 hours" andrew huang: "hold my OP-1 and cloning machine"

[@catarinabarbosa2247]

first of October has entered the chat

[@finesse5820]

**air clap**

[@bingbong-vp5rd]

love the charlie xcx vibe in the beginning

[@Terrezed]

Honestly I love these sorts of ridiculous projects and challenges, really inspires me to do something crazy with my music.

[@GabeMillerMusic]

I love this! It was really cool to see the process and I love seeing the way y'all interact with each other.

[@evaskoklamut9479]

Man, I've been looking forward to this video since tuning in to the live stream. Gonna listen to the finished album now, can't wait!

[@kkyehh]

Haven't watched the video yet, clicked the album link, the second track is titled "OwO" Gotta love you two

[@Jademalo]

The sped up breakdown at 2:50 on Beautiful and Tragic is legitimately fantastic

[@BradyHargettOffical]

These kind of videos/projects are so inspiring. Just makes me want to make some music instantly.

[@charlesdilks3267]

“We’re aiming to do like a flute choir” same Adam, same

[@DominoPivot]

I've tried playing video games on stream for 24 hours and I couldn't do it, so I can't imagine how draining it must be to do something creative for 24 hours.

[@SGresponse]

Gaming being less creative than writing music is precisely why you couldn't do it but they could.

[@DominoPivot]

@@SGresponse Haha, that's possible. I suppose being focused on a creative task would make it easier to forget how tired one is.

[@badbeardbill9956]

I guess it depends on how stimulating it is huh

[@1on95]

Adam's 24h in March and Rob's and Andrew's in October, love to see it!

[@kathrynhardgrave4572]

I’ve been so excited for this album ever since the livestream! You guys are awesome!!

[@poly-tonal8770]

the stream was so good to watch and for a great cause, I've been hype for the album release ever since

[@PowelPaul]

Seeing Adam in full on producer mode makes me so happy

[@AnastasiaThemis]

excited to see how this turns out.

[@h2o1969]

Awesome! I love your callabs with ben + others. Always good stuff.

[@akuro2685]

This was AWESOME to watch. Really cool to see your creative process almost in real time. Will you have another recap video for your recent 24 hr album?

[@peenanoman]

4:44 I was not expecting there to be such hard pans there. My ears are pleasantly surprised

[@Quiltfish]

This is great, I've been looking for more First of Octobers... Firsts of October? Those type things. The charity collection is awesome of you, too!

[@gilliangilliangillian]

I'm definitely tuning into the next stream... it's a good thing I'm on spring break!

[@zf1615]

This is awesome! And so inspiring what with everything going on at the moment. Amazing work. Thanks guys!

[@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

Me, a baby composer who failed highscool band and never went to college: Mmm, good choice with the flutes.

[@ReinhartCoetsee]

Last time I was this early Adam didn’t have hair

[@Lukz243]

This and the one you did last week was poggers! I've enjoyed them a lot

[@leewayinsleep2963]

Wow, nice. I love it! Got so much inspiration from your ideas.

[@longmowervideo]

Me: Oh man, I only have two days to record this one hymn for online church. Adam: We're writing and recording an entire album in 24 hours.

[@armstrong.r]

This was fucking sick and i can't believe I missed it. Definitely gonna join you guys for the full 24 hours tomorrow!

[@renato2112lr]

I hope you guys reach the targets doing these great "actions", because you are already inspiring a lot every video you guys put out.... grateful to know your work ... regards from Brazil! keep pushing master!!!!!

[@moresnqp]

whoa, i saw the title track on ben’s channel and thought the link in the description was for his most recent album (on the phone), but this clears it up a lot.

[@panpolypuff]

Your interactions with your musical bros are so wholesome. Y'all are a bundle of non-toxic, secure masculinity and I adore it. ❤️

[@OneWeirdAngel]

You two complement each other so well. I guess it helps that you're not terrible individually, but your collaborations are really more than the sum of their parts.

[@Laurabeck329]

Pure Dyonisian and pure Apollonian

[@liquidsolids9415]

Entertaining and inspirational, as usual. Well done! Thank you!

[@Catmomila]

fun video!! Great editing, looking forward to listening to the music again tomorrow when I get some sleep

[@syng8921]

Flashbacks to First of October (Andrew Huang & Rob Scallion)

[@LightsOnTrees]

Adam 2021: It might be because I'm not playing bass enough? Officially now the answer to all my problems

[@adriancruz2822]

Really loved this, Adam. Keep up the good work

[@AidanMmusic96]

Angel's contribution and the tune after it gave me Lingua Ignota vibes. Love it! 'Goodbye' also got me thinking of Brendan Byrnes. Also, frigging mad that Jay from TesseracT raided you.

[@fotgjengeren]

Great feat guys to pull that off in 24 hours. And thanks for introducing me to Fire-Toolz, who makes incredible stuff and I'm only a few tracks in

[@SoularSlothesk]

Honestly love the vibes Ben is bringing out

[@JuanManuelGarcia_machine]

I freaking love this ! Can not believe you pulled this out !

[@alexiz0013]

This may be the greatest video I've ever watched! 😄 I freaking dig the entire creative process -- I wish I had the skills just so I could be a part of something like this -- an epic, collaborative brainstorm of talent. This is the way 👌🏽

[@m.schlich2357]

Adam is actually trying while Ben is just rolling 💀

[@roseshipley9855]

I thought beautiful and tragic was just gonna be a statement about how the stream went, not the album name

[@TheDiamondTardis]

This was super neat. Loved seeing what y'all came up with

[@disparity-bit]

This is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing this process with us!