How The Strokes Wrote the Riff for The Adults Are Talking

[@inspiredglue2056]

It genuinely just makes me so happy to see someone who also is this passionate about The Strokes. They hold such a special place in my heart. New Abnormal is truly a masterpiece. Beautiful

[@mattygregmusic]

big agree! always welcome, ty for the support and sharing the passion :)

[@jamiestonks]

please do make a video where you write a song using the things we learned in this video!!

[@mattygregmusic]

Okay don't gotta tell me twice, I was hoping y'all would wanna see something like that 😊

[@Mayyde]

i love playing along with this song once you know the guitar parts. every single time im always following along with Albert's playing, i feel like im talking with Nick, and then when I'm playing along with Nick, it feels like I'm talking with Albert. musically this song is just amazing. one of my favorite strokes songs

[@mattygregmusic]

It's TRANSCENDENT

[@jamiestonks]

4:53 love how you said it's similar to two voices. i've always heard the instruments all throughout this song like they were speaking with each other

[@mattygregmusic]

You are a very astute listener! Everything in this song feels like it, they clearly spent the time to curate and arrange everything to align with that theme 👍

[@herculet]

Yeah they're "the adults" : D

[@nut6043]

The analysis of this song is so clear, every point is a banger and there is no filler in your points! Every sentence is meaningful and your way of elaborating on things is very clear, humble and really great

[@mattygregmusic]

wow thank you so much for this thoughtful feedback, I so appreciate your support :) are you a musician? Ps. mudkip is one of my faves :)

[@FoolHen_]

Yess, would love a creative session putting the theory to the test!

[@mattygregmusic]

Alright! So happy to hear y'all are interested in the creative process as well as learning more about the songs!

[@JacobTShipley]

Glad I waited for the little treat at the end

[@mattygregmusic]

it was just for you hehe

[@juricabilus5842]

As someone who's recently discovered your channel and as someone who wants to learn more about songwriting and composing original material - there is nothing I would love more as a video from you than a "write your own chord tones riff tutorial". Casablancas is the coolest fuckin musician of our time and you make his ideas easy to understand and follow for intermediate musicians.

[@mattygregmusic]

Awesome! We're gonna write some sick music together 💪 appreciate your support so much!

[@juricabilus5842]

@@mattygregmusic Oh yeah I hope so man. Ngl, having the help of someone so knowledgeable and talented even if it is "just" through KZbin videos sure helps me think that way.

[@mattygregmusic]

@@juricabilus5842 that's the best thing i could hear! So happy you are finding my work useful! Are you a musician/songwriter?

[@juricabilus5842]

@@mattygregmusic Well idk, kind of a musician - I play drums (badly), bass (a bit less badly) and guitar (only started 10 months ago but I take lessons from a local guitar god). As for the songwriter part, absolutely not a songwriter but it's something I aspire to be, I guess it's my main aspiration in music actually. That's why I like your videos, they're easy to understand if you have some basic theory knowledge and they make me wanna play something and scrap a song together - but I have no audio software skills and don't know shit about recording music, and most importantly i have trouble coming up with interesting/catchy melodies and basslines and everything in general lol. Sorry for this long text wall after a simple question, its just really cool to interact with such a talented musician whose music I listen to and who makes really great lessons for people to learn from

[@mattygregmusic]

@@juricabilus5842 hey i super appreciate the long text, i wanna hear about your musical journey! It's great you're taking lessons and getting better; never stop learning! As for songwriting and coming up with melodies, the best way to get better is to start writing! You can't build big muscles unless you go to the gym. Sure you won't start out super strong, but with consistency you'll be sure to get where you wanna be! Nobody writes good songs to start, but luckily you don't gotta share your first songs with anyone but yourself if you don't want to :)

[@neurons0nfire]

Love the close reading of how form and content interact to create meaning.

[@mattygregmusic]

That's what it's all about, my friend! One of my main soapboxes in this life is treating music like art, instead of a product

[@quntumnmly7431]

if you did a video like this on ode to the mets, i would eat that shit up because this is amazing

[@mattygregmusic]

Oh you KNOW Ode is coming ... The music theory of "drums, pls, fab"

[@billieball1]

@@mattygregmusic ha!

[@3xtan327]

The syncopation is so beatles-esque its lovely

[@mattygregmusic]

Interesting! What about it makes it feel Beatles-esque to you?

[@3xtan327]

@@mattygregmusic reminds me of the lead guitar line from i wanna hold your hand, gives me similar vibes

[@EdHed_]

Please do! Please make another video exemplifying the steps you listed, that would be great. Would also LOVE more analysis videos/streams on TNA. Keep up the great content!

[@mattygregmusic]

Thank you for the support my friend! I think that video will be next on my dockett hehe

[@amitmeiri1614]

A great music theory video! Just listened to this song today. You're awesome...

[@mattygregmusic]

thank you so much my friend :) I always think I'll get sick of a song after doing analyses like this, but I never do, I always just appreciate them more haha

[@zipiaro]

we should start calling you master Chef Matt, coz this looks like a cooking show for music & you COOKED!

[@mattygregmusic]

ayyyy, Im always trying to cook up something good in the kitchen AND in the studio :) thank you for the support my friend 🙏

[@Lucaspeder7]

I dont know anything about music theory but I love your videos!

[@mattygregmusic]

tysm for the support!! I have a new original song out if you wanted to take a listen :)

[@douglascaraballo6283]

Hey Matty ! There’s this song called Os Passaros by Los hermanos. Rodrigo Amarante is one of the two song writers in the band. Would love a break down of this song !

[@Inbetween_days_]

You deserve more credit man

[@mattygregmusic]

Appreciate the support so much, my friend 🙏 are you a musician?

[@Inbetween_days_]

@@mattygregmusic yeah, i play bass and some guitar and i love yours and adam neelys theory videos

[@vitorialuz3628]

Do more lyric analysis of ze strokes plsssss Btw i dont know nothing about music theory but i love your videos Hi from Brasil 🇧🇷

[@mattygregmusic]

Hello from USA! Thank you for the support! Definitely going to incorporate some more lyrical analysis into my content:)

[@UnaCanzoncina]

Hi Matty, I love your content but I am confused at 1:31, as G-c-F-B doesn’t correspond to Re-Sol- Do- Fa written below! Not sure if it’s me but it seems a bit confusing!

[@mattygregmusic]

I use movable do!

[@UnaCanzoncina]

Thank you Matty, you’re the best!

[@ARadioheadDeepDive]

Awesome

[@sliverbox271991]

could you explain what this top left corner visual means? your playing the top row notes, but where do they bottom row notes come from? and how the two rows are related? thanks

[@mattygregmusic]

The scale degrees are the position of the notes in the scale relative to the root. So in the key of C: C=1, D=2, E=3, etc! And in the key of E: E=1, F#=2, G#=3, etc! Solfege is just a way to refer to them that makes it easier for singing and ear training. The Roman Numerals refer to the chords built off of those scale degrees. A chord built from scale degrees 1 = I, chord built from scale degree 4 = IV, etc

[@ingluissantana]

Great!!!

[@mattygregmusic]

Thank you for watching and for the support 🙏

[@TheMijoAaron]

Bro do one on you only live once. It’s got some interesting stuff for sure

[@mattygregmusic]

Yolo is easily in my top 2 strokes songs (either that one or hard to explain, can't pick a fave!) So I'd love to talk about that one day!

[@RodolfoUBRS]

yes very interesting, do it

[@mattygregmusic]

So happy to hear y'all are interested in the creative process as much as just breaking down songs!

[@RodolfoUBRS]

@@mattygregmusic im still waiting for the "falsetto part" tho 🩶😁

[@mattygregmusic]

@@RodolfoUBRS coming on Monday! That's the first thing we're looking at in the Livestream!

[@MylesRoachMusic]

Wonderful music theory analysis as always. Don’t shy away from calling out our plutocracy! Would love to hear you lean into music education from a left-wing perspective!

[@mattygregmusic]

"lean into music education from a left-wing perspective" this is fascinating, I would love to do that...in what ways do you think I could do such a thing? Like, what does that look like?

[@MylesRoachMusic]

@@mattygregmusic Basically I think many artists are writing about the shortcomings of capitalism but most music criticism shies away from acknowledging that. Honestly it was a breath of fresh air to watch you flash “the ruling class” across the screen because the reality that we are being ruled by less the richest 5% of the population hardly ever gets brought up in political, let alone music discourse. I’m hoping to start making music content with a left-wing bias soon so maybe I’ll send you a video once I figure out what I want to talk about! But in any case keep up the great work!

[@alexrichardson5176]

This video is so engaging and i dont even play guitar 😭

[@mattygregmusic]

Teehee thank you for your support! Happy to hear :) what do you play?