In Conversation With Adam Levy [Electric & Acoustic Guitar Mastery]

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Solo artist, sideman and Guitar Tips-nician shares wisdom and love for music and playing
Welcome to the show. We are delighted to welcome Mr Adam Levy to Schwangri-La, as he stops in on the way home after some European tour dates. Adam is an exceptional musician having played with artists including Norah Jones - yes, it’s him on Come Away With Me - Tracy Chapman, Vulfpeck, Madison Cunningham and many, many more. He also has a string of solo releases and side projects.
Adam’s laid-back style is underpinned with extensive harmonic and melodic knowledge, gained in part at least from his studies with the formidable Ted Greene. Those themes of melody and harmony permeate everything Adam brings to the instrument and, lucky for us, shares today.
Enjoy the episode!
• Adam on RU-vid: ru-vid.com
• Adam on t’internet: www.adamlevy.com/
• Adam’s book, ‘String Theories’: stringtheoriesbook.com/
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/2B06quU
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/Wqk0Qn
• Radial Big Shot ABY
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/3vHT2sl
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/Vm50Dk
• Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/4aJydvo
• Milkman F-Stop Reverb & Tremolo
milkmansound.com/collections/accessories/products/f-stop
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
2:15 Why are we here?
4:46 Adam’s beginnings
7:45 Music is about rhythm
9:40 Inside the chords
13:10 Nothing new under the sun
16:10 Working with songwriters
20:00 The emotional curve
21:00 Chords and melody
22:50 Adam plays ‘And They All Sang’
27:30 Voice leading?
36:00 Remembering Ted Greene
39:41 All The Things You Are
43:30 You have to do the work
44:20 Acoustic love
48:45 Working with artists, sounding like yourself
55:00 Have good time, all the time
1:01:50 Trust the people you’re playing with
1:03:00 Practice routine
1:04:20 Can you play Happy Birthday?
1:08:00 Focus on one thing at a time
1:11:45 Adam plays ‘Sidewalk Chalk’
Guitars used in today’s show
• Collings I-30 LC
• Collings CJ-35
www.collingsguitars.com/
Amps used in this show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with stock speaker
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/B0JXex
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@Burnt_Gerbil 2 месяца назад

1:57 He did the chord! He did it, folks! 😆

@alessandrodecarli2462 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂❤

@lacuna198928 2 месяца назад

Seemed like a tribute to the pedalshow channel! haha

@Evy-1988 2 месяца назад

the way he explains what he does might just actually be life changing for me. This might just be the best thing ever. Thank you ever so much

@petergoddard1960 2 месяца назад

Right there with you, man. Adam has been seeping into my soul for a while now.

@nedim_guitar 2 месяца назад

I don't feel the same way, but I am happy for you! Also, I didn't pay enough attention, so I'll have to go back to this video again.

@periloustemple8290 2 месяца назад

Extraordinary! He shares that same all around "whole" person loveliness that is Tim Lerch. They have that calm center from which all this musical magic flows. I have been working up some originals and gotten sort of stuck. I mean, I am still having fun, but this experience today has inspired me to reconsider what is important in these songs. Thanks for tuning me up! Love you all!

@Isaac-Draper 2 месяца назад

You know it's a great show when you immediately go and play your guitar when it's done. Thanks chaps!

@morganroberts 2 месяца назад

When it’s done? Before it’s finished 😊

@mrblablablabla 2 месяца назад

@@morganrobertsexactly!

@jonpardoe 2 месяца назад

More Jazz please, from a (currently) non-Jazz player. Tim Lerch, Jocelyn Gould and now this have been some of my favourite episodes recently, despite not really being about pedals, but certainly all very much about tone.

@johnseaton 2 месяца назад

Yes. This. As someone in a guitar class said once to someone else mid-noodle: "just because you CAN play, doesn't mean you always should"

@jesseglickmusic 2 месяца назад

Adam is my #1 favorite guitarist right now. All of his solo stuff is unbelievably touching. This interview came at the right time!

@TheAdArchive 2 месяца назад

You really need to get the Slowdive guys on. If there’s one band that uses pedals (a lot of pedals) and have an amazing story to tell then it’s Slowdive!

@fivewattworld 2 месяца назад

So nice to see my friend Adam here. Smart of you guys to enjoy listening to his musical life and experience. Bravo!

@fotoajojo 2 месяца назад

Met Adam back in 90s at a guitar workshop. He got on stage with Pat Martino who told him he should put his playing more forward. Glad he stayed true to himself. So measured and soulful and about giving to other musicians. So many jazz players are like talking to an alien-if you can’t understand them they have no time for you. Adam taught exactly as you see him here. No ego and really supportive of everyone’s journey no matter their level.

@heypockyway6652 2 месяца назад

Some of the guitar parts on the Come Away With Me album and Amos Lee tracks were so dear to me years before I discovered they were Adam. Such a great story and a great approach to music and the guitar. Thanks TPS

@spiltmilk615 2 месяца назад

This is a kindness, gentlemen. A+ human being and musician.

@oldkokochen1593 2 месяца назад

Between this gentleman and the Simon Jarrett episodes, you have created ASMR for guitarists. Well done, sirs!

@periloustemple8290 2 месяца назад

I so agree. I am adding Tim Lerch to that list. I know he has not been on the show (yet), but Julian Lage has that thing, too. I mean great players all - but something bigger on the inside with these cats - like the TARDIS itself.

@rinosphere 2 месяца назад

Besides the guitar wisdom and great vibe, can I just day how good the video production is? Sound. Colour. Lighting. All on point. Well done lads.

@ThatPedalShow 2 месяца назад

Thanks Rino. I obsess about that stuff and as time goes by, we get incrementally better at it! Mick here.

@jpaw1325 2 месяца назад

TPS and Adam Levy… what a perfect pairing.

@grrrahg 2 месяца назад

We had Adam play at our “house party” at a lighthouse in North Scotland, probably 15 years ago. It remains one of my musical highlights. I found him very inspiring. I play his albums frequently.

@morecheesemt 2 месяца назад

love it!! thank you! Bill Frisell would be a great guest too... :)

@ThatPedalShow 2 месяца назад

Yes he would!

@unautomne1980 2 месяца назад

@@ThatPedalShow Adam Levy is one of my two all time favourite players and musicians, the other one being Jim Campilongo. Thank you guys for hosting him finally ; now I'll be waiting for Jim ! And Bill Frisell would be great to host too, even if he does not seem very much at ease with speaking about himself. By the way, I had the great privilege to be able to take a few group lessons with Adam during lockdown in spring 2020 : they were not private lessons, just live sessions he was kind enough to offer during this very special time through his Patreon. I wish I were able to keep up, but it nonetheless has changed the way I play and it made me a better player. He is inspiring, and a very skilled and passionate teacher. Cheers Adam !

@mrblablablabla 2 месяца назад

With a lot of negative stuff going on in my life at the moment, I really needed this show! Super inspirational. It really flipped a switch in my mind. I always had the tendency to fit a melody to chords that were already in place. Now I’ll experiment with just creating a melody line and fitting chords and tones to it later. I already can hear lots of ideas floating around in my mind. Truly appreciated! ❤

@jeremyversusjazz 2 месяца назад

adams a super great dude and player. met him by accident one day while sitting at an outdoor cafe in nyc back in the 90’s. i was reading a guitar player mag on my lunch hour from my corporate gig, daydreaming about what it would be like to be one of the players in guitar player when up walks one of the players from guitar player…i believe he was the editor if not an editor there at the time. he introduced himself by asking “hey do u play guitar?!” like an excited kid and we chatted about guitar for a good while… then he split-“i gotta get to a session” or words to that effect. i’ve often wondered if he was heading to the Norah Jones sessions since this would’ve been exactly the time he says he moved back to New York to do those sessions. I asked him via comms on his own channel and he could not remember tho he said he remembered our meeting. so I’m just gonna say that is, in fact, where he was going and leave it at that! Nobody does more with less than adam. not even bill frisell. a true artist.

@scottcurry4116 2 месяца назад

Lovely show! The jazz folks you have on the show are so beautifully chill! Adam was brilliant! Many thanks.

@KyleByquist 2 месяца назад

had the pleasure of having Adam as a teacher and mentor when I was in music school; wise beyond words and such a genuinely wonderful human

@funk411 2 месяца назад

I took lessons from him over 30 years ago in San Francisco. A great educator and a cool dude.

@jamesridener3573 2 месяца назад

Great show. Adam’s restraint and overall thoughtfulness is so refreshing. And you can even hear it in his speech. A great example of allowing yourself to be yourself.

@andyw6026 2 месяца назад

Goodness me, what a wonderful, wonderful man.......thank you both for bringing him to TPS and thank you Adam....

@40WattPodcast 2 месяца назад

An absolute inspiration - I love Adam Levy and I’ve never heard a more earnest laugher in my entire life ❤

@AdamMillerGuitar 2 месяца назад

Adam is the best - thanks so much for having him on the show!

@groovepooper 2 месяца назад

Great show guys! Adam is a true gem, and I absolutely devoured Norah's first two records. What's even crazier to imagine is that he played in her band together with the amazing Robbie McIntosh!

@WillBrahm 6 дней назад

Adam is so great. Thank you guys

@jesseshookman8502 2 месяца назад

Adam is so cool. His "Come Away With Me" solo turned my head the first time I heard it - it's so great, so musical.

@bustalick335 2 месяца назад

Great episode, guys. Now I will have to go down the rabbit hole, which is Adam Levy😊😊😊😊

@BCarpenter2314 2 месяца назад

Adam Levy, Simon Jarret, Tim Lerch... imagine them all together in some sort of jam. The sounds you might hear for the first time would be astonishing! Cheers!

@mattbrammer 2 месяца назад

Wow! What a lovely legend. I've been shopping at Bandcamp already!

@gregdittman7610 2 месяца назад

I feel like I just got out of church. The message was not flashy, but it was profound.

@goswo 2 месяца назад

YES. Adam is The Boss and such a fine Gentleman ❤

@Colinjohnmusic 2 месяца назад

Nice to see Adam classing up the joint here, not that you two need that. Such a tasty anti-hero musician, a consummate professional. Bravo!

@jthiessen4157 2 месяца назад

Adam is the most unlikely RU-vid star which is maybe what makes him so interesting. He supports others so effectively he nearly disappears himself but he's so good at it that eventually some attention comes around

@michaelkay611 2 месяца назад

Thank you gents for a brilliant conversation. What Adam said around 1:05:00 about playing what you hear, rather than patterns, is as simple and profound as it gets. One thing I wonder if other folks experience: so many years of playing from patterns has constrained my imagination when I hold the guitar. Without the guitar, I can imagine melodies and lines in my head. But holding the guitar, they disappear and it takes massive effort to find them rather than default to things based on patterns. Does anyone else experience this? Learning to play simple melodies and composing your own, I suppose, and really training your ear, are the pathways out of it. Takes a lot of work. Anyway, thank you TPS!

@jrchanning 2 месяца назад

This was terrific, what a great player Adam is and the way he talks and explains things is rather hypnotic !!, great episode 😄

@bobmorris5864 2 месяца назад

So enlightening. Thanks for doing this show. Melody and harmony are everything to me. Thanks SO much TPS.

@jimgroce9487 2 месяца назад

Such a lovely guy, thanks for getting him on.

@PaddyBlight 2 месяца назад

Came in not really knowing anything about Adam… but this is up there in my favourite episodes. I wish all my students would watch and absorb the wisdom within!

@jakeallama22 Месяц назад

I love Adam’s style! My favourite solo to date is the solo from nightingale when he was playing with Norah Jones.

@kimronningen 2 месяца назад

The greatest guy ever! What a guitar player and an amazing dude! All the stuff he said really resonates with me, and I feel the same way about wanting to be the guitar player that doesn’t do the flashy stuff. One thing that I’m not able to do it, but it does not attracts me either. This kind of playing attracts me! Cheers from Norway!

@psychonaut689 2 месяца назад

Another great episode TPS. It's not about complexity necessarily, but hearing the beauty in the notes and sharing this with others. Fab!

@blues61 2 месяца назад

Thank you TPS! Thank you Adam Levy!

@chrisegg7936 2 месяца назад

I promise I was paying attention to the actual important lessons but also it's really cooling seeing the EAE limelight, a pedal designed in collaboration with Touche Amore, on a player like Adam's board!

@mattkeating1396 2 месяца назад

That was an amazing show. Such simple and useful advice too

@BaronsDuju 2 месяца назад

Such a relaxed and comforting demeanour about this guy.

@brettliebermanmusic 2 месяца назад

Read his book a few months ago. Well worth the read. I have been playing for 34 years and still learned some new tips.

@petegeoghegan7562 2 месяца назад

Love Adam. Beautiful.

@thomasspieth6001 2 месяца назад

TPS. Thanks for going in depth with Adam Levy!

@kristofer_merritt2923 2 месяца назад

Keep these coming! This was a beautiful lesson and conversation. Could have listened to several hours of you guys and Adam.

@justinguitarcia 2 месяца назад

Oooo cant wait to watch this, Adam is a true master

@DavidComdico 2 месяца назад

Adam is a great teacher and musician. And those Collings sure are beautiful. Great show.

@Youtubemademeaddahandle 2 месяца назад

Learning to do "... all that, all at once." is the valuable gift of a performance. Practicing "performing" along with others before entering a rehearsal space is not the same as actually listening to other players there. It's the "listening" that conditions each player to hear the other before each carries that "hearing" to the "live venue. The goal of a rehearsal is to "prove' the level of "concert" which must be "carried' so it can be "delivered". So, practicing "delivering" is greater the the sum of parts and hones those "skill elements".

@kcole4001 2 месяца назад

A brilliant, very enjoyable and informational show! Mr. Levy certainly has a natural and comfortable way of explaining the subject, I found it quite revealing. Bravo! 👍👍

@Youtubemademeaddahandle 2 месяца назад

As a fingerstyle acoustic guitar player (not the tap/slap type) who moved to electric blues lead, and then solo original instrumentals on acoustic, then electric I never feared repetition. I use the core blended "riff" within a partial chord exploring a rhythm as base for the next reply expanding the piece. Later, to accompanying myself when I added singing, I realized repetition of playing was required but I could move up or down the neck and into different fingerings for effect. Then, I was invited to join a horn band and tried to morph into a triad azz box player. I ended up using a 339 and keeping my ears open for what was missing while keeping my playing minimal (except for the frequent solos). Now I am joining them in an expanding repertoire slowly diverging from "real book" tunes. More Pop, R&B, and blues, and some Bossa Nova.

@GabrielRice 2 месяца назад

Cannot wait to watch this! my two favourite guitar channels

@dwaynejessome1728 2 месяца назад

What an entertaining 73 minutes! A soft spoken giant giving us a peak at a world that I want to know so much more about. Great interview Gents & thanks for giving this type of an interview a platform

@carfishquixote 2 месяца назад

Fantastic interview. Thanks for this.

@timhall7771 2 месяца назад

So this video drops today... ...a few years back I discovered John Smith through a TPS video with him (and more recently another one), and last night I got to see him play live - so good, so glad to have found his music here - and today I learn of someone new to me who (arrgh!) I just missed and will have to look out for in future. Thanks for bringing us the good stuff!

@SergioAureo 2 месяца назад

Oh guys, this is AWESOME!

@DirtyDavesDirt 2 месяца назад

Another great show, I always enjoy listening and learning from these extraordinary people.

@johnelcanrab2114 2 месяца назад

Amazing intro tone. Great player. Great human. Great episode.

@DaveElke 2 месяца назад

Excellent hang and insightful interview. Thanks guys

@jeremiahMc11 2 месяца назад

I love watching players like this that do that swaying thing while they play. It's like he's dancing with his guitar and I guarantee on some unmeasurable level that it improves everything. 34:11

@jt3483 2 месяца назад

Still watching this, but had to pop in while I remember... Gerald Wilson was my Jazz Appreciation Professor at UCLA! Such a cool guy and infinite knowledge ❤

@timchalmers1700 2 месяца назад

Excellent video! Thanks guys!

@Youtubemademeaddahandle 2 месяца назад

What I pay "solo" is nothing like what I bring to a "band". When I'm given an opportunity to "solo" it's less a true solo and more an opportunity to "receive", "interpret", and then "return" to "tune" back to the band. Those three phased keep me "in" the band and 'in the moment" of the assemblage of player's performance. I believe my playing grows more during a performance when I "stay alive".

@aaroncurtis4476 2 месяца назад

I really enjoyed this episode. Thanks guys!

@BerniM10 2 месяца назад

Agree wholeheartedly re the Tim Lerch reference. We (I) spend so much time chasing other people's sounds and trying to get into stuff that's seen as cool.. It's good to be reassured about following your own path.

@toreilly100 2 месяца назад

This episode and the Tim Lerch episode, are my 2 favorites!! Thanks guys!!

@astewart9410 2 месяца назад

Posted just as I’m off to work. Will watch later, looking forward to it!

@TheFeelButton 2 месяца назад

Great show! Cheers Mick, Dan and Adam!!

@ShaneOBrien 2 месяца назад

Another great show with such a talented guest doing such beneficial thoughts to all guitar players, words of wisdom. Even if viewers don't know at the 1st viewing, the interaction and discussion shared between all three of you folks will, absolutely have influences on us guitarists, sooner or later on, when we think about what you all had shared together. That's regardless of each of our preferred styles of music we play at home or at gigs. Long way of stating how cool of an episode this truly is. Thanks Men.

@regaudieguillaume 2 месяца назад

I needed that interview, thank you 😊

@lucassoares2272 2 месяца назад

Lovely to know that while I am light years behind his playing, at least I setup my deluxe reverb the exact same way 😂

@RobbieBarnby 2 месяца назад

Awesome! Love Adam's playing.

@ThatPedalShow 2 месяца назад

Hey Robbie, love yours too man!

@SSvebor 2 месяца назад

Now, that's some wonderful stuff.

@GuitarTonePro 2 месяца назад

Wow, this is going to be a good one.

@mardin56 2 месяца назад

First rate conversation and invaluable guitar wisdom.

@gurrgurr1023 2 месяца назад

Wow, so inspiring!

@Youtubemademeaddahandle 2 месяца назад

My greatest musical pleasure is the arranging of my own or other's compositions which then become more my own in the process. Later the increased pleasure in the sharing of that arrangement when other players notice some "beauty" added. To impress others is like a beating, but to gift others is a sharing well received.

@ronrumsey3205 2 месяца назад

Wonderful!

@ElPedro212 2 месяца назад

I was having just that most miserable morning and this was just the absolute best, thank you so much Adam

@davidhawkins9206 2 месяца назад

This is great. Thankyou! Please consider getting Rich Hinman (Adam Levy bandmate) on the show with his pedal steel. Would be really nice to showcase that instrument

@anthonyalfredyorke1621 2 месяца назад

Great show LEG END'S, what an interesting Artist I don't know this man's work but now I'm going to find out more, a lot of what he says is a little beyond me but he makes me want to know more. What a Gentleman , to have the confidence just to be yourself is a hard earned thing. PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

@JeffMcErlain 2 месяца назад

Great to see you on here my friend!

@MichaelWatts 2 месяца назад

Just the most gorgeous player out there

@joetoe9207 2 месяца назад

So soothing

@wallqvistphotography4937 2 месяца назад

Man, if he's looking for a new buddy I'm there. What a wonderful guy!

@petergoddard1960 2 месяца назад

As ever I get so inspired and somewhat transfixed by this wonderful man. So much golden advice, delivered in a non dictatorial way. The encouragement to both keep it simple but also explore in new ways. His book is equally inspiring. I heartily recommend 'String Theories' to anyone. His solo music is incredibly diverse (as is Bill Frisell's) and for me on constant rotation. Lerch, Gould and now Levy. Thank you. PS how can I pound the bejeezus out of the like button? One go? C'mon.

@dustymillermusic 2 месяца назад

Excellent show chaps

@justinguitarcia 2 месяца назад

The maestro of patient playing

@Merraldooo 2 месяца назад

Awesome guest this time! Inspired 📝🎸 his curiosity with drop 2 voicings & chord chemistry is something I will be looking into good pick boys!! Simplicity*

@WoolyFox 2 месяца назад

Really enjoyed this episode, very timely for me in my playing journey. I have been focusing on playing only the top 3 or 4 strings in my band's song arrangements so I don't end up playing the same parts as the rhythm player. Voice leading is a useful skill and melody driven progressions are amazing.