My Band's First Tour 

"...both have two drumsets" Soundguy: dies inside.

Imagine being on tour and suddenly remembering your wedding anniversary

the band is sicc the members are thicc but most importantly they played the licc

"As long as there's more people 8n the audience than on stage"... the more important thing is, as long as there's more chords than people in the audience, it's still jazz

"71 people bought tickets but only 40 people showed up". Been there.

*sees 30 minute Adam Neely video* Me: happy jazz noises

Adam, in the future you should announce these kinds of tours on your channel. I had no idea there was anything happening as I don't have other kinds of social media, so if this had come to my area, I would have probably missed out on it and been really sad. It doesn't have to be anything major, but I think just a small announcement video on this channel would go a long way towards raising awareness about these kinds of things with your RU-vid audience.

Ngl I got a little emotional at the end when all of you played the lick.

I feel like you playing the licc is the equivalent of Rick Rolling us but better

some drummer: I don't practice with a metronome, so my rhythm has feeling... band leader: tomorrow you play with another drummer. simultaniously

I hope that you guys will eventually get to Europe. I would love to see you perform live.

"we're going to do 40 pushups!" " what time signature should we do them in?" *laughs in jazz*

Starts with *T H E L I C C?* **like**

3:50 oh wow that's Music Is Win and his wife

Fun Japanese fact: The drummer's t-shirt at 22:56 says ドラマー (dorama), which means "drummer".

"sleeping is the key to feeling better" oof i felt that one

I love watching your audience, especially during polyrythmic sections, all digging along in different beats like it's the jazz appreciation Olympics.

"let's do push-ups" "what time signature are we doing them in?" I love these people, i genuinely do

I've been a musician/bass player for over a decade and went on my first tour over the summer as a tech for 3 bands. We went through Texas and made $0. It was basically 15 people on vacation that happened to play a show every night for 11 days. Played for a total of probably less than 100 people but, met a lot of cool musicians along the way.

Well you do have a Wikipedia page. That means you made it.

So weird seeing a much much more accomplished and skillful group of musicians play the same stage (Smith's olde bar) and occupy the same green room as i did for my first show a few months ago lol

You're probably the only person younger than 60 who made money touring with their Jazz band in 2019, congrats! It only took you two degrees and multiple years of consistently playing gigs and making youtube content on the side, seems easy enough, right? They should hand out medals for people who can make a decent living with a Jazz band that plays originals while affording NYC rent

Wish I could've seen you guys live!! Congrats Adam and bandmembers 🙌😎😊😀🙌

Loved every second of this. It worries me, though, that the band has two drummers and Adam has zero ear protection.

I'd love a live album on Bandcamp of recordings from this tour!

Look at Adam, living his best life playing music for his band and accomplishing dreams. I honestly feel so happy for him, wish you can keep this up mate!

25:39 seeing Adam's smile is truly melts my heart, we get so little of it

"I hope to tour more with sungazer in the future" I felt that :(

27:56 that bass is perfect wow

Question for the next Q+A: what exactly happened on the first show that went wrong?

So as someone who tours for a living, I totally feel your pain with the first show having so many issues. Things go wrong, stuff doesn't work, I've been there before. At the same time, it kinda of highlights the importance of pre-production. I don't intend any disrespect, you guys are much more competent musicians than myself. Any tour that I've been a part of, we would always take a couple days before, work out any issues with the rig, with parts, tracks, arrangement, choreography, etc. Even if it was stuff that we had played for months, we would hash it out fix issues, tweak the setlist, try to improve the overall presentation. Sometimes issues come up and you can't predict/avoid them. We once had our interface keep disconnecting mid song. I tore our tracks rig apart, tested every cable, swapped interfaces, only to find out we had a slightly loose USB port on our Macbook. A little gaffe tape every set and it fixed the issue. Also, I know this is your band's first tour, but the type of shows and setup/teardown needs to be taken into consideration. If you know you are going to have a short change-over, you need to design your rig around it. If you do a bunch of festival style shows, maybe running your own board/monitors would help. It helps with quick set-changes since you know that there will be consistency in your ears from night to night and you can focus all of your time on line-check. On a side note, the people you tour with really do become like family, for better or worse. 😂 On good tours, it's hard saying goodbye to all the friends you just made, it you really bond over shared experiences. Anyway, congrats on the first tour. Hopefully you guys get to tour some more! Maybe I'll have to catch a show if you're back in Nash. 😏

Adam, I think a lot of musicians would benefit from a video on how to schedule a tour. I can imagine there is a lot of factors to consider!

I'm so happy for you guys. Congrats on the first tour!

Getting the Lick signed on your guitar by Adam Neely awesome sauce way to go that dude 16:10

Damm I would be very nervous parking a van on a parkinglot overnight with all the gear inside of it. All the small portable cases, I've seen enough ads on facebook posted by bands whose vans have been raided on tour.

Solo's: Exist Zac Zinger: I made you

Y'all would have the best time in Europe, I'm encouraging coming here ^^

Pretty cool for a 2019 tour. Looking forward to Shubgazer 2020 ft. Music is Win making that face off in the background @3:53

When someone says bass is easy cause u only play the root of the chord 4:43

When he said "ooh! Green takis!" I felt that...

So are we just gonna ignore the straight drip Adam has in all the early shots? The fit is too cold

loved the part at 25:43 it was really good I definitely watched the entire video already

Ah... Touring.. I miss touring.. Thanks for the music, the videos and all that you do, man.

Breaks my heart that you were in North Carolina and I didn't know.

5:34 I like how the dude from Music is Win is just standing there

2:45 I felt that. The only thing I ever got the butterflies from playing live: _no sound check._

You know it’s gonna be a gnarly experience when Adam starts with “So, here’s the situation.”

Watching Adam’s videos makes me appreciative being a part of the music scene in my local area. I haven’t went out on bus tours yet but I play a couple gigs to several a month and love the community aspect. At this point having adopted a couple of kids, I don’t think I could commit to it. But I know I have the chops for it if I had to. I’m not bragging I’m just gracious and thankful to have achieved this level of success and to have the amount of talent I do have. I’m happy to watch those cutting teeth in the not so glamorous part of being a professional musician. My hat’s off. Because I know it ain’t easy.

3:53 Cameo

Got a kick out of Shawn's shirt at the NYC show, it said "drummer" in Japanese, LOL. Great vlog, thanks for sharing!

I am a blues guy. I play in 4/4 and live in the blues scale. I play in either A or E (because I know where the four boxes are on the fretboard) and when you hit a dissident note, me and everyone around cringes. With this, you can play any note you want. There are no dissident notes or "wrong" notes. That's the part that I can't seem to get my mind around and accept Jazz for what it is. Because if I tried that playing blues, the band would fire me. I watched Justin and Lee on the Rut Buster videos about jamming on the sixth. Even that concept is putting me out of my comfort zone because you still have to know when to land on the sixth note in the scale and not the fifth or seventh like is what I normally do. So watching these jazz videos are helping me to see that if it's in the right context, it can sound nice and musical.

I’m kinda sad I missed the Boston show!

I had a smile on my face watching this. Wish I could see you someday, until then YT has to do :)

Sell outs. I knew it I'm editing this comment because I wanted to clarify that I was making a joke. Trying to be clever about the sold out shows. But then I realized just calling you all (amazing, accomplished, inspiring musicians) sellouts doesn't sound like a joke. I'm not good at jokes. If you cant tell. I love what you guys do positivitytour

ShubhGazer2020 U.K and Ireland? at least youd have shorter drives and id get to see you

when you're doing a new thing thats not really been done before, sometimes its hard to make the things right the first time! But the train is on the tracks till it meets its destination

Wow. Never heard this type of music. Has to be soo difficult to play. Appreciating it.

Your band is the Ringo Starr of jazz: There's lots of clever stuff going on, but you play for the music and not to show off your skill... which ultimately leads to music that is easy to listen to despite being complex. That takes a true passion for, and understanding of, music and a well-tamed ego.

This whole "positive vibes" thing is so shallow. Its not about how you feel. That is a part of it. Its a matter of pushing through adversities. When doing something hard like this tour, it strengthens you. When you do things, even badly. They are still getting done. And by YOU! Progress is hardly ever smooth but it still brings you to new places you have never been. Worth it

seeing you interact with your fans put a big smile on my face

7:54 So _that's_ how Rick's studio is arranged!

It was such a treat to catch you guys in Boston! You put on a killer, energetic show and inspired me to write cool and wacky tunes like y'all. Congrats on a wonderful tour, I can't wait for the next one!

Adam Neely... all the technical failures. Man I feel you, broke a string amp dies and there's no P.A. Hell once I drove an hour before I realized that I left my bass at home. Man I miss being on the road. Adam I appreciate you sharing everything you share, Thank You.

So stunning to watch how positive you guys are throughout shit that happens during your tour, really inspiring!

Your technical difficulties reminded me of Periphery’s tour with Dream Theater.

yeah, we need you guys to tour Europe asap

Congratulations Adams, so happy for you, you deserve all this love. Thank you for what you do

You all are truly exceptional. The music was mind-blowing.

Come back to Cambridge! When I saw the announcement I was so pumped but but then so bummed as I had a conflict and could not make it.

Adam Does being a performer helps you as a composer, if yes, how?

I missed you guys when you came to Nashville so be sure to come back!!!!

Thanks for documenting the stops on the tour. Working artist life is hard but rewarding

Saxophonist doing high fives with the crowd was the best thing I've seen xD

I love the fact that you can see my apartment in this video lmao

Always inspiring to see artists persuing what they love. Great spirit, great people and great music. Fly high, Adam and friends

Hope y'all can come to Chicago on a future tour. I love the albums, and hearing this music live would be great. Congrats on your first tour! It's great to see real music appreciated around the country.

For the next Q+A: How do i teach a person how to swing and shuffle? We recently discovered in my band that our bassist didn't really know that these two things existed..

Spicy jazz chords and sax appeal are guaranteed to draw a crowd! (But most of them probably just came for The Licc...)

That was kind of a fun watch. Congrats on the tour and keep rockin and jazzin!

Cheers to you man, been watching your channel for years and to see it and your music develop over the years has been a treat. Now being able to tour on it, truly a dream!

I need that “ドラマー ” shirt Shawn was wearing at the NYC show.

5:34 I spot a music is win

Definitely looking forward to your next tour! Here's hoping you make your way out to the midwest!

Honestly the more i listen to Sungazer live vids the more i love it... It´s a worldclass act!

Nodoby: Adam: does 40 pushups before gig

Still sad I missed you in Atl, had to do something for work that night. Would love for you to come back one day!

I want to shoutout not only the excellent content, but the absolutely top tier editing on these videos. Low-key a well performing documentary if this stuff was made full length and distributed.

Congratulations on successfully completing your first tour! For all the effort you put into your creation, you definitely deserve to enjoy and share it in as many ways as possible!

10:32 to 11:34 sounds so good

great show in fayetteville, y'all, i hope y'all come back to NC again and come to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill. I guarantee you'll get a better turn-out.

Hey Adam, I had a tough week, but watching you guys touring made me smile for a little bit, even if I wasn't there. Thanks

Love this journey ♥️

24:32 Wait.... was that.... emotion? From Adam?? Quick, cut away!

just checked your band out and that shit blessed my headphones, very nice

Love the insight into the tour-life. Excellent editing as always.

Hope to catch you guys somewhere in future! Awesome!

This was so wholesome but also hella cool and I loved it, also your music is epic and I BEG that you come to the UK!

When I went to the venue in Fayetteville we said the same thing lmao that place looked deserted

That was great brought back lots of memories of being young and playing and doing roadie work touring around. All aspect of music on the road is frustrating and cool at the same time.

I really wish I lived in the US (or, at least, not across the Atlantic Ocean) to go and catch you guys live. I had a smile on my face just from seeing you all having a great time. I pray for Shubhgazer2020 to be a thing! Thanks a lot for your content and opening a new world of music to a whole lot of people like me!