“That doesn’t calculate greatness”. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!!!

I agree Avery, artist back then did riffs/runs to express feeling.

Thanks for dropping knowledge of the voice! I love what you’re saying about bringing feelings to a song! Riffing and running will get you no where without feelings and the words relationship! If this message should be given to today’s singers, I’m glad it’s both you. They will listen because of your true talent!

different cultures define riffs and runs differently, i always saw riffs as a melisma that doesn’t have a specific direction or even a set interval, melodically speaking, and runs as scalar/linear patterns (usually the pentatonic scale but not necessarily). a similar line of thinking to avery but not the same. id say riffs also tend to be shorter. id also argue that there are things out there that are both riffs and runs, and there are also runs that are composed of multiple riffs

The gospel/jazz music in the background is settin my soul on Fire 🔥.

I am not a singer but I am an Actor. This convo gave me information that I didn’t know I needed. 💪🏾

I have become obsessed with you two!! I love both of you voices so much and your knowledge of music is so amazing!!

Feeling the song always put the vocalist in a special place. Thanks guys for your great advice and singing. Always rooting for you both! ❤

These are really good! Keep it up fellas!

I love love love this! 😍😍 🙌🏽💖👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💖🙌🏽 Thank you both so much for your valuable time and shared wisdom. 🤗💕🤗

I really needed this video thank you so much

Absolutely, Stevie and Avery. Good advice. Communication. Both of you are exceptional vocalist.

Love you ❤️❤️❤️love the conversetion

need more of this. ty

Thank you. Right in time.

Such a cool conversation. It’s also cool to look at the best singers at riffing and running and most of them when they perform their songs or even covers of songs, they don’t always do the exact same run or riff that they may have recorded

Great content, keep em coming!!! lol

Wow thank you Stevie &Avery 🇰🇪🇰🇪

They said we dropping Gems today! 🔥❤️

Thanks 😊

I'm going to take some of your notes and college myself more. Thanks

I'm glad he realizes he runs "a lot" lol

You'll are the best keep it up nothing but love ❤️😘 bobbie

Riffs and runs, actually riffs and runs takes away from a song if done too much. Most singers that do riffs and runs too much don't have quality sounding voices. I am a quality man. Just as Anita Baker stated years back. She is about quality.

I don't know nothing about runs and riffs but I know about fine and sexy. That's what I'm here for ;-)

Two monsters talking about serous staffs. Well done ✌️🙌

Great clarity more a runner than Riffer🙂

I love to see you two reactions to Karen Clark Sheard balm in Gilead from finally Karen, she is the riff, run and lick queen...

Sometimes I feel tone deficient lol

Runs,riffs,trills, strikes all are different lol.

50 years? Ever heard traditional Arabic music? Or Ethiopian or Indians, no one riffs like they do it’s insane.

Do ur resarch!!!

so whats the new challenge name? lets blow it up!

Can y’all explain why y’all over run 🏃🏽‍♂️ to the point that the audience forget what your singing about?

Stevie borrowed a lot from Donny Hathaway. It's obvious how Stevie's style morphed, after Donny"s phrasing.

Do y’all feel like you do too many?

Some of these now singers attempt to do these riffs & runs and have a tendency to sing off key. It's a disaster.

Real music is getting lost!.. U don't know what u don't know!!!

what are yal pronouns? lol

I'm sick of the obsession of riffs and runs some people think if you can't do riffs and runs thinking you cant sing and all that craziness ...... As a singer myself I don't really care for them at all I'll do it tine to time but I'm not doing the most with them and i prefer jazz scatting its more creative for me ......