Ever wondered why some people seem to have a gift for music? Have you wished that you could play by ear, sing in tune, improvise and jam? You are in the right place.
Musicality Now is a mix of interviews and teaching, featuring some of the most inspiring and insightful musicians and music educators, talking about how to learn the core inner skills you need to feel like a "natural" in music and enjoy freedom, creativity and confidence.
Topics include: Playing by ear, Singing in tune, Jamming with other musicians, Having a good sense of rhythm, Writing your own music, Writing notation, Improvising a solo, Talking intelligently about music, Understanding Music Theory, Clapping in time, Knowing your instrument inside and out, Tuning your instrument by ear, Reading notation, Sight-reading music, Playing from a lead sheet, Performing live, and Playing multiple instruments.
Musicality Now is brought to you by Musical U (musical-u.com), the leading provider of musicality training online. Learn more and get shownotes at musicalitynow.com.
Can you sing? If not... can you breathe?!
Funny question, I know! But we had a recent masterclass which joined up those two questions so beautifully. It's with Michaela Bartoskova, who's a voice, s…
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Join Christopher and the Next Level coaching team to discover the latest tips, tricks and techniques you can use to advance in your own musical life.
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Did you know, there's ONE foundational skill which makes everything in musicality easier?
I'm talking about everything from ear training to playing by ear, improvising, writing music, improving you…
There are 5 BIG mistakes adult music learners make...
And if you're an adult learning music, I can pretty much guarantee you're making one of these - if not ALL FIVE.
Today I'm gonna share with y…
What if you could learn music faster - by practicing LESS?!
It sounds crazy... but it's actually possible.
In this section from Dr. Molly Gebrian's recent Musical U masterclass, you'll hear exactly h…
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Join Christopher and the Next Level coaching team to discover the latest tips, tricks and techniques you can use to advance in your own musical life.
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- Andy sharing the benefit…
In this interview you'll meet leading educator and Professor of Music and Music Education in Bogotá, Colombia, Camilo Suárez.
He shares a bit about his own musical journey, from trying various inst…
Do you know what your "North Star" is in music?
If you've ever suffered from "shiny object syndrome", chasing squirrels and going down YouTube rabbitholes, or you've found your musical motivation g…
Ever seen what other musicians are up to... and felt intimidated? Like YOU could never do that.
And if we're talking about songwriting, composing or other creative musical activities - well, forget…
Tero Potila is a successful songwriter and composer with a string of hits to his name. He recently joined us at Musical U as a Guest Expert, teaching on creativity and collaboration.
In this mini-i…
Christopher looks back on "Beatles Month", when we went deep into the musicality of the Fab Four themselves, uncovering the truth behind their phenomenal career and apparently supernatural "talent".
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Join Christopher and the Next Level coaching team to discover the latest tips, tricks and techniques you can use to advance in your own musical life.
This time we have:
- Zac sharing the "breakth…
Since 2015 one man has been the heart of the Musical U community, our very own @GtrStu777! In this interview you'll meet our "Community Conductor" Stewart Hilton, who does so much to keep our unique …
In this sneak-peek behind the scenes of our forthcoming Musicality book, Christopher shares a framework you can use to start playing more expressively.
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Believe it or not, they can all make you more musical... Here's how!
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Drummer Dave Smith teaches a powerful stepping-based method for improving your connection to the pulse, your sense of rhythm and your ability to both perform and be creative with different rhythmic p…
Ever felt like your rhythm skills aren't quite what they should be - but you really didn't know what you could do about that?
We've found that typically, the rhythm side of things is massively over…