Musicality Now

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 how to take some of the most mind-boggling breakthrough ideas from the world of neuroscience, and use them in a practical way to dramatically accelerate your music learning. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 271 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: Someone Should Have Told Me This When I Was A Kid! With Dr. Molly Gebrian • MollyGebrian.com • Molly's YouTube channel • Learn Faster, Perform Better: Pre-order the book on Amazon Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

If you've ever worried that you were a slow learner in music, or maybe you've heard about our super learning material here at musical you, then you're going to love today's mini interview with Dr. Molly Gebrian. You'll get the chance to hear how her career as a professional viola player combined with her fascination with neuroscience, to produce one of the world's leading experts on accelerating the process of learning music. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 270 Links and Resources • MollyGebrian.com • Molly's YouTube channel • Learn Faster, Perform Better: Pre-order the book on Amazon Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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: - Andy sharing the benefits of figuring out melodies and chords using solfa - Zac revealing the surprising impact of tapping into the spirit of "ease and joy" - Camilo explaining how basslines can help you memorise more easily, by understanding the structure more deeply - And Andrew discusses the power of language and "doodletonguing" for adapting to a new musical style Tip: find just ONE idea from everything that's shared, and take it to your next music practice session or apply it in YOUR musical life. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 269 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: How to Be a Beatle • Musicality Now: Craft, Creativity and Career (with Tero Potila) • Musicality Now: Comparison and Contribution (with Tero Potila) • Musicality Now: What’s Your “North Star” In Music? • Musicality Now: Experiencing Musicality (Meet the Team, with Camilo Suárez) • Molly Gebrian • Next Level Coaching Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 instruments and feeling "untalented" through discovering musicality training, and going on to bring those ideas to the educational system in Colombia and joining the Musical U team. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 268 Links and Resources • Coaches Corner Episodes Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 going up and down like a rollercoaster week by week... Then let me share one solution, proven by thousands upon thousands of musicians to fix all those problems and more - in as little as five minutes. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 267 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: How To Be A Beatle • Your Musical Core training • Musicality Now: Hey! Where Are You Going? • Molly Gebrian Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 about it! In this clip from Tero Potila's masterclass at Musical U he reveals how to shift out of the "comparison trap" and recognise the musical contribution which you alone can make. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 266 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: Craft, Creativity and Career (interview with Tero Potila) • TeroPotila.com Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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-interview, you'll hear exactly how he went from thinking songwriting took a magical "talent" to discovering that he too was capable of writing great music. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 265 Links and Resources • TeroPotila.com Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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". Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 264 Links and Resources • ToneDeafTest.com • SingTrue app • Beatles Month Index • Welcome to Beatles Month • How the Beatles Came to Be, with Scott Freiman • Writing Songs the Beatles Way, with Matt Blick • The Message in the Music of the Beatles, with Scott Kuehn • The Simplicity and Sophistication of the Beatles, with Aaron Krerowicz • The Story of the “Fifth Beatle”, with Kenneth Womack • How To Be The Beatles, with Hard Day’s Night • The Musicality of the Beatles Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 "breakthrough that leads to ALL the breakthroughs" - Camilo with a nifty AI tool you can use to help with active listening, playing by ear and improvisation - Andy reveals a surprising way to improve your finger speed on your instrument - Andrew discusses how our musicality and creativity can easily outstrip our notation skills - and what to do about that Tip: find just ONE idea from everything that's shared, and take it to your next music practice session or apply it in YOUR musical life. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 263 Links and Resources • Dave Smith "Roots in Rhythm" Workshop (use coupon code MUSICAL-U for an exclusive discount!) • Learn more about Next Level Coaching • Moises AI app Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 community thriving, and find out a bit about his own fascinating musical journey. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 262 Links and Resources • Stewart's articles "Summer of Music: On the Road", Part 1 and Part 2 • A sampling of Stewart's music over the years: - One song from the 9-song tape by Hemlock, power metal band in the late 1980s. - A song from the first tape from Stewart's Christian band Weeping Prophet - Full-length CD from The Void - Album by Vine Connection - A release from last year which Stewart played all the electric guitar parts on • About Singing as a Tool and How to Learn to Sing in Tune Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

In this sneak-peek behind the scenes of our forthcoming Musicality book, Christopher shares a framework you can use to start playing more expressively. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 261 Links and Resources • MusicalityBook.com: Register your interest now! Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

What do a zombie cowbell, a matte-black drumhead, and a pink sparkly snare drum have in common? Believe it or not, they can all make you more musical... Here's how! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 260 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: Rhythmic Reconnection (interview with Dave Smith) Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 patterns. In this first part of his recent Musical U masterclass, Dave introduces the foundation of his method, with an exercise you can start using right away to improve your own rhythmic chops. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 259 Links and Resources • Dave Smith Drums • Dave's Free Facebook Group: "Musicians Improving Their Rhythm Mastery" • Roots in Rhythm Workshop (use coupon code MUSICAL-U for an exclusive discount!) Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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 overlooked by music learners. The basics come easily, and then we kind of forget about actually improving our sense of rhythm. So even though it's a huge part of the difference between an "okay" performance and a really great performance, often we aren't actually working on our rhythm skills the way we could or should be. Today we have a mini-interview with our recent Guest Expert, drummer extraordinaire Dave Smith, whose approach to developing your sense of rhythm and your connection to the pulse of music is really special - and really powerful. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 258 Links and Resources • Dave Smith Drums • Dave's Free Facebook Group: "Musicians Improving Their Rhythm Mastery" • Roots in Rhythm Workshop (use coupon code MUSICAL-U for an exclusive discount!) Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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. In episode 2 we hear fantastic ideas for contacting your "inner drummer", tailoring your improvisation to match the style of music you're going for, set better goals by thinking about how you want to share your music - and the surprising power of turning off one of your senses... Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 257 Links and Resources • Learn more about Next Level Coaching Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

From a Paul Simon dance-off through to scratch DJing and music video production, Zac Bailey has had a journey like no other, resulting in a deep, distinctive and profound grasp of what musicality is all about. In this Meet The Team interview we speak with Musical U's Head of Member Success, Zac Bailey (a.k.a. @ZSonic) to discover his fascinating musical life and the unusual origin story of his role at Musical U! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 256 Links and Resources • ZSonic online, including the Funk Romance video! • Learn more about Foundations course instructor Anne Mileski • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

Looking around, most online music education companies follow the "guru" model where you can sign up to be just like the famous player by following in their footsteps. That's not how Musical U does it. Why not? Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 255 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: Intimidating – or Inspiring? You Choose • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

In her Musical U masterclass "Performance Secrets From An Industry Insider", Melissa Mulligan (founder of Music Career Mastermind) shared a wealth of insight and experience on what makes for a truly great musical performance. Whether you're touring world arenas like some of Melissa's clients, or just getting ready to perform for friends and family, this short section of the masterclass has some deep and powerful ideas to help you level up and really enjoy performing more too. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 254 Links and Resources • Musicality Now: Finding Your Musical Identity (with Melissa Mulligan) (interview) • MastermindRoad.com, home of Music Career Accelerator • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com! Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

Melissa Mulligan is a vocal coach and advisor to top Billboard-charting artists, and the founder of the highly popular Music Career Accelerator program at MastermindRoad.com. In this mini-interview she shares her take on "talent" and what really matters in crafting a successful music career or non-professional musical journey. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 253 Links and Resources • MastermindRoad.com, home of Music Career Accelerator • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com! Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

We had a really interesting comment on YouTube this week, which boiled down to: "Learning from notation, and the traditional teaching methods worked for me - so why should I change it? P.S. I'm offended that you're criticising what's worked for me and lots of others." There is a LOT to unpack in this one! Here's my response. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 252 Links and Resources • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com • Gregg Goodhart online Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review