Side By Side In Music, with Caroline Whiddon (Me2/Orchestra)
Me2/Orchestra co-founder Caroline Whiddon discusses how the support of the Me2/ classical music ensembles helps erase the stigma surrounding mental illness.
Christopher Sutton
Founder and Director of Musical U, Christopher Sutton is a lifelong passionate musician, dedicated to the mission of helping people to achieve their true, full musical potential.
Educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA) and Queen Mary, University of London (MSc) Christopher founded Musical U (then, Easy Ear Training) in 2009 to pioneer new ways to make musicality training easy, fun and effective.
He is the creator of best-selling iOS apps Relative Pitch and SingTrue and the viral sensation ToneDeafTest.com. He has authored hundreds of articles and tutorials on Musical-U.com as well as countless other websites and publications, including Making Music Magazine and Total Guitar Magazine.
He is the host of Musicality Now the popular audio/video podcast focusing exclusively on musicality, where he's had the chance to interview over 100 world-leading experts, as well as sharing his own insights and guidance based on the methodology and frameworks created inside Musical U membership.
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Posts by Christopher Sutton
Making Music Books More Musical, with Joseph Alexander (Fundamental Changes)
Joseph Alexander from Fundamental Changes explains how his modern approach to book publishing provides exciting opportunities for students and authors.
What Is Ear Training? (and why does it normally fail?)
Musical U founder Christopher Sutton explains what ear training is – and how to get the most benefit from ear training with a holistic, musical approach.
Your Connection To Music, with Dave Isaacs (The Perpetual Beginner)
Dave Isaacs, author of “The Perpetual Beginner”, teaches how approaching music with a beginner’s mindset can unlock the ease and musicality you desire.
Unlock Your Potential By Understanding Your Mind, with Nick Bottini (Just Play)
Nick Bottini, author of “Just Play: The Simple Truth Behind Musical Excellence”, helps us understand how to achieve our full musical potential.
Nature, Nurture, and your Duvet of Music, with Robert Emery
Conductor and Musical Director, Robert Emery shares his views on talent, nature versus nurture, and what that means for the average adult music learner.
In Perfect Swinging Harmony, with The Quebe Sisters
We’re joined by The Quebe Sisters who share how they write and arrange harmony parts and the relationship between ear skills and theory.
Making Improv a Game, with Jeffrey Agrell
Jeffrey Agrell, pioneer of a game-based approach to improvisation, teaches how and why to learn improv – and how much theory and technique are required.
About the Circle of Fifths
The MU team discusses why most musicians are missing out on the full power of the Circle of Fifths in their musical lives – and what you can do about it.
What Is Musicality? (Revisited)
We surveyed our members and asked what “musicality” means to them. In this episode we share their answers to give you greater insight in to “Musicality”
Rewind: Ease and Joy
The Musical U team shares how they’ve applied lessons from past episodes with hopes of helping you increase joy and ease in your own musical life.
How Composers Improve, with Matthew Ellul (School of Composition)
Matthew Ellul from School Of Composition teaches how composing practice improves musicality – even if you don’t aspire to be a composer or song writer.
