Musicality Unleashed: The Truth About Talent
Welcome to Musicality Unleashed, where we will explore mental models for realizing your full musical potential. First up: busting the “talent” myth!
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
A Change is Gonna Come
Happy new year to you! We briefly interrupt our regular schedule to fill you in on some exciting changes coming to the Musicality Podcast in 2019.
About the Little “Why”
Learn all about asking yourself the Little “Why” – and how it can help you stay on track in your musical journey and ensure you’re making progress.
About Your Self
When practicing and playing, what is the relationship between mind, body, and music? Lisa McCormick explores the components of the musical “self”.
About the Clave
Learn about the rhythmic tradition of clave, its widespread use in traditional and contemporary music, and how to play the rhythm yourself.
Becoming a Bulletproof Musician, with Noa Kageyama
The Bulletproof Musician’s Noa Kageyama talks about research-based strategies for practice, performance, and the intersection of the two.
About the Long and Winding Road
Musical U’s own Adam Liette talks about his ongoing musical journey and the various roles that music has played in his personal life and career.
Practice, Performance, and Powerful Levers, with Josh Wright
Acclaimed pianist and music educator Josh Wright shares his favourite technique exercises, performance strategies, and secrets for playing musically.
About Overwhelm in Music
Learn about the three most common root causes of musical overwhelm, how to identify them, and how to combat them so you can stay motivated and on-track.
Circles of Creativity, with Tim Topham
Tim Topham discusses how to bring music to life through creative music teaching, and how to marry this approach with traditional drill-based ear training.
About Hearing Key Changes
Katie Wardrobe from Midnight Music discusses how to hear key changes in music, and the things that sometimes trip musicians up in hearing this modulation.
Learning to Rock the Stage, with Kevin Richards
We interview Sir Rod Stewart’s vocal coach on the ins and outs of performance, and the learnable skills that deliver unforgettable shows night after night.
