The Power of Ease and Joy in Music Practice – Are You Missing Out? (Coaches Corner, Episode 4)
Hear tips on grooving, adapting to new musical styles, experiencing more ease and joy, and using solfa in this episode of Coaches Corner.
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
Experiencing Musicality (Meet the Team, with Camilo Suárez)
Camilo Suárez shares his own musical journey, from “untalented” through discovering musicality training, and joining the Musical U team
What’s Your “North Star” In Music?
Do you know what your “North Star” is in music? If you’ve ever suffered from “shiny object syndrome”, you need to try this today.
Comparison and Contribution (with Tero Potila)
Ever seen what other musicians are up to… and felt intimidated? Like YOU could never do that. These tips from Tero Potila will help.
Craft, Creativity and Career (with Tero Potila)
In this mini-interview with composer Tero Potila, 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.
How to Be a Beatle
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”.
The Music Breakthrough Which Leads To ALL The Breakthroughs (Coaches Corner, Episode 3)
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. Coaches Corner, Episode 3.
The Heartbeat of Musicality (Meet the Team, with Stewart Hilton)
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.
How to Play Expressively (Inside The Book)
In this sneak-peek behind the scenes of our forthcoming Musicality book, Christopher shares a framework you can use to start playing more expressively.
This Zombie Cowbell Makes Me More Musical – Here’s How
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!
Stepping Into Better Rhythm (with Dave Smith)
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.
Rhythmic Reconnection (with Dave Smith)
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.
