Why Mistakes and Failure Are Essential for Music Learning
Learn why mistakes and failure are necessary evils in your musical journey, and how to use them to improve rather than allowing them to impede your success.
Musical Storytelling and the Art of Cabaret, with Fiona-Jane Weston
Musical U sits down with acclaimed cabaret performer Fiona-Jane Weston to discuss storytelling through song and the power of connecting to your audience.
Singing Basslines to Improve Musicianship
Understanding harmony is an incredibly useful skill to have as a musician. Learn how singing basslines can help you elucidate a song’s harmonic structure.
Inside the Jazz Mind, with Marshall McDonald of the Count Basie Orchestra
Musical U interviews jazz master Marshall McDonald of the Count Basie Orchestra on “talent”, the key to improvisation, and how to play like you’re singing.
A Meeting of Musical Minds, with Carpool Tunnel
Musical U interviews San Francisco-based indie band Carpool Tunnel on their chance meeting, their open-minded approach to songwriting, and life on the road.
Getting Under the Hood, with Leila Viss
88 Piano Keys’ Leila Viss discusses how to explore creativity in music, and the value of “stealing” ideas you love and applying them to your practice.
About Teachers, Coaches, and Mentors
What is the difference between a teacher, a coach, and a mentor? How can each contribute to your musical learning? Find out in this podcast episode.
Podcast to Performance, with Tune In, Tone Up
Tune In, Tone Up’s Gary Shilladay discusses the wonders that podcasts can do for your musicality, and shares the story of how he created his own.
10 Tips for Conquering Stage Fright
Learn how you can minimize your stage fright and anxiety, and prepare yourself to give the performance of a lifetime at your upcoming gig.
Folk, Frameworks, and Fun, with David Row
Musical U interviews Make Moments Matter’s David Row on the Orff approach, an educational framework that centers the student’s musicality and creativity.
4 Tips for Learning to Read Music – the Fun Way
JamAlong’s Braedin Lewis shares his collaborative, engaging, and hands-on approach to the process of learning to read music.
Singing and Science: Busting Myths with Allan Hubert-Wright
Le Chanteur Moderne founder Allan Hubert-Wright busts some pervasive singing myths, and gives you the facts on correct breathing, vocal support, and more.
