What’s New in Musical U: October 2016
This month in Musical U saw a new quiz for chord recognition, a fun solfa puzzle game, an active listening mini-challenge and two team interviews.
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
Inventing a Whole New Genre, with Tommy Darker
Tommy Darker has enlisted more than 100 Greek musicians to create a whole new genre with him. Find out how this musicpreneur thinks big and makes it happen.
PolyNome: Reinventing the Metronome, with Joe Crabtree
Drummer Joe Crabtree applies his creativity and discipline to the PolyNome app: the continual re-invention of the metronome into a mindblowing musical tool.
How to Teach (and Learn) Guitar, with Dylan Welsh
Seattle guitar pro Dylan Welsh shares his teaching on how to learn ear training, music theory, and fretboard fluency skills by putting the music first.
Drummer John Clardy Does the Math: Practice + Patience + Time
Is drummer John Clardy a mathematical genius? His lifestyle of learning and teaching show that with practice, patience, and time anything is possible.
Will you stay a Hobbyist – or become a Musicpreneur? (Interview)
Want to make a living with your music? Tommy Darker says you need to become a ‘musicpreneur’. We find out what that means and how you can do it.
Tim Topham’s Tools for Creative Teaching
Understanding chords and listening are two prerequisites to creating music often neglected by traditional piano teaching. Tim Topham is changing all that.
Giants of Rock Improv, Successful Music Production, Guitar By Ear and Meet Marisa
Round up some real lives in music—from a 21-year-old guitarist to the ear-trained Dr. Hall, and a singer/writer. Plus rock improv and production success.
Choosing Music: Performer, Bandleader, Studio Musician and Educator Dylan Welsh
At 21 years old, Dylan Welsh is already a veteran of the Seattle music scene. Learn how he cobbled together a career in music as a guitarist and educator.
What’s New in Musical U: September 2016
This month in Musical U saw a new mini-challenge, an improved quiz system for intervals, and a new Roadmap for playing melodies by ear using solfa.
How Tim Topham Teaches Piano (and Piano Teachers) Differently
Tim Topham teaches piano teachers to open up. In Part One of this interview, he shares insights on creativity, business, changing piano education and more.
New Apps Can Give Your Recordings a Professional Sound
The crucial last step of home recording—mastering—is often farmed out to pros. Give your tracks that professionally mastered sound with this new app.
