Announcing: The Musical U Podcast!
To help you develop your musicality and feel like a “natural” in music we are launching an all-new Musical U podcast. Learn more here.
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
What’s New in Musical U: July 2017
This month in Musical U: a snazzy new Dashboard to help you find your most important things on site, and new instrument resource packs on audiation.
Effective Practice: Lessons from Neuroscience and Psychology, with Gregg Goodhart
In the second part of our interview with Gregg Goodhart, he reveals the secret to effective music practice and the science behind learning by repetition.
What’s New in Musical U: June 2017
This month saw the unveiling of our Instrument Packs for guitar, bass, piano and singing, Resource Packs on Beginning Improvisation and new masterclasses.
Patterns and Playgrounds: 4 Ways to Approach Improvisation
Improvisation can seem hard or even impossible to learn but these 4 approaches give you an easy and relaxed way to get started and keep improving.
Learning, Competence, and Talent, with Gregg Goodhart
Science is learning how we learn. Gregg Goodhart bridges research and teaching – helping musicians excel way beyond their perceived limitations.
Beauty for my Ashes: Inspired Songwriting, with Alicia & Whitney
Christian worship musicians (and sisters!) Alicia and Whitney discuss how travelling, finding God, and life’s triumphs and trials have inspired their music.
Introducing our Resident Pros!
Instrument Packs bridge the gap between the inner skills of musicality and your instrument, and these four impressive Pros are on hand to help you!
Ask anything music: Musicpreneur Hub has the answer
Imagine a place where you can ask any question at all about your musical life, and receive answers from credible, vetted experts. Musicpreneur Hub is here!
A Composer’s Path, Part 3: Opportunity, with Kangyi Zhang
Contemporary composer and flutist Kangyi Zhang shares some words of wisdom about musical opportunities and where to find them.
Pipe Dreams, with Troy Donockley
The Uilleann pipes of multi-instrumentalist and master collaborator Troy Donockley show up in film scores, metal bands, folk-punk projects and much more.
