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.
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.
Inside the Book: How to play expressively
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!
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.
I Am Not Your Guru
Looking around, most online music education companies follow the “guru” model where you can sign up to be just like the famous player by following in their footsteps. That’s not how Musical U does it. Why not?
Finding Your Musical Identity (with Melissa Mulligan)
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to hit the charts, the answer might surprise you! It surprises the artists who work with Melissa Mulligan, a recent guest expert here at Musical U.
Syncopate, Clap, Transform, and Transcend
Music brings things together: from two hands clapping and two rhythms syncopating to the Musical U team, deep friendships, and transcendent experiences.
Effective Practice, Meet Adam, Dorian Mode, and Latin Pop
Exceed your own expectations, meet a heavy metal guitarist who jumped from airplanes playing the bugle, demystify the Dorian mode, and when Latin goes “pop”.
Musical U
Online training that makes you more musical. As musicians we all dream of freely expressing ourselves in music: playing by ear, improvising, and jamming with others. But traditional music courses fail to show you how. With simple online training from Musical...
Stringed Beauty, a Major Minor Second, and Tone Quality
The Lydian takes on the major scale. The beauty of strings, listen, sing, and audiate your way to musicality. Make your 21st-century music career relevant.
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.
