259 episodes
Musicality Now Musical U
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4.8 • 18 Ratings
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Ever wondered why some people seem to have a gift for music? Have you wished that you could play by ear, sing in tune, improvise and jam? You are in the right place.
Musicality Now is a mix of interviews and teaching, featuring some of the most inspiring and insightful musicians and music educators, talking about how to learn the core inner skills you need to feel like a "natural" in music and enjoy freedom, creativity and confidence.
Topics include: Playing by ear, Singing in tune, Jamming with other musicians, Having a good sense of rhythm, Writing your own music, Writing notation, Improvising a solo, Talking intelligently about music, Understanding Music Theory, Clapping in time, Knowing your instrument inside and out, Tuning your instrument by ear, Reading notation, Sight-reading music, Playing from a lead sheet, Performing live, and Playing multiple instruments.
Musicality Now is brought to you by Musical U (musical-u.com), the leading provider of musicality training online. Learn more and get shownotes at musicalitynow.com.
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259: 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.
In this first part of his recent Musical U masterclass, Dave introduces the foundation of his method, with an exercise you can start using right away to improve your own rhythmic chops.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 259
Links and Resources
• Dave Smith Drums
• Dave's Free Facebook Group: "Musicians Improving Their Rhythm Mastery"
• Roots in Rhythm Workshop (use coupon code MUSICAL-U for an exclusive discount!)
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258: 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. The basics come easily, and then we kind of forget about actually improving our sense of rhythm.
So even though it's a huge part of the difference between an "okay" performance and a really great performance, often we aren't actually working on our rhythm skills the way we could or should be.
Today we have a mini-interview with our recent Guest Expert, drummer extraordinaire Dave Smith, whose approach to developing your sense of rhythm and your connection to the pulse of music is really special - and really powerful.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 258
Links and Resources
• Dave Smith Drums
• Dave's Free Facebook Group: "Musicians Improving Their Rhythm Mastery"
• Roots in Rhythm Workshop (use coupon code MUSICAL-U for an exclusive discount!)
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257: Coaches Corner, Episode 2
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.
In episode 2 we hear fantastic ideas for contacting your "inner drummer", tailoring your improvisation to match the style of music you're going for, set better goals by thinking about how you want to share your music - and the surprising power of turning off one of your senses...
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 257
Links and Resources
• Learn more about Next Level Coaching
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256: Building Your Musicality Bridge (Meet the Team, with Zac Bailey)
From a Paul Simon dance-off through to scratch DJing and music video production, Zac Bailey has had a journey like no other, resulting in a deep, distinctive and profound grasp of what musicality is all about.
In this Meet The Team interview we speak with Musical U's Head of Member Success, Zac Bailey (a.k.a. @ZSonic) to discover his fascinating musical life and the unusual origin story of his role at Musical U!
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 256
Links and Resources
• ZSonic online, including the Funk Romance video!
• Learn more about Foundations course instructor Anne Mileski
• Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com
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255: 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?
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 255
Links and Resources
• Musicality Now: Intimidating – or Inspiring? You Choose
• Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com
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254: What Makes a Great Performance (with Melissa Mulligan)
In her Musical U masterclass "Performance Secrets From An Industry Insider", Melissa Mulligan (founder of Music Career Mastermind) shared a wealth of insight and experience on what makes for a truly great musical performance.
Whether you're touring world arenas like some of Melissa's clients, or just getting ready to perform for friends and family, this short section of the masterclass has some deep and powerful ideas to help you level up and really enjoy performing more too.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 254
Links and Resources
• Musicality Now: Finding Your Musical Identity (with Melissa Mulligan) (interview)
• MastermindRoad.com, home of Music Career Accelerator
• Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com!
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Customer Reviews
Darryl Wright
I’m so pleased with Musical You education programs and podcasts. Like most Im not happy with how far Ive progressed as a musician og 8 years on the sax. Musical you programs give me clarity on the finer detail. I need that, and also the motivation via roadmaps to see my way forward together with the determination to get “Further Up The Road”. Thanks Christopher and the Team.
Found the best musical me with Musical U
Seeing myself connecting with music in a way that I never had before. Joining Musicaly U course was one of the best present I made to myself. Happy to find more valuable musical infos from this poscast too. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦!
Just discovered this Gem
I have been plugging away at repetitions, and yes I have improved. However, listening to just one episode of this (the Greg Goodall one) has inspired me to try some deliberate practice, interleaving, and definitely some contextual interference. Given the grit I have shown over the past two years with my repetitions, I am confident of giving this a good go.