To celebrate 250 episodes and over 1.5 million episode downloads and views since its launch in September 2017, Musical U is relaunching its long-running podcast and YouTube channel “Musicality Now” with a new daily livestream format. announced that it would launch.
Founded in 2009, the London-based company has made a significant impact on the world of music education through its unique focus and product offering. It focuses solely on the “inner skills” of music, rather than specializing in instrument lessons, which most music learning websites offer. These include playing by ear (without the need for sheet music), improvising creatively, jamming with other musicians, playing with confidence, singing in tune, and excelling. It includes a sense of rhythm.
While this type of skill is generally thought to require innate talent or “gift,” over the past 15 years, Musical U has pioneered a way for anyone to learn the skill quickly and easily. A key part of their methodology is to utilize the latest scientifically proven “superlearning” techniques, which allow musicians to improve up to 10 times faster than usual with each practice session. I can.
Musical U provides online training for adult music learners, is rated an average of 4.8 stars out of 5 in public Google reviews, and its methods have been used worldwide for the past 15 years. It has been used successfully by over 30,000 musicians. Their products and methods have been featured in The New York Times, Classic FM, and Total Guitar Magazine.
Rated 4.6/5 stars in the iTunes Podcast Directory based on listener reviews, Musicality Now podcasts combine interviews with the world's leading musicians and music educators with educational episodes that are close to lessons. Masu.
Past guests include the late Professor Anders Ericsson (pioneering researcher on musical “talent”), Jermaine Griggs (founder of popular music website HearAndPlay.com), and Scott Devine (No. 1 bassist) (Founder of the educational site ScottsBassLessons.com), Gerald Krickstein (Author of The Musician's Way), and other Grammy Award-winning artists and other luminaries in the world of music education will also be in attendance.
Originally launched as an audio podcast, the show expanded to video format in January 2019, with new episodes published on Musical U's YouTube channel.
After a brief hiatus, the show has now been reinvented in a new daily live format, streaming live on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, and releasing new audio and video episodes every day.
“We are so excited to be bringing the show back in this way.” Christopher Sutton, director of Musical U and host of the podcast, commented: “Our members and followers have always asked when new episodes will be released, and with this new format, we're not only back, we're back with a bang. We have so much fun streaming new episodes live, and being able to share musical insights with our viewers every day really increases their musical motivation and momentum.”
Sutton is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, UK and the Center for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London. He founded Musical U in 2009 after finding traditional “ear training” methods for musicians to be powerful but frustratingly difficult to use. He has written for Making Music Magazine and Total Guitar Magazine, and is a frequent guest on music education podcasts.
He is the host of the Musicality Now podcast, where he has interviewed well over 100 leading experts, published over 150 “solo” episodes, and led discussions with other members of the Musical U team. Masu.
Musicality Now streams live every Monday through Saturday. Visit MusicalityNow.com for more information and instructions on subscribing on all major platforms.
About Musical U
Musical U is a leading online provider of musicality training, helping the average everyday musician develop the kinds of musical skills that most people think require talent and talent. These inner skills include playing by ear, improvising, jamming, having great rhythm, singing in tune, playing with confidence, writing and composing music, etc. .