249: Q&A - I'm getting no results from my ear training - should I give up?

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...   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 257   Links and Resources • Learn more about Next Level Coaching     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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!   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   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   Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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?   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   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     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   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!     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

Melissa Mulligan is a vocal coach and advisor to top Billboard-charting artists, and the founder of the highly popular Music Career Accelerator program at MastermindRoad.com.   In this mini-interview she shares her take on "talent" and what really matters in crafting a successful music career or non-professional musical journey.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 253   Links and Resources • MastermindRoad.com, home of Music Career Accelerator • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com!     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

We had a really interesting comment on YouTube this week, which boiled down to:   "Learning from notation, and the traditional teaching methods worked for me - so why should I change it? P.S. I'm offended that you're criticising what's worked for me and lots of others."   There is a LOT to unpack in this one! Here's my response.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 252   Links and Resources • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com • Gregg Goodhart online   Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

Meet Musical U's Head Educator, Andrew Bishko and discover the fascinating musical background which produced his unique skillset and made him the perfect match for Musical U!   In this interview we dive into Andrew's musical background, featuring piano, flute (classical, jazz and Native American), reggae, Klezmer, mariachi and more. We hear how he gradually learned to play by ear and improvise, developing his own methods and techniques which he then began to teach his students.   Then, in a surprising and unlikely way, how he found his way onto the Musical U team, contributing in a content editing and member support before starting to create and oversee the development of new material inside Musical U membership, culminating in the Living Music and Next Level programs.   Andrew also shares three weird and surprising things which can have a big positive impact on your musical development.   REGISTER FOR THE UPCOMING LIVE TRAINING! → YourMusicalCore.com     Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 251   Links and Resources • Andrew's interview with CNVS • Andrew's interview with Dave Bainbridge • Meet the Team: Andrew Bishko (2017 interview) • Musicality Now: The Musicality of Sitting on a Rock (2018 podcast interview) • Next Level Coaching • Coaches Corner, Episode 1 • Register for the upcoming live training at YourMusicalCore.com   Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 250   Links and Resources • Gregg Goodhart, "The Learning Coach" • Learn more about Next Level Coaching     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

We had a great question from @Lutemann on YouTube this week:  "So I wanted to be able to play on sax what I hear in my head.  I wrote out 60 diatonic patterns (Example: 5, 4, 1, 7, 6, 8). Then I would pick a key and sing these patterns while fingering notes on the sax.  I did this for a couple of months and got no results.  Do you think I gave up too soon?" Here's my answer.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 249   Links and Resources • @Lutemann on YouTube, thanks for the question! • Musicality Now: Q&A: What can you do if you struggle to audiate (imagine music)? • Ear training: How long does it take? • Musicality Now: Is it time to “break up” with music? • Musicality Now: When to stick with it – and when to move on   Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

Dive into rhythmic improvisation in this segment of Jeffrey Agrell's Musical U masterclass on "Exploring Rhythmic Improv"!  In this beginning section, Jeffrey introduces a rhythm vocabulary, using simple hand-drumming as a way to experiment and explore. Then he shows how you can start improvising creatively just by mixing up bits of that rhythm vocab with accents, rests, note length and meter. Note: If you're listening to the audio only, you won't be able to see the patterns he's showing on screen, but you'll still be able to follow along. You might want to hit 'pause' and give yourself some extra time, or run through the exercises again afterwards.  Remember to have fun with it!   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 248   Links and Resources • Musicality Now - If It Makes You Laugh, GOOD! (with Jeffrey Agrell)     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review