Clay McKinney

MusicaL Listening

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MusicaL Listening. What does that mean exactly? Musicality is Technical and Technique is MusicaL. This is what we must accept if we won't to improve as performers and musicians. This podcast explores the different ways in which we hear and why we sometimes get it wrong and what we can do about it, how we can use our emotions and the power of music to overcome our listening deficits. Musical Listening is about changing the way we hear ourselves to be more powerful and more aware. It is not enough to just listen you must musically listen. This is what musicalistening is all about.

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Clay McKinney

Episodes

Music and Technique Always Coexist Like DNA, Never Layered - An Interview with Amit Peled 18.06.2026 30:08

🎶Is there a good time, a better time to start being musical? When are we "off" the hook from learning the "technique"? Is it always the same balance that is balancing that scale or does it ebb and flow depending on where we are in the journey? I sit down with Amit Peled international Soloist and teacher at Peabody conservatory to tackle this and other questions when it comes t...

A Sound Has Many Parts 05.06.2026 20:55

🎶 This episode dives into the idea that a sound contains many parts, that there are different aspects to a musical note and certain parts attract certain listeners. We all hear differently and one of the chief reasons for that is that there are so many different things to hear in just one single note, a single sound. Why don't we know more about this and more importantly why don't we do...

Moving Toward Sound 21.05.2026 25:24

How do your fingers actually make it to the notes? Is it muscle memory? Is it connection to just the repetition? Or is your brain remembering where and how sounds happen and moving towards them directly, no middle man no filter. This episode explores this idea that a movement toward producing a musical sound is a unique physical motion. www.youtube.com@musicalistening www.youtube.com@thecelloonl...

What is MusicaListening? 06.05.2026 21:08

In this inaugural episode I talked about what musical listening is and what I hope to bring to the musician community with this podcast. www.youtube.com@musicalistening www.youtube.com@thecelloonline