The Musical Mind: Join the Hike
Join the Hike as we talk about musical concepts, including audiation, ear training, composition, theory, and much more!
Episodes
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Most musicians think audiation is hearing a song in your head. It's not. If you've ever had a song stuck in your head, that's mental recall and not true audiation.
Real audiation is the ability to create internally and know what you're creating. It's what allowed Beethoven to keep composing as he lost ...
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Many musicians work hard on ear training yet still feel that their progress does not remain consistent. This video explores one possible reason for that experience. Modern musicians often learn through recordings, and recordings are shaped by engineering choices that influence how sound is perceived. Microphones...
Audiation – Inner Ear Training for Musicians: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoSeDrmcZDEv0SdiDEMzOHGCZxVtJsQYq&si=STb2uT5nshBB_a9e
Real‑world sound is never stable, and this video demonstrates why ear‑training fails when students anchor their hearing to external audio.
“Every sound that you’ve ever trained your ear against was already wrong before it ever reached you” and “the actual sound in the room… was never a fi...
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Unlock your musical intuition and finally understand interval identity.
In this lesson, you’ll experience how musicians with “great ears” actually hear music. This video guides you through a structured process to reset your ear, feel interval identity, and begin developing the kind of intuition that makes improvisation, transcription, and performance feel ef...
Most musicians don’t realize their instrument is training them to hear the wrong thing.
If your ear ever feels “stuck,” inconsistent, or unreliable, it’s not because you lack talent — it’s because your muscle memory is overriding your perception before your ear ever gets a chance to listen.
This video breaks down the hidden perceptual bias built into every instrument, why it makes you confidently mishear intervals, and why tr...
Important Notes on Part Two: Character vs Identity — Why Most Ear Training Plateaus
This is Part Two of The Path to Audiating Interval Identity — a structured training sequence designed to rebuild interval perception from the ground up.
In Part One, we examined emotion — the immediate, involuntary reaction your nervous system has when an interval sounds.
In this session, we move deeper.
We distinguish between:
• Emotion ...
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Most musicians can name intervals, but that doesn’t mean they can hear them.
This masterclass is all about the part everyone skips — the part where your ear actually learns to feel the difference between sounds without counting, guessing, or memorizing songs.
For about 25 minutes, I wal...
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Most musicians can hear harmony, but actually holding it in your mind? That’s where almost everyone struggles.
Experience 8 science-backed breakthroughs that will transform the way you audiate harmony.
What You’ll Learn:
👉 Why harmony collapses in your mind (and how to fix it)
👉 Breakthrough exercises to strengthen you...
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Kevin’s Notes:
In this drill, I take you through a simple exercise that tests your ability to hear major and minor chords. We start with a quick demonstration and assessment, then a few minutes of prep work followed by an exercise that is designed to open up your ears to hear harmony in context.
AI Summary of Session:
Kevin le...
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Daily ear‑opening work focused on clearing the tonal palette and sharpening interval and chord identity. We’ll start with cluster “resets,” move into distinguishing perfect fourths from perfect fifths, and finish by comparing major and minor triads. A short, focused mid‑morning practice to recalibrate your listening and strengthen your...
👉 Free Audiation Course: https://www.uremusic.com/audiation-inner-ear-training-for-musicians
Daily ear‑opening work focused on clearing the tonal palette and sharpening interval and chord identity. We’ll start with cluster “resets,” move into distinguishing perfect fourths from perfect fifths, and finish by comparing major and minor triads. A short, focused mid‑morning practice to recalibrate your listening and strengthen your...
👉 Get the Free Supplement: https://www.uremusic.com/audiation-inner-ear-training-for-musicians
Ready to change the way you hear music—without touching an instrument? In this exercise, you’ll train your inner ear to transform a simple melody into something completely new. Start by picturing the melody as a piano, then shift its “color” to trumpet, violin, and even choir—all in your mind.
You’ll discover how changing the ins...
Download Your Free Resource Guide: Start your journey to better audiation and ear training today! 👉 https://www.uremusic.com/resource-guide
Most musicians live in a fantasy—chasing shortcuts, avoiding the grind, mistaking comfort for mastery.
This talk destroys the myth.
In this raw, research-backed session, I reveal the truth about “busy work” in music:
— Why drills matter.
— Why real growth happens at the edge of yo...
In this masterclass, we will take a short idea you can clearly audiate (even if it’s just a few notes you can sing) and walk through the exact process of turning it into a complete, coherent musical phrase.
Kevin conducted a masterclass on turning internal auditory ideas into written compositions, focusing on melody and audiation techniques. He guided participants through exercises and discussed the importance of developing men...
Download Your Free Resource Guide: Start your journey to better audiation and ear training today! 👉 https://www.uremusic.com/resource-guide
This Q&A explains practical audiation tips and techniques; it does not include full guided practice sessions (those are in my courses).
Most ear training doesn’t fail because you’re untalented.It fails because it trains the wrong skill.
In this 1-hour Q&A, I answer 22 real que...
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Unlock the power of your inner ear with this Reverse Listening Drill—designed for musicians ready to go beyond surface-level ear training.
In this step-by-step session, you’ll learn how to listen backwards, audiate music before you play, and build up your skills one note at a time. Each chapter guides you through practical techni...
Download Your Free Resource Guide: Start your journey to better audiation and ear training today! 👉 https://www.uremusic.com/resource-guide
Unlock your musical mind with this powerful audiation exercise. In this short workshop, you'll experience the Reverse Memory Drill—a unique ear training technique that challenges you to hear melodies backward, forging a deeper connection with music. Whether you’re a composer, performer, or ...
What if most of your musical progress was determined by a hidden law—one no one ever told you about?
In this episode, we step into the shadows to uncover the 80/20 Rule—the Pareto Principle—and its profound effect on every musician’s journey.
You’ll experience a live test, confront the gap between imagination and reality, and discover why only a fraction of your practice truly shapes your sound.
Inside, you’ll learn:
-...
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You practice every day… but your ear isn’t really getting better.
--Your fingers get faster.
--Your pieces get harder.
But you still can’t reliably hear the line before you play it. You still guess at harmonies. You still feel lost without the page or the recording.
In this episode of Audiation: Inner Ear Training, we rebui...
👉 Get the Free Course: https://www.uremusic.com/audiation-inner-ear-training-for-musicians
You practice every day… but your ear isn’t really getting better.
--Your fingers get faster.
--Your pieces get harder.
But you still can’t reliably hear the line before you play it. You still guess at harmonies. You still feel lost without the page or the recording.
In this episode of Audiation: Inner Ear Training, we rebuild y...
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