In this episode, Mat Creedon shares the deeply personal story behind The Easy Key and the long journey that led to its creation.
From traumatic childhood music lessons and obsessive key signature practice… to discovering American Jazz Theory, relative pitch, and the hidden patterns behind music itself… this episode explores why so many musicians struggle with music theory and ear training.
Mat discusses:
• why music is often taught backwards
• the difference between letters and intervals
• how the ear recognises emotional relationships between sounds
• improvisation and pattern recognition
• and how music can become intuitive when understood through relationships instead of memorisation.
This is more than a conversation about theory — it’s an exploration into music as language, emotion, intuition, and consciousness.
The Easy Key was created to help musicians see and hear music more intuitively, reducing overwhelm and helping students connect sound directly to understanding.
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https://www.matcreedon.com/products
Thank you for listening.
Remember…
Music is Medicine.

Music Is Medicine is a podcast by Mat Creedon — a musician, sound practitioner, and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne, Australia.
In each episode, Mat explores the deeper relationship between music, emotion, and the human nervous system. Through reflections on songwriting, sound meditation, creativity, and deep listening, the podcast looks at how music can help us process experience, release emotion, and reconnect with ourselves.
Drawing from years of musical practice, sound work, and teaching, these conversations invite listeners to explore a simple but powerful idea:
Music is not only something we listen to.
Sometimes, music is medicine.