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Jamming In General Doctors Now Prescribing Music Therapy for Heart Ailments, Brain Dysfunction, Learning Disabilities, Depression, PTSD, Alzheimers, Childhood Development and More – Didge Project Foster – May 19, 2016 Music has proven time and again to be an important component of human culture. From its ceremonial origin to modern... Read More Legacy Archive Homestead update, March 2016 Foster – March 30, 2016 Well, another red-letter day, but this time it doesn't involve a guitar. After almost two months of on-and-off-again work, today... Read More Jamming In General 2016 Brown County Music Celebration – a review Foster – March 18, 2016 If you missed the 2016 Brown County Music Celebration at the Brown County Playhouse​ on March 5, you're in luck,... Read More Jamming In General The Story of Vlado Foster – March 5, 2016 Here's a pic of me playing Vlado, taken at Saline Hot Springs out in the middle of the Mojave in... Read More Journal It’s A Chill Wind That Blows Foster – January 21, 2016 Interior of a replica in Concord MA of Henry David Thoreau's cabin. Jan 21, 2016 -- This wintery is reminding... Read More Legacy Archive LFTRs in 5 minutes – Thorium Reactors – YouTube Foster – January 7, 2016 Let's see... I need one in the car, one at the homestead... and a little one in my iPhone. A... Read More Legacy Archive Surf Log How Popular Music’s Lyrics Perpetuate American Idiocy Foster – December 28, 2015 “The rise of idiot America today represents–for profit mainly, but also and more cynically, for political advantage in the pursuit... Read More Surf Log The Great E-Cigarette Cover-Up: Why Big Pharma And Public Health Are Lying About The Dangers Of Vaping Foster – November 28, 2015 Major pharmaceutical companies and pubic health activists are among the leading culprits spreading disinformation about vaping. Source: The Great E-Cigarette... Read More Legacy Archive Reliving the Crash of ‘29 – LewRockwell.com Foster – August 26, 2015 How I spend my mornings... reading LewRockwell.com. It's my idea of how best to start one's day, putting my remaining... Read More Lessons Foster’s Banjo Primer – free PDF Foster – August 20, 2015 Cover of Foster's Banjo PrimerClick to download a FREE copy. Several years ago I copped a teaching position at Ivy... Read More banjo Rants & Raves The world is being FUC’d to death Foster – August 20, 2015 – 1 Reply "As the dollar burns...." Contemplating, as I often do, the Keynesian machinations of the Federal Reserve and central banksters worldwide,... Read More Surf Log Explainer: what is music therapy? Foster – August 20, 2015 The techniques used by music therapists can include writing songs for or with clients, free or structured movement to music... Read More Lessons Surf Log A Musical Fix for American Schools – WSJ Foster – April 22, 2015 Music literally expands your brain. In a 2009 study in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers used an MRI to study... Read More Rants & Raves A cold-weather ride Foster – March 28, 2015 1989 Kawasaki 450 In prep for the Springtime riding season, last week I took the bike to Dixon's ATV out... Read More Lessons 10 Compelling Studies Favoring Greater Support for K-12 Music Education – Music School Central Foster – January 31, 2015 "... when looking at the scientific studies showing all of us how truly significant music education is to the intellectual... Read More Jamming In General A band in Muncie Indiana called ARTKA c.2005 Foster – January 29, 2015 ARTKA l-r: Jeff Russel (bass), Greg Tanner (guitar), Jeff Foster (guitar/synth), Caroline Yates (vocal), Mike Kerrigan (drums) In 2005 I was teaching... Read More Rants & Raves Saying goodbye to an old friend Foster – January 24, 2015 Rafiki / 0ct 31 2002 - Jan 24 2015 "Dogs lives are too short. Their only fault, really. " -... Read More Rants & Raves The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind (Documentary) – Hidden Secrets of Money 4 | Mike Maloney – YouTube Foster – January 19, 2015 I know I harp on things like this. Perhaps you've already learned of the nefarious ways of central banks and... Read More Jamming In General Advice for musicians by Eddie Harris Foster – December 21, 2014 Read More Lessons Surf Log 12 Amazing Things Scientists Discovered This Year About People Who Listen to Music – Mic Foster – December 16, 2014 In 2014, scientists looked closer than ever before at why exactly music makes us feel so powerfully. And they found... Read More « Previous 1 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 24 Next »

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