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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 Rants & Raves The quintessential Thanksgiving Day song Foster – November 30, 2014 Friends... I deeply regret not taking the time to post this back there a couple days ago on Thanksgiving Day... Read More Jamming In General Lessons How playing an instrument benefits your brain – Anita Collins – YouTube Foster – November 12, 2014 When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an... Read More Jamming In General Basic Guitar Maintenance / Acoustic Guitar Magazine Foster – November 4, 2014 Want to learn the basics of guitar maintenance? This series of seven articles will introduce you to the basic things... Read More Jamming In General David Bartlett’s debut CD “Lead Your Life By A Song” soon to be released Foster – October 31, 2014 David Bartlett scrutinizing his tracks on the Mac up in Brown County Music Studio In the midst of an already... Read More Surf Log Science Shows How Musicians’ Brains Are Different From Everybody Elses’ – Mic Foster – October 26, 2014 Anyone who spent hours of their young life practicing fingerings and drilling scales understands that the tedium is real. Thankfully... Read More Rants & Raves 5 Year-old Chinese Boy Operating a Payloader Like a Professional – YouTube Foster – October 22, 2014 ▶ 5 Year-old Chinese Boy Operating a Tractor / Payloader Like a Professional - YouTube. I wasn't much older than... Read More Lessons Why Teach Music? Foster – September 26, 2014 Read More Surf Log Let The Kid Study Music, Already! – Forbes Foster – September 20, 2014 If your kid is musical, let the kid study music! A kid who grows the muscles every musician ends up... Read More Surf Log ▶ The War Prayer – YouTube Foster – September 16, 2014   Featured at Animation Film Screening at OSA Archivum in Budapest, Hungary to commemorate UN Human Rights Day, December 9,... Read More Surf Log Vonnegut – Go Into The Arts Foster – August 26, 2014 Read More Rants & Raves TBT: Very Special Arts, 1987 Foster – August 14, 2014 Another ThrowBack Thursday: One of the bullets on my checkered musician's resume of which I'm most proud is my 4-year... Read More Legacy Archive Century of Enslavement: The History of The Federal Reserve – YouTube Foster – August 4, 2014 In a world awash in scams of every description, what would be the grandest of them all? A scam at... Read More SD YouTube Vids ▶ “Soaring” – Elder Heart Sculpture in Brown County, IN – YouTube Foster – August 2, 2014 "Soaring" is a 20' tall solid steel leaf sculpture created by Brown County artists James Conner (metalworker) and Larry Webb... Read More Rants & Raves What’s left of the Declaration Foster – July 6, 2014 And now for the Preamble to our Declaration of Independence. Please note that not all declarations herein are currently considered... Read More « Previous 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 24 Next »

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