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Don’t Remember This

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2006 Set of 6 back issues
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Issue #1, January-February
How I Became a Renegade Music Teacher: Experiments in right brain teaching which led me to my philosophy of extemporaneous learning.

Issue #2, March-April
Damage Detection and Repair, Part One: Profile of Alice, my cello student who mistakenly thought she was tone-deaf.

Issue #3, May-June
Damage Detection and Repair, Part Two: The spectacular turnaround of a brilliant, creative 14-year-old boy who had been so damaged by his education that he thought he was slow and untalented.


Issue #4, July-August
Damage Detection and Repair, Part Three: Specific information is a trap in extemporaneous learning.

Issue #5, September-October
The Naturally Curly Learning Style: Charlie, one of the most stubborn students I ever taught, leads me to a new theory of learning.

Issue #6, November-December
Achievement vs. Development: Achievement is performance, whether musical, academic, or professional. Development is the all-out struggle to find your own answers—a process I imposed on my cello students.

2007
Set of 6 back issues
from 2007 $12.00

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Issue #7, January-February
Teaching Sense: The problem with traditional music teaching and how I solved it.

Issue #8, March-April
Mistakes, Part One: Big ideas arrive in waves, and the first effect of a wave is to capsize the canoe. Thus a cluster of mistakes can precede a major insight.

Issue #9, May-June
Mistakes, Part Two: Anna, a near-beginner, struggles with one of the most difficult scales, F-sharp major. Her slow but discernible progress includes mistakes that move around.

Issue #10, July-August
Mistakes, Part Three: Saturation sharpens your senses and shows you things that nobody else can see. Read the entire issue.

Issue #11, September-October
You Can’t Beat a Good Mistake: Motivated students do their best work through a wide-open approach.

Issue #12, November-December
Cycles of Harmony: Subconscious learning improves my cello playing and cures my insomnia.

2008
Set of 6 back issues
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Issue #13, January-February
Harmony, Part One: With perfect practicing I play in tune with the Muse.

Issue #14, March-April
Harmony, Part Two: The silent authority of form dictates the shape of a masterpiece.

Issue #15, May-June
Harmony, Part Three: My dedication to excellence proves its worth.

Issue #16, July-August
Our Research Culture: Our society-wide emphasis on research conveys the wrong message to children.

Issue #17, September-October
The Effect of the Muse on Gifted Children: Creative children become angry and depressed when their abilities are denied.

Issue #18, November-December
Why Extemporaneous Work Succeeds: The best creative work reflects a perfect balance of intuition and conscious thought.

2009
Set of 6 back issues
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Issue #19, January-February
Absent Mind, Present Mind, Part One: In his cello lessons my six-year-old son, Lewis, teaches me about his right-brain learning style.

Issue #20, March-April
Absent Mind, Present Mind, Part Two: I learn from my seven-year-old son, Lewis, that his inner creative voice speaks more loudly to him than anything else.

Issue #21, May-June
Absent Mind, Present Mind, Part Three: My first encounter with the Muse helps me understand the plight of the gifted child who can't pay attention.

Issue #22, July-August
Subconscious Problem Solving, Part One: The cure for my weak hip materializes out of nowhere, leading me on a twenty-year quest to account for this phenomenon.

Issue #23, September-October
Subconscious Problem Solving, Part Two: Introducing the four stages of creative thought: Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification. With special emphasis on Incubation, I learn to work around my lifelong case of Temporomandibular Jaw Syndrome as well as a more recent vision problem, Convergence Insufficiency.

Issue #24, November-December
Subconscious Problem Solving, Part Three: My cure for writer's cramp requires thirty years of conscious preparations, but my intuitive solution is worth the effort.

2010

Issue #25, January-February 2010
Chewing on a Problem: A mistake with my liver leads to my best insight yet.

Issue #26, March-April 2010
Chewing on a Problem, Part Two: A long struggle leads in the right direction, culminating in a successful resolution.


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