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What is a Sporadical?
A sporadical
is an irregularly published periodical. In the current information environment,
information has become cheap and quickly accumulates as information
garbage. When a journal must be published at regular intervals much
of the information published is unnecessary and often redundant. More
importantly, each article and blurb remains forever separated from other
articles and blurbs. You the reader could collect and sort the information
of value, but who has the time? The sporadical, which will not be published
in paper, will sift and sort the published information gradually creating
a "method-of-methods" in cyberspace.
What
is a Method-of-Methods?
Methods of instruction tend to become exclusive.
They are valuable because they offer organized information enabling
teachers and students to proceed along a tested path of development.
Their limitation is their tendency to exclude information not embraced
by the particular method. Methods, like nations, become self-protective.
Cyberspace offers the opportunity to develop a living and evolving database
of available information. What is needed is an open system, a method-of-methods,
which sifts information as it becomes available and organizes it for
use by students, professional performing musicians and teachers. The
"methodology" is the value system which determines whether
incoming information is useful or garbage, and the hierarchical structure
of the database which facilitates the search for information. It will
be the first task of The Musician's Practice Sporadical to articulate
the value system for sifting information and the database structure
that expresses it.
When will
the first issue appear?
The first issue will appear during 2003. At
the time of the first issue, the first edition of The Method-of-Methods
Database will be in place.
How will the Sporadical
be organized?
FOCUS
ON . . .
will feature strategies in the four main database categories.
I. Strategies
to Improve Instrumental Skill
Click
here for a sample of this type of strategy written by a Guest
Contributor.
II. Strategies for Self-Empowerment
in Practicing
Click
here for a sample of this type of strategy described in detail.
III. Strategies
for Creating an Interpretation
IV. Strategies
to Improve Performance Control
Click
here for a sample of this type of strategy described in detail.
Each of the four main
categories will be divided into three subsections:
a. Instrument
Specific Strategies
b. Strategies for an Instrument Family:
Strings, Woodwinds,
Brass and/or Percussion; and,
c. Strategies for All Instrumentalists
GUEST
CONTRIBUTOR:
I am putting a call out now for knowledgeable, articulate musicians who
wish to communicate their insights to the cyberspace world. Click Guest
Contributor to read the first guest's contribution. Click
here if you wish to participate as a guest contributor.
ORACLE:
Dear Fellow Practicer . . .
PEDAGOGY:
Issues and Resolutions
A
CHAT ROOM:
where musicians can communicate with each other about practicing, auditioning
and performing.
MENTORING:
A mentoring stop where you will be able to discuss problems you have
when practicing, auditioning and/or performing with an expert.
How much will it cost to subscribe to the Musician's
Practice Sporadical?
Once
it is up and running, there will be a charge for 7 issues of The Musician's
Practice Sporadical which will probably include access to the Method-of-Methods
Database and the Chat Room.
How sporadically
will the Sporadical appear?
Each subscription
will cover 7 issues. They could appear in 3 months or 2 years.
When can I subscribe?
When
the decision has been made as to how to charge, an initial subscription
will be offered at a lower rate. Keep looking for the announcement.
Contact Us
E-mail
us to receive an announcement when subscriptions are available. We would
also appreciate your thoughts on what is already available as well as
what you'd like to read about in the Sporadical and Database as it evolves.
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