Hey Friend,

Hope you had a good weekend. Mine was busy and productive. Slowly, we’re working through the list of home improvement projects and beginning to see the fruits of our labor.

Unfortunately, that effectively keeps me from playing my guitar. And from finding cool stuff to send your way. So I have to say I’m just a bit unprepared for today’s message.

Add to that the fact that I’m in the middle of replacing my old computer. Which means nearly all my files and software need to be moved. I got a lot done yesterday, and I continue as I write this to you, but as you probably know, it’s hard to move.

I’ve got years worth of data and software accumulated on the old system, so I’m trying to be strategic about what comes over to the new. The rest will stay on an external hard drive. 

Now, I have a habit (bad one, some might say) of finding the hard way to do most things. Never one to take the easy path, not only did I change computers, I also changed operating systems. 

I’ve taken the plunge and moved to the dark side… I bought a Mac. So now I’m trying to learn the ins-and-out of the Mac OS as I install software and move things around. I guess Momma didn’t smack me hard enough when I was kid…

Anyhoo, I can’t leave you without something musical to think about today. That would just be improper. 

The guys over at Musical-U.com have a short series of articles that describe how to figure out key changes in a song. 

What, you say? A song can change keys? Yup, they do it all the time. In fact, they can even change back and forth between multiple keys. Key changes are just one of the tools songwriters use to keep the music interesting and fresh.

I’ll let you read the first article "Who Moved the Tonic?” here. That should give you plenty to chew on. 

There’s a lot of information to take in, so don’t let this be one of those articles you read once and forget about. You’ll want to come back to this one for reference. 

Well, the work cell phone just pinged, so I guess that’s my signal to start getting ready. Check you tomorrow.

Peace~

Dave