Stepping Out

Well, I had an interesting day. There was some dotting i's and crossing t's on the code and a lot of processing final large print versions of Wedding photos for Jenn. The shots look good, and I uploaded some to flickr. More to go tomorrow and I should be finished.

Wendy and I had a lovely outing with Lynn Harrison - she's in town for the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals conference. The conversation ranged all over from personality types and songwriting stories to a bit of history and comparing notes on our future projects.

I took her in on CKCU radio yesterday and was impressed with her radio chops. It emerges tonight that she's got a lot of background in radio (and media) so no surprise there.

The other interesting factoid uncovered from the evening is that an old bud, Peter MacDonald, is now executive director of the OCFF. I had got wind he had gone to work for them, but I hadn't realized he was le grande fromage.

I might get some songwriting in before I turn in - I'm feeling all keen, but I'll let you know tomorrow.

Time to hit the books

I've studied music theory, harmony and counterpoint. It's handy but I find it most useful in choral or ensemble arranging.

I recently stumbled across a pair of books that I think are better suited to providing a theoretical structure to the chord + melody songwriter.

Chord Progressions for Songwriters

Money Chords: A Songwriter's Sourcebook of Popular Chord Progression