Simon Pure

Tricks for figuring out minor and major keys when using Flats
There are tricks for quickly identifying what key you are in for flats by looking at the key signature. Just like with sharps, the relative minor is three half steps away from the relative major. For instance when looking at B flat Major the relative [...]

Tricks for figuring out minor and major keys when using Sharps
I am taking a music class at college and I came up with some useful tricks about how to distinguish between major and minor keys within the key signature. First of all you the relative minor to a major key is three half steps away [...]

So I found this new website where you can post your articles. It is pretty popular with a diverse range of topics people have written and posted. I used the site to post an article about a website I just started and it already seems to be getting more hits. I have been having difficult [...]

I was just in New York City for three days and while I was there I managed to save a night to go and visit the Empire State Building. It was my first time going at night and it was such a different experience seeing the city all lit up opposed to having gone [...]

Growing up I would always stay at my family’s lake house in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. When I moved to California I wanted my kids also to have a place they could go to in the summer that was removed from the city. My friends suggested I looked into real estate in big [...]