Notes in the Key of C – Tuning out Cancer, Tuning into Hope, is a recollection of my adventures in the world of healing music. In these stories you will meet a dancing dentist, an Elvis impersonator, professional zombies, people from South America, China, Egypt, and Algeria and you will stand on the threshold of eternity. Yes, there will be tears but also an abundance of hope and encouragement delivered through music and personal connection. The purpose of this book is to bring comfort to cancer patients, their friends and families. Along with this is a strong secondary motivation. It's an invitation for musicians to step into a meaningful musical opportunities hidden in plain sight.

An acoustic guitarist is looking for a way to make a living playing music. In the process of plotting a path to the big-time, he gets an invitation to the small-time. It's an invitation to play music for cancer patients. He enters this unknown world and finds that the intimacy of a hallway, a lobby, or a patient's room can become a more than suitable venue for musical and personal connection. In fact, it becomes an ideal platform for allowing sound to flow from person to person, with no pretense: vibration from voice and strings straight to the heart. In this new world it doesn't take long to realize that cancer does not discriminate. It impacts people of all ages, races, and walks of life. Yet, in the brokenness of disease there is a discovery of the power of human and musical connection. Unseen things that enable people to rise above their circumstances. Music becomes a healing balm reaching beyond entertainment and intellect to waken forgotten memories. It becomes a very present source of hope and comfort. Notes in the Key of C – Tuning out Cancer, Tuning in Hope, is a recollection of this guitarist's adventures in the world of healing music. It is a celebration of brave people, the kind of people we walk among every day. In this book you will meet a dancing dentist, an Elvis impersonator, professional zombies, people from South America, China, Egypt, and Algeria and you will stand on the threshold of eternity. Yes, there will be tears but also an abundance of hope and encouragement delivered through music and personal connection.

John Morgan is an acoustic guitarist living in Central Ohio, pursuing the musical dream: performing, teaching, writing and recording. He has released twelve CDs, two instructional DVDs and written Foundations for Great Guitar Playing, a book/CD for beginning and intermediate guitarists. He has performed throughout central Ohio. From 2001 to 2022, John was an Artist-in-Residence for Ohio Health, where he performed regularly for oncology patients. Notes in the Key of C – Tuning Out Cancer, Tuning in Hope is about his experiences interacting with cancer patients and their families. His music can be found on Pandora, Spotify and YouTube. His solo guitar work has appeared on local, national, and international TV programs including Martha, Judie Byrd's Kitchen, The Good Wife, Elaeinsairaala (Animal Hospital - Finland), History Detectives, Samantha Brown Passport to Europe, Biography A&E, Emeril Green, Underdog to Wonderdog, Breaking Amish, Art of the Athlete.