Acknowledgments

A big thanks to God, for allowing me to write another book.

Thanks also to Cengage Learning for believing in me and for giving me the opportunity to write more.

Thanks to Orren Merton for keeping me grounded and focused on my titles and always being supportive.

Thanks to Kate Shoup for an excellent eye for detail and keeping things on track. It was great working with you.

A big thank you to Mike Prager for trusting me to carry on an amazing book that he grew and groomed over so many years. It’s been a true honor to carry on something that you started and maintained so well.

Thanks to Leo Nathorst-Böös and the rest of the Propellerhead gang. I had some crazy problems during the last part of this book, and you guys really saved the day. And, thanks for making Reason, the coolest software on the planet!

Thanks to Bill and Suzanne Childs for continually supporting me when things are good and bad!

Thanks Pamela Moncrief for your companionship and keeping me in smiles.

Thanks to Allison, Tommy, Haley, and Lexi Parchman. Thanks to Alex, Jen, Will and Elizabeth Childs.

Thanks to Avoca Coffee (Garald LaRue and Jimmy Story) for giving me a nice place to work when home just isn’t cutting it.

Thanks to all the guys at The Usual: Juan, Jose, Louis, Brad, Hampton, Josh, Jordan, Braeden, Evan, and Steve. It’s nice to be able to get away from it all in the middle of the night.