Acknowledgments

This book has been an adventure. I originally started work on it when Logic 8 was current, put it on hiatus to revise the Logic Pro Power! series for Logic Pro 9, and finished it in between a number of new and different touring opportunities. It’s been a real education and a labor of love that would not have been possible without the assistance and influence of a number of people throughout my life.

To spend your days writing books and your nights working gigs, sometimes disappearing for weeks on end to travel to far-off places to make music, you need a very special and incredibly patient support system. I can’t thank my wife, Julli, and daughter, Taylor, enough for all the love and patience they offer me and the understanding they show when I have to hide away for hours at a time to work even more when I’m home. You guys are the best. My parents have always been in my corner, and I simply can’t thank them enough. From driving me to piano lessons when I was a kid, to showing up at some of the strangest places in town to see me play, to letting me drop by for advice, support, and dinner at the drop of a hat (and normally a couple hours....