Greg McCandless is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Appalachian State University.

Daniel McIntyre is Department Chair of Music Composition at Full Sail University.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Contemporary Commercial Composer and the Digital Audio Workstation

I. Fundamentals of Music and Audio

Ia: Fundamentals of Music

Chapter 1: Introduction to Pitch

Chapter 2: Introduction to Rhythm

Chapter 3: Introduction to Harmony

Chapter 4: Melody and Counterpoint

Ib: Fundamentals of Audio Engineering and Sequencing

Chapter 5: Introduction to Audio and MIDI

Chapter 6: Manipulating Rhythm in the DAW Environment

Chapter 7: Introduction to Acoustics

Chapter 8: Melodic Sequencing

II. Music Production Essentials

IIa. Composition Essentials

Chapter 9: Functional Diatonic Harmony

Chapter 10: Expanding Your Harmonic Vocabulary

Chapter 11: Form and Development

Chapter 12: Basic Orchestration

IIb. Audio Engineering Essentials

Chapter 13: Introduction to Mixing

Chapter 14: Recording and Editing Live Instruments

Chapter 15: Mixing and Processing

Chapter 16: Final Mix Considerations

III. Producing Music for Media

Chapter 17: The Client/Composer Relationship

Chapter 18: Scoring for Short-Form Media

Chapter 19: Scoring for Longer-Form Media

IV. The Business of Music Composition

Chapter 20: The Business of Music Composition

Appendix A: List of CC Messages and Their Associated Functions

Appendix B: Glossary

Permission Acknowledgments

Index