First and foremost, deepest thanks to my husband and partner, Klark Perez, for your incredible devotion in carrying the weight for both of us and our company InVision Digital and Media Arts while I was writing.

Thanks to Patty Montesion for a career I adore as an Apple Certified Trainer, and the extraordinary opportunity to write this book. Your positive attitude, energy, and enthusiasm for the program that you built from the ground up are one of a kind.

Thank you Xander Soren for first introducing me to GarageBand and keeping me up to speed as it evolves. Also thanks to Apple’s GarageBand team for making music production, video scoring, and podcasting fun, easy, and accessible to everyone.

Special thanks to Justine Withers for your invaluable input, patience, and leadership in keeping this book on track and on schedule. Thanks also to Victor Gavenda for your music recording experience. More thanks to Serena Herr, Nancy Peterson, Laurie Stewart, Eric Geoffroy, Darren Meiss, and the rest of the amazing Peachpit Press team for making this book a reality.

Thanks to our friends at Universal Studios Florida for the opportunity to have a production company and training center on the lot. Thank you Speakeasy—Jimmy Kaufholz, Amy Harwood, and Kyle Chason—for lending your original music and interviews.

Extra special thanks to my family for their unconditional love throughout my freelance career. Thanks “Meem,” Lee, Dad, Ginny, Chris, Sessely, Jorin, Landon, Kim, Guy, Emily, Chris, Jackson, Gabe, Peg, Jim, Warren, Loretta, Chase, Bill, Paula, Sergio, Virginia, Kent, Klark, Katie, and my dog Niki. Finally, my mother Jane Ann, her mother Betty K., and her mother Kathryn for the musical gift and heirloom—your piano.