Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my wife, Dawn Waddell, and my family, Mary Ann Waddell, James Waddell, and Kisa Seymore.

I would like to give a very special thanks to William Small for helping me in so many ways and Khari Wynn for his significant support.

I also would like to thank individuals who have helped me in some way while I have been on this path, including Roger Stewart, Angelo Earl, Tito Jackson, Chuck D, Nil Jones, Burgess Macneal, Alex Alexzander, Collin Jordan from Boiler Room Mastering, Jason Ward and Bob Weston from Chicago Mastering Service, Jeff Powell, Susan Marshall, Sean Rickman, Hutch Hutchison, Justin Short, John Scrip, Larry Nix, Kevin Nix, Beau Whitlock, Erica Paschall, Chris Riggs, Jesse Spiceland, John-Paul Laborde, Erica McDaniels, Jeff Peck, Jason Peck, Austin Harris, Don Roby, Robert Allen Parker, Crafton Barnes, Eric Gales, Danielle Gold, Boo Mitchell, Robert Chatham, Jahleel Eli, Alfred Waddell, Scott Leader, Tom Sixbey, Ari Morris, Steve Munns, Anthony Crawford, Tom Menrath, Ping D. Rose, Clifton Harviel, John Miller, Marcela Pinilla, Lilith Andrade, Langston Wynn, Marc Thériault, Marc-Olivier Bouchard, and Anthony Basurto.

Thanks goes to Dave Collins, who reviewed this book while making notes, edits, and suggestions. Thanks to Huntley Miller for technical proofreading. Also, thanks to Sophocles Orfanidis for helping in the final stages of the book.