Acknowledgements

Paul Allen:

Thanks to David Eleazar with the Eleazar Group for his design concept for this book cover; thanks to Tom Hutchison for inviting me to be part of this project; also, thanks to Dr. Marc Singer, Dr. Troy Festervand, Dr. Anantha Babbili, Christian Haseleu, Geoffrey Hull, and Dr. Richard Barnet for their encouragement and support; J. William Denny for opening the door to the music business for me and for his continued friendship; and to Cindy for her love and patience.

Tom Hutchison:

I would like to thank my friends who contributed to this book, including Rob Jacobs, Dexter Story and Edgar Richmond of Universal Music, my dear friend Linda Ury Greenberg of Sony BMG, Vincent Peppe of SESAC, Jed Hilly, Christopher Knab, and Storm Gloor, Dave Yeskel of V2 Records, Jim Donio, Pat Daly and the entire staff of NARM. I would like to thank my former students David Haley and Thad Keim of Compass Records, and Amy Willis of Sony, for their input. Thanks to our colleagues Beverly Keel and Mike Alleyne for reading chapters, thanks to Geoffrey Hull for his advice-legal and personal; to fellow musician Bill Wharton for allowing me to use his website as an example, and to jazz vocalist Inga Swearengen for allowing me a glimpse inside her career. Thanks to my co-writers Amy Macy and Paul Allen, who made this all possible. Praises go out to Chris Palmer for reading the entire manuscript and spending a day with us going over the fine points. And most of all, to my wife Lynne who not only had to put up with this project for a year, but who has also taught me the process of writing and editing books.

Amy Macy:

Tom Hutchison has been such a great colleague and mentor. It was his idea to wrangle Paul Allen and me into writing this book and I thank him for his leadership and guidance through this process and so many others as I have navigated the murky waters of academia. Let me also voice an appreciation to all the great faculty and staff of the Recording Industry Department of Middle Tennessee State University. Its great to work where people are passionate about what they do, are leaders at what they do, and truly enjoy the process of learning. I am honored to be a part of the team.

I have had the great fortune to work with many mentors in my tour of duty within the industry. Thanks to Mike Dungan, Ron Howie, Randy Goodman, Mike Shallett, and Joe Galante. And special thanks to Jim Weatherson, Storm Gloor, and John Conway for their insight into the writing of this book and to Trudy Lartz, VP of Sales and Service for Nielsen SoundScan, who made Chapter 6 possible.

Without Tricia Gentry, our caretaker and dear friend, our family would have been lost – you are appreciated. The writing of this text has inspired a new course offering: “Juggling 101.” Thank you Doug Tennant, my gracious and giving husband, who is just as agile, if not more entertaining, at juggling. And to our little girls, Millie and Emma Jo, who are the reason why we learned to juggle.