Acknowledgments

First and foremost, deepest thanks to my husband and partner, Klark Perez, for your incredible devotion and strength 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.

Thanks to Serena Herr, Kristin Kalning, and the amazing Peachpit Press team for making this book a reality: Pat Christenson, Tina O'Shea, Owen Wolfson, Eric Geoffroy, and Hon Walker. Special thanks to Whitney Walker for your patience, perseverance, and skill in shepherding this revision marathon. Thanks also to Stephen Kanter, Robert Brock, and Victor Gavenda for your audio recording experience.

Thanks to our friends at Universal Studios Florida for the opportunity to have a production company and training center on the lot, and for providing the ultimate creative environment. Thank you William L. Whitacre for your guitar recordings and advice and Jean Souders for your help along the way.

I also want to acknowledge the piano teachers from my youth, Marla Knox and Katherine Knucklles. Also, Guy Marshall of Tutt & Babe music for producing my first album and inspiring songwriters and musicians with your time and talent.

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, Peg, Jim, Sergio, Virginia, Kent, Klark, and my dog Niki. Finally, my mother Jane Ann, her mother Betty K. and her mother Kathryn for the musical gift and heirloomyour piano.