Jeff Strong - Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies

Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Jeff Strong

Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies, 4th Edition

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About the Author

Jeff Strong is the author of seven books, including Pro Tools All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies and PC Recording Studios For Dummies. Jeff is also the Director of the Strong Institute ( www.stronginstitute.com ) a music-medicine research organization and therapy provider and the founder of Brain Shift Radio ( www.brainshiftradio.com ). Jeff graduated from the Percussion Institute of Technology at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles in 1983 and has either worked in or owned a recording studio since 1985. Every week, he records dozens of custom client CDs using the equipment and techniques found in the pages of this book. He has also released over 35 commercially available CDs, including the Brain Shift Collection: Ambient Rhythmic Entrainment 8-CD set on the Sounds True label ( www.sounds true.com ) and the best-selling Calming Rhythms, which is used in tens of thousands of schools and institutions worldwide. You can find more of his CDs at www.stronginstitute.com .

Author's Acknowledgments

I owe a hearty thanks to executive editor and fellow musician Steve Hayes for making this fourth edition possible. Also, my gratitude goes out to senior project editor Rebecca Huehls, senior copy editor Barry Childs-Helton, and intern Kim Holtman, who helped make an already great book even better. Thanks, as well, go to technical editor Ryan Williams for keeping me on track and up-to-date on the many technical aspects of this subject.

As always, Im grateful to my family (Beth and Tovah) and my many friends (you know who you are) who indulge me in my obsession with recording and recording gear.

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