Ron Gorow has been in the music business in Hollywood for over 40 years, working in film, TV, records, live acts and publishing. He is a member of Professional Musicians Local 47, Recording Musicians Association, International Association of Jazz Educators and ASCAP. He has consolidated his experience as a composer, orchestrator, arranger, copyist, music engraver, score proofreader, musicologist and teacher to develop the techniques presented in Hearing and Writing Music.