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| CD Directory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Interactive Media | |
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| Communicating with Music | |
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| Media, Messages, and Content | |
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| Linear Content and Media | |
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| Interactive Content and Media | |
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| Presentations | |
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| Games | |
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| The World Wide Web | |
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| Mobile Media | |
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| Composing Interactive Soundtracks | |
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| Linear versus Interactive Content | |
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| Running Time versus Total Scene Time | |
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| How Does Interactivity Affect Music Composition? | |
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| Start a Log | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Sequences and Loops | |
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| Sequences | |
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| Sequencers | |
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| MIDI Acoustic Instruments | |
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| MIDI Synthesizers | |
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| MIDI Samplers | |
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| Music File Formats | |
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| Sequences for Interactive Media | |
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| Loops | |
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| Make a Looped Sequence | |
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| Loop Programs | |
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| Loop Transitions | |
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| Controlling Transitions | |
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| Volume Transition | |
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| Tempo Transition | |
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| Rhythm Transition | |
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| Key Transition | |
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| Harmony Transition | |
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| Texture Transition | |
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| Style Transition | |
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| Overall Transition Change | |
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| Loop Transitions | |
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| Avoid Monotony | |
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| Make a Drum Groove | |
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| Variations in Loops and Sequence Repetition | |
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| Variations in Orchestration | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Musical Identities | |
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| Marriage of Music and Visual Images | |
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| IDs: Logos, Earcons, Themes, Leitmotifs | |
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| Identities | |
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| Logos | |
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| Compose a Musical Logo | |
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| Earcons | |
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| Compose a Set of Earcons | |
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| Themes | |
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| Compose a Theme | |
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| Leitmotifs | |
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| Compose Two Videogame Leitmotifs | |
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| Music as a Navigation Aid | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Functional Music | |
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| Composing Techniques | |
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| What Is the Objective of the Scene? | |
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| How Can Music Help Achieve That Objective? | |
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| What Are the Strengths of the Scene? | |
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| What Are the Weaknesses of the Scene? | |
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| Steps to Composing | |
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| Functional Music Helps Tell a Story | |
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| Previewing Music and Images Together | |
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| Drama | |
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| Score a Dramatic Scene | |
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| Action | |
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| Score an Action Scene | |
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| Humor | |
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| Score a Humorous Scene | |
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| Characterization | |
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| Compose a Character Theme | |
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| Narrative | |
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| Compose a Narrative Song | |
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| Setting: Place, Time, and Culture | |
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| Evoke a Setting | |
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| Atmosphere | |
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| Compose an Ambient Track | |
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| Using Functional Categories | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| The Media | |
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| Presentations | |
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| Business Presentations | |
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| Stripfilms and Slideshows | |
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| Presentation Programs | |
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| PowerPoint Music | |
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| Adding Music to a Presentation Slide | |
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| Linear versus Interactive Presentations | |
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| Slides = Chapters in a Story | |
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| Using Dramatic Arc = Telling a Good Story | |
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| Finding Presentation Work | |
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| Temping a Project | |
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| Temp Score a Presentation | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Web Music | |
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| The Web and the Internet | |
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| Music in Web Sites | |
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| Special Considerations for Web Site Music | |
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| Orchestration | |
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| Web Media Players | |
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| MIDI through Browsers | |
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| Technical Issues | |
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| Web Music Categories | |
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| Advertisements | |
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| Photography Show Ad | |
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| Score a Web Ad | |
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| Auto Ads | |
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| Autobytel Web Site | |
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| Presentations, Mini-Dramas, Sitcoms, etc | |
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| Score a Webisode | |
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| Animations | |
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| Score Another Webisode | |
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| Home Page Identities | |
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| Glenn Gould Foundation Home Page | |
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| Shopping Sites | |
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| Information Sites | |
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| Promotional Sites | |
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| Music for Shoppings Information, and Promotional Sites | |
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| Optional Advanced Exercise | |
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| Browser Games | |
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| HTML Web Authoring | |
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| HTML for Playing Music in Web Pages | |
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| Add Music to a Web Page | |
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| Flash | |
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| Example: User Controls of Flash Files | |
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| Formats for Flash Authoring | |
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| Add Flash Music to a Web Page | |
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| To Tech or Not to Tech, That's the Question | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Videogame Music | |
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| Videogame Structure | |
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| Attractor | |
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| Startup | |
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| Situation | |
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| Transition | |
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| Success | |
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| Failure | |
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| Ultimate Failure | |
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| Ultimate Success | |
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| Closing Credits | |
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| Temp a Game | |
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| Videogame Platforms | |
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| Arcade Games | |
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| Arcade Games | |
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| Home Gaming Consoles | |
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| Differences for Composers | |
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| Console Platforms | |
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| Home Console Games | |
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| Computer Gaming | |
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| Differences for Composers | |
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| Computer Games | |
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| Platform Target Audiences | |
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| Game Music Authoring | |
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| Sample Sequencers for Auditioning Soundtracks | |
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| Auditioning Music with Video | |
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| Mock Up a Game Soundtrack | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Game Process and Genres | |
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| Process | |
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| Genres | |
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| Twitch (Action) Games | |
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| Compose a Twitch Game Music Score | |
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| Role-Playing Games (RPGs) | |
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| Compose an RPG Game Score | |
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| Strategy Games | |
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| Compose a Strategy Game Score | |
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| Simulation Games (Sims) | |
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| Instructional Games | |
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| Music and Dance | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Mobile Media Music | |
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| Mobile and Portable Media | |
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| Composing for Mobile Media | |
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| Compressed Music | |
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| Meta-Music | |
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| 6-Part MIDI Music | |
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| MIDI for Mobiles | |
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| Compressed Audio | |
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| Playback Sound Quality | |
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| Mobile Game Consoles | |
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| PIMs | |
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| Pocket PCs | |
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| Smartphones | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Professional Tips | |
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| Resthetics | |
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| More or Less? | |
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| Acoustic or Synthetic Instruments | |
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| Getting the Style Right | |
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| Unity and Uniqueness | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Working Environment | |
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| Sharing Creative Space | |
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| Lead, Follow, and Collaborate | |
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| Be a Good Listener and Interpreter | |
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| Accept and Incorporate Criticism | |
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| Cautionary Words About Sleep | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Finding Work | |
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| Your Demo Disk | |
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| Marketing Yourself and Your Work | |
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| Finding Work | |
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| Business Arrangements | |
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| Technical Info | |
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| Downloading and Streaming Music | |
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| Audio File Formats | |
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| Sample Rate | |
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| Bit Depth | |
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| Wet or Dry? | |
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| Surround Sound | |
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| Delivery and Backup Media | |
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| Wrap-up | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Index | |