The craft of contemporary commercial music / Greg McCandless and Daniel McIntyre.

Includes index.

Fundamentals of music and audio -- Fundamentals of music -- Introduction to pitch -- Introduction to rhythm -- Introduction to harmony -- Melody and counterpoint -- Fundamentals of audio engineering and sequencing -- Introduction to audio and midi -- Manipulating rhythm in the DAW environment -- Introduction to acoustics -- Melodic sequencing -- Music production essentials -- Composition essentials -- Functional diatonic harmony -- Expanding your harmonic vocabulary -- Form and development -- Basic orchestration -- Audio engineering essentials -- Introduction to mixing -- Recording and editing live instruments -- Mixing and processing -- Final mix considerations -- Producing music for media -- The client/composer relationship -- Scoring for short-form media -- Film scoring -- The business of music composition -- The business of music composition.