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“…How to use state space grids, from idea through finished project. Within-grid and between-grid analysis. …”

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“…Students will learn how to:Translate musical ideas into scores utilizing music theory and composition techniques Transform scores into professional audio through the production stages of tracking, sequencing, editing, mixing, mastering, and bouncingMarket works to prospective clientsThe textbook assumes no prior knowledge of music theory or audio topics, and its modular organization allows instructors to use the book flexibly. …”

“…Standard accounts of neoliberalism generally focus on the influence of political ideas in reshaping British politics; according to this narrative, neoliberalism was a right-wing ideology, peddled by political economists, think-tanks and politicians from the 1930s onwards, which finally triumphed in the 1970s and 1980s. …”