Acknowledgments

The creative presentation, structure and navigation of The Metrics of Music has been made possible by a team of extraordinary designers, specialists and technical advisers, led by Nisma Zaman and Derek Chung of San Francisco-based Tactile Pictures. Read about this award-winning team here. Also playing valuable roles have been New York-based Ellie Bastani, Christine Arrozal, Betty Matias Hsu and Allison Walker. Many thanks to technology consultant Lisa Mogull, who connected the Stone Door Media Lab to these talented professionals.

Editorially, our heartfelt appreciation as a guiding light goes to Todd Herreman, who served between 2017-2024 at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, where he served as Associate Professor of Teaching (now Professor Emeritus), Music Industry and Technologies. Mr. Herreman previously taught audio engineering, producing, MIDI and music business for 13 years at Southern Illinois University, where he earned a Master’s in Legal Studies from SIU’s School of Law, with a concentration in intellectual property. 

Prior to academics, Mr. Herreman was a 18-year Los Angeles-based music industry veteran as producer, songwriter, composer, engineer and session musician, garnering multiple gold and platinum records. He recorded and toured for a year with Prince. His credit and client list also includes Michael Jackson, Brian Wilson, Jeff Beck, Jody Watley and Adam Ant. Mr. Herreman has scored music for feature films, television and commercials. 

A writer and researcher, he also holds a degree in Music and Philosophy from Indiana University and is an alumnus of the Leadership Music executive development program in Nashville. Mr. Herreman, who is called upon as a speaker on topics such as Fair Use, implications of AI and music, and sampling, is affiliated with ASCAP (writer/publisher), the Audio Engineering Society, NARAS and Pi Kappa Lambda.

We also want to express our gratitude to MJ Kaplan, Emmy-nominated writer and former executive producer at Showtime Networks. 

Special thanks to Randy Alberts, a former writer for Mix, EQ, Electronic Musician, TASCAM and other music/technology publications.

Many thanks also to the more than 900 colleagues, journalists, academic scholars, media companies, trade publications, research firms and associated experts in the music and media industries contributing to or cited in The Metrics of Music. Your knowledge and insights serve central and ongoing roles throughout these educational materials.