Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Emerson Swinford, a native of Chicago, is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer/songwriter and producer. His theme and score music composed for the hit comedy Hot in Cleveland won him a 2011 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award. He is also a composer for the TV Land network comedy series Retired at 35 and has had many TV and film song placements including MTV/"The Hills", " The Ghost Whisperer", and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." As a session guitarist, Emerson has recorded with a diverse roster of artists such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Oakenfold, Jim McGorman, P.J. Olsson, Delerium, Liz Phair, Fisher, Kimberly Locke, Natalie Cole, Kenny G and many others, as well as performing on the soundtracks for the movies Just Like Heaven, Planet of the Apes (2001) and "Power Rangers."