diff --git a/libraries/recording/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/recording/CMakeLists.txt
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+set(TARGET_NAME recording)
+
+# set a default root dir for each of our optional externals if it was not passed
+setup_hifi_library(Script)
+
+# use setup_hifi_library macro to setup our project and link appropriate Qt modules
+link_hifi_libraries(shared)
+
+GroupSources("src/recording")
diff --git a/libraries/recording/src/recording/Forward.h b/libraries/recording/src/recording/Forward.h
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+//
+//  Created by Bradley Austin Davis 2015/11/04
+//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef hifi_Recording_Forward_h
+#define hifi_Recording_Forward_h
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <list>
+
+namespace recording {
+
+// A recording of some set of state from the application, usually avatar
+// data + audio for a single person
+class Clip;
+
+// An interface for interacting with clips, creating them by recording or
+// playing them back.  Also serialization to and from files / network sources
+class Deck;
+
+}
+
+#endif