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I have written a book - on music technology, specifically using Cubase, but giving a good all-round basis to start understanding and creating music using Cubase
by djaychela 7y ago
I have written a book - on music technology, specifically using Cubase, but giving a good all-round basis to start understanding and creating music using Cubase. It took me a long time to write (years of prep work, and then a full year of spare time to actually properly write, typeset and proof and self-publish), and then it languished as I'd never thought about publicity; it was used by students of mine who found it immensely useful, but that was pretty much that.
Only a fluke meeting of the book with someone from the software house who create the book led to some increased popularity and sales, along with incremental improvements in sales from my youtube channel [1].
The book is only available in print form, as I've never trusted any DRM to be worthwhile, and nearly everyone I know who makes music does so with software they haven't paid for. I know this is entirely counter to the article and also everyone's experience on here, but I'm wondering if this is a little different as there aren't consultancies etc in the music tech segment. The most you'll get from someone who has read your book is a few hours' work (at normal rates) either classroom teaching, or one-to-one online.
At the current time (as nearly everything I normally do is face-to-face), the sales from the book are the only income I have; it's not a lot, but last month's sales were about half the baseline I need to pay my bills, so I can't complain. I know I could be completely wrong about this, but I can't imagine that giving it away would do anything other than decimate this income.
[0] - http://tinyurl.com/cubasebookamazon http://tinyurl.com/cubasebookamazon
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/c/musictechtuition https://www.youtube.com/c/musictechtuition