Simon Cann: Bibliography

These are the books that have been published under my own name. Please note: the sites linked from this page are not optimized for mobile browsers.

Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User, second edition (published by Course Technology PTR, ISBN: 978-1435455641)

Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User, second edition is the ultimate guide to understanding and using Cakewalk's synthesizers and learning about synthesizer programming.

The book features the complete range of Cakewalk (and rgc:audio) synthesizers, including Rapture, Rapture LE, Dimension Pro, Dimension LE, Beatscape, Session Drummer 2 and Session Drummer 3, Z3TA+, Pentagon I, and Triangle II.

Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User (published by Course Technology PTR, ISBN: 978-1598635508)

Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User is for:

Musicians who are new to synthesis and who want to understand the basics and take their first steps in creating and controlling sounds with synthesizers.
Musicians who are familiar with synthesis, but who want to solidify or expand their knowledge so they can use their tools more fully.

The book has many practical examples using some of today's leading software synthesizers--the principles can be applied to any other synthesizer.

Made it in China (published by MII Publishing, ISBN: 978-0956117700)

Made it in China features the personal experiences and lessons of international entrepreneurs who have left their own country and built successful businesses in China.

The book focuses on the practical experiences of nine entrepreneurs as they grew their companies in these new and developing markets. Their stories are both practical and entertaining, combining first-hand anecdotes about the challenges they faced and how these were met with their own observations and thoughts for dealing with each situation.

Rocking Your Music Business: Run Your Music Business at Home and on the Road (published by Artistpro, ISBN: 978-1598634662)

Making music is only half the story if you want to earn your living making music: the other half is the business. Rocking Your Music Business:

introduces the business of music, and
tells you what you need to do to set up and run that business—both in terms of what you need to do, and the tools you need to run that business at home and on the road.

You don't need a major record label to have a career—especially with all of the changes that the industry has been undergoing in the last few years—but you do need a successful business and business infrastructure, and Rocking Your Music Business is the handbook that needs to be on the bookshelf of every musician who wants to take their business as seriously as they take their music.

Project5 Power!: The Comprehensive Guide (published by Course Technology PTR, ISBN: 978-1598634587)

Project5 Power! is the comprehensive guide to using this sophisticated piece of software (both versions 2.0 and 2.5) and the included synthesizers, effects, and loop tools in all stages of the music creation process from the first beat through to producing a CD and putting your tracks on the web.

Sample This! (Third Edition) (with Klaus P Rausch, published by Coombe Hill Publishing, ISBN: 978-0955495519)

Sample This! is a practical guide for musicians about using samplers to make music written by Simon Cann and Klaus P Rausch.

The book has been written for both experienced musicians who are looking to expand their understanding of how to use the most modern tools that are available to them and for first time users of samplers. Sample This! also includes a coupon for a free PC VSTi sample-based synthesizer together with a wide range of sample material.

How To Make A Noise (published by Coombe Hill Publishing, ISBN: 978-0955495502)

How To Make A Noise: a comprehensive guide to synthesizer programming, is perhaps the most widely ready book about synthesizer programming (and there's a free downloadable version, too). It is a comprehensive, practical guide to sound design and synthesizer programming techniques using:

subtractive (analog) synthesis
frequency modulation synthesis (including phase modulation and ring modulation)
additive synthesis
wave-sequencing
sample-based synthesis

Building a Successful Music Career Building a Successful 21st Century Music Career (published by Artistpro, ISBN: 978-1598633702)

Your career in music begins today: decide to begin your career and you're off. Don't wait for a record company to call and offer you a contract, because they won't. All you need to do is decide to start your career.

Building a Successful 21st Century Music Career is about how you can proactively start, and manage your own music career so that you can earn your living through making music -- whether as a musician playing pop, rock, soul, R&B, classical or any other style of music; as a songwriter or composer; or as a producer.

Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User (published by Course Technology PTR, ISBN: 978-1598633146)

Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User is the ultimate guide to understanding and using all of Cakewalk's synthesizers and learning about synthesizer programming.

The book features the complete range of Cakewalk (and rgc:audio) synthesizers, including Pentagon I, Z3TA+, Dimension, and Rapture.

Tolley's Basic Guide to Pensions (co-author) (published by LexisNexis, ISBN: 978-0754507451)

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