Writing Better Lyrics
Language: English
Published by Writers Digest Books, 1995
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The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques.Songwriters will discover: - How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners - Techniques for avoiding clich s and creating imaginative metaphors and similes - Ways to use repetition as an asset - How to successfully manipulate meter - Instruction for matching lyrics with music - Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles - Advice for working with a co-writer - And much more Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong.…
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- Title
- Writing Better Lyrics
- Author
- Pat Pattison
- Publisher
- Writers Digest Books
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0898796822
- ISBN 13
- 9780898796827
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
You'll examine 17 extraordinary songs to discover what makes them so effective. You'll work through more than 30 exercises to learn to use language masterfully. You'll also learn how to: do a warm-up writing exercise for just ten minutes a day that will revolutionize your songwriting imagery; use a rhyming dictionary to unlock an abundance of fresh, unexpected rhymes; use a thesaurus to generate ideas and find evocative ways to express them; avoid cliches and create imaginative, meaningful metaphors and similes; use conventional "rules" - and break them - to your advantage in developing verses; and experiment with point of view in every lyric you write to make every song sizzle.
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