Writing Better Lyrics

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By Pat Pattison

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Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison is a comprehensive guide for songwriters aiming to improve their craft. This revised edition features expanded chapters, 50 engaging songwriting exercises, and examples from over 20 hit songs. It covers essential techniques such as generating ideas, mastering song form and function, and refining lyrics. The book teaches how to use vivid sensory imagery, avoid clichés, create imaginative metaphors, and manipulate meter effectively. Additional guidance includes matching lyrics with music, building on ideas, crafting effective titles, and collaborating with co-writers.
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This book is ideal for both novice and experienced songwriters seeking to enhance their lyric-writing skills and deepen their understanding of songwriting techniques.

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.

Description

The must-have guide for songwriters, revised and updated with expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-topping songs.

A staple for songwriters for nearly two decades, Writing Better Lyrics 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 clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes
Ways to use repetition as an asset
How to successfully manipulate metre
Instruction for matching lyrics with music
Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles
Advice for working with a co-writer

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781582975771

Publisher: F&W Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 January 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: Writer's Digest Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 304

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Pat Pattison

About the Author

Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. His books include Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming. In addition, Pat has developed three online lyric writing courses for Berklee s online school, and has written articles for a variety of industry publications. His internationally successful students include multiple Grammy winners John Mayer and Gillian Welch. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.