Writing Better Lyrics

Author: Pat Pattison

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  • : $34.99 AUD
  • : 9781582975771
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
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  • : 0.358
  • : December 2009
  • : 214mm X 140mm X 25mm
  • : United States
  • : 49.99
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  • : Pat Pattison
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  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd Revised edition
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  • : English
  • : 782.4213
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Barcode 9781582975771
9781582975771

Description

With additional song evaluations and exercises to help songwriters hone their lyric-writing skills, Writing Better Lyrics, 2nd Edition is more comprehensive than ever before. The book features new and expanded chapters covering such topics as: when the use of repetition can be an asset; how to successfully manipulate meter; how to work with a co-writer; how to build on ideas and generate effective titles and, much, much more.

Author description

Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. His books Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure and The Essential Guide to Rhyming are considered definitive in their genre. His former students include Grammy winners John Mayer, Gillian Welch and Rob Hotchkiss (Train).