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020 _a9781582975771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)320622261
050 0 0 _aMT 67
_b.P383 2009
049 _aVF$A
100 1 _aPattison, Pat.
245 1 0 _aWriting better lyrics :
_bthe essential guide to powerful songwriting /
_cPat Pattison ; foreword by Gillian Welch.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aCincinnati :
_bWriter's Digest Books
_c2009
300 _avi, 298 pages
_bmusic ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 292-293) and index.
505 0 _aForeword / Gillian Welch -- Introduction -- 1. Object writing : the art of the diver -- 2. Rusty's collar : a lesson in showing and telling -- 3. Making metaphors -- 4. Learning to say no : building worksheets -- 5. Clich�es : the sleeping puppy (a case study) -- 6. Productive repetition -- 7. Verse development and power positions -- 8. Travelogues : verse continuity -- 9. Stripping your repetition for repainting -- 10. Perspectives -- 11. Point of view : second person and the hangman -- 12. Point of view : second person as narrative -- 13. Dialogue and point of view -- 14. Meter : something in common -- 15. Spotlighting with common meter -- 16. Meter : two by two -- 17. Managing couplets -- 18. Prosody : structure as film score -- 19. Understanding motion -- 20. Form follows function : building the perfect beast -- 21. The great balancing act : courting danger on the high wire -- 22. Song forms : (im) potent packages -- 23. Song forms : (im) potent packages II -- 24. Process -- Appendix. Co-writing : the "no"-free zone -- Permissions -- Index.
520 _aDiscusses the songwriting process and offers advice on how to improve composition skills, and the proper use of meter, verse development, and form.
650 0 _aLyric writing (Popular music)
650 7 _aLyric writing (Popular music)
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