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Pattison, Pat, 1942-
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Popular music -- Writing and publishing.
Lyric writing (Popular music)
Composition (Music)
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Pattison, Pat, 1942-
Popular music -- Writing and publishing.
Lyric writing (Popular music)
Composition (Music)
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Song-writing without boundaries : lyric writing exercises for finding your voice / Pat Pattison.
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Pattison, Pat, 1942-
Writer's Digest, 2011.
Call #:
782
.4213
P321sw
Subjects
Popular music -- Writing and publishing.
Lyric writing (Popular music)
Composition (Music)
ISBN:
1599632977
9781599632971 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Songwriting without boundaries : lyric writing exercises for finding your voice
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
ix, 229 p. : 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Challenge #1 : object writing -- Challenge #2 : metaphor -- Challenge #3 : object writing with metaphor -- Challenge #4 : writing in rhythm & rhyme.
Summary:
Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. This guide will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. More than150 sense-bound prompts help you develop the skills you need to tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details, effectively use metaphor and comparative language, add rhythm to your writing, and manage phrasing. Songwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Four different fourteen-day challenges with timed writing exercises, along with examples from other songwriters, poets, and prose writers. Contributing writers include multiple Grammy winning songwriter Gillian Welch, professional poet Caroline Harvey, a host of songwriters from the Berklee College of Music faculty, and others. Includes foreword by professional songwriter Mike Reid ("I Can't Make You Love Me", performed by Bonnie Raitt). Patt Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. Visit his website at PatPattison.com
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