Lyrics: Writing Better Words for Your Songs (Songwriting)

Lyrics sheds light on all aspects of lyric writing. Topics explored in the book include channeling personal experiences into lyrics, overcoming writer?s block, the right lyrics for a bridge, the separation between lyrics and poetry, exploring imagery and metaphor, avoiding clich?s, writing a lyric around a character, and how to create more original love songs. The book also offers tips on the various styles of lyrics, such as protests, spirituals, and confessionals. more

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Posted: Oct-04-2009

A great resource!!

I started a songwriters club just over a year ago. We've all spent time acquiring good resources to read and share. We look for reference material that will not only help us with our individual work but will help us offer constructive ideas to each other on lyrics, construction, content, melody,...

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Posted: Jun-04-2009

pretty basic stuff

There are a lot if interviews and tidbits about how certain songwriters write their songs, or how famous songs were written. not a lot of useful information about making your own lyrics better. this would be great for the absolute beginner lyricist

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Posted: Mar-30-2009

For not only songwriters!!

This book is really interesting i feel that even people that are'nt sonwriters will enjoy this! Great for music lovers!

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Posted: Sep-10-2007

New ideas right off the bat...

Althought I haven't yet finished the entire book, I found the first sections of this work so inspiring that I thought they merited comment. What may seem common knowledge (or common sense) to an experienced writer, the ideas that were revealed in the first few sections of this book were...

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Posted: Nov-12-2006

This book is almost funny, with how much lyrical content it holds.

Rikky Rooksby has made some really great songwriting books. His best being "How To Write Songs On Guitar."I flipped through this book at a local store and I was laughing to myself, at how much detail Rooksby goes into, as far as lyrical subjects are concerned.He doesn't really go into full detail...

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