Songwriting Without Boundaries: Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice
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- Synopsis
- Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundarieswill help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps 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. Divided into four sections,Songwriting Without Boundariesfeatures 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) About the Author: Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. His books includeWriting Better Lyrics,The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, andThe 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.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781599632995
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781599632971
- Publisher:
- Writer's Digest Books
- Date of Addition:
- 08/10/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Pat Pattison
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education, Music
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.