Songwriting Without Boundaries: Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.44 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1599632977 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.. His books include Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming. His internationally successful students include multiple Grammy winners John Mayer and Gillian Welch. About the AuthorPat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. 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
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 detailseffectively use metaphor and comparative languageadd rhythm to your writing and manage phrasingSongwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail!Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Divided into four sections, <
PL said Practical Inspiration & Techniques. I picked up this book as a supplement while attending Pat Pattison's excellent (and free!) songwriting course on Coursera (I strongly recommend the course as well). In brief, the exercises Pat outlines in the book, and Pat's approach to teaching songwriting in general, represent the very best pedagogical approach to the craft that I have ever come across. Not only does he possess a deep understand. Great content but needs to be made workbook style: bigger, made to lay flat, with space right in the book for writing. I think the content of this book is great. Numerous exercises challenge the budding lyricist to stretch the imagination in innumerable ways. I bought it for my teenage son who sings and has written poetry, has some background in piano, but isn't sure how to get started writing songs.My comments, therefore, have entirely to do with how this book could be made more user-friendly.First, I'd pay a lot. Help take your writing to the next level It gives good strategy on ways to expand you vocabulary and connect words in different ways. It gives you different ways and structures to write songs. It gives you exercises to help improve the quality of your writing as well as the speed.
His books include Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming. Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. His internationally successful students include multiple Grammy winners John Mayer and Gillian Welch. In addition, Pat has devel