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Lyrics: Writing Better Words for Your Songs

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By (author): Rikky Rooksby

ELyricsE sheds light on all aspects of lyric writing for music and will make songwriters feel more confident and creative when they tackle lyrics. It''s perfect for all songwriters: those who don''t like their own lyrics and find them difficult to write experienced writers looking for a creative edge and those offering lyrics to set to music in a partnership. Topics 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 (c)s and more. The book also offers tips on the various styles of lyrics from protests spirituals and confessionals to narratives and comic songs. See more
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Product Details
  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 513g
  • Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 2021
  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780879308858

About Rikky Rooksby

Rikky Rooksby is a guitar teacher songwriter/composer and writer on popular music. He is the author of How to Write Songs on Guitar (2000 revised edition 2009) Inside Classic Rock Tracks (2001) Riffs (2002 revised edition 2010) The Songwriting Sourcebook (2003 revised edition 2011) Chord Master (2004 revised edition 2016) Melody (2004) Songwriting Secrets: Bruce Springsteen (2005) How to Write Songs on Keyboards (2005) Lyrics (2006) Arranging Songs (2007) How to Write Songs in Altered Guitar Tunings (2010) and Songs and Solos (2014). He has also written fourteen Fastforward guitar tutors and arranged over three dozen chord songbooks including The Complete Beatles. He has written entries on rock musicians for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and published interviews reviews and transcriptions in many UK music magazines. He is a member of the Society of Authors Sibelius One and the Vaughan Williams Society

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