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The art of writing great lyrics / Pamela Phillips Oland.
LIBRA - Special MT67 .O4 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oland, Pamela Phillips, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lyric writing (Popular music).
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 255 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Allworth Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Topics include: tips on how to recognize great song ideas and make them work; how to tell a story, express a point of view and effectively unfold a plot; do's and don'ts of the writing process; A to Z checklist to rewrite and fine-tune a song; tricks to push your art beyond the ordinary; insights about the art of successful collaboration; sample proposal letters and lyric sheets; advice on how to break into the songwriting industry and make a career.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Introduction: If you can't write a lyric, you haven't got a song
- Songwriting is a love affair with words
- The great aha!
- Communicating through song
- Understanding the craft
- The art of successful collaboration
- Street smart and market wise
- Rewrite? Moi?
- Now that your song is finished
- You can do it!
- A reading list of books for songwriters
- Magazines for songwriters
- United States performing rights societies.
- Notes:
- Rev. and expanded ed. of: You can write great lyrics. 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1581150938
- 9781581150933
- OCLC:
- 45963077
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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