Appreciate the comeback, GH,...

Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
I like Jason Blume's books (6 steps) and just picked up Pat Pattison's Writing better lyrics...

Thanks! Those two books are on a couple of "Top 10" songwriting book lists. After a bit a research, here are the 5 books I'm getting...

- Popular Lyric Writing: Effective Storytelling by Andrea Stolpe
- Writing-Better-Lyrics by Pat Pattison
- 6 Steps To Songwriting Success: Comprehensive Guide To Writing And Marketing Hit Songs by Jason Blume
- Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting by Jimmy Webb
- Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs (Berklee Guide) by Jack Perricone

Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Joining ... a local writers group is a great way to get lots of good information. If you are near a big city there's almost a 100% chance there is a writers group there.

Found a very active group in Seattle - Songwriters in Seattle - will check it out as soon as I've got a feel of where I want to go...

Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Genre probably does affect lyric writing in a huge way. As a country writer, I would really really struggle to write the lyrics to hip hop or rap, for example, and vice versa.

Feels right; I'm starting out by studying and building a few BB styles and songs based on tunes by J.J. Cale; then artists like Mark Knopfler, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, Ry Cooder, John Mellencamp...

Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Click on my web site link and navigate to My Music and have a listen to some of the things I write.

Will do - thanks for your time, Guitarhacker - raising a single malt to your healthy and productive New Year...

Cheers, Mike.

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