Originally Posted By: HearToLearn
Noel96, it's funny...I came here to vent and ended up inspired! Your examples were AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

I get it was longer than you intended, but you could have kept going, as far as I am concerned.

I learned a lot from your response. It really has me thinking!

Any resources you have or are willing to post of your own thoughts, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again!


Heartolearn,

There seems to be around a million songwriting books on the market and I've got heaps of those. I bought most of them when I lacked songwriting experience. Now that I've gained some of that, the majority of songwriting books that I have simply collect dust because their insights are limited and are only one dimensional.

Below are my "must have" books. These give a full, three dimensional view of songwriting. I continually cycle through these and re-read them.

FOR LYRICS...
1. Writing Better Lyrics (2nd Ed.) by Pat Pattison
2. Essential Guide To Lyric Form And Structure by Pat Pattison
3. Essential Guide To Rhyming by Pat Pattison
4. 10 Steps To Effective Story Telling by Andrea Stolpe

FOR MUSIC...
1. Writing Music For Hit Songs by Jai Josefs
2. Melody In Songwriting by Jack Perricone
3. Melody by Jimmy Kachulis
4. Harmony by Jimmy Kachulis

Also, Pat Pattison has a free, six-week songwriting course at http://coursera.org .

Lastly, I encourage you to visit the "Lyric Tips" page on Pat Pattison's website. It's found here. I think you'll enjoy Pat's writing and the ideas he has to offer.

Regards,
Noel



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