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LEADER: 01994cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2009019233
003 DLC
005 20101118093907.0
008 090507s2009 ohug b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009019233
015 $aGBA997269$2bnb
016 7 $a015385829$2Uk
020 $a9781582975771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1582975779 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn320622261
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dBWX$dQBX$dYDXCP$dUKM$dCRH$dDLC
050 00 $aMT67$b.P383 2009
082 00 $a782.42164/0268$222
100 1 $aPattison, Pat.
245 10 $aWriting better lyrics :$bthe essential guide to powerful songwriting /$cPat Pattison ; foreword by Gillian Welch.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aCincinnati :$bWriter's Digest Books,$cc2009.
300 $avi, 298 p. :$bmusic ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 292-293) and index.
505 0 $aForeword / Gillian Welch -- Introduction -- 1. Object writing : the art of the diver -- 2. Rusty's collar : a lesson in showing and telling -- 3. Making metaphors -- 4. Learning to say no : building worksheets -- 5. Clichés : the sleeping puppy (a case study) -- 6. Productive repetition -- 7. Verse development and power positions -- 8. Travelogues : verse continuity -- 9. Stripping your repetition for repainting -- 10. Perspectives -- 11. Point of view : second person and the hangman -- 12. Point of view : second person as narrative -- 13. Dialogue and point of view -- 14. Meter : something in common -- 15. Spotlighting with common meter -- 16. Meter : two by two -- 17. Managing couplets -- 18. Prosody : structure as film score -- 19. Understanding motion -- 20. Form follows function : building the perfect beast -- 21. The great balancing act : courting danger on the high wire -- 22. Song forms : (im) potent packages -- 23. Song forms : (im) potent packages II -- 24. Process -- Appendix. Co-writing : the "no"-free zone -- Permissions -- Index.
650 0 $aLyric writing (Popular music)