Pat Pattison's Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming for Poets and Lyricists
Teaching lyric writing, or poetry can seem overly technical or even, futile. What can we really teach the next Joni Mitchell, the next Paul Simon? Pat manages to move through these murky waters, offering clarity, perspective, and his unique sense of humor. He encourages the songwriter/lyricist to relish the details, to be passionate about the craft so that inspiration hovering, near weightless, like a bird has a safe place to land! --Marcus Hummon (Grammy®-winning hit songwriter, artist, and producer)Pat Pattison does the impossible: he takes the mystery out of songwriting without taking the heart out of it. His book will help you write more compelling songs. No more rhymes that wag the dog! Pat Pattison shows you where to look when you think you have looked everywhere for the right word to sing what you need to say. This book contains inside information that would take a songwriter decades to glean intuitively. But here it is, beautifully organized and accessible. Thanks Pat. --David Wilcox (Songwriter and recording artist with nineteen albums to his credit)I love words, and I love writing songs. So does Pat Pattison. He spells it all out for you right here. He takes you deep inside the lyric process. If you want to learn how to write songs, or you write songs but want to write better songs, you should read this book. --Tom Hambridge (Grammy®-winning singer, songwriter, and producer)