Lyrics First: Companion Cookup
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About this ebook
This book is the companion practicum volume to Lyrics First: How to Write Effective Song Lyrics (ISBN 9780645371239). Due to length I decided to split that initial manuscript into a "core" with the basic approach, and then this follow on of "How To" examples. The purpose of the book is to give the song lyric writer a more hands on "cookup" feel. We look at creating lyrics in the style of Taylor Swift, Joan Armatrading, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, and the Grateful Dead among others for our cookups. Understand we are concerned with LYRICS, not the melody, harmony, etc. We also cover a lot of practical ground like how to write a funny song, how to write about subjects like altered states of consciousness, transgression, etc.
From the table of contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Some Quick Revision (Review) of The Core of Lyrics First
Chapter 3: How to Taylor Swift Lyric
Chapter 4: How to Joan Armatrading Lyric
Chapter 5: How To Lou Reed Lyric
Chapter 6: How to Identify Meaningful Changes
Chapter 7: Iterative Lyric Development
Chapter 8: How to Bob Dylan Lyric
Chapter 9: How to Grateful Dead Lyric
Chapter 10: Dreams and How to Write Song Lyrics Using Dream Content
Chapter 11: How to Write About Altered States
Chapter 12: How to Transgressive Lyric
Chapter 13: How to Use Literary Sources
Chapter 14: How to React To Other People's Artistic Output With Your Own
Chapter 15: How to Write Funny Song Lyrics
Chapter 16: How to Christmas Song Lyric
Chapter 17: How to Use Google Translate As Part of Your Song Writing Toolkit
Chapter 18: How to Get Immediate Feedback On Song Lyrics
Chapter 19: How to Protest And Political Song Lyrics
Chapter 20: How to Write Lyrics for a Children’s Song
Chapter 21: The Storyteller
Chapter 22: How to Write Jingle and Commercial Song Lyrics
Chapter 23: How to Leverage Streaming Media
Chapter 25: How to Contact The Author/Inquiries about Professional Services
Professional Service Offer
Chapter 26: The Rules Recap
About the Author, and Thanks!
David R Smith
David R. Smith is a 15-year youth ministry veteran who helps youth workers and parents through his writing, training, and speaking. David specializes in sharing the gospel, and equipping others do the same. He provides free resources to anyone who works with teenagers on his website, DavidRSmith.org.
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