Finally—the first songwriting guide to the most popular music genre in history! Written by a professional songwriter, The Art of Writing Love Songs provides inspiration to anyone seeking to write captivating songs about the most enduring musical subject of all. Readers will discover how to express their feelings in lyrics, master a wide scope of emotions and moods, choose an appropriate musical style, and craft beautiful songs that will woo any audience. This user-friendly guide presents technical information with precision, yet wrapped in a conversational, personal tone that’s entertaining and easy to read. Packed with references to favorite hit songs, this must-have guide enables songwriters and musicians to understand and express love in a whole new way.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater,branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Timesbestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Product Description: Finding the right rhyme can be excruciating, songwriters too often choosing ridiculous words in desperation. This is an invaluable resource for any budding songwriter or even an experienced lyricist with writer's block. Featuring tips on songwriting, the book focuses on the types of rhyme and assonance (end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, beginning rhymes, first syllable rhymes) for a range of popular styles...read more

Offers warm-up exercises and advice on using a rhyming dictionary and thesaurus, using metaphors and similes while avoiding clichâes, and experimentating by following or breaking conventional rules.

Product Description: Schirmer's Complete Rhyming Dictionary is the ultimate rhyming dictionary with more than 96,000 one-, two-, and three- syllable rhymes!

Product Description: Even the chapter titles in this book will make you smile! How to Write Funny Lyrics: The Comedy Songwriting Manual takes the reader step-by-step from concept to finished product, showing the way to create lyrics that get laughs. Pollock’s clear, friendly style of instruction is entertaining and easy to understand...read more

Product Description: This book is packed with useful tips on how to harness creativity in both lyric writing and music composition and is sure to inspire any aspiring songwriter! Topics include the basic elements of a song; how to "punch up" your lyrics; easy-to-understand lessons on composition, harmony, and melody; writing assignments to guide your learning; explanations on meter and rhyme; a CD with lots of examples that will instruct and inspire; and much more...read more

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Product Description: Anyone who's dreamed of writing that hit song - the one that gets played time and time again on the radio - but doesn't know how to start, will welcome the inspiration and practical instruction offered in this new book Terry Cox, an experienced and successful lyric writer, guides readers step-by-step through the process of lyric writing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: (Limelight). One of the most distinguished lyric-writers of his time, Ira Gershwin wrote for his brother George as well as Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen and others. Limelight presents a selection of stage and screen lyrics written for sundry situations and now arranged in arbitrary categories, to which have been added many informative annotations and disquistions on their why and wherefore, their whom-for, their how, and matters associative...read more

Product Description: First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Discusses the relationship between language style, personality type, and the brain, and shows how to use 'whole-brain' techniques to enhance creativity and prevent writer's block

Explains the difference between poetry and lyrics, offers advice concerning form, style, diction, collaboration, and new ideas, and tells how to submit a demo

Tells how to create a title, establish a story, take advantage of associated words, use popular song structures, and handle meter, rhyme, alliteration, imagery, and emotion, and discusses the business of music

Lists of masculine, feminine, and three syllable rhymes as well as words that do not rhyme are accompanied by discussion on the technical aspects of writing a lyric