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Title: Sorry, I calls them like I sees them.
Review: The good advice here is all second-hand, and thus a mish-mash. If you've any talent at all, this book will do your lyrics more harm than good. I can't put it strongly enough: Read instead what accomplished lyricists have themselves to say about lyric writing. Read the Stephen Sondheim and Oscar Hammerstein introductions to Hammerstein's "Lyrics". Read the lyric-writing chapter of Craig Zadan's "Sondheim & Company". Read Ira Gershwin's "Lyrics on Several Occasions" Read (the original) Clement Woods's "Rhyming Dictionary".Recommended: PENTATONIC SCALES FOR THE JAZZ-ROCK KEYBOARDIST by Jeff Burns.
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