title: The modern rhyming dictionary: How to write lyrics : including a practical guide to lyric writing for songwriters and poets
author:  Gene Lees 
description: Gene Lees' bestseller for songwriters has been revised! In addition to providing fascinating, creative and clear techniques for writing lyrics, this edition now includes: a new foreword by renowned songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman; a new chapter called "Tattered Standards," which outlines the lack of literacy in certain modern songs and shows you how to avoid it; a new chapter called "The Words You Choose," which examines why words from some language families are subconsciously more appealing than those from others; and much more! Invaluable to the beginner, this book will also prove beneficial to professionals, poets, linguists and teachers.
zlib_text: How to Turn your WORDS into a SONG
  The Lyricist's Assistant               
  By Award Winning Songwriter and Music Educator Richard Brown
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  Chapters One, Two, Three and Four of this book deal with writing lyrics that are MUSIC
  Friendly. Even though your lyrics may look and read absolutely wonderful on paper, does not
  mean they will necessarily sound good when interpreted by a vocalist as a song composition in
  melody form. Find out what you can do to make them Music Friendly.
  Chapters Five and Six deal with composing an appropriate and ear pleasing melody and chord
  structure to your lyrics, quickly and easily, without having had years of formal training in Music
  Theory and/or Composition.
  The remaining Chapters, Appendixes and Excerpts deal with General Songwriting Information,
  and Useful Facts pertaining to the Business of Music and Songwriting.
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