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Our featured title deals with songwriting technique, and exercises to "dive deep" into your creativity fast!  

Our rating system: 1 to 5 "wags"...tail wags are a good thing...the more, the better!

"Writing Better Lyrics" by Pat Pattison - Pat teaches songwriting at Berklee College of Music, and the lessons collected in this book are the lessons he gives his students. When you hear world class publishers recommending this book, you know it's worth checking out!

 Our rating: 5 wags

"88 Songwriting Wrongs & How to Right Them: Concrete Ways to Improve Your Songwriting and Make Your Songs More Marketable" - Pat Luboff with Pete Luboff, 1992
"Creating Melodies: A Songwriter's Guide to Understanding, Writing and Polishing Melodies" - Dick Weissman, 1994
"Melody and Harmony in Contemporary Songwriting" - Ricigliano, 1978
"Melody in Songwriting" - Jack Perricone, 2000
"One Hundred One Songwriting and Composing Techniques" - Jack Weaton, 1987
"Songwriters Playground: Innovative Exercises in Creative Songwriting" - Barbara L. Jordan, 1993
"Successful Lyric Writing: A Step-By-Step Course and Workbook" -Sheila Davis, 1988
"The Artist's Way" - Julia Cameron, 1992
"The Artist's Date Book" - Julia Cameron, 1999
"The Craft and Business of Songwriting" - John Braheny, 1995
"The Craft of Lyric Writing" - Sheila Davis, 1985
"The Songwriter's Guide to Collaboration" - Walter Carter, 1997
"The Songwriter's Handbook" - Tom T. Hall, 1987
"The Songwriter's Idea Book" - Sheila Davis, 1996
"The Songwriter's Rhyming Dictionary" - Jane Whitfield, 1974
"Tunesmith: Inside the art of Songwriting" - Jimmy Webb, 1999
"Writing Better Lyrics" - Pat Pattison, 1995
"Writing Music for Hit Songs: Including New Songs from the '90s" - Jai Josefs, 1996
 

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