In this manual one of the music industry's most prolific and successful lyricists reveals her methods for crafting memorable recordable and marketable lyrics. Written in a conversational style the volume goes beyond the obvious song formulas and rhyme patterns to present the dozens of conscious and unconscious processes the author uses to write lyrics in step-by-step form.
There are hints tips and inside information. Chapters cover how to work how to communicate through song understanding the craft of song-writing defining styles studying the market and the competition the art of successful collaboration rewriting and fine-tuning the song how to make a great demo and how to start a career. There are creative exercises and an A to Z checklist for reviewing new songs. Pamela Phillips Oland is one of the most prolific contemporary songwriters in America. Her songs have been recorded well over 300 times by a breathtaking range of artists from Whitney Houston to Anne Murray the Jacksons to Aretha Franklin Selena to Sinatra and in both television and feature films from Xena: Warrior Princess to The Sopranos to Coming to America.
