This book takes you through the writing process from initial idea to finished song. It offers ideas for finding inspiration, explores the choice of title, considers song structure, advises on the use of metaphor and simile, and helps you find your way through the pitfalls of rhythm and rhyme. Ten celebrated songwriters offer their insights into the lyric-writing process. Includes a comprehensive sourcebook showing how lyric ideas have been used in...

Words are weapons in the world’s most brutal lyrical sport. Produced by Eminem and directed by world-renowned music video director Joseph Khan, BODIED is a go-for-the-jugular, hilarious look inside the competitive world of rap battles. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.

"Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-topping songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight...

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...

A collection of 101 stories written by famous songwriters about the genesis of their hit songs and their personal stories, often never before told, about the lyrics for their award-winning hit songs.

A dramatized fictional look at the competitive world of rap battles.