In honor of National Poetry Month, here are a few resources to help with the related art of songwriting. Most of these books (the "MT" books) are available in the Music Collection. The "PE" books are on the Third Floor of Bracken Library.
Writing Better Lyrics: The Essential Guide to Powerful Songwriting, by Pat Pattison
MT 67 .P383 2009
How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC by Paul Edwards
MT 67 .E38 2009
The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs That Sell: How to Create Hits in Today's Music Industry, by Eric Beall
MT 67 .B43 2009
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting, by Joel Hirschhorn.
MT 67 .H55 2004How to Write Songs on Guitar, by Rikky Rooksby
MT 67 .R66 2009
Righting Wrongs in Writing Songs, by Danny Cope
MT 67 .C628 2009
This Business of Songwriting, by Jason Blume.
MT 67 .B67 2006
In order to write a good songHaving trouble coming up with rhymes? We can help with that too!
The words should go where they belong
The best songs do rhyme
But not all the time
Sometimes the lyricist just can't figure out the last line
Bronner's Rhyming Phrases Dictionary: For Writers, Songwriters, Lyricists, Poets, Speech Writers, and Others Using Rhyme, by Michael A. BonnerPE 1519 .B76 2000
The Modern Rhyming Dictionary: How to Write Lyrics (including a practical guide to lyric writing for songwriters nad poets)
PE 1519 .L37 2000
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes (Electronic resource)
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