You Can Write Song Lyrics

by Terry Cox

Book Overview

The 1930s were the cinema's age of innocence, the decade when Hollywood concentrated, despite, or perhaps because of, the misery and gloom of the Great Depression, on escapism and entertainment, when... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898799899
• ISBN13: 9780898799897
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Very good

I have been reading this book dayly, making the exercises Terry Cox proposes, and all of this have worked for me, both to understand and improve my songwriting.

Excellent, superbly-written and passionate

Let's face it "You Can Write Song Lyrics (You Can)" is such a delightful read that it can put the real passion of music into any heart. I disagree with anyone who says that there are things in life that can't be taught for a few reasons= I was deafened at 19 and am now past 55. I was headed for a career as a pro musician in my late teens. Terry Cox renewed flames that were dying inside me as I "forgot" how melodies and lyrics of many favorite songs went together. Maddening. Along comes this book and bang! I go back and reread those lyrics over and over, and more often than not, I recall beautiful music behind the lyrics. Magical. To whom would I recommend this book? Anyone that truly loves music.

Complete Inspiration

'You Can Write Song Lyrics' is a great book for anyone interested in stepping foot into the music biz as a lyric writer. Terry Cox reminds us of the importance of passion and self as a writer along with laying a strong foundation for formatting and putting our words into songs. This is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it to not only those interested in songwriting but also those who are already songwriters. Check it out!

Inspirational, uplifting, easy to read, up-to-date. . .

Finding it extremely hard to stay focused enough to read any book, let alone an instructional book, I successfully finished this one beginning to end. On my way to finding my place in this world, I found this book. From this book, I found something that I will carry with me no matter what career I choose - listen to your heart, whether it is spilling out lyrics or simply pointing you in a direction. Terry Cox used examples of hit songs fitting all genre's and actually interviewed some of the famous creators themselves! Definitely interesting! I recommend this book to those interested in any type of writing, not just lyric writing! It's a must have!!!

Finally!!!

As an aspiring lyricist, I am greatly excited to finally(hence the catchy title) to have in hand a tool that is both usefull and inspiring. Ms. Cox's book is the best instructional text I have ever read, and , believe me, I've read them all. Terry has scored big as both a song writer/lyricist and teacher of lyric writing with this book. She introduces the craft of lyric writing in a way that offers true guidence in both the mechanics of the craft and the way of the heart. She integrates intuition and wordsmithing in a way that sent me scrambling for my pen and paper. Her book blew on the embers of my lyric heart in such a way that what once was but a flicker, is becoming now a flame. From chapter one she offers advice and guidence that awakens the heart and informs the mind. This book is sure to become a text for the inspiring lyricists out there , or anyone else for that matter who has ever longed to say something original, but needed more tools to do so. Terry, thank you for all of us still trying to find our way in this art.