The Art of Writing Love Songs

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Providing instruction and inspiration to anyone seeking to write authentic and captivating love songs, this book shows how to reflect creatively upon love, express feelings in lyrics, develop an exciting story idea, choose an appropriate music style and craft songs that will woo any audience. Technical information is presented with precision yet wrapped in a conversational, personal tone appropriate for the topic. Exploring the love theme from a range of angles, including love in the 21st century, love lyrics as therapy, and love's role in the history of pop music, this book includes references to favourite hit songs.

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Pamela Phillips Oland is one of the most prolific contemporary songwriters in America. Her songs have been recorded by a breathtaking range of artists from Whitney Houston to Anne Murray, the Jacksons to Aretha Franklin, Selena to Sinatra, as well as in both television and feature films, from Xena: Warrior Princess to The Sopranos to Coming to America. A successful, full-time lyricist for more than 20 years,- she is the lyricist of a Country Music Award-winning no.1 song and has written lyrics for nearly every imaginable genre, including hard rock, rockabilly, country, gospel, pop, hip-hop, theatre, r&b, doo-wop, alternative rock, blues, and jazz. She has taught college courses in lyric writing and conducted seminars for songwriter associations throughout the United States. She lives in Los Angeles.