The Modern Rhyming Dictionary - Revised Edition

The Gene Lees "Modern Rhyming Dictionary" will be familiar with any musician that writes his own songs. In the new revised edition it provideswhat I found fascinating creative and very clear techniques for writing lyrics. It includes a forward by famous songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, a new chapter on "Tattered Standards" which outlines the lack of literacy in certain modern songs, and shows how to avoid it; Another new chapter called "The words to choose" which examines why words from some language families are subconsciously more appealing than those from others, and more. The first "ModernRhyming Dictionary" was an Invaluable book for the beginner to intermediate level songwriter, the revised edition is even more so. In all honesty, I probably wouldn't have updated mine except fotr the fact that it got severely damaged when I moved house 2 and a bit years ago, but now I have the revised edition I am almost pleased that the old one got wrecked. I think professional would find it useful as well as amateur songwriters and teachers. If you write your own material - this is a MUST HAVE BOOK in my opinion.