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2nd Edition of Writing Better Lyrics is out!

It’s out - the 2nd edition of Pat Pattison’s groundbreaking “Writing Better Lyrics,” featuring a foreword by three-time Grammy winner Gillian Welch and almost 100 new pages, including several new chapters plus expansion and reworking of most of the original chapters.

"[This book] is a priceless map through the minefields of cliché, boredom and laziness that often destroy even the best efforts...

I would not be the writer I am today without [Pat’s] teaching and his unique and comprehensive understanding of language, rhyme, rhythm, and structure. To this day, when I struggle with a lyric and find myself falling short, I am usually ignoring some very sound advice contained in these pages. And I read it again."

-- 3-time Grammy winner Gillian Welch

Read Writer's Digest article about the book here

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,389 in ALL Book CATEGORIES
#1 in Music - Theory, Composition & Performance - Songwriting
#2 in Biographies & Memoirs - Arts & Literature - Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk
#13 in Music - Theory, Composition & Performance - Techniques

"I count myself lucky and proud to have studied with Mr. Pattison. I would not be the writer I am today without his teaching and his unique and comprehensive understanding of language, rhyme, rhythm, and structure."

- 3-time Grammy winner Gillian Welch

"Thanks to Pat Pattison for listening to all those songs and helping me hone the craft."

- David Wilcox

"I took a class with a great teacher named Pat Pattison... I learned a lot in that class...and I still read that book, Writing Better Lyrics. I think it's great."

- John Mayer

"This was the best 2 days a songwriter could spend. By lunchtime Saturday, after two and a half hours, I learned more than I had in 35 years of playing and writing music. And it just kept getting better."

- Brian Ralston
Byron Bay, Australia

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Special Discount Book Packages Available
The 2nd edition of Writing Better Lyrics is here - and you can get it for a special price when you purchase all 3 of Pat's books! Get the latest edition of WBL and Pat's other exceptional songwriting books, Essential Guide to Rhyming and Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure for $45. Or choose the 1st Edition Package (while supplies last) for just $35. See the Books page for more details.

Writer's Digest Interview
"Pat Pattison (author of Writing Better Lyrics) discusses the differences between writing lyrics and writing poetry, writing advice, and his book in this fascinating Q&A..." Read full article

Boulder Weekly Article
"Pat [Pattison] is a sincere professional. His help in two areas — dissecting phrasing, and how to open strong — are concepts I utilize everyday..." Read full article

TVNZ Television Interview
The host of New Zealand's television show, Breakfast, talks to Pat about his effect on people like Gillian Welch and John Mayer, and about songwriting seminars. Watch interview

New Videos
Find out what it's like to learn from the best. See clips from Pat's master classes here.

New Pat's Parlour Exercise
Learn how to Use Rhyme Scheme to Create a Song’s Journey with an example from one of Pat's recent Australia Songwriting Seminars.