Pat Pattison is a professor at the Berklee College of Music, where he has taught lyric writing, songwriting, and poetry for 47 years.

In this series, Pat takes us through the elements of lyric writing - and demonstrates how making decisions about the structure and placement of lyrics can amplify the meaning and emotions we are trying to convey. Motion creates emotion.

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Pat is also the author of 'Writing Better Lyrics', the world's best-selling book on the craft of lyric writing. You can find that here: https://amzn.to/3aACkRn
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