We spend thousands of hours learning how to accompany a song on an instrument and how to sing. How much time and effort and money do we put into learning how to write a compelling, effective lyric? How do we make the young girl cry and the bad boy buy?

The book covers the theory and develops some rules–as Hector Barbosa says in Pirates of the Caribbean, Guidelines for you to apply to achieve effective lyrics. Lyrics First is a pure gold approach!