How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Procrastination
This is the song you sing while you avoid writing the song about procrastination. Irony is your best friend. Procrastination is univers...
How to Write a Song About Seeking Validation
You want a song that feels honest and a little ruthless about wanting approval. You want a chorus that someone can sing into their phon...
How to Write a Song About Folk Dance
You want a song that makes feet stop scrolling and start stomping. You want a melody that fits the footwork, lyrics that tell the story...
How to Write a Song About Human Rights
This is part art and part responsibility. You want a song that bangs on the first play and means something on the thousandth play. You ...
How to Write a Song About Aging
Aging is a playlist with messy tracks. It can be funny, brutal, tender, petty, nostalgic, confused, and strangely freeing all at once. ...
How to Write a Song About Urban Legends
Urban legends are musical catnip. They are eerie, juicy, and packed with details that make listeners lean in. If you want a song that b...
How to Write a Song About Coping Mechanisms
You want a song that feels true not performative. You want the listener to say I have been there without you spelling out a therapy tex...
How to Write a Song About Mentoring
You want to write a song that celebrates learning, growth, and that weirdly tender relationship between the person who shows you the ro...
How to Write a Song About Suburban Life
You want a song that turns a cul de sac, a strip mall, and a bored Friday night into a thing people sing in cars and in showers. Suburb...
How to Write a Song About Organic Farming
You want a song that smells like dirt but sounds like a hit. You want lines that make listeners picture soil in their nails and sunligh...