How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Growing Up
You want a song that feels true to your messy childhood and your awkward adult self at the same time. You want people to hear it and sa...
How to Write a Song About Happiness
You want a song that sounds like sunlight poured into a speaker. You want a lyric that makes people grin, a melody that makes toes tap,...
How to Write a Song About Artisanal Goods
You want a song that smells like fresh bread and looks like a hand stamped label. A song about artisanal goods should feel tactile, hon...
How to Write a Song About Miracles
You want a song that makes people say yes to wonder. You want listeners to feel like their chest just opened and someone handed them he...
How to Write a Song About Environmental Issues
You want a song that makes people care enough to put down their phone and do something stupid like sign a petition. Whether you want to...
How to Write a Song About Concerts And Gigs
You want a song that smells like hot stage lights and spilled beer but still sounds like poetry. You want a chorus a thousand strangers...
How to Write a Song About Music Scenes
Writing a song about a music scene is like trying to bottle a city at 2 a.m. You want the grit, the confetti, the smell of spilled beer...
How to Write a Song About Brainstorming
You have a head full of half baked ideas and you want to make a song out of that chaos. Good. That chaos is gold. Brainstorming is loud...
How to Write a Song About Culinary Arts
You want a song that smells like butter and hits like a plate dropped at three in the morning. Songs about food and cooking can be cute...
How to Write a Song About Serendipity
You want a song that makes people feel like they ran into a lucky subway seat on a rain day and found cash in a pocket at the same time...