How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Mentorship
Want to write a song about mentorship that does not read like a corporate pamphlet? Good. Me too. Mentorship in music can be tender, me...
How to Write a Song About Cover Songs
You want to write a song about cover songs. Maybe you want to celebrate the art of reinterpreting hits, or maybe you want to roast the ...
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 Ballroom Dance
You want a song that makes people want to stand up and glide or snap their hips like they know the move even if they do not. A ballroom...
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 Corruption
Want to write a corrosion proof song that points a finger without sounding preachy. You want people to sing along at protests and still...
How to Write a Song About Crime And Punishment
You want a song that smells of cigarette smoke, courtroom coffee, and moral messiness. You want characters with bad timing, decisions t...
How to Write a Song About Wealth And Prosperity
Money songs can be cheesy or brilliant. You can write one that sounds like a flexing billionaire flexing rhetorical muscles or you can ...
How to Write a Song About Punk Rock
You want a song that feels like someone shoved a Molotov cocktail into a melody and set it on fire. You want guitars that bite, drums t...
How to Write a Song About Band Dynamics
You want to write a song that nails what it feels like to be in a band. The petty fights, the backstage love, the bass player who eats ...