How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Losing A Job
Losing a job hurts like a breakup that also eats your bank account and sense of self. It is messy, complicated, and loaded with story b...
How to Write a Song About Ethical Dilemmas
You want a song that makes people feel something and then makes them argue at brunch about who was right. You want lyrics that are shar...
How to Write a Song About Fame And Fortune
You want a song that either worships the glitter or exposes it with a smile and a knife. Fame and fortune are like public transportatio...
How to Write a Song About Art And Culture
You want a song that makes people look twice. You want listeners to feel the paint on their fingers without being lectured. You want cu...
How to Write a Song About Sailing And Boating
You want a song that smells like salt and regret and also makes people imagine themselves wearing a captain cap while crying into a rum...
How to Write a Song About Satire And Parody
You want people to laugh and then think and then share the song at 2 a.m. to prove you are brilliant. Satire and parody are two weapons...
How to Write a Song About Detective Stories
You want a song that smells like cigarette smoke and spilled coffee but still hits like a punchline. Detective stories are an emotional...
How to Write a Song About Revolution
You want a song people chant in the street. You want a line that gets stuck in a placard. You want a chorus that sounds like a crowd al...
How to Write a Song About Gender Identity
You want a song that matters. You want lines that land like a hug and a production that gives the lyric room to breathe. Songs about ge...
How to Write a Song About Social Justice
You want your music to matter. You want to speak for change without sounding like a lecture. You want a chorus that people can sing at ...