How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Infidelity
You want the truth to hit like a cinematic reveal and the chorus to stick like gum on a shoe. Songs about cheating are emotional landmi...
How to Write a Song About Moving To A New City
You are packing feelings into a cardboard box and trying to make them sing. Moving to a new city is messy, loud, romantic, pathetic, br...
How to Write a Song About Wine Tasting
You are not writing a brochure for a vineyard. You are writing a song that makes a listener feel the slick of a stemless glass, the sma...
How to Write a Song About Classical Music
You want to write a song about classical music that does not read like a dusty program note. You want something that feels smart withou...
How to Write a Song About Reggae And Ska
You want that skank to hit the chest and that groove to live in somebody's shoes. You want a lyric that feels honest and a beat that pe...
How to Write a Song About Coincidence
You want a song that makes people laugh, cry, and then send it to their group chat at 2 a.m. Coincidence is the emotional Tinder of son...
How to Write a Song About Civil Rights
So you want to write a song about civil rights. Good. That means you care and you want your art to matter. Also you might be slightly t...
How to Write a Song About Self-Discovery
You want a song that feels like opening a door to your own messy closet and finding a throne inside. You want lyrics that say I changed...
How to Write a Song About Communication Skills
You want a song that teaches without sounding like a lecture from a brown couch. You want a chorus that sticks like gum under a sneaker...
How to Write a Song About Jealousy
Jealousy is messy, human, and musical. It makes people say things they regret and hum things they crave. It can carry a beat, a hook, a...