How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Social Impact
You want a song that does two things at once. It must slap as an earworm and also wake somebody up enough to sign something or pick up ...
How to Write a Song About Ballet
You want a song about ballet that does not sound like a museum brochure or a cliche music video with tulle and sad piano. You want an a...
How to Write a Song About Divorce
This is the divorce song you did not know you had in you. Whether you are burning an ex in a sassy pop breakup jam, unpacking sorrow in...
How to Write a Song About Sex And Sexuality
You want a song that feels honest without being exploitative. You want lyrics that land in the body instead of floating in cliches. You...
How to Write a Song About End Of The World
You want a song that feels like the sky is both collapsing and opening up at the same time. You want lyrics that are cinematic but huma...
How to Write a Song About Companionship
You want to write a song that makes someone feel less alone. You want lyrics that land like a hand on the shoulder. You want melodies t...
How to Write a Song About Columns
Yes this is a real topic and yes you can make it heartbreaking, hilarious, or weirdly sexy. Columns are everywhere. They hold up temple...
How to Write a Song About Breaking Up With Your Girlfriend
You want a breakup song that lands like a cold text at 2 a m. You want honest words, a melody that aches but still gets stuck in a play...
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 Sacrifice
You want a song that makes someone sit up on a bus and clench their phone like it holds the last receipt of a life they just left. You ...