How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Mashups
You want to write a song about mashups that is clever, catchy, and not a legal headache. You want listeners to laugh, nod, or scream in...
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 Role Models
You want to write a song that honors someone who shaped you without sounding like a school assembly tribute. You want lines that sting,...
How to Write a Song About Therapy And Counseling
You want a song that nails the weird, sacred, messy truth of therapy without sounding like a TED talk or a bad diary entry. Good. Thera...
How to Write a Song About Salsa And Merengue
You want a song that makes people move and feel at the same time. You want percussion that wakes a room up and a lyric that gives dance...
How to Write a Song About Road Trips
You want a song that feels like an open window, a map on the dash, and a cup that is slightly too warm from the coffee you forgot about...
How to Write a Song About Grief And Loss
You want to put a feeling that feels impossible into ten lines and a melody. You want the person who is raw with missing to hear a line...
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 Collaboration
You want a song that celebrates working with other people without sounding like a corporate slideshow. You want honesty, tension, and a...
How to Write a Song About Having A Baby
You do not need to be a parent to write a song about having a baby. You need curiosity, real detail, and the guts to make a big feeling...