How to Write Songs About Life Situations
How to Write a Song About Artisanal Goods
You want a song that smells like fresh bread and looks like a hand stamped label. A song about artisanal goods should feel tactile, hon...
How to Write a Song About Immigration
You want your song to hit like truth and not like a charity commercial. You want listeners to feel someone else walking in their shoes ...
How to Write a Song About Movement Therapy
You want a song that actually moves people. Not just figuratively. I mean that literal good to the bones kind of movement. Movement the...
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 Generational Differences
You want a song that makes both your cousin who still owns a Discman and your neighbor who only streams feel seen. You want to be funny...
How to Write a Song About Starting A New Job
You got the offer. You signed the paperwork. You are both terrified and secretly proud in the same text message. A new job is a tiny li...
How to Write a Song About Mindfulness
You want a song that feels like a breath in a noisy world. You want words that land softly but stick like gum on a shoe. You want melod...
How to Write a Song About Global Citizenship
You want a song that makes people feel connected across distance. You want lyrics that do more than lecture. You want music that invite...
How to Write a Song About Apocalypse Survival
You want to write a survival song that rattles the bones and still makes people sing along in the carpool line. You want imagery so tac...
How to Write a Song About Expressive Arts
You want a song that smells like paint and moves like a body. You want listeners to walk through a gallery and hum your chorus the way ...