How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Angle
You want your song to stand out in a sea of same. You want a perspective that makes listeners nod and say that this sounds like somethi...
How to Write Songs About Anger
You want a song that feels like a packed room yelling back at your feelings. You want language that stings and melody that carries teet...
How to Write Songs About Distance
Distance is a songwriting goldmine. It is the empty chair at the table. It is the unread message. It is the airport at midnight and the...
How to Write Songs About Uniqueness
You want a song that screams you without actually screaming into the void. You want lyrics that make strangers text you gifs to say tha...
How to Write Songs About Intelligence
You want to write a song about brains without sounding like your high school psych textbook read by a robot. Good. You also want it to ...
How to Write Songs About Dependence
Dependence is messy, intimate, embarrassing, and sometimes heroic. It can be a late night reach for your ex name on the phone. It can b...
How to Write Songs About Poetry
Poetry and songs are cousins who get drunk at family reunions and trade lines until someone starts crying. If you love the punch of a g...
How to Write Songs About Battle
You want a song that feels like armor and a torch at the same time. Whether you are writing about literal combat or the kind of fight t...
How to Write Songs About Integrity
You want a song that feels honest enough to make your listener tuck their phone away and actually listen. Songs about integrity are a t...
How to Write Songs About Service
You want to write a song that honors work done for others. Maybe you are writing about a server who stays late for a table of regulars....