How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Nature
You want a song that smells like rain without actually needing to stand in the rain holding a guitar. Songs about nature are a cheat co...
How to Write Songs About Stance
You want a song that does not hide behind polite ambiguity. You want a track that plants a flag, points a camera, or throws a thumb out...
How to Write Songs About Stillness
Stillness makes people uncomfortable and obsessed at the same time. You want a song that honors quiet without sounding boring. You want...
How to Write Songs About Position
You want a song that makes position feel cinematic and real. Maybe you mean position as power and status. Maybe you mean physical place...
How to Write Songs About Mountains
You want a mountain song that makes people feel altitude without needing oxygen. Whether you mean the literal kind with rock and wind, ...
How to Write Songs About First love
First love is messy, intoxicating, naive, and unforgettable. It is the first time a heart takes a bruise and calls it meaning. It smell...
How to Write Songs About Narration
You want your listener to feel like they are sitting in on a confession, a movie, or a messy voicemail from a version of you that has a...
How to Write Songs About Seasons
Seasons are songwriting cheat codes. They give you instant mood, visual detail, and emotional shape. Use them like a dramatic scaffoldi...
How to Write Songs About Rain
Rain is the cheat code of songwriting. It is a mood, a sound, and a metaphor all at once. It carries regret, relief, sex, loneliness, j...
How to Write Songs About Travel
You want tracks that smell like jet fuel and cheap coffee even when played at home. You want verses that put a backpack on the listener...