How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Warriors
You want a song that makes people feel like they are charging into battle even if they are just charging their phone battery in bed. So...
How to Write Songs About Mindfulness
You want a song that calms without boring, that teaches without lecturing, and that still sounds like you. Mindfulness songs are not yo...
How to Write Songs About Conversation
You want your song to feel like you are eavesdropping on something honest and messy. You want characters who speak like actual humans. ...
How to Write Songs About Realism
You want your song to feel true enough to bruise. You want listeners to point at the lyrics and say that is literally me or that is som...
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 Satire
Want to write songs that roast the world without sounding like a lecture or a mean tweet? Good. Satire is your musical blunt instrument...
How to Write Songs About Movement
You want motion that the listener can feel in their chest and in their shoes. Whether movement is literal travel, a dance floor stomp, ...
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...
How to Write Songs About Society
You want to make noise that matters without sounding like a rant from your high school podium. You want a song that grabs a listener in...
How to Write Songs About Human rights
You want a song that wakes people up and does not sound like a PTA lecture. Good. Human rights songs work best when they are brave, cle...