How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Belief
You want a song that makes a listener lean forward and decide to care. Songs about belief are strange beasts. They live at the crossroa...
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 Depression
Yes, you can make a great song about depression without sounding like every sad playlist ever. You can tell your truth. You can help li...
How to Write Songs About Childhood
Want to turn that crooked backyard swing, your grandma's cereal bowl, or the mixtape you made on a boombox into a song that actually la...
How to Write Songs About Heritage
You want a song about your roots or someone else’s roots that actually matters. You want to avoid sounding like a college paper or a to...
How to Write Songs About Discord
You want a song that captures the smell of a fight in a group chat. You want the tension, the petty receipts, the pinging anxiety, and ...
How to Write Songs About Expression
You want to write a song that actually feels like a person, not a press release for feelings. Songs about expression are the ones that ...
How to Write Songs About Seasons changing
Seasons are the world texting you back with color and attitude. One minute you are in sweaty neon summer and the next you are arguing w...
How to Write Songs About Fear
Fear is a hit song waiting to happen. It is universal, visceral, and weirdly melodic if you let it be. This guide helps you take raw an...
How to Write Songs About Past vs. Future
Want to write a song that slaps and actually means something? Great. You are about to explore the easiest high concept in songwriting a...