How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Irony
You want to write a song that makes people laugh, wince, then replay it to figure out if you were serious or just very, very clever. Ir...
How to Write Songs About Independence
You want a song that makes you feel unchained and worthy of a fist pump. You want lyrics that read like a text you would send at two a....
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 Finish
You want a song that nails the feeling of finishing something. Maybe it is the end of a relationship, the final lap of a race, the mome...
How to Write Songs About Destruction
You want to make something that feels like an earthquake but still plays on repeat. Songs about destruction are powerful because they a...
How to Write Songs About Vulnerability
You want people to feel seen when they listen. You want a lyric that opens a door and lets someone walk in and say yes that is me. Vuln...
How to Write Songs About Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is the songwriting tool that makes a listener stop scrolling and tilt their head. You put two things that do not belong t...
How to Write Songs About Procrastination
You keep opening a blank document and closing it to scroll social media. You have ideas, melodies, a notebook with half a chorus and a ...
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 Injustice
You want your music to matter. You want a chorus that hits like a protest sign and verses that show the world instead of shouting at it...