How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Stop
You want the moment in the song where everything halts and the listener feels it in their bones. Whether your song is about stopping a ...
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 Silence
Silence is not empty. Silence is full of everything you were too scared to say. If you want to write a song that makes a room lean in, ...
How to Write Songs About Loyalty
You want a song that makes people pick a side. You want lyrics that make a friend text that crying emoji at three in the morning. You w...
How to Write Songs About Dance
You want a song that makes people hit the floor and keep swiping the playlist. You want a lyric that either makes a dancer feel seen or...
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 Plot
You want a song that tells a story the same way a good TV episode hooks you. You want characters who feel alive. You want a plot that h...
How to Write Songs About Creation
You want to write a song that feels like the first breath. You want lyrics and music that conjure beginnings, births, origin myths, gar...
How to Write Songs About Characters
Characters are cheat codes for songwriting. They give you choices, stakes, voice, and a built in arc. A great character makes listeners...
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...