How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Enemies
You want to write a song that turns anger into something sticky and singable. You want a line that lands like a roast and a chorus that...
How to Write Songs About Explanation
You are trying to explain yourself in a song. Maybe you want to say sorry without sounding weak. Maybe you want to justify a bad choice...
How to Write Songs About Advocacy
You want a song that makes people care and then do something about it. You want a chorus that becomes a chant at a rally. You want vers...
How to Write Songs About End
Endings are songwriting gold. They are messy, dramatic, hilarious, and devastating all at once. A great song about an end translates th...
How to Write Songs About Reflection
You want a song that feels like someone opened a diary and left the light on. Songs about reflection invite listeners into a private ro...
How to Write Songs About Struggle
You want the room to feel less alone when your song ends. You want somebody in the crowd to mouth your line like a lifeline. Songs abou...
How to Write Songs About Sentiment
Sentiment is cheap when it is vague. Sentiment is priceless when it is specific enough to make a stranger cry in a grocery aisle. This ...
How to Write Songs About Escape
You want a song that makes people pack their bags without actually leaving the room. You want lyrics that hit like a key sliding into a...
How to Write Songs About Attitude
Attitude songs are the ones that make people stand a little straighter, roll their eyes in glorious agreement, and sing the line even i...
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...