How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Balance
You want a song that nails the feeling of walking a tightrope while texting your ex. Balance is the emotional and sonic sweet spot wher...
How to Write Songs About Old vs. New
You want a song that feels like a Polaroid shoved into a smartphone camera roll. You want the listener to feel the weight of what used ...
How to Write Songs About Fairy tales
You want a song that feels like a storybook shoved into a speaker. You want imagery that smells like wet leaves and stolen bread. You w...
How to Write Songs About Approach
Approach is the emotional moment before action. It is the breath before the kiss, the wobble before the stage lights, the thumb hoverin...
How to Write Songs About Speech
You want to turn talking into music that sticks. You want the crackle of a voicemail to feel like a beat. You want an argument to sound...
How to Write Songs About Free will
You want a song that wrestles with destiny and makes people feel seen on the subway. You want philosophy that does not sound like a lec...
How to Write Songs About Stars
So you want to write a song about stars. Good choice. Stars are emotionally generous. They give you wonder, yearning, loneliness, hope,...
How to Write Songs About Harmony
You want a song that talks about harmony without sounding like a kindergarten music teacher or a yoga retreat brochure. You want lyrics...
How to Write Songs About Longing
Longing is the music of wanting that never gets boring. It is the ache in your chest when you think about a late night text that never ...
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...