How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Overcoming adversity
You want a song that punches a hole in the ceiling and hands the listener a ladder. Songs about overcoming adversity are not just motiv...
How to Write Songs About Freedom
You want to sing about freedom that actually lands. Not the generic banner with tired lines. Not the obvious metaphor that sounds like ...
How to Write Songs About Forbidden love
Forbidden love is the candy you are not allowed to eat in public. It tastes dangerous, it blooms in secret, and it makes listeners sink...
How to Write Songs About Realism
You want your song to feel true enough to bruise. You want listeners to point at the lyrics and say that is literally me or that is som...
How to Write Songs About Work
Work is a mood. Work is a story. Work is therapy with a drum machine. If your day job gives you anger, joy, awkward romance, or a recur...
How to Write Songs About Loneliness
You want a song that does more than say lonely. You want a song that puts the listener in the room where the loneliness happened. You w...
How to Write Songs About Authenticity
Authenticity is the thing listeners say they want and then immediately judge you for when you try too hard. Welcome to the paradox. You...
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 Ignorance
Ignorance is a juicy topic. It is messy, human, and full of contradiction. Everyone has been blissfully unaware, intentionally tuned ou...
How to Write Songs About Idealism
Idealism in a song should feel like a spark not a lecture. You want a track that makes people look up from their phones and remember wh...