How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Motifs
Motifs are tiny musical or lyrical ideas that behave like clingy houseguests. They show up, they repeat, they make everything feel like...
How to Write Songs About Genre
Want to write a song that either worships or roasts a musical style and still sounds like art and not a frat prank. Good. This guide te...
How to Write Songs About Method
You want to turn routines, rituals, and messy systems into songs people sing drunk at 2 a.m. Whether your subject is the scientific met...
How to Write Songs About Meter
Meter is the invisible traffic cop of rhythm. It tells beats where to stand, when to march, and when to moonwalk. You can write songs t...
How to Write Songs About Civil rights
You want a song that hits like a truth bomb and also does not make things worse. You want to honor people who fought and struggle for j...
How to Write Songs About Randomness
Randomness is juicy. It is the pickpocket of meaning and the comedian of fate. Songs about randomness let you sing about the tiny cosmi...
How to Write Songs About Exclusion
Exclusion is a song goldmine. It carries sting, shame, humor, and righteous fury. It is the story your aunt tells at Thanksgiving and t...
How to Write Songs About Community
You want a song that makes strangers hug each other in the chorus. You want a lyric that turns a crowd into a choir. You want a melody ...
How to Write Songs About Honor
You want a song that honors something bigger than a mood. You want a lyric that carries weight without sounding preachy. You want melod...
How to Write Songs About Arrangement
Arrangement is the secret movie director of your song. Lyrics and melody are the actors. Arrangement is the lighting, camera angles, wa...