How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
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...
How to Write Songs About Desire
You want your listener to feel a heat that makes them move, call, cry, and maybe text an ex at 2 a.m. Desire is the engine of countless...
How to Write Songs About Determination
You want a song that makes people sit up, square their shoulders, and feel like finishing something they started. A determination song ...
How to Write Songs About Anger
You want a song that feels like a packed room yelling back at your feelings. You want language that stings and melody that carries teet...
How to Write Songs About Unpredictability
Unpredictability is a mood, a weather report, and a character flaw all at once. It makes people stay, leave, laugh, and then cry in the...
How to Write Songs About Endings
You want an ending that lands like someone finally saying the thing everyone already knew. You want lyrics that make your listener nod,...
How to Write Songs About Nostalgia
Nostalgia is not just memory. Nostalgia is a mood that smells like the past and sounds like a page turn. If you want a song that makes ...
How to Write Songs About Report
Yes this is a thing. Reports are weirdly dramatic. A sheet of paper, a PDF, a DM flagged as harassment, a police form, a company quarte...
How to Write Songs About Pessimism
Want to write a song that smells like rain on old promises? Good. Pessimism is rich territory. It is not the same as misery theater. Pe...
How to Write Songs About Symbols
Symbols are the cheat codes of songwriting. A single image can carry a whole mood, a backstory, and a culture sized crater of meaning. ...