How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Control
You want a song that makes people feel held or freed depending on the beat. You want lyrics that smell like power or resistance. You wa...
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 Fear
Fear is a hit song waiting to happen. It is universal, visceral, and weirdly melodic if you let it be. This guide helps you take raw an...
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 Independence
You want a song that makes you feel unchained and worthy of a fist pump. You want lyrics that read like a text you would send at two a....
How to Write Songs About Experience
Want your songs to feel like truth in a bottle? Good. That is exactly the plan. Songs about experience are the ones that make people no...
How to Write Songs About Triumph
You want a song that makes people stand up, fist pump, and feel seen. You want the moment when the drums hit and the lyric lands to fee...
How to Write Songs About Laziness
You want a song that makes people laugh and nod while they are still lying on the couch. Songs about laziness are basically confessiona...
How to Write Songs About Dreams vs. Reality
You want a song that makes listeners wake up and say wait did I just dream that or was that real. Songs about dreams and the space betw...
How to Write Songs About Heartache
Heartache songs are emotional land mines that also sell out small venues. They make strangers cry on public transit and make your ex wo...