How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Future
You want a future song that feels prophetic without sounding like a tired sci fi trope. You want listeners to tuck the chorus into a pl...
How to Write Songs About Responsibility
Responsibility is messy, honest, and oddly magnetic. It is the pizza box you forgot to throw out the week your life collapsed. It is th...
How to Write Songs About New beginnings
New beginnings are messy and glorious at the same time. They smell like packing tape, cold coffee, and the small terror of choosing a l...
How to Write Songs About Recovery from addiction
You want the song to matter and to not blow it. You want lyrics that are honest without being exploitative. You want a chorus that hold...
How to Write Songs About Farewell
You want a farewell song that feels like a memory you can touch. A goodbye that is specific, salted, and weirdly beautiful. A chorus th...
How to Write Songs About Competition
Want to write a song that slaps so hard your rival will consider changing careers? Good. Competition songs are a deliciously selfish ar...
How to Write Songs About Environmentalism
You want a song that makes people feel something and then do something. You want a chorus that lands in the heart and a verse that show...
How to Write Songs About Struggle
You want the room to feel less alone when your song ends. You want somebody in the crowd to mouth your line like a lifeline. Songs abou...
How to Write Songs About Gardens
You want a song that smells like wet soil and makes people feel like they remember a summer they almost forgot. Gardens are emotional g...
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...