How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Communication
Communication is the drama engine of modern life. Text threads end relationships. Voicemails keep secrets. A read receipt can feel like...
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 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 Foes
You want a song that feels like a mic drop. You want lines that sting, a melody that sinks into the cortex, and a chorus that people re...
How to Write Songs About Feeling
You want your songs to hit like a text from an ex at two a.m. You want feeling that lands in the chest and makes listeners text their f...
How to Write Songs About Lecture
Lecture songs are a goldmine. Whether you mean the snooze fest in Room 204 or the classic relationship scolding, lectures give you conf...
How to Write Songs About Guidance
You want to write a song that feels like a compass for someone who thinks they lost theirs. You want words that land like a hand on a s...
How to Write Songs About Metaphor
Metaphor is the secret weapon every songwriter should steal and never admit to using in public. A great metaphor turns a feeling into a...
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...
How to Write Songs About Opponents
You want to write a song that calls someone out without sounding petty or boring. Maybe you have a rival who keeps stealing your spotli...