How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
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 Truth
If you want a song that hits like sunlight through a motel window you need lyrics that feel true. Truth in a song is not the same as a ...
How to Write Songs About Critique
You got told your song was amateur hour and you want to write a song about that insult. Or you felt your last chorus was called out by ...
How to Write Songs About Teamwork
You want a song that turns a ragtag group into a chantable army. Whether you are writing for a sports team, a corporate campaign, a mus...
How to Write Songs About Imagery
You want lyrics that stick like gum under a stadium seat. You want lines that make listeners smell old coffee, feel the sting of a chea...
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 Rhythm
You want a song that makes people move without thinking about it. You want a lyric that feels like a drum hit. You want melody and word...
How to Write Songs About Narrative
You want to tell a story that hits like a movie trailer in three minutes. You want characters the listener remembers, a scene that smel...
How to Write Songs About Opinion
You want to say something and make people feel something, not just nod politely. Songs about opinion have teeth. They can comfort, anno...
How to Write Songs About Empathy
You want listeners to feel seen, not lectured. You want songs that make someone nod in a subway and then text their friend because some...