How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Armistice
So you want to write a song about armistice. Great. That means you want to write about endings that are loud enough to change everythin...
How to Write Songs About Fairy tales
You want a song that feels like a storybook shoved into a speaker. You want imagery that smells like wet leaves and stolen bread. You w...
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 Ambiance
You want your song to smell like coffee, neon, rain, or warm plastic wrapped in nostalgia. You want the listener to walk into a moment ...
How to Write Songs About Setting
You want a place that feels like a character. You want listeners to smell the coffee, taste the summer air, and remember the streetligh...
How to Write Songs About Collaboration
Collaboration is messy and magical. You will laugh. You will argue about a single syllable as if it is a national emergency. You will m...
How to Write Songs About Mystery
You want a song that smells like fog, late night texts from unknown numbers, and a little danger wrapped in velvet. You want listeners ...
How to Write Songs About Serenity
You want a song that makes someone breathe differently. You want ears to unclench. You want a verse that feels like a blanket and a cho...
How to Write Songs About Motifs
Motifs are tiny musical or lyrical ideas that behave like clingy houseguests. They show up, they repeat, they make everything feel like...
How to Write Songs About Doubt
Doubt is the ugly sweater of emotion. It is uncomfortable, it bleeds through your outfit, and yet it is one of the best things you can ...