How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Compassion
You want a song that actually feels like a hug and not a motivational poster with a drum loop. You want lyrics that pierce without prea...
How to Write Songs About Stars
So you want to write a song about stars. Good choice. Stars are emotionally generous. They give you wonder, yearning, loneliness, hope,...
How to Write Songs About Regret
Regret is the human superglue. It sticks to memory and refuses to let go. A song about regret can make listeners feel seen, make them w...
How to Write Songs About Support
You want a song that feels like a hand on a cold shoulder and a text that reads I got you at 3 a.m. Support songs are the ones people g...
How to Write Songs About Idealism
Idealism in a song should feel like a spark not a lecture. You want a track that makes people look up from their phones and remember wh...
How to Write Songs About Address
You want a song that makes a place feel like a person. You want the street number to ring like a bell. You want the listener to picture...
How to Write Songs About Choice
Choice is dramatic music waiting to happen. Every time a character picks a thing they accept more than an action. They accept a life. T...
How to Write Songs About Patience
Patience is not boring. Patience is dramatic. Waiting for a text, waiting for a record label to notice you, waiting for your brain to g...
How to Write Songs About Service
You want to write a song that honors work done for others. Maybe you are writing about a server who stays late for a table of regulars....
How to Write Songs About Action
You want the listener to feel like the camera is in their chest. You want kinetic verbs, percussion that hits like footsteps, melodies ...