How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Order
You want a song about order that does not sound like a lecture or a janitor giving a TED talk. You want lines that are clever without b...
How to Write Songs About Focus
You want a song that feels like a laser beam and still has a personality. Songs about focus are tricky. Focus is invisible and messy. I...
How to Write Songs About Sound
You want to write a song where the voice is not only singing about love or loss but is also pointing a spotlight at the noise, the whis...
How to Write Songs About Fragility
You want vulnerability that sounds fierce not fragile. You want songs that make the listener feel seen instead of second hand embarrass...
How to Write Songs About Inclusion
You want to write a song that invites everyone to sit at the table without sounding like a corporate poster. You want lyrics that land ...
How to Write Songs About Sacrifice
Sacrifice is dramatic currency. It buys stakes, reveals character, and makes listeners either cry into their oat milk or fist pump for ...
How to Write Songs About Innocence
You want a song that feels like a childhood memory and punches like an honest adult confession. Songs about innocence are a tricky spec...
How to Write Songs About Attitude
Attitude songs are the ones that make people stand a little straighter, roll their eyes in glorious agreement, and sing the line even i...
How to Write Songs About Speech
You want to turn talking into music that sticks. You want the crackle of a voicemail to feel like a beat. You want an argument to sound...
How to Write Songs About Explanation
You are trying to explain yourself in a song. Maybe you want to say sorry without sounding weak. Maybe you want to justify a bad choice...