How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Creation
You want to write a song that feels like the first breath. You want lyrics and music that conjure beginnings, births, origin myths, gar...
How to Write Songs About Dreams
You want a song that feels like a sleepover in someone else mind. You want weird images, the kind that make people pause the song and r...
How to Write Songs About Harmony
You want a song that talks about harmony without sounding like a kindergarten music teacher or a yoga retreat brochure. You want lyrics...
How to Write Songs About Landscapes
You want listeners to feel the wind, the grit, the light, and the small stupid detail that makes a place unforgettable. Writing songs a...
How to Write Songs About Enemies
You want to write a song that turns anger into something sticky and singable. You want a line that lands like a roast and a chorus that...
How to Write Songs About Silence
Silence is not empty. Silence is full of everything you were too scared to say. If you want to write a song that makes a room lean in, ...
How to Write Songs About Naivety
If you want to write a song that sounds like someone who still believes in fairy tales but is writing in a bar bathroom at 2 a.m., this...
How to Write Songs About Foolishness
Foolishness is a songwriting gift wrapped in embarrassment and handed to you by life. People will laugh at the moment and sing along to...
How to Write Songs About Peace
You want a song that feels like a deep breath in a world that always wants more drama. You want a lyric that does not sound like a gree...
How to Write Songs About Fragmentation
You want a song that sounds like a memory with the edges chewed off. You want listeners to feel the jolt of being pulled in pieces and ...