How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Monologue
You want a song that feels like someone talking to you in the dark. You want a lyric that reads like a private diary entry flipped into...
How to Write Songs About Heritage
You want a song about your roots or someone else’s roots that actually matters. You want to avoid sounding like a college paper or a to...
How to Write Songs About Rain
Rain is the cheat code of songwriting. It is a mood, a sound, and a metaphor all at once. It carries regret, relief, sex, loneliness, j...
How to Write Songs About Tradition
Tradition is not a museum exhibit. Tradition is a living, breathing vibe that shows up at family dinners, bar mitzvahs, wakes, harvest ...
How to Write Songs About Faith
You want a song about faith that does not feel like a pamphlet or a sermon. You want the feeling in the chest to translate into lines p...
How to Write Songs About Battle
You want a song that feels like armor and a torch at the same time. Whether you are writing about literal combat or the kind of fight t...
How to Write Songs About Nostalgia
Nostalgia is not just memory. Nostalgia is a mood that smells like the past and sounds like a page turn. If you want a song that makes ...
How to Write Songs About Generations
You want a song that lands like a family dinner argument but ends with everyone singing the chorus together. Whether you want to write ...
How to Write Songs About Longing
Longing is the music of wanting that never gets boring. It is the ache in your chest when you think about a late night text that never ...
How to Write Songs About Poetry
Poetry and songs are cousins who get drunk at family reunions and trade lines until someone starts crying. If you love the punch of a g...