How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Structure
Structure is sexy when you know how to sell it. You can write a song about a building, a friendship, social systems, or the architectur...
How to Write Songs About Birds
Birds are tiny philosophers with wings and ridiculous attitudes. They are great at dramatic entrances. They will peck at your window at...
How to Write Songs About Conversation
You want your song to feel like you are eavesdropping on something honest and messy. You want characters who speak like actual humans. ...
How to Write Songs About Inaction
You want to write a song that makes doing nothing feel like a plot twist. Songs about inaction are quietly violent. They trap a listene...
How to Write Songs About Darkness
You want a song that feels like walking into a room and finding the light switched off on purpose. You want the listener to feel the ch...
How to Write Songs About Honesty
You want your song to feel like a truth bomb wrapped in a melody people actually want to hear. You want listeners to nod, text a friend...
How to Write Songs About Connection
You want a song that grabs someone by the lonely part of their brain and convinces it that it is not alone. You want lyrics that read l...
How to Write Songs About Individuality
You want a song that smells like you. Not like a brand marketing you, not like a playlist algorithm, and not like a nostalgic throwback...
How to Write Songs About Anger
You want a song that feels like a packed room yelling back at your feelings. You want language that stings and melody that carries teet...
How to Write Songs About Pact
Pact songs live in the beautiful place where vows meet drama. Whether you are writing about a teenage blood oath, a whispered promise b...