How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Closeness
You want a song that feels like being folded into someone's jacket on a rainy night. You want the listener to think the singer knows th...
How to Write Songs About Relationships
You want a song that makes someone text their ex at 2 a.m. Or maybe you want a song that saves you from texting your ex at 2 a.m. Relat...
How to Write Songs About Judgment
You want a song that pinches the truth and then makes the listener laugh or wince or both. Songs about judgment live in that weird pock...
How to Write Songs About Film
Movies live in memory like songs. You remember the shot that made you cry and the chord that made your throat tighten. If you want to w...
How to Write Songs About Heroes
You want a hero song that does more than say thank you. You want a song that makes listeners feel the scrape of boots, the smell of smo...
How to Write Songs About Community
You want a song that makes strangers hug each other in the chorus. You want a lyric that turns a crowd into a choir. You want a melody ...
How to Write Songs About Critique
You got told your song was amateur hour and you want to write a song about that insult. Or you felt your last chorus was called out by ...
How to Write Songs About Animal rights
You want a song that makes people care about animals and maybe rage a little in the best possible way. You want lyrics that are honest ...
How to Write Songs About Analysis
You want a song about analysis that does not read like a professor wrote the liner notes. You do not want a track that sounds like a bo...
How to Write Songs About Identity crisis
You are not the only one who has googled themselves at 2 a.m. Identity crises are the secret fuel of great music. They make people paus...