How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Intelligence
You want to write a song about brains without sounding like your high school psych textbook read by a robot. Good. You also want it to ...
How to Write Songs About Comrades
You want a song that honors the messy beauty of friendship. You want the listener to feel like they are standing in a cramped van at th...
How to Write Songs About Resilience
You want a song that does more than sound good. You want a song that sits in someone during a long night, that appears in their head on...
How to Write Songs About New beginnings
New beginnings are messy and glorious at the same time. They smell like packing tape, cold coffee, and the small terror of choosing a l...
How to Write Songs About Happiness
You want a happiness song that does not sound like a motivational poster read by a robot. You want a track that makes people smile in t...
How to Write Songs About Decisions
Decisions are drama you can sing about with a straight face and a bad cup of coffee. Whether a character chooses to pick up the phone o...
How to Write Songs About Motivation
You want a song that makes someone lace up shoes, open a laptop, or text their boss that they are done being passive. You want a chorus...
How to Write Songs About Strength
You want a song that steels someone up and still sounds human. You want lines that land like a fist bump and melodies that let people b...
How to Write Songs About Paradox
Paradox in songwriting is emotional cheat code. You tell two truths that seem to cancel each other and the listener leans in. Contradic...
How to Write Songs About Stillness
Stillness makes people uncomfortable and obsessed at the same time. You want a song that honors quiet without sounding boring. You want...