How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Activity
Want to write songs about doing things that feel as electric as a skateboard wheel hitting pavement? Good. Activity songs are the secre...
How to Write Songs About Perseverance
You want a song that makes people stand up in the kitchen, wipe cereal off their face, and keep going even though life just delivered a...
How to Write Songs About Building
You want a song that makes people feel the grit of concrete and the warmth of a new foundation. Maybe you mean literal building, like a...
How to Write Songs About Learning
Learning is messy and beautiful and full of receipts you did not ask for. Whether you are writing about learning to play guitar, learni...
How to Write Songs About Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is the songwriting tool that makes a listener stop scrolling and tilt their head. You put two things that do not belong t...
How to Write Songs About Passion
You want heat in the song. Not the fake kind that smells like candle wax and a Spotify mood playlist tag. You want a song that makes li...
How to Write Songs About Warriors
You want a song that makes people feel like they are charging into battle even if they are just charging their phone battery in bed. So...
How to Write Songs About Play
You want a song that feels like a playground in your ears. You want to make listeners grin, bounce, or suddenly remember the thrill of ...
How to Write Songs About Followership
You want a song that pins down why people follow someone and makes listeners say yes to the feeling every time. Followership is weird, ...
How to Write Songs About Opinion
You want to say something and make people feel something, not just nod politely. Songs about opinion have teeth. They can comfort, anno...