How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Comparison
Comparison eats joy and makes great songs. If you have ever scrolled, scrolled again, and felt your chest go tight because your friend ...
How to Write Songs About Alienation
You want songs that make people feel understood without sounding like an internet pity party. Alienation is one of those emotions that ...
How to Write Songs About Lyric
So you want to write a song about a lyric. Good. That means you are ready to go meta and make music about music. You are not just chasi...
How to Write Songs About Allegory
You want a song that hits like a metaphor and lands like a revelation. You want listeners to smile when they finally get the twist yet ...
How to Write Songs About Movement
You want motion that the listener can feel in their chest and in their shoes. Whether movement is literal travel, a dance floor stomp, ...
How to Write Songs About Report
Yes this is a thing. Reports are weirdly dramatic. A sheet of paper, a PDF, a DM flagged as harassment, a police form, a company quarte...
How to Write Songs About Recovery from addiction
You want the song to matter and to not blow it. You want lyrics that are honest without being exploitative. You want a chorus that hold...
How to Write Songs About Pain
Pain is a universal currency in songwriting. Everyone carries a version of it. Some people hide it under a poker face and a scented can...
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 Authenticity
Authenticity is the thing listeners say they want and then immediately judge you for when you try too hard. Welcome to the paradox. You...