How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
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 Chorus
You want the chorus to hit like a mic drop. Whether you mean the chorus as the emotional center of the song or you want to write a song...
How to Write Songs About Interdependence
You want a song that honors connection without sounding like a motivational poster. You want lyrics that feel honest when two people si...
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 Assessment
Assessment is boring until you turn it into a savage earworm. You know that feeling when your stomach drops during an exam or when your...
How to Write Songs About Human rights
You want a song that wakes people up and does not sound like a PTA lecture. Good. Human rights songs work best when they are brave, cle...
How to Write Songs About Urban life
You want your music to feel like a walk across the city at midnight. You want lyrics that smell like cheap coffee and wet asphalt. You ...
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 Celebration
You want people to clap at the exact moment you planned it. You want a chorus that makes strangers sing along. You want a song that tur...
How to Write Songs About Imbalance
Imbalance is the delicious mess of real life. It is a missed rent payment and a perfect sunrise. It is wanting someone and knowing you ...