How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Conversation
You want your song to feel like you are eavesdropping on something honest and messy. You want characters who speak like actual humans. ...
How to Write Songs About Overcoming adversity
You want a song that punches a hole in the ceiling and hands the listener a ladder. Songs about overcoming adversity are not just motiv...
How to Write Songs About Accountability
Want to write songs that own up instead of point fingers? Good. That is where the gold lives. Songs about accountability are messy, bra...
How to Write Songs About Fantasy
You want to build a kingdom inside three minutes and make people care. You want lyrics that read like a page turner and melodies that f...
How to Write Songs About Begin
You want that fresh start feeling to live inside a song. Maybe you are writing about the very first day after a breakup, the risky firs...
How to Write Songs About Description
You want your songs to make people feel like they are inside the room with you. You want lines that stick like gum to a sneaker and ima...
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...
How to Write Songs About Rhyme
Rhyme is not a crutch. Rhyme is a superpower. Used badly rhyme sounds juvenile. Used well rhyme makes an ear full stay glued and sing a...
How to Write Songs About Inspiration
Want to write a song that lifts someone out of bed, out of a bad mood, or out of self doubt? Songs about inspiration do exactly that. T...
How to Write Songs About Gratitude
Gratitude songs are underrated emotional landmines. They make people cry in the grocery store. They make old friends text you a heart e...