How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Recovery
You want a song that holds truth without being a lecture. You want lines that make people nod and cry and laugh because they recognize ...
How to Write Songs About Teaching
You want a song that teaches without lecturing. You want lines that stick like chalk on denim and a chorus that students hum on the bus...
How to Write Songs About Platonic love
Your best friend deserves a bop. So does your ride or die roommate. So does the person who taught you how to tune a bass and how to eat...
How to Write Songs About Modernity
You want a song that nails the weirdness of now. You want language that sounds like someone scrolling at 2 a.m. and finally saying the ...
How to Write Songs About Technique
You want a song that teaches without sounding like a dusty lecture. You want lines that explain a bending, a sweep, a breath control tr...
How to Write Songs About Rain
Rain is the cheat code of songwriting. It is a mood, a sound, and a metaphor all at once. It carries regret, relief, sex, loneliness, j...
How to Write Songs About Fragility
You want vulnerability that sounds fierce not fragile. You want songs that make the listener feel seen instead of second hand embarrass...
How to Write Songs About Advocacy
You want a song that makes people care and then do something about it. You want a chorus that becomes a chant at a rally. You want vers...
How to Write Songs About Setting goals
You want a song that turns ambition into an earworm. You want lyrics that make a listener feel grit, hope, and that delicious panic at ...
How to Write Songs About Ignorance
Ignorance is a juicy topic. It is messy, human, and full of contradiction. Everyone has been blissfully unaware, intentionally tuned ou...