How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Pact
Pact songs live in the beautiful place where vows meet drama. Whether you are writing about a teenage blood oath, a whispered promise b...
How to Write Songs About Escapism
You want listeners to step out of their apartment and into another life for three minutes. You want them to smell a foreign city, feel ...
How to Write Songs About Nightmares
You want a song that feels like a punch in the throat and a flashlight in a dark room. You want tension that does not collapse into mel...
How to Write Songs About Distraction
Distraction is not a failure. It is a goldmine for songwriting. You are writing about a feeling that every listener knows intimately. P...
How to Write Songs About Ambition
You want a song that makes the listener want to stand up, quit the job they hate, and call their future self a name with respect. Songs...
How to Write Songs About Peace
You want a song that feels like a deep breath in a world that always wants more drama. You want a lyric that does not sound like a gree...
How to Write Songs About Self-discovery
You want a song that feels like someone finally lit the tiny lamp inside your chest. Songs about self discovery find listeners who are ...
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 ...
How to Write Songs About Support
You want a song that feels like a hand on a cold shoulder and a text that reads I got you at 3 a.m. Support songs are the ones people g...
How to Write Songs About Civil rights
You want a song that hits like a truth bomb and also does not make things worse. You want to honor people who fought and struggle for j...