How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Nonconformity
You want a song that refuses to fit the mold and still gets stuck in people heads. You want language that feels like someone flipping t...
How to Write Songs About Recovery from illness
You want to tell the truth without sounding like a medical pamphlet. You want a song that holds the ache and the weird small victories....
How to Write Songs About Stance
You want a song that does not hide behind polite ambiguity. You want a track that plants a flag, points a camera, or throws a thumb out...
How to Write Songs About Loyalty
You want a song that makes people pick a side. You want lyrics that make a friend text that crying emoji at three in the morning. You w...
How to Write Songs About Devotion
Devotion is the slow burn that makes people stick around longer than common sense would allow. Whether you are writing about romantic l...
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 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 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 Imagination
You want a song that smells like daydreams and tastes like the future. You want lyrics that take a listener out of the subway and into ...
How to Write Songs About Turmoil
You want your chaos to feel true and not like a melodramatic audition tape for a soap opera. Songs about turmoil are magnetic when they...