How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Environmentalism
You want a song that makes people feel something and then do something. You want a chorus that lands in the heart and a verse that show...
How to Write Songs About Form
You want a song that is about form and uses form as the point. You want structure to be the theme instead of something boring that sits...
How to Write Songs About Activity
Want to write songs about doing things that feel as electric as a skateboard wheel hitting pavement? Good. Activity songs are the secre...
How to Write Songs About Destruction
You want to make something that feels like an earthquake but still plays on repeat. Songs about destruction are powerful because they a...
How to Write Songs About Irony
You want to write a song that makes people laugh, wince, then replay it to figure out if you were serious or just very, very clever. Ir...
How to Write Songs About Detachment
You want a song that feels like pulling your hand out of warm water and deciding that is enough. Detachment songs live in that thin gra...
How to Write Songs About Journey
You want a song that makes people want to pack a bag or text their ex or both. Journey songs are emotional road maps. They can be liter...
How to Write Songs About Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is the songwriting tool that makes a listener stop scrolling and tilt their head. You put two things that do not belong t...
How to Write Songs About Order
You want a song about order that does not sound like a lecture or a janitor giving a TED talk. You want lines that are clever without b...
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...