How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Identity
You want a song that smells like you without being a diary entry that only you can enjoy. You want a lyric that makes someone else nod ...
How to Write Songs About Tradition vs. Change
You want a song that tugs at the family altar and then kicks open the window. You want listeners to feel the warmth of a ritual and the...
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 Characters
Characters are cheat codes for songwriting. They give you choices, stakes, voice, and a built in arc. A great character makes listeners...
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 Exclusion
Exclusion is a song goldmine. It carries sting, shame, humor, and righteous fury. It is the story your aunt tells at Thanksgiving and t...
How to Write Songs About Procrastination
You keep opening a blank document and closing it to scroll social media. You have ideas, melodies, a notebook with half a chorus and a ...
How to Write Songs About Mindfulness
You want a song that calms without boring, that teaches without lecturing, and that still sounds like you. Mindfulness songs are not yo...
How to Write Songs About Deception
Deception makes for great drama and even better hooks. Lies, half truths, self tricking, and performance that hides an ache are the fue...
How to Write Songs About Optimism
You want a song that makes people stand up a little straighter and maybe text their ex that they are fine but also glowing. You want op...