How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Injustice
You want your music to matter. You want a chorus that hits like a protest sign and verses that show the world instead of shouting at it...
How to Write Songs About Action
You want the listener to feel like the camera is in their chest. You want kinetic verbs, percussion that hits like footsteps, melodies ...
How to Write Songs About Presence
Make your listener feel like they are in the room with you. Songs about presence are not essays about mindfulness. They are invitations...
How to Write Songs About Description
You want your songs to make people feel like they are inside the room with you. You want lines that stick like gum to a sneaker and ima...
How to Write Songs About Calmness
You want a song that acts like a soft pillow for the nervous brain. You want something that slows the heartbeat without being boring. Y...
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 Construction
You want a song that sounds like a job site and a diary at the same time. You want imagery that clicks like a nail gun and a chorus tha...
How to Write Songs About Environmental rights
You want a song that matters. You want lines that sting like a lemon in the eye and choruses that people can scream at rallies or whisp...
How to Write Songs About Adventure
You want a song that smells like diesel, sunscreen, and the kind of risk your grandmother warns you about. You want lyrics that make li...
How to Write Songs About Position
You want a song that makes position feel cinematic and real. Maybe you mean position as power and status. Maybe you mean physical place...