How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Asymmetry
You want a song that sounds like life when life is off balance. You want lines that tighten like a screw about to give and a melody tha...
How to Write Songs About Inequality
You want your song to land like a truth bomb and not like a lecture from your uncle at Thanksgiving. Songs about inequality can move pe...
How to Write Songs About Verse
Yes you read that title and laughed a little. You might be thinking write songs about verses which sounds like a meta art project or yo...
How to Write Songs About Doubt
Doubt is the ugly sweater of emotion. It is uncomfortable, it bleeds through your outfit, and yet it is one of the best things you can ...
How to Write Songs About Stillness
Stillness makes people uncomfortable and obsessed at the same time. You want a song that honors quiet without sounding boring. You want...
How to Write Songs About Fairy tales
You want a song that feels like a storybook shoved into a speaker. You want imagery that smells like wet leaves and stolen bread. You w...
How to Write Songs About Predictability
Predictability is not boring unless you make it boring. A stale routine can be a goldmine for songwriting when you mine details, tensio...
How to Write Songs About Evaluation
Writing a song about being judged or judging yourself does not have to feel like listening to someone read their annual review aloud. Y...
How to Write Songs About Nature’s beauty
You want a song that smells like rain and tastes like warm dirt. You want lyrics that make listeners stop scrolling and remember the so...
How to Write Songs About Plot
You want a song that tells a story the same way a good TV episode hooks you. You want characters who feel alive. You want a plot that h...