How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Redemption
Redemption songs hit different. They can make hair stand up. They can make an audience nod like they finally understood the plot of the...
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 Chaos
You want to turn a beautiful mess into a song people remember. Maybe your life looks like a stack of mismatched receipts, three half ch...
How to Write Songs About Innovation
You want a song that makes people imagine a prototype in their head and feel like they are part of the launch party. Songs about innova...
How to Write Songs About Cynicism
You want to write about being fed up without sounding like a broken record or a walking meme. Cynicism in music can be a deliciously sh...
How to Write Songs About Focus
You want a song that feels like a laser beam and still has a personality. Songs about focus are tricky. Focus is invisible and messy. I...
How to Write Songs About Competition
Want to write a song that slaps so hard your rival will consider changing careers? Good. Competition songs are a deliciously selfish ar...
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...
How to Write Songs About Unpredictability
Unpredictability is a mood, a weather report, and a character flaw all at once. It makes people stay, leave, laugh, and then cry in the...
How to Write Songs About Gratitude
Gratitude songs are underrated emotional landmines. They make people cry in the grocery store. They make old friends text you a heart e...