How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Old vs. New
You want a song that feels like a Polaroid shoved into a smartphone camera roll. You want the listener to feel the weight of what used ...
How to Write Songs About Creation
You want to write a song that feels like the first breath. You want lyrics and music that conjure beginnings, births, origin myths, gar...
How to Write Songs About Failure
Failure is the secret club every artist is in whether they admit it or not. You have flubbed a verse in front of a producer. You have w...
How to Write Songs About Film
Movies live in memory like songs. You remember the shot that made you cry and the chord that made your throat tighten. If you want to w...
How to Write Songs About Farewell
You want a farewell song that feels like a memory you can touch. A goodbye that is specific, salted, and weirdly beautiful. A chorus th...
How to Write Songs About Gardens
You want a song that smells like wet soil and makes people feel like they remember a summer they almost forgot. Gardens are emotional g...
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 Compassion
You want a song that actually feels like a hug and not a motivational poster with a drum loop. You want lyrics that pierce without prea...
How to Write Songs About Explanation
You are trying to explain yourself in a song. Maybe you want to say sorry without sounding weak. Maybe you want to justify a bad choice...
How to Write Songs About Movement
You want motion that the listener can feel in their chest and in their shoes. Whether movement is literal travel, a dance floor stomp, ...