How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Motion
You want motion, not just a pretty song about motion. You want listeners to feel feet tapping, windows rolling down, stomachs dropping ...
How to Write Songs About Joy
You want a song that makes people grin like they just found free pizza. You want the chorus to be the audio equivalent of sunlight thro...
How to Write Songs About Resilience
You want a song that does more than sound good. You want a song that sits in someone during a long night, that appears in their head on...
How to Write Songs About Review
You got a bad review and it stings like someone switched your coffee for black tea. You got a glowing review and now your ego needs a s...
How to Write Songs About Allegory
You want a song that hits like a metaphor and lands like a revelation. You want listeners to smile when they finally get the twist yet ...
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 Debate
You want a song that argues and entertains. You want lines that land like clever zingers and a chorus that the crowd can chant back lik...
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 Symbols
Symbols are the cheat codes of songwriting. A single image can carry a whole mood, a backstory, and a culture sized crater of meaning. ...
How to Write Songs About Ambiance
You want your song to smell like coffee, neon, rain, or warm plastic wrapped in nostalgia. You want the listener to walk into a moment ...