How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Empowerment
Want to write a song that makes someone stand a little taller and maybe break a little stuff in a good way? Empowerment songs are like ...
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 Animals
Animals make people feel things fast. They can be cute, terrifying, ridiculous, noble, or the perfect mask for messy feelings you canno...
How to Write Songs About Battle
You want a song that feels like armor and a torch at the same time. Whether you are writing about literal combat or the kind of fight t...
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 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 Tone
You want your song to feel like a mood in human form. You want a listener to hear the first chord and know whether they should cry, dan...
How to Write Songs About Laziness
You want a song that makes people laugh and nod while they are still lying on the couch. Songs about laziness are basically confessiona...
How to Write Songs About Mental health
You want to write about feeling like a human and not a glitch in a broken app. You want songs that land honest, that make listeners fee...
How to Write Songs About Addiction
Trigger warning: This article contains frank discussion of substance use and self harm. If you are in crisis please reach out to local ...