How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Desire
You want your listener to feel a heat that makes them move, call, cry, and maybe text an ex at 2 a.m. Desire is the engine of countless...
How to Write Songs About Time
Time is the most relatable subject on the planet. Everyone has too much of it and not enough of it at the same time. Musicians write ab...
How to Write Songs About Engagement
You want a song that makes someone drop the fork and stare at the person across the table. You want a line that makes a partner cry in ...
How to Write Songs About Monologue
You want a song that feels like someone talking to you in the dark. You want a lyric that reads like a private diary entry flipped into...
How to Write Songs About Speech
You want to turn talking into music that sticks. You want the crackle of a voicemail to feel like a beat. You want an argument to sound...
How to Write Songs About Disorder
You want to write a song that captures the chaos, the confusion, the raw brilliance or the quiet wreckage of disorder. Maybe you mean a...
How to Write Songs About Regret
Regret is the human superglue. It sticks to memory and refuses to let go. A song about regret can make listeners feel seen, make them w...
How to Write Songs About Rhyme
Rhyme is not a crutch. Rhyme is a superpower. Used badly rhyme sounds juvenile. Used well rhyme makes an ear full stay glued and sing a...
How to Write Songs About Expression
You want to write a song that actually feels like a person, not a press release for feelings. Songs about expression are the ones that ...
How to Write Songs About Storms
Storms are emotional cheat codes. They are loud, moody, cinematic, and everyone remembers a good thunder clap placed exactly where they...