How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Longing
Longing is the music of wanting that never gets boring. It is the ache in your chest when you think about a late night text that never ...
How to Write Songs About Wisdom
You want a song that sounds wise without sounding like a fortune cookie or a lecture from your aunt who owns an enlightenment mug colle...
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 Construction
You want a song that sounds like a job site and a diary at the same time. You want imagery that clicks like a nail gun and a chorus tha...
How to Write Songs About Monuments
You want a song that makes a statue feel like a living ex. You want the listener to walk past granite and suddenly remember their dad, ...
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 Heartbreak
You want a song that makes people feel seen and possibly ugly cry at 2 a.m. You want lines that land like a punch and a melody that fee...
How to Write Songs About Motifs
Motifs are tiny musical or lyrical ideas that behave like clingy houseguests. They show up, they repeat, they make everything feel like...
How to Write Songs About Trees
You could write a sad breakup song or a dumb party anthem. Or you could write a song about a tree and sound like you discovered the hum...