How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Technique
You want a song that teaches without sounding like a dusty lecture. You want lines that explain a bending, a sweep, a breath control tr...
How to Write Songs About Fear
Fear is a hit song waiting to happen. It is universal, visceral, and weirdly melodic if you let it be. This guide helps you take raw an...
How to Write Songs About Go
You want a song that captures the exact moment someone decides to leave. You want a line that fans text to their ex at 2 a.m. You want ...
How to Write Songs About Nature
You want a song that smells like rain without actually needing to stand in the rain holding a guitar. Songs about nature are a cheat co...
How to Write Songs About Balance
You want a song that nails the feeling of walking a tightrope while texting your ex. Balance is the emotional and sonic sweet spot wher...
How to Write Songs About Heritage
You want a song about your roots or someone else’s roots that actually matters. You want to avoid sounding like a college paper or a to...
How to Write Songs About Platonic love
Your best friend deserves a bop. So does your ride or die roommate. So does the person who taught you how to tune a bass and how to eat...
How to Write Songs About Viewpoint
Viewpoint is the secret actor in every song. It tells the audience who is talking, where we stand in the room, and which parts of the s...
How to Write Songs About Themes
Theme is the secret sauce that turns a line you scribbled on a napkin into a song people feel in their bones. If you want songs that la...
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...