How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Overcoming adversity
You want a song that punches a hole in the ceiling and hands the listener a ladder. Songs about overcoming adversity are not just motiv...
How to Write Songs About Loyalty
You want a song that makes people pick a side. You want lyrics that make a friend text that crying emoji at three in the morning. You w...
How to Write Songs About Vulnerability
You want people to feel seen when they listen. You want a lyric that opens a door and lets someone walk in and say yes that is me. Vuln...
How to Write Songs About Pets
Pets are the emotional cheat codes of songwriting. They make people smile in the middle of doom scrolling. They are adorable, chaotic, ...
How to Write Songs About Rejection
You got ghosted. You did the safe thing and leaned in. The universe handed you a No and a blank text bubble. Now you want to write that...
How to Write Songs About Music
You want to write a song about music that does not sound like a tribute band singing a Hallmark card. You want lyrics that are clever w...
How to Write Songs About Light
Light is a cheat code for emotion. It can be literal sunlight on a subway window or the glow of a phone at 3 a.m. It can be a neon conf...
How to Write Songs About Physical health
You want a song that talks about bodies without sounding preachy, medical, or boring. You want lyrics that land like a fist of truth an...
How to Write Songs About Service
You want to write a song that honors work done for others. Maybe you are writing about a server who stays late for a table of regulars....
How to Write Songs About Mountains
You want a mountain song that makes people feel altitude without needing oxygen. Whether you mean the literal kind with rock and wind, ...