How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
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 Natural disasters
Yes you can write a banger about an earthquake without sounding like a disaster tourism blog. Natural disasters are one of the rawest, ...
How to Write Songs About Noise
You want to turn chaos into a chorus. Maybe your city sounds like a drum kit when you leave your window open. Maybe your lover leaves t...
How to Write Songs About Loneliness
You want a song that does more than say lonely. You want a song that puts the listener in the room where the loneliness happened. You w...
How to Write Songs About Diversity
You want to write a song that celebrates people, cultures, and identities without sounding like a press release or a performative tweet...
How to Write Songs About Injustice
You want your music to matter. You want a chorus that hits like a protest sign and verses that show the world instead of shouting at it...
How to Write Songs About Creation
You want to write a song that feels like the first breath. You want lyrics and music that conjure beginnings, births, origin myths, gar...
How to Write Songs About Insects
You want to write a song about a bug and not sound like a preschool nature video. Good. That is an art. Insect songs can be hilarious, ...
How to Write Songs About Allegory
You want a song that hits like a metaphor and lands like a revelation. You want listeners to smile when they finally get the twist yet ...
How to Write Songs About Sadness
You want a song that feels true and not whiny. You want lyrics that land like a punch and melodies that make listeners feel seen. Sad s...