How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Paradox
Paradox in songwriting is emotional cheat code. You tell two truths that seem to cancel each other and the listener leans in. Contradic...
How to Write Songs About Battle
You want a song that feels like armor and a torch at the same time. Whether you are writing about literal combat or the kind of fight t...
How to Write Songs About Solitude
You want a song that makes listeners feel seen while they are alone, stuck on their couch, or pretending they are fine. Songs about sol...
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 Farewell
You want a farewell song that feels like a memory you can touch. A goodbye that is specific, salted, and weirdly beautiful. A chorus th...
How to Write Songs About Irony
You want to write a song that makes people laugh, wince, then replay it to figure out if you were serious or just very, very clever. Ir...
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 Weakness
Weakness is not a bug. It is a songwriting superpower. Songs that name the soft spots, the cracked mirrors, the texts sent at 2 a.m. an...
How to Write Songs About Trust
You want a song that makes people feel seen while also making them uncomfortable in the best possible way. Trust is sticky. It is a han...
How to Write Songs About Space
You want a song that makes someone feel weightless on the first listen. Maybe you want to flex with a Bowie style epic. Maybe you want ...