How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Silence
Silence is not empty. Silence is full of everything you were too scared to say. If you want to write a song that makes a room lean in, ...
How to Write Songs About Outlook
You want a song that nails a point of view and makes people feel seen. Whether you mean outlook like your life perspective or Outlook l...
How to Write Songs About Description
You want your songs to make people feel like they are inside the room with you. You want lines that stick like gum to a sneaker and ima...
How to Write Songs About Treaty
You want a song that makes people feel the weight of paper and the heat of history. You want a chorus that can be sung into a crowd or ...
How to Write Songs About Social justice
You want your song to do more than sound good on a playlist. You want it to make someone open their eyes, text a friend, or stand up at...
How to Write Songs About Determination
You want a song that makes people sit up, square their shoulders, and feel like finishing something they started. A determination song ...
How to Write Songs About Deconstruction
You want to write about falling apart without sounding like a dull seminar. You want the lyric to feel honest, not performative. You wa...
How to Write Songs About Conversation
You want your song to feel like you are eavesdropping on something honest and messy. You want characters who speak like actual humans. ...
How to Write Songs About Chaos
You want to turn a beautiful mess into a song people remember. Maybe your life looks like a stack of mismatched receipts, three half ch...
How to Write Songs About Heroes
You want a hero song that does more than say thank you. You want a song that makes listeners feel the scrape of boots, the smell of smo...