How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Reflection
You want a song that feels like someone opened a diary and left the light on. Songs about reflection invite listeners into a private ro...
How to Write Songs About Recovery
You want a song that holds truth without being a lecture. You want lines that make people nod and cry and laugh because they recognize ...
How to Write Songs About Predictability
Predictability is not boring unless you make it boring. A stale routine can be a goldmine for songwriting when you mine details, tensio...
How to Write Songs About Darkness
You want a song that feels like walking into a room and finding the light switched off on purpose. You want the listener to feel the ch...
How to Write Songs About Magic
You want a song that feels like a spell. You want lyrics that sparkle, melodies that lift the hair on the back of the neck, and a story...
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 Revolution
You want a song that sparks heat and feels true. You want people to sing the chorus at rallies and hum the verse on the subway. You wan...
How to Write Songs About Begin
You want that fresh start feeling to live inside a song. Maybe you are writing about the very first day after a breakup, the risky firs...
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 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...