How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Dreams vs. Reality
You want a song that makes listeners wake up and say wait did I just dream that or was that real. Songs about dreams and the space betw...
How to Write Songs About Armistice
So you want to write a song about armistice. Great. That means you want to write about endings that are loud enough to change everythin...
How to Write Songs About Culture
You want to write songs about culture that feel true and not performative. You want lines that make people nod, cry, laugh, and maybe a...
How to Write Songs About Consequences
You want a song that slaps and makes people feel the fallout. Songs about consequences live in that delicious pain that follows choices...
How to Write Songs About Fear
Fear is a hit song waiting to happen. It is universal, visceral, and weirdly melodic if you let it be. This guide helps you take raw an...
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 Heartache
Heartache songs are emotional land mines that also sell out small venues. They make strangers cry on public transit and make your ex wo...
How to Write Songs About Followership
You want a song that pins down why people follow someone and makes listeners say yes to the feeling every time. Followership is weird, ...
How to Write Songs About Cities
Cities are messy, loud, beautiful, ridiculous, and brutal in equal measure. That makes them perfect songwriting fuel. You can write a l...
How to Write Songs About Nonconformity
You want a song that refuses to fit the mold and still gets stuck in people heads. You want language that feels like someone flipping t...