How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Foolishness
Foolishness is a songwriting gift wrapped in embarrassment and handed to you by life. People will laugh at the moment and sing along to...
How to Write Songs About Storytelling
Story songs are the songs that make people text their friends with one line, that sit in the back of your head like a guilty pleasure, ...
How to Write Songs About Authority
Authority is messy, loud, and adorable when it trips on its own power. It is the teacher who says study but forgets their own homework....
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 Authenticity
Authenticity is the thing listeners say they want and then immediately judge you for when you try too hard. Welcome to the paradox. You...
How to Write Songs About Unrequited love
You are not alone in the slow burn of wanting someone who will not want you back. Unrequited love is pain, comedy, poetry, and hit song...
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 Enchantment
You want your listeners to believe in small magic by the time the second chorus hits. You want a lyric that smells like midnight jasmin...
How to Write Songs About Advocacy
You want a song that makes people care and then do something about it. You want a chorus that becomes a chant at a rally. You want vers...
How to Write Songs About Technology
Technology is everywhere and it is dramatic. It ghosts lovers, rewrites identities, steals time, and promises miracles while asking for...