How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Narrative
You want to tell a story that hits like a movie trailer in three minutes. You want characters the listener remembers, a scene that smel...
How to Write Songs About Recovery from addiction
You want the song to matter and to not blow it. You want lyrics that are honest without being exploitative. You want a chorus that hold...
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 Symbols
Symbols are the cheat codes of songwriting. A single image can carry a whole mood, a backstory, and a culture sized crater of meaning. ...
How to Write Songs About Fantasy
You want to build a kingdom inside three minutes and make people care. You want lyrics that read like a page turner and melodies that f...
How to Write Songs About Anxiety
You want to write about anxiety without sounding like a self help pamphlet with a chorus. You want songs that land like a bruise and th...
How to Write Songs About Outsider
You want a song that makes room for the person who never quite fit the club photo. You want lines that sting with truth and hug with em...
How to Write Songs About Nightmares
You want a song that feels like a punch in the throat and a flashlight in a dark room. You want tension that does not collapse into mel...
How to Write Songs About Method
You want to turn routines, rituals, and messy systems into songs people sing drunk at 2 a.m. Whether your subject is the scientific met...
How to Write Songs About Balance
You want a song that nails the feeling of walking a tightrope while texting your ex. Balance is the emotional and sonic sweet spot wher...