How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Tradition
Tradition is not a museum exhibit. Tradition is a living, breathing vibe that shows up at family dinners, bar mitzvahs, wakes, harvest ...
How to Write Songs About Weather
Weather is dramatic without trying. It moves without consent. It shows up at weddings and funerals. It ruins first dates, makes lovers ...
How to Write Songs About Closeness
You want a song that feels like being folded into someone's jacket on a rainy night. You want the listener to think the singer knows th...
How to Write Songs About Film
Movies live in memory like songs. You remember the shot that made you cry and the chord that made your throat tighten. If you want to w...
How to Write Songs About Conformity
You want a song that calls out the herd without sounding preachy. You want listeners to feel seen, to laugh, to grimace, and to sing th...
How to Write Songs About Monologue
You want a song that feels like someone talking to you in the dark. You want a lyric that reads like a private diary entry flipped into...
How to Write Songs About Legacy
Legacy feels big and heavy until you start writing lines and it becomes personal and messy and human. You do not need to reinvent etern...
How to Write Songs About Mood
You do not need to name the feeling to make a listener feel it. You want a song that smells like a place, moves like a memory, and make...
How to Write Songs About Gardens
You want a song that smells like wet soil and makes people feel like they remember a summer they almost forgot. Gardens are emotional g...
How to Write Songs About Work
Work is a mood. Work is a story. Work is therapy with a drum machine. If your day job gives you anger, joy, awkward romance, or a recur...