How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Pessimism
Want to write a song that smells like rain on old promises? Good. Pessimism is rich territory. It is not the same as misery theater. Pe...
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 Action
You want the listener to feel like the camera is in their chest. You want kinetic verbs, percussion that hits like footsteps, melodies ...
How to Write Songs About Innovation
You want a song that makes people imagine a prototype in their head and feel like they are part of the launch party. Songs about innova...
How to Write Songs About Heartbreak
You want a song that makes people feel seen and possibly ugly cry at 2 a.m. You want lines that land like a punch and a melody that fee...
How to Write Songs About Contrast
Contrast is the secret sauce that makes songs feel alive. If your music is a meal, contrast is the hot sauce that wakes up the palate. ...
How to Write Songs About Idleness
You want a song that turns doing nothing into an idea people want to replay. Idleness is funnier and messier than you think. It is not ...
How to Write Songs About Approach
Approach is the emotional moment before action. It is the breath before the kiss, the wobble before the stage lights, the thumb hoverin...
How to Write Songs About Report
Yes this is a thing. Reports are weirdly dramatic. A sheet of paper, a PDF, a DM flagged as harassment, a police form, a company quarte...
How to Write Songs About Social justice
You want your song to do more than sound good on a playlist. You want it to make someone open their eyes, text a friend, or stand up at...