How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Healing
You want a song that feels like a hug without smelling like a sermon. You want lines that make someone breathe out a long held breath. ...
How to Write Songs About Unpredictability
Unpredictability is a mood, a weather report, and a character flaw all at once. It makes people stay, leave, laugh, and then cry in the...
How to Write Songs About Disagreement
You want an argument the audience can feel without needing subtitles. You want a song that smells like a kitchen argument at 2 a.m. and...
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 Collaboration
Collaboration is messy and magical. You will laugh. You will argue about a single syllable as if it is a national emergency. You will m...
How to Write Songs About Forests
You want a song that makes a listener smell pine without actually lighting a candle. You want lyrics that feel like a hike at midnight....
How to Write Songs About Pain
Pain is a universal currency in songwriting. Everyone carries a version of it. Some people hide it under a poker face and a scented can...
How to Write Songs About Separation
You want a song that feels like it was sneaking out of your diary at 2 a.m. You want lines that sting and lines that make listeners lau...
How to Write Songs About Attention
You want a song that feels like someone scrolling stopped in their tracks. You want listeners to tilt their head, rewind, and text thre...
How to Write Songs About Lies
Lies are delicious for songwriters. They come with built in drama, moral friction, and a built in reason for a chorus to explode. Lies ...