How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Darkness
You want a song that feels like walking into a room and finding the light switched off on purpose. You want the listener to feel the ch...
How to Write Songs About Presence
Make your listener feel like they are in the room with you. Songs about presence are not essays about mindfulness. They are invitations...
How to Write Songs About Style
Style is louder than a headline. It tells a story before the first lyric lands. Your clothes, your walk, the coffee stain on your jacke...
How to Write Songs About Activism
You want your music to matter. You want people to sing with you at a rally. You want a line that makes someone share an Instagram story...
How to Write Songs About Treaty
You want a song that makes people feel the weight of paper and the heat of history. You want a chorus that can be sung into a crowd or ...
How to Write Songs About Turmoil
You want your chaos to feel true and not like a melodramatic audition tape for a soap opera. Songs about turmoil are magnetic when they...
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 Serenity
You want a song that makes someone breathe differently. You want ears to unclench. You want a verse that feels like a blanket and a cho...
How to Write Songs About Performance
You want a song that makes someone feel like they are standing in your shoes on stage. Whether that is sweaty palms in a dive bar, the ...
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 ...