How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Connection
You want a song that grabs someone by the lonely part of their brain and convinces it that it is not alone. You want lyrics that read l...
How to Write Songs About Stars
So you want to write a song about stars. Good choice. Stars are emotionally generous. They give you wonder, yearning, loneliness, hope,...
How to Write Songs About Heartache
Heartache songs are emotional land mines that also sell out small venues. They make strangers cry on public transit and make your ex wo...
How to Write Songs About Sentiment
Sentiment is cheap when it is vague. Sentiment is priceless when it is specific enough to make a stranger cry in a grocery aisle. This ...
How to Write Songs About Account
As a songwriter, you may be wondering what it means to write songs about accounts. Are you supposed to write about financial statements...
How to Write Songs About Recovery
You want a song that holds truth without being a lecture. You want lines that make people nod and cry and laugh because they recognize ...
How to Write Songs About Music
You want to write a song about music that does not sound like a tribute band singing a Hallmark card. You want lyrics that are clever w...
How to Write Songs About Adversaries
You want to write about someone who wronged you and make it art and not a passive aggressive voicemail. Songs about adversaries are del...
How to Write Songs About Friends
You want a song that smells like summer BBQs, the couch where secrets got betrayed, or the group chat that never sleeps. Songs about fr...
How to Write Songs About Memories
Memories are emotional landmines and treasure chests at the same time. You can step on one and blow up in a puddle of tears. You can op...