How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Breaking
You want a song that lands the first time a listener nods along in their car and says yes that feels true. Breaking is not one feeling....
How to Write Songs About Vulnerability
You want people to feel seen when they listen. You want a lyric that opens a door and lets someone walk in and say yes that is me. Vuln...
How to Write Songs About Attitude
Attitude songs are the ones that make people stand a little straighter, roll their eyes in glorious agreement, and sing the line even i...
How to Write Songs About Monuments
You want a song that makes a statue feel like a living ex. You want the listener to walk past granite and suddenly remember their dad, ...
How to Write Songs About Nonconformity
You want a song that refuses to fit the mold and still gets stuck in people heads. You want language that feels like someone flipping t...
How to Write Songs About Truth
If you want a song that hits like sunlight through a motel window you need lyrics that feel true. Truth in a song is not the same as a ...
How to Write Songs About Sound
You want to write a song where the voice is not only singing about love or loss but is also pointing a spotlight at the noise, the whis...
How to Write Songs About Doubt
Doubt is the ugly sweater of emotion. It is uncomfortable, it bleeds through your outfit, and yet it is one of the best things you can ...
How to Write Songs About Depression
Yes, you can make a great song about depression without sounding like every sad playlist ever. You can tell your truth. You can help li...
How to Write Songs About Narration
You want your listener to feel like they are sitting in on a confession, a movie, or a messy voicemail from a version of you that has a...