How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Unity
You want a song that brings people together. You want lines that sound like they were written on a protest sign and also like a hug. Yo...
How to Write Songs About Ignorance
Ignorance is a juicy topic. It is messy, human, and full of contradiction. Everyone has been blissfully unaware, intentionally tuned ou...
How to Write Songs About Address
You want a song that makes a place feel like a person. You want the street number to ring like a bell. You want the listener to picture...
How to Write Songs About Rhyme
Rhyme is not a crutch. Rhyme is a superpower. Used badly rhyme sounds juvenile. Used well rhyme makes an ear full stay glued and sing a...
How to Write Songs About Guidance
You want to write a song that feels like a compass for someone who thinks they lost theirs. You want words that land like a hand on a s...
How to Write Songs About Order
You want a song about order that does not sound like a lecture or a janitor giving a TED talk. You want lines that are clever without b...
How to Write Songs About Evaluation
Writing a song about being judged or judging yourself does not have to feel like listening to someone read their annual review aloud. Y...
How to Write Songs About Technique
You want a song that teaches without sounding like a dusty lecture. You want lines that explain a bending, a sweep, a breath control tr...
How to Write Songs About Power
You want a song that makes the room lean forward. You want a chorus that feels like someone turning the lights on. You want verses that...
How to Write Songs About Fantasy
You want to build a kingdom inside three minutes and make people care. You want lyrics that read like a page turner and melodies that f...