Songwriting Advice
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 Ambition
You want a song that makes the listener want to stand up, quit the job they hate, and call their future self a name with respect. Songs...
Brazilian Phonk Songwriting Advice
Want to write Brazilian phonk that slaps, haunts, and makes people hit repeat while they scroll through a carnival of notifications? Go...
How to Write Tejano Lyrics
You want Tejano lyrics that hit in the club and at abuela's table. You want lines that read like a backyard conversation and sing like ...
How to Write Canadian Country Songs
You want a country song that smells like maple syrup without sounding like a tourist in toque territory. You want a chorus that sticks ...
How to Write Lyrics About Composition
You want to sing about making music without sounding like a music theory textbook or a producer flexing for the group chat. You want li...
How to Write Lyrics About Endings
Endings are where songs do their best work. They are the slow burn of a goodbye, the last text you send then delete, the light in the h...
Online Songwriting Competition
You love writing songs. You want other people to hear them and maybe give you money or a record deal. Entering online songwriting compe...
Anarcho Punk Songwriting Advice
Want to write songs that sound like they are trying to burn down injustice while making your friends pogo and think harder? Good. This ...
How to Write Tropicalia Lyrics
Want lyrics that smell like mango on a porch, sting like political truth, and still get people dancing? Tropicalia also spelled Tropicá...