Songwriting Advice
How to Write Songs About Urban life
You want your music to feel like a walk across the city at midnight. You want lyrics that smell like cheap coffee and wet asphalt. You ...
How to Write Lyrics About Predictability
Predictability is boring on paper and powerful in a song. The trick is to write lyrics that treat routine like a character. You want li...
How to Write a Song About Motivation
You want a song that punches through the noise and actually makes people get up off the couch. Whether you are trying to make someone l...
What Do Personal Managers Do in Music
Ever wonder what it’s like to have a backstage pass to the music industry without having to actually learn how to play an instrument? W...
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 Freestyle Songs
You want to sound like you were born spitting bars from a pizza box mic in college. You want to freestyling to land like it was planned...
How to Write a Song About Folk Music
You want a song that feels like it belongs to the road, the kitchen table, or the corner of a bar where people lean in and forget their...
How to Write Afrobeats and Afrobeat: Groove Call and Response
If you want a track that makes people move, scream the hook, and text their crush at 3 AM, you are in the right place. This guide teach...
Brandi Carlile - The Story Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
You want a story song that grabs an ear, guts a heart, and makes strangers sing along on the subway. Brandi Carlile and the song known ...
How to Write Sundanese Pop Songs
You want a song that sounds like Bandung at dusk and also bangs on Spotify. You want the lyrical truth of your neighborhood with a melo...