Songwriting Advice
How to Write Songs About Cynicism
You want to write about being fed up without sounding like a broken record or a walking meme. Cynicism in music can be a deliciously sh...
How to Write Lyrics About Interior Design
You can write a song about a couch and make people cry. The trick is not the couch. The trick is the story you hang on the couch. Inter...
How to Write a Song About Productivity
You want a song that makes calendars feel sexy. You want lines that make people laugh and then immediately open their notes app. You wa...
How to Write Lyrics About Music Scenes
You want a song that smells like sweat and cheap beer but sounds like art. You want listeners to feel like they were in the crowd, or o...
Progressive Country Songwriting Advice
Before diving into the world of progressive country songwriting, it's essential to understand the genre itself. Progressive country, al...
How to Write Lyrics About Loyalty
Want a song that makes people nod like they just watched a season finale? Loyalty is a rich, emotionally charged subject. It lives in m...
How to Write Modal Jazz Lyrics
Modal jazz is mood work not roadmap work. You are not following a string of chord instructions. You are stepping into a sonic room and ...
How to Write Electropunk Songs
Electropunk is the angry cousin of synth pop and the drunk roommate of punk. It takes the speed and spit of punk songs and dresses them...
Boomba Songwriting Advice
Welcome to Boomba. That is not a genre. That is a state of mind. Boomba is loud, proud, a little messy, and impossible to forget. If yo...
How to Write Beat Lyrics
You like a beat. Now make it talk. Writing lyrics for a beat is not about shoving clever lines into empty space. It is about listening ...