Songwriting is an art that uses many techniques and principles to create compelling, emotional, and creative intellectual property. Songwriters draw upon many resources to come up with ideas for their songs. I was reading an article from Changing minds.org entitled “Persuasion Principles” and had an ah-ha moment. You can find these principles at: http://changingminds.org/principles/principles.htm.
The ah-ha moment consisted of reading the description of each of the sixty(60) persuasion principles listed, and realized, hey, these are and could be used as song themes and/or topics. If you find yourself having writer’s block, I encourage you to visit the Changing Minds website to view the full descriptions of each of the 60 principles.
As an example, the principle of confidence is described as “If I am confident, then you can be confident.” When thinking of this description, there are a plethora of ideas about confidence or a lack of confidence that come to mind to write a song about. Try your luck at using the principles listed, the next time you sit down to write a song.
Reference:
Persuasion principles. (2019). Retrieved from http://changingminds.org/principles/principles.htm