A Valuable Songwriting Technique that NOBODY uses!

Lots of aspiring and established songwriters struggle with writing compelling song lyrics.

And yes, it's tough to create something that's authentic, inspiring, captivating, and memorable.

And even worse: books and courses on songwriting don't teach you how to craft lyrics that hook your audience, keep them engaged, and deliver a meaningful takeaway.

Instead, they focus on technicalities that can leave you feeling overwhelmed and uninspired.

Don't get me wrong — it's important to know the technicalities of songwriting so the words can fit the music, but they're not enough to create an emotional impact on your audience.

And neither does focusing on all those literary devices help you make an impact with your song... they just help you to sound super fancy and unique, while bearing the risk that no one will get what you mean.

So let me introduce to you one global concept that I'm teaching inside the Lyric Mastery Success Path.

The Gas Gauge Concept is an awesome way to make sure your lyrics are not only coherent but also engaging for your audience.

And even more so, this concept helps you to write lyrics that progress! Lyrics that go somewhere!

Here's how it works:

Think of your lyrics as a bridge that takes your listeners from where they are to where they want to be – a better place.

To do that, your lyrics should start with a problem or challenge that your character is facing.

This way, your listeners can relate and say, "Hey, that could be me!"

Starting with the problem also creates a narrative gap that makes your audience intrigued to find out how it all turns out.

And that's where the Gas Gauge Concept comes in.

Picture a gas gauge in a car.

When people face a problem, it usually concerns lacking something they wish they had.

The better place they want to arrive at is where that specific need of theirs is met.

It's like filling up the gas tank again – it doesn't have to be a full tank, but they want more gas in there.

That's what the bridge is for, and underneath, there's a gas gauge that concerns one need of the song's main character.

And when that need is met, the song ends on a positive note, and the audience now has a helpful direction of how they can bridge the gap of something they need as well.

It's a win-win situation!

If your lyrics revolve around one fundamental human need that everyone can understand and relate to, then you instantly create a connection with your audience.

We all want to be picked up where we are and shown how to overcome our struggles. And that's where the power of lyrics comes in.

So all that means is that we should start our lyrics with a tank that isn’t as full as the song’s main character (or the audience) wants it to be.

That’s how stories start.

And that lack of an essential need is not only something we find in the stories of prime-time television or books but also in songs:

So, to write songs that are coherent from their beginning to their end and that 'go somewhere', rely on the concept of the Gas Gauge of Human Needs and think about what can make that need bigger and what could satisfy that need (all depending on your song's main character's actions!).