Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Lyrics About Characters
Characters make songs feel like movies you can sing along to. When you write about a person who seems alive on the page the listener le...
Top Music Business Managers
Picture this: you're jamming on your guitar in a cozy downtown café, your lyrics spilling out like your wildest dreams, and suddenly yo...
Latin Alternative Songwriting Advice
You want a song that feels like your barrio and also like a late night playlist on a rooftop in Tokyo. You want rhythms that make feet ...
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is not a scholarly obituary for a lyric. This is a map. We are going to unpack Joan Baez Diamonds & Rust like it is a luggage ...
How to Write Songs About Simile
You want lines that hit like a freight train of feeling but sound like a text from your best friend. Similes are one of the songwriting...
Website for Music Managers
Hey there, welcome to your backstage pass into the dazzling, fast-paced world of music management on the digital stage! If you're a mus...
Stefan Bown, GM at Warner Classics & Jazz (UK) Contact Details
Stefan Bown is a renowned music industry professional who currently serves as the General Manager at Warner Classics & Jazz (UK). W...
How to Write New Prog Songs
Prog has been reborn. Classic progressive rock and metal taught us to dream bigger than radio formats would allow. New prog keeps the b...
Harsh Noise Wall Songwriting Advice
Before diving into songwriting advice for Harsh Noise Wall (HNW) music, it's essential to understand the genre itself. HNW is a subgenr...
Pat Pattison Songwriting
If songwriting had a gym teacher it would be Pat Pattison. He is the coach who hands you a clipboard full of tools, looks you dead in t...