Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write a Song About Winning A Competition
You want a song that feels like confetti in your ears. Whether you just stomped the stage at a battle of the bands, pulled a surprise u...
Adult Contemporary Songwriting Advice
Want to write songs that make adult listeners rewind the chorus and text it to a friend? Adult Contemporary, which people often call AC...
Vallenato Songwriting Advice
You want a Vallenato song that makes abuelas cry and TikTok creators steal your accordion riff. You want the honesty of a backyard vall...
How to Write Lofi Hip Hop Lyrics
You want lyrics that feel like a late night playlist that knows your secrets. You want words that sit soft on a dusty beat and feel lik...
How to Write Boogaloo Songs
You want a song that makes bodies move and grandparents clap while teenagers chant the chorus in the subway. Boogaloo is the musical pu...
How to Write Lyrics About Marriage
Marriage is a goldmine of emotion and detail. It is also a public contract, a private joke, an ongoing negotiation, a set of tiny ritua...
How to Write Stride Piano Lyrics
Stride piano is loud, proud, and undefeated. If your lyrics do not lock into that left hand stomp they will sound like someone rapping ...
Son Cubano Songwriting Advice
You want a song that squeezes your listener by the collar and makes them dance and cry at the same time. You want a groove that feels i...
How to Write Moombahton Songs
You want a sweaty club banger that sounds like tropical heat and a rumble in the chest. You want tempo that moves like slow motion but ...
How to Write Eurotrance [Es] Songs
Quieres esa sensación de euforia en un festival. Quieres un estribillo que levante las manos del público y una melodía que se quede peg...