Posts by Toni Mercia
Publishing Companies Music Industry
Ever thought about how your favorite jams make it from conception to chart-topping hits? Welcome to the wild, ever-evolving world of pu...
How to Write Industrial Techno Lyrics
Want your vocals to sound like a factory flexing its vocal cords? Good. You are in the right place. Industrial techno is the club music...
How to Write Avant-Garde Metal Lyrics
You want lyrics that feel like a punch in the skull and a whispered secret at the same time. Avant garde metal is the place where metal...
How to Write V-Pop Songs
You want a V-Pop song that makes people hum in the market, cry in karaoke, and post a one second clip that blows up on TikTok. You want...
How To Write A Deftones Song
You want a song that feels like it crawled out of a dream and then smashed a car window for dramatic effect. You want heavy guitars and...
How to Write Ma'Luf Lyrics
Want to write Ma'luf lyrics that feel ancient and absolutely alive at the same time? Good. You are in the right place. Ma'luf is a jewe...
African Popular Music Songwriting Advice
You want a song that bangs in Lagos, resonates in Accra, and still gets the diaspora room singing every line back to you. You want rhyt...
How to Write Songs About End
Endings are songwriting gold. They are messy, dramatic, hilarious, and devastating all at once. A great song about an end translates th...
How to Write a Song About Starting A New Job
You got the offer. You signed the paperwork. You are both terrified and secretly proud in the same text message. A new job is a tiny li...
Cha-Cha-Chá Songwriting Advice
You want people to trip the light fantastic and then scream your hook from the salsa bar to the rooftop party. Cha-Cha-Chá is flirtatio...