Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Electro-Industrial Songs
You want your tracks to hit like a monolith in a club with strobes and questionable lighting. You want textures that feel like broken m...
Megan McKenna, Manager Research and Planning at VH1 Contact Details
Megan McKenna is the Manager of Research and Planning at VH1, a popular American cable television network that is owned by ViacomCBS. A...
How to Write Blackgaze Songs
If black metal and shoegaze hooked up, what would their love child sound like? That child is blackgaze. It is loud and tender. It is ab...
How to Write Space Disco Songs
You want dance floors to feel like launch pads. You want basslines that plant your hips to the planet. You want synths that smell like ...
How to Write Enka Songs
You want a song that feels like a late night train through rain soaked streets. You want a voice that trembles and then steels itself. ...
How to Write Dark Cabaret Songs
You want a song that smells like stage dust and midnight lipstick. You want a chorus that could have been whispered in a smoky club in ...
How to Write Digital Hardcore Songs
You want to make music that hits like a riot in a robot factory. Digital hardcore is loud, fast, ugly and brilliant all at once. It bor...
Rebetiko Songwriting Advice
You want a song that smells like port coffee and cigarette smoke but still hits in 2025. You want authentic-sounding melodies, rhythms ...
How to Write a Song About Cyberbullying
You want to write a song that matters. You want it to be honest without being exploitative. You want listeners to feel seen and to feel...
How to Write Footwork Songs
You want tracks that make feet move faster than regrets. Footwork is an adrenaline sport disguised as music. It is fast, precise, messy...