Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Neomelodic Music Songs
You want a song that hits like a warm espresso and a gut punch at once. Neomelodic music is romantic, dramatic, and built around big me...
Bruce Krippner, Talent Agent at Martyrs'
Bruce Krippner is a renowned talent agent at Martyrs', a leading booking agency that represents a diverse range of artists and bands. W...
How to Write Songs About Individuality
You want a song that smells like you. Not like a brand marketing you, not like a playlist algorithm, and not like a nostalgic throwback...
How to Write Ikwokirikwo Songs
You want a song that makes people drop what they are doing and start dancing. You want the groove to feel inevitable and the chorus to ...
Folk Ragtime Songwriting Advice
Want your songs to feel like a porch party and a vaudeville tap number had a slightly tipsy baby? Good. Folk ragtime is the musical cou...
New Weird America Songwriting Advice
This is for anyone who wants to write songs that sound like a farmhouse séance with a sequencer on the porch. New Weird America is a bl...
How to Write Power Noise Lyrics
You want lyrics that hit like a jackhammer. Power noise is a music style that takes industrial music and strips it down into rhythmic, ...
Ryan Spalding, Label (CAD) Manager at Dine Alone Records Contact Details
Ryan Spalding, the Label (CAD) Manager at Dine Alone Records, is an industry professional who plays a crucial role in the music industr...
Beat Writer’s Block (without burning sage on your interface)
Staring at your DAW and feeling nothing but shame and a blinking cursor? We have been there. You are not cursed. You are human and prob...
How to Write Detroit Techno Lyrics
You want words that punch through a wall of synth and kick. You want lines that can survive a nine minute groove and still feel electri...