Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Lyrics About Destruction
You want a lyric that smells like ash and still hums with humanity. Whether you mean a city falling apart, a relationship burning up, o...
How to Write Tribal House Songs
You want a groove that makes people forget their names and remember to dance. Tribal house is the kind of music that grabs the hips fir...
Top Music Managers Azoff Braun
Picture this: you’re jamming on your battered acoustic guitar in a downtown loft, dreams of platinum hits swirling in your head, when s...
Franco-Country Songwriting Advice
Franco-country, a genre that originated in the 1950s, is a unique blend of French-Canadian folk music and American country music. This ...
Gqom Songwriting Advice
You want tracks that make people drop everything and move like they are solving a very serious problem with their feet. Gqom is raw, pe...
Signing A Deal Without A Lawyer - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
So you got offered a deal and your DMs are on fire. Congrats and relax slightly. Also panic a little bit. Labels, managers, distributor...
Jonathan Fraeulin, Senior VP Planning at Abbywho, Inc. Contact Details
As a musician, getting in touch with industry professionals like Jonathan Fraeulin, Senior VP Planning at Abbywho, Inc. can be a game-c...
Chicano Rap Songwriting Advice
You want bars that slap and stories that land in the gut. You want to represent the culture without sounding like a tourist. You want b...
Making Sync Friendly Versions: Alt Mixes and Clean Edits That Get Placements
Want your song in a TV show, commercial, or video game? Then you need versions that make placement easy. Music supervisors are time poo...
How to Write Sampledelia Lyrics
Sampledelia is the music child of vinyl obsession, late night crate digging, and the kind of imagination that thinks a broken radio can...