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...
How to Write Songs About Patience
Patience is not boring. Patience is dramatic. Waiting for a text, waiting for a record label to notice you, waiting for your brain to g...
Music Connection Directory of Managers and Booking Agents
Picture this: you're an up-and-coming musician with a head full of fresh beats and lyrics that could make even the most stoic wall brea...
How to Write Lyrics About Regret
Regret is the emotional duct tape of songwriting. It holds a story together and also makes you wince every time you move. If you want l...
How to Write New Romantic Lyrics
You want lyrics that smell like lacquered leather jackets and expensive cologne while still feeling like they belong in your playlist r...
How to Write a Song About Mountains And Landscapes
You want a song that smells like pine and tells someone they can keep their city heartbreak. You want a chorus that opens like a ridge ...
Punk Rap Songwriting Advice
You want songs that sound like someone lit the amp on fire and kept rapping. You want urgency, attitude, and lyrics that punch through ...
How to Write Free Tekno Lyrics
You want vocals that make a sound system sweat. You want phrases people can scream at three in the morning while the LED fog eats their...
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Songwriting (No BS Version)
This is your songwriting bootcamp without the motivational poster energy. If you want to write songs that actually land with listeners ...
How to Write Enka Lyrics
You want a lyric that makes people fold into themselves and remember where they came from. You want an image that hits like a train whi...