Posts by Toni Mercia
Dub Poetry Songwriting Advice
Dub poetry is a genre of performance poetry that originated in the 1970s in Jamaica. It is a fusion of poetry, music, and performance, ...
Makossa Songwriting Advice
You want a Makossa track that makes bodies move and playlists remember you. You want that groove to feel timeless and your lyrics to ar...
How to Write Sakara Lyrics
Want to write Sakara lyrics that feel ancestral and fresh at the same time? You are in the right place. Sakara is a traditional Yoruba ...
How to Write a Song About Climate Change
Want to write a song that actually makes people care about the planet without sounding like a lecture from an angry science teacher? Go...
Neil Sheehan, Founder at Standby Contact Details
Neil Sheehan is the founder of Standby, a music industry professional with extensive experience in talent management, A&R, and mark...
How to Write Baroque Pop Songs
Baroque pop is that deliciously dramatic cousin of pop music. It wears lace, drinks espresso in a library, and then slaps you with a st...
How to Write Groove Metal Songs
You want riffs that make spines rattle and feet obey. You want drums and guitar locked like two best friends who share one giant coffee...
What Do Music Artist Managers Do
Ever wondered who’s the mastermind behind your favorite indie artist’s meteoric rise or that surprise collab that everyone’s buzzing ab...
How to Write a Song About Feeling Lonely
You want a song that hugs and pinches at the same time. You want listeners to hear it in a midnight Uber, feel less alone, then message...
How to Write Canadian Country Lyrics
You want a country song that smells like tire rubber on a gravel road and tastes like double double coffee at dawn. You want lyrics tha...