Posts by Toni Mercia
Show vs Tell: Scene Building Prompts for Every Genre
You can tell someone they are heartbroken. Or you can show them the way their coffee cools faster when they do not laugh anymore. This ...
Jeannie Liburd, Corporate Communications Executive at BET Networks Contact Details
Jeannie Liburd is a seasoned Corporate Communications Executive at BET Networks, a leading media company that targets African American ...
Hokkien Pop Songwriting Advice
You want a Hokkien pop song that hits like a punchline and holds like a warm bowl of beef noodle soup. You want lines that land in the ...
How to Write Lyrics About End
Writing about endings does not mean sounding maudlin or cliché. It means finding the exact little truth that makes a listener say yes w...
How to Be an A&R at a Record Label
Picture this: you’re at the trendiest underground gig, rubbernecking through a sea of debuting artists, armed with an infectious passio...
Atlantic Records Email
Ever wondered how to slide into Atlantic Records’ DMs, uh, inbox, and get your music career soaring? Whether you’re a bedroom songwrite...
How to Write Lyrics About Talk
Talking is the easiest thing people do and the hardest thing to make sound honest in a song. You have a million tiny conversations acro...
How to Write Lyrics About Feeling Misunderstood
Feeling misunderstood is a lyric gold mine. It is the place where anger, shame, comedy, and quiet longing all live in the same apartmen...
Asian Songwriting Advice
If you are Asian and writing songs you have a secret superpower people keep asking for. You carry languages, stories, sounds, family go...
Country Pop Songwriting Advice
You want a song that smells like a pickup truck and a perfume bottle at the same time. You want a chorus that families sing at weddings...