Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Blackgaze Songs
If black metal and shoegaze hooked up, what would their love child sound like? That child is blackgaze. It is loud and tender. It is ab...
Hardstep Songwriting Advice
As a musician, delving into the world of hardstep can be both exhilarating and intimidating. This subgenre of drum and bass is known fo...
How to Write Lyrics About Activism
You want your song to matter. You want people to hum the chorus at a march and to screenshot the hook and send it with a prayer emoji. ...
Music Managers Job
Ever wondered what it takes to be the mastermind behind the rising stars of the music world? Picture yourself juggling schedules, negot...
Funktronica Songwriting Advice
Funktronica is a subgenre of electronic dance music that combines the funk and soul of the 1970s with modern electronic production tech...
Nitzhonot Songwriting Advice
You want a track that makes people throw their hands up and think life can be won tonight. You want leads that scream from a canyon, dr...
How to Write Songs About Spirituality
You want a spiritual song that lands like a warm hug from a stranger who actually knows your story. You are not chasing incense and moo...
Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to learn how a tiny lyric can feel like a lifetime, this is the laboratory. Willie Nelson turned an old country ballad into...
Nashville Songwriters
Welcome to Music City or at least the map to survive it. If you picture a room full of people clutching acoustic guitars with matching ...
Music Library Managers for Windows
Picture this: you're in the middle of a songwriting session, your brain buzzing with new lyrical ideas, and suddenly you realize your e...