Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Lyrics About Survival
You want a song that does more than sound tough. You want lines that make listeners feel seen, give them breath, and hand them a word t...
How to Write a Song About Marriage
You want a song that feels like someone handed your life back to you wrapped in harmonic tape. Whether you are writing a wedding song, ...
How to Write Songs About Impatience
Impatience is a full time emotion. It shows up in line queues, in DMs that are left on read, in buffering wheels, and in relationships ...
German Punk Songwriting Advice
Want to write German punk songs that punch, pucker, and make the neighbor bang on the wall for the right reasons. You want blunt chorus...
Michelle Carnero, Artist Manager at Direct Management Group, Inc
Michelle Carnero is a highly respected Artist Manager at Direct Management Group, Inc., a leading talent management company in the musi...
St. Louis Blues Songwriting Advice
The St. Louis Blues is a unique and influential genre of music that originated in the 1920s and 1930s in the African-American community...
How to Write a Song About Political Change
You want a song that matters and does not sound like a lecture from a stained T shirt. You want lines that land in a listener like a ma...
How to Write Kwaito Songs
You want people to stop mid step and scream the hook back at you. You want the beat to lock in like a street drumline and the vocals to...
Music Managers Contacts
Ready to jump into the music industry jungle with a mic in one hand and a killer track in the other? Whether you’re an aspiring songwri...
How to Write Deathrock Lyrics
You want lyrics that smell like fogged mirrors, smoky basements, and teenage notebooks full of good bad decisions. You want lines that ...