Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Kwela Lyrics
Kwela is a street born groove that whistles joy, mischief, and escape. It began in South African townships in the mid 1900s as a mobile...
How to Write Tajik Folk Music Songs
You want a Tajik folk song that feels like home and sounds like discovery. You want a melody that breathes like mountain air and lyrics...
How to Write Sri Lankan Hip Hop Lyrics
You want bars that slap in Colombo and echo in Kandy. You want lines that make your friends rewind the track and your enemies nod with ...
Patch Culbertson, Vice President of A&R at Big Loud Records Contact Details
Patch Culbertson is the Vice President of A&R at Big Loud Records, a renowned independent record label based in Nashville, Tennesse...
How to Write Traditional Country Lyrics
You want songs that smell like June grass, feel like a backseat confession, and sting like that first whiskey burn. Traditional country...
How to Write Lyrics About Darkness
You want darkness that feels honest and not Hallmark tragic. You want lines that prick the skin and stick in a playlist. You want liste...
Psychedelic Pop Songwriting Advice
You want a song that feels like sunlight through a kaleidoscope. You want melodies that loop through your head like a friendly hallucin...
Laurelle Quarnberg, Assistant to David Benveniste at Velvet Hammer Contact Details
Laurelle Quarnberg is the trusted assistant to David Benveniste, a renowned talent agent and founder of Velvet Hammer, a boutique talen...
British Invasion Songwriting Advice
If you have ever wanted to write a song that sounds like it could have been played on the BBC and then blown up into a stadium singalon...
How to Write Lyrics About Folklore
You want a song that smells like woodsmoke and awkward family legend but hits like a tweet you cannot stop quoting. Folklore is the sec...