Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Snap Music Lyrics
Snap music is the sonic version of a one finger point and a full body reaction. It is minimal, hypnotic, and designed to make bodies mo...
How to Write a Song About Pets And Animals
Pets make people laugh, cry, and post the exact same photo for years. A song about an animal can be a viral meme, a tender moment, or a...
How to Write Songs About Struggle
You want the room to feel less alone when your song ends. You want somebody in the crowd to mouth your line like a lifeline. Songs abou...
How to Write Songs About Melody
You want songs that people hum in the shower and text to their ex later for no good reason. You want melody that grabs attention on bar...
Jump Blues Songwriting Advice
Jump blues is a subgenre of blues music that originated in the 1940s and 1950s. It's characterized by its strong emphasis on rhythm, a ...
How to Write Pirate Metal Lyrics
You want songs that make people throw up their rum and crowd surf into the nearest plank. Pirate metal is theatrical, rowdy, and weirdl...
Power Metal Songwriting Advice
You want songs that feel like castles collapsing into fireworks. You want riffs that gallop like a cavalry charge. You want choruses th...
How to Write Queercore Lyrics
Queercore is loud. Queercore is soft. Queercore is furious and funny in the same breath. If you want to write lyrics that punch through...
How to Write Traditional Bluegrass/Neo-Traditional Bluegrass Lyrics
Want lyrics that make people clap, cry, stomp, and tell their granddad about you? You are in the right place. Bluegrass lives in simple...
How to Write Electro-Disco Songs
You want a song that makes bodies move and moods lift. Electro disco is that polite but intoxicating cousin of classic disco who learne...