Posts by Toni Mercia
Dallas Austin, Owner/Producer at DARP Inc Contact Details
As a musician, getting in touch with industry professionals like Dallas Austin, owner and producer at DARP Inc, can be a game-changer f...
How to Write Lyrics About Historical Events
Want to turn history into a song that hits like a gut punch and teaches without being a boring lecture? Good. You are in the right plac...
How to Write Frenchcore Songs
You want a track that slams like a train and still makes people move with a grin that says danger but in a fun way. Frenchcore is the c...
Paul Simon - Graceland Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is not a museum tour of Paul Simon trivia. This is for writers who want to steal the useful moves from a song that stitches place,...
How to Write Corrido Songs
You want to tell a story that people hum on the way home. You want characters that feel alive and details that stick like gum on a shoe...
How to Write Latin Metal Lyrics
You want angry poetry with fire in the throat and culture in the blood. Latin metal is more than combining Spanish or Portuguese words ...
Making Sync Friendly Versions: Alt Mixes and Clean Edits That Get Placements
Want your song in a TV show, commercial, or video game? Then you need versions that make placement easy. Music supervisors are time poo...
How to Write Lyrics About Tyranny
You want a lyric that punches through apathy and says something true about power. You want words that sting, images that stick, and a c...
Viking Metal Songwriting Advice
So you want to write Viking metal. You want riffs that feel like charging into a fjord. You want lyrics that smell of smoked salmon and...
Aimee Mann - Save Me Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Short version You want to decode how Aimee Mann took a tiny human confession and turned it into a cinematic song that sounds like it un...