Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write a Song About Family Traditions
You want a song that smells like Sunday pancakes, argues with the aunt who never changes, or freezes the moment your grandpa puts on th...
How to Write Lyrics About Rights
You want to write about rights and not sound like a pamphlet read aloud by a caffeinated law student. You want lines that make people f...
How to Write Bardcore Lyrics
You want your chorus to sound like a tavern sing along and your verses to read like a diary from a moody minstrel. You want modern hook...
Funky House Songwriting Advice
You want people to lose their shoes on the dancefloor and text their ex through clenched teeth after your drop. Funky House is not just...
Celtic Punk Songwriting Advice
You want songs that smell like spilled beer and victory. You want bagpipes that sound like they are about to stage dive. You want choru...
How to Write Lyrics About Serendipity
Serendipity is the little accidental miracle that makes life feel like a rom com edited by fate. In songwriting it is one of the sweete...
How to Write Christian Country Songs
You want a song that makes people feel God is close and boots tap at the same time. You want a chorus that church folks hum on Sunday a...
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 Hardcore Lyrics
You want lyrics that feel like a punch and then keep talking when everyone else shut up. You want lines that make crowds move, that sou...
Mangue Bit Songwriting Advice
You want a song that smells like salt and oil but still punches like a stadium riff. You want swampy percussion that snaps with studio ...