Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write a Song About Concerts And Live Music
You want a song that smells like sweaty floorboards and glitter and sounds like everyone singing one line at once. You want the listene...
How to Write Lyrics About Self-Care
You want a self care song that feels honest and not like a fortune cookie with an acoustic guitar. You want lyrics that land like a hug...
Rock Music In Mexico Songwriting Advice
You want a riff that punches gut level and lyrics that feel like barrio poetry with volume. You want to play a show at Foro Independien...
Delta Blues Songwriting Advice
The Delta Blues, a genre born out of the Deep South, is a style of music that evokes raw emotion, passion, and storytelling. As a songw...
How to Get in the Music Business Best Managers
Ever wondered how some musicians effortlessly snag the best managers in the music business while you’re still trying to figure out whic...
How to Write Baltimore Club Lyrics
You want lyrics that hit hard, loop in a room, and make strangers jump like they lost their shoes. Baltimore Club is short, explosive, ...
Psychobilly Songwriting Advice
Want songs that hit like a horror movie and a mosh pit at the same time? Psychobilly is where twangy rockabilly meets snarling punk wit...
How to Write Lyrics About Finish
Finish is the little word that carries the whole apocalypse and the quiet relief at once. Writing about finish is a sweet spot for song...
How to Write Compas Lyrics
Compas is a feeling in the bones and a map for your words. Whether you mean compás as the rhythmic backbone in flamenco and other Spani...
Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting for a Train Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Short version. If you want to write a narrative song that reads like a memory and hits like a gut punch, study how Guy Clark treats det...