Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Songs About Space
You want a song that makes someone feel weightless on the first listen. Maybe you want to flex with a Bowie style epic. Maybe you want ...
How to Write New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Lyrics
You want lyrics that sound like leather jackets, late night practice rooms, and stadiums full of sweat and raised fists. You want lines...
How to Write Balearic Trance Lyrics
You want lyrics that make club lights melt into sunrises. You want words that feel wide as the ocean and as personal as a late night co...
Uncleared Samples That Kill Your Master Later - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
You made a beat that bangs. Then a lawyer emails. Your streaming money zeros out. Welcome to the sampling minefield. Sampling is part a...
How to Write Palm-Wine Lyrics
You want lyrics that sound like they were born on a palm tree porch with a bottle in hand. You want lines that are witty, earthy, conve...
How to Write Bebop Lyrics
You want words that ride a lightning fast jazz line and land like a punchline. You want syllables that fit sixteenth note runs without ...
How Much Do Music Managers Get Paid
Ever wondered if your music manager is rolling in the dough or scraping by on a modest paycheck while hustling behind the scenes to lau...
How to Write Electrogrind Songs
Electrogrind is the sound of rage with a USB cable plugged into it. If grindcore and noise met an angry synthesizer at a rave you were ...
T'Ong Guitar Songwriting Advice
This is not another polite how to guide that smells like stale coffee and safe choices. This is T'Ong level guitar songwriting advice. ...
How to Write Keroncong Songs
You want a keroncong song that feels like warm sugar tea in your ear. You want the gentle pluck of cuk, the bright tick of cak, a cello...