Posts by Toni Mercia
Types of Music Managers
Picture this: you're at a packed gig, the bass is thumping, and the crowd is buzzing with excitement. Backstage, you’re juggling your s...
Adult Contemporary Songwriting Advice
Want to write songs that make adult listeners rewind the chorus and text it to a friend? Adult Contemporary, which people often call AC...
Bass Music Songwriting Advice
Bass music, a subgenre of electronic dance music, is characterized by its heavy, bass-driven sound and often features complex rhythms a...
How to Write Crunk Lyrics
Want your words to hit like a steel drum in a packed club? Crunk is the raw, sweaty cousin of hip hop that exists to make bodies move a...
How to Write Lyrics About Generational Differences
You want to write a song that nails the weird beautiful mess between generations. Maybe you want to roast a parent without sounding cru...
How to Write Hard Trance Songs
You want that stadium spine chill and the club floor to lose its mind. You want a lead so drenched in reverb and detune that your frien...
How to Write Méringue Songs
You want a merengue that makes feet move and phones record the chorus for later embarrassment. You want rhythm that hits like a heartbe...
Haleigh Dever, Booking Agent at Skully’s Music Diner
Haleigh Dever is a respected booking agent at Skully's Music Diner, a popular music venue in Columbus, Ohio. As a booking agent, Haleig...
How to Write Breakbeat Songs
Breakbeat music is a genre that originated in the 1990s, characterized by its fast-paced rhythm, heavy basslines, and often, complex dr...
How to Write Country Folk Lyrics
You want lyrics that smell like porch light and cheap coffee while somehow also sounding like a midnight text you were too shy to send....