Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Filk Songs
Filk songs are the unofficial soundtrack of fandom. They are the goofy campfire anthems, the sob stories about lost starships, and the ...
How to Write Pumping House Songs
You want a house track that makes bodies move and playlists explode. You want a groove that hits like a friendly uppercut. You want a b...
How to Write Denpa Music Lyrics
You want a song that feels like a sugar rush in a broken game cartridge. You want a chorus that lodges in the brain and will not leave ...
How to Write French House Songs
You want that bubbly, sweaty, hands in the air French house sound. You want filtered disco loops that sound like champagne and diesel. ...
How to Write Punk Blues Songs
You want swampy soul and a fist through the amp in the same song. You want the ache of old blues and the fury of punk to share a stage....
How to Write Música Popular Brasileira Songs
Yes, you can write an MPB song that sounds like it grew up in a bar by the beach and went to art school for three semesters. Música Pop...
How to Write Lyrics About Exotic Destinations
You want to take listeners somewhere they have never been and make them feel like they were there last summer. You want smells, colors,...
How to Write Pagan Metal Songs
You want music that sounds like a forest fire and a strange hymn at the same time. You want riffs that feel ancient but tuned for the m...
How to Write a Song About Hard Work
You want a song that honors the grind and still sounds like art. You want rhythms that feel like clocking in and melodies that make peo...
How to Write Songs About Dreams vs. Reality
You want a song that makes listeners wake up and say wait did I just dream that or was that real. Songs about dreams and the space betw...