Posts by Toni Mercia
Major Music Publishers
Ever wondered what it really takes to turn your catchy hook or midnight melody into a chart-topping hit? Welcome to the vibrant realm o...
Crush Music Managers
Ever felt like the music world is one giant mosh pit, and you’re just trying to make some noise that gets noticed? Welcome to “Crush Mu...
How to Write Queercore Lyrics
Queercore is loud. Queercore is soft. Queercore is furious and funny in the same breath. If you want to write lyrics that punch through...
How to Write Rocksteady Songs
You want a song that makes people sway like they forgot to be dramatic. Rocksteady lives in the pocket. It is soulful without being sho...
How to Write Metalcore Lyrics
You want lyrics that hit like a riff and stick like a chorus chant at a sweaty show. You want words that give the vocalist something to...
How to Write Progressive Folk Songs
You want roots with an attitude. You want acoustic intimacy that surprises the ear. You want songs that feel like campfire truth told b...
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...
How to Write Songs About End
Endings are songwriting gold. They are messy, dramatic, hilarious, and devastating all at once. A great song about an end translates th...
How to Write Cringe Pop Songs
Welcome to the dark art of intentional awkwardness. You want a song that makes people laugh out loud, scrunch their face, and then some...
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 ...