Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Isicathamiya Songs
You want your group to slide into a room and make everyone hush just from the way you breathe together. You want vocal lines that feel ...
Judy Stapp, Analyst at VH1 Contact Details
Judy Stapp is an esteemed analyst at VH1, a leading American cable television network owned by ViacomCBS. As an analyst, Judy plays a c...
Ways Music Managers Can Cheat You in a Contract
So you've signed that contract, and suddenly your music manager, who once promised to "make your dreams come true," seems to be rewriti...
How to Write Lyrics About Game Shows
You want glitter and buzzer noise in your lines. You want the voice of an announcer, the sweat of a contestant, and the ridiculous stak...
How to Write a Song About Family Dynamics
Family songs are messy, honest, and devastatingly relatable. You can make a crowd laugh, cry, and nod their heads in a single chorus if...
How to Write Drumstep Lyrics
You want words that hit as hard as the drop. Drumstep sits in the squishy middle between drum and bass and dubstep. It moves fast but b...
How to Write Neue Deutsche Todeskunst Songs
You want a song that feels like a candlelit reading of a suicide note performed in a cathedral and somehow becomes the anthem at an und...
Funktronica Songwriting Advice
Funktronica is a subgenre of electronic dance music that combines the funk and soul of the 1970s with modern electronic production tech...
Death Metal Songwriting Advice
You want a song that punches through walls and makes necks negotiate with gravity. You want riffs that feel like a fistful of black cof...
Help Me Write A Song
You shouted into the void and the void answered with a beat idea and a bad text to your ex.</strong Good news. You are closer to a f...