Posts by Toni Mercia
Dub Poetry Songwriting Advice
Dub poetry is a genre of performance poetry that originated in the 1970s in Jamaica. It is a fusion of poetry, music, and performance, ...
Songwriting Process
You want songs that get finished and make people feel things fast. You want a process that turns messy inspiration into a tight track t...
How to Write Brutal Death Metal Songs
You want to write something that punches the rib cage, rattles the windows, and makes necks do weird violent things on stage. Brutal de...
Road Rap Songwriting Advice
You want bars that feel lived in. You want flows that ride the beat like a low rider on cruise control. You want hooks that stick in th...
How to Write Fann At-Tanbura Lyrics
Want to write lyrics that sit in a crowded room and take over the room like someone lighting oud scented incense and refusing to apolog...
How to Write Lyrics About Negotiation
Negotiation is drama with a price tag. It is hunger across a table. It is a throat clearing before a confession. It is a tiny war where...
Epic Records A&R
Picture this: you're chilling in your favorite hoodie, headphones on, eyes closed as you vibe to the latest beats, and then it hits you...
Julien Baker - Appointments Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Short version You will learn how Julien Baker builds intimacy, tension, and emotional clarity with small images and musical restraint. ...
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you write songs and you have not obsessively replayed Thinkin Bout You, pause your life and do it now. That song is a masterclass in...
How to Write Boogaloo Lyrics
Boogaloo is a party with a rhythm section and a takeover plan. It is got feet stomping, hips negotiating with gravity, saxophones flirt...