Posts by Toni Mercia
Funky House Songwriting Advice
You want people to lose their shoes on the dancefloor and text their ex through clenched teeth after your drop. Funky House is not just...
Baltic States Songwriting Advice
Welcome to the most honest songwriting guide the Baltics did not know they needed. If you write songs in Estonia Latvia or Lithuania or...
Music Agents Managers Los Angeles
Los Angeles isn’t just a city, it’s a playground for dreamers, innovators, and music makers who dare to chase that elusive break into t...
How to Write Stride Jazz Songs
You want music that jumps out of the piano like a person with too much coffee. You want a left hand that walks like it owns the room. Y...
How to Write a Song About Sibling Relationships
Siblings are messy, sacred, hilarious, and sometimes criminally underrated as songwriting fuel. Whether you want to write a tender lull...
Hill Country Blues Songwriting Advice
Hill Country Blues is a unique and captivating genre of music that originated in the hill country of Mississippi. It's characterized by...
Power Noise Songwriting Advice
As musicians, we're often told to strive for perfection, to craft songs that are polished and refined. But what if we told you that emb...
Justin Johnstone, Booking Agent at Present Tense Artist Solutions
Justin Johnstone is a respected booking agent at Present Tense Artist Solutions, a leading artist management and booking agency in the ...
Political Hip Hop Songwriting Advice
You want a song that punches wallets and opens minds. You want bars that make people nod, cringe, and then actually do something. You w...
How to Write a Song About Alienation
You want your song to make someone who feels invisible feel seen. You want lyrics that land like a warm smack and melodies that hold th...