Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Experimental Rock Songs
You want a song that rips up the rulebook and leaves a calling card on the listener's brain. Experimental rock is the playground where ...
How to Write Lyrics About Journalism
You want a song that reads like a perfect lede and hits like a headline. You want language that smells like coffee and newsprint and vo...
Hugh Fordin, President at DRG Contact Details
Hugh Fordin is the President at DRG (Drama Rights Group), a leading independent publisher of musical theatre and drama. With a vast exp...
Beat Writer’s Block (without burning sage on your interface)
Staring at your DAW and feeling nothing but shame and a blinking cursor? We have been there. You are not cursed. You are human and prob...
How to Write Screamo Lyrics
You want lyrics that hit like a headbutt and still make someone cry into their hoodie. Screamo is an emotional grenade wrapped in velve...
How to Write Pirate Metal Songs
You want songs that smell like salt, swing like a boarding party, and still smash the speakers. Pirate metal is the perfect ridiculous ...
What Is an A&R Manager
Picture this: You’re at a party, bobbing your head to the latest indie banger, when someone leans over and whispers, “Ever wonder how t...
How to Write Chiptune Songs
You want a tune that sounds like your childhood console just grew a personality and a snarky attitude. You want a melody that can loop ...
How to Write Lyrics About Rights
You want to write about rights and not sound like a pamphlet read aloud by a caffeinated law student. You want lines that make people f...
Singer-Songwriter Songwriting Advice
You write songs and play them live. You also lose socks, over water your plants, and sometimes cry into a bowl of cereal because a chor...