Posts by Toni Mercia
Requiring Audits Only In A Distant Jurisdiction - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
Short version You sign a record deal, publishing deal, distribution deal, or sync contract and the small print says you can audit the c...
Billboard Top 100 Music Managers Executive
Picture this: you're jamming out in your bedroom studio, pen in hand, dreaming of the day your lyrics hit the Billboard charts while le...
How To Write A Pop Song In 5 Minutes
You want a pop song idea that hits like a text from your ex that you will not answer. You want a hook you can hum in line at the coffee...
How to Write Lyrics About Forests
Forests are big, weird, and excellent metaphors. They are also full of sensory details that make lyrics feel real without sounding like...
How to Write Drone Metal Songs
You want to build earthquakes with guitars. You want held notes that vibrate the fillings in your molars. You want a song that dissolve...
Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Quick promise You will walk away able to steal exactly what works in the song and use those moves in your next chorus. We are doing a f...
How to Write Album Oriented Rock Lyrics
You want lyrics that hit like a freight train and stick in the skull like gum on a stadium shoe. Album Oriented Rock, often called AOR,...
Trailer/Advert Re-Cuts Allowed With No Extra Fee - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
You just got a sync placement in a trailer or an advert and their email says re cuts allowed with no extra fee. It sounds like a tiny g...
How to Write Punkabilly Songs
Want a song that sounds like Elvis got mad and joined a skate crew? Good. Punkabilly mixes rockabilly twang and punk rage into songs th...
Koop Kuper, Manager at Recovery Recordings
Koop Kuper is a highly respected music industry professional, currently serving as the Manager at Recovery Recordings. With a wealth of...