Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write Lyrics About Mourning
This is a practical guide for writing songs that handle loss with honesty and craft. You will find real life prompts, before and after ...
How to Write Lubbock Sound Songs
You want songs that sound like Lubbock but still feel like yours. You want the sunbaked clarity of Buddy Holly, the small town stories ...
How to Write Lyrics About Relationships
You want a relationship song that actually lands. You want lines that feel like a text you should not have sent but did anyway. You wan...
Engineer Managers for Music
Imagine a world where the precision of engineering meets the raw passion of music creation, a universe where spreadsheets intertwine wi...
How to Be an A&R at a Record Label
Picture this: you’re at the trendiest underground gig, rubbernecking through a sea of debuting artists, armed with an infectious passio...
How to Write Tread Rap Songs
You want raw energy that snaps in the club and sounds real on the block. Tread is a style that hits fast, moves heavy, and leaves liste...
How to Write Lyrics About Hip Hop And Rap
You want bars that land like a knockout and hooks that stick to the brain. You want lines that make people nod, rewind, and text their ...
How to Write Freakbeat Songs
You want a song that sounds like someone stole a transistor radio, fed it espresso, and let it loose in a sweaty mod club. Freakbeat is...
Rappers and Managers Music Cannot Form Cameras
Welcome to a world where the unexpected converges, where rappers, managers, music, and even cameras collide in an enigmatic dance of cr...
How to Write Lyrics About Time
Time is the one thing every listener lives inside. You want lyrics that make a minute feel like a movie and a decade feel like a blink....