Posts by Toni Mercia
How to Write a Song About Folk Music
You want a song that feels like it belongs to the road, the kitchen table, or the corner of a bar where people lean in and forget their...
How to Write Lyrics About Team Spirit
Want a song that turns a group of strangers into a squad of believers? You want lyrics that people will shout in a locker room and hum ...
Backline Rentals Billed At Inflated Rates - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
Someone charged your band three times the quoted rate the day before the show. You are sitting in a green room that smells like sadness...
Antarctica Songwriting Advice
You want a song that sounds like an iceberg walking into a stadium and then winks at the crowd. You want imagery so crisp listeners fee...
Cortney Riles, Social Media Manager at Kobalt Music Contact Details
Cortney Riles is a highly respected Social Media Manager at Kobalt Music, a leading independent music services company. As a key figure...
Neo-Bop Jazz Songwriting Advice
Welcome to the clinic where classic jazz chops meet attitude and modern taste. If you write music and you like chord movement, clever m...
How to Write Teen Pop Songs
You want a teen pop song that gets lip synced in bathrooms and remade in 15 second videos. You want a hook that a roommate will hum whi...
Electro-Industrial Songwriting Advice
You want a track that hits like a factory door slamming at 2 AM and still makes people dance. You want textures that sound like razor w...
How to Write Neo-Bop Jazz Songs
Want to write Neo Bop songs that sound like they were born in a smoky club and uploaded straight to a curated playlist? Good. You are i...
Trance Music Songwriting Advice
You want to write trance tracks that make people cry at 4 AM and text their ex the next day. Good. Trance is the genre that trades in b...