Posts by Toni Mercia
Dangerous Riders Not Removed Venue Charges You - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
Your gig went fine until the settlement email arrived. The venue deducted a big chunk from your pay for a claim called dangerous rider ...
Balearic Trance Songwriting Advice
If your brain wants to be seaside and your feet want to be on a warm floor in a club at three a.m., welcome. Balearic trance is that ra...
How to Write Light Music Songs
Light music is the soundtrack for sunshine, small victories, and perfectly timed coffee spills. It is breezy without being shallow. It ...
Music Producers Contact
Picture this: you're a rising musician with fresh beats, killer hooks, and lyrics that practically sing themselves. But here's the plot...
How to Write Funkstep Songs
Funkstep is the love child of sweaty funk grooves and face melting bass music. It borrows the pocket and swagger of classic funk and pa...
Rich Christina, Senior Vice President, A&R at Warner Chappell Music Contact Details
Rich Christina is a renowned music industry executive who currently serves as the Senior Vice President of A&R at Warner Chappell M...
How to Write a Song About Suburban Life
You want a song that turns a cul de sac, a strip mall, and a bored Friday night into a thing people sing in cars and in showers. Suburb...
How to Write Minimal Techno Lyrics
You want words that punch through a heavy kick drum and still leave space to breathe. Minimal techno is built around repetition, textur...
How to Write Shamstep Songs
Shamstep is the musical lovechild of ancient street rituals and modern club bass. Think pounding darbuka and oud riffs colliding with w...
How to Write Lyrics About Symphony
You want to write lyrics that sound like an orchestra without needing a PhD in classical studies. You want lines that swell like string...