Posts by Toni Mercia
Miles Beard, Senior VIce President, A&R at Artist Publishing Group Contact Details
Miles Beard is a renowned music industry executive who serves as the Senior Vice President of A&R at Artist Publishing Group. With ...
How to Write M-Base Songs
Yes M-Base is a thing and no it is not a secret jazz cult ritual. If you like music that moves like a thinking body then M-Base can be ...
Jeff Robinson, GM at Third Monk Contact Details
As a musician, getting in touch with the right people in the industry can make all the difference in your career. One such influential ...
How to Write Jump-Up Lyrics
Want lyrics that make a crowd lose its mind? Welcome to jump up. This substyle of drum and bass is bass heavy, party ruthless, and abso...
How to Write Lyrics About Storms
Storms are drama you can sing about without apologizing for the melodrama. They are loud, messy, cinematic, and everyone has stood in o...
How to Write Djent Lyrics
You want words that hit like a palm muted low string and stick like an earworm chant. Djent is the music of tight, mathematic riffs, we...
Brian Slagel , President at METAL BLADE RECORDS Contact Details
Brian Slagel is the founder and president of Metal Blade Records, one of the most influential and respected heavy metal record labels i...
Kwela Songwriting Advice
Want to write Kwela songs that make people smile, stomp, and whistle on the way home? Good. You are in the right place. This guide give...
Bolero Songwriting Advice
You want a bolero that makes someone check their phone and cry into their empanada. You want lyrics that are intimate and specific. You...
How to Write Māori Music Lyrics
You want to write Māori lyrics that land like a punch and feel like home. You want words that sing naturally in te reo Māori, that resp...