Posts by Toni Mercia
Anarcho Punk Songwriting Advice
Want to write songs that sound like they are trying to burn down injustice while making your friends pogo and think harder? Good. This ...
How to Write Country Pop Lyrics
You want lyrics that make people cry in the car and hum on the bus ride home. You want lines that belong in a roadside diner one minute...
How to Write Video Game Music Songs
You want your music to feel like part of the world. You want players to hum it walking away from the screen. You want your track to sup...
How to Write Delta Blues Songs
Delta blues is grittier than a weekend motel pillow case and more honest than your last breakup text. If you want songs that ache, that...
How to Write Proibidão Lyrics
Proibidão is spicy, raw, and controversial. If you are drawn to the energy, the percussive flow, and the way a line can land like a pun...
How to Write Microsound Songs
If your songs could fit inside a single breath and still slap, you are in the right place. Microsound is the art of using tiny fragment...
How to Write Lyrics About Philanthropy
You want to write a song that moves wallets and souls without sounding like a charity ad read by a robot. You want people to cry in the...
Hardbass Songwriting Advice
You want a track that punches the speakers and makes people squat in sync. Hardbass is a mood. It is speed, attitude, and bass that mov...
How to Write Dungeon Synth Lyrics
Want lyrics that smell like candle smoke and iron and also hit on Spotify? Good. Dungeon synth is equal parts myth, mood, and the kind ...
How to Write Lyrics About Choice
Choice is the secret currency of the human soundtrack. Songs about choosing are emotionally magnetic because choice means stakes. Choic...