How to Write Songs
How to Write Classic Female Blues Songs
You want grit, soul, and a lyric that makes people laugh and cry in the same breath. You want a voice that sounds like a story told fro...
How to Write Thrash Metal Songs
You want riffs that punch a hole in the wall and choruses that start riotous head nods. You want drum patterns that run like a jackhamm...
How to Write Russian Pop Songs
You want a Russian pop song that gets stuck in a listener like sunflower seeds in a coat pocket. You want a chorus people sing at karao...
How to Write Dark Psytrance Songs
You want a track that drags ankles across the dance floor and makes people forget what daylight is. Dark psytrance is the lane where mo...
How to Write Pub Rock (United Kingdom) Songs
Want a song that sounds like a sweaty Friday night with sticky floors and a crowd chanting your chorus? Pub rock is the brawny cousin o...
How to Write Musique Concrète Songs
Ready to throw your guitar out the window and glue a train ticket to a snare drum? Musique concrète gives you permission to treat sound...
How to Write Underground Music Songs
You want songs that sound like they came from a back alley conversation at three a.m. You want music that smells like instant coffee an...
How to Write Psychedelic Music Songs
You want a song that opens a door into a different room of the brain. You want sounds that feel like light bending, lyrics that read li...
How to Write Canterbury Scene Songs
You want ambiguity that sounds intentional and weird charm that reads like poetry while still being singable. You want jazzy chords tha...
How to Write Death Metal Songs
You want something brutal, memorable and real enough to make your neighbors reconsider their life choices. Death metal is an honest bea...