How to Write Songs
How to Write Deathrock Songs
Deathrock is dramatic, a little theatrical, and deliciously grimy. If you are that person who puts black nail polish on their anxiety a...
How to Write Reggaeton Songs
You want a track that moves bodies before the words land. You want a hook that a crowd can chant with one drink in hand and a phone in ...
How to Write Zeuhl Songs
You want music that feels like a ritual and a fever dream at once. You want pounding drums, bass that behaves like a propulsive animal,...
How to Write Easy Listening Songs
You want a song that feels like warm socks and a clever joke. Easy listening is not background mush. It is careful craft that supports ...
How to Write Kidandali Songs
You want a song that makes boda bodas slow down and sound systems wake up. You want a chorus that people sing at boda stands, at weddin...
How to Write Rhythmic Oldies Songs
You want a song that makes people tap their foot, slide across a kitchen floor, and then text their ex with regret. Rhythmic oldies is ...
How to Write Kyrgyz Folk Music Songs
You want a song that feels like a sunrise over Tien Shan and a late night text from home at the same time. You want melodies that sit i...
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 British Blues Songs
You want your song to sound like a rainy pub at midnight and also make people cry into their pints. You want riffs that bite and lyrics...
How to Write Olympic Hymn Songs
You want a song that makes forty thousand people cry and then fist pump at the same time. You want a melody that sounds monumental and ...