How to Write Songs
How to Write Surf Punk Songs
You want a song that smells like sunscreen, cheap beer, and righteous anger. You want guitar tones that sound like crashing waves and d...
How to Write Australian Folk Music Songs
You want a song that smells like a dusty highway and tastes like a cold drink after a long arvo. You want lines that sound like they we...
How to Write Tecnocumbia Songs
So you want to write a Tecnocumbia banger. Good call. Tecnocumbia is the spicy cousin of classic cumbia that went to a rave, got a synt...
How to Write Power Pop Songs
You want a song that slaps in the chest and gets stuck in the brain. Power pop is sugar and adrenaline. It is melody that refuses to be...
How to Write Psychedelic Rock Songs
You want a song that sounds like a neon dream at 3 a.m. You want textures that bend time, lyrics that open doors in the brain, and hook...
How to Write Chicago Blues Songs
You want a Chicago blues song that sounds like it came from a bar with sticky floors and better stories. You want gritty lines that bit...
How to Write Funk Melody Songs
You want a melody that makes bodies move before brains understand why. You want a riff that acts like a secret handshake. You want voca...
How to Write Romani Music Songs
You want songs that carry fire, history, and immediate groove. Romani music is powerful because it is honest, improvisational, and root...
How to Write Baul Songs
You want a Baul song that carries the dust of the road and the light of something restless inside. You want words that feel like a pray...
How to Write Post-Britpop Songs
You want those big honest choruses that make strangers scream your lyrics at a small sweaty venue. You want the emotional clarity of Br...