How to Write Songs
How to Write College Rock Songs
You want songs that feel like a late night walk across campus when the quad is empty and the fluorescent study lights glow like tiny sa...
How to Write Brega Songs
Want to write brega songs that make people laugh, cry, and share with reckless abandon? Good. Brega is the glorious art of being emotio...
How to Write Rebetiko Songs
You want grit, salt, and a melody that smells of sea and cigarettes. You want a song the bartender will nod at and the taxi driver will...
How to Write Danger Music Songs
You want a song that feels risky on purpose. You want the listener to lean forward, to feel a little electricity under the skin, to smi...
How to Write Hard Rock Songs
You want riffs that bruise and choruses that sing like a battle cry. You want lyrics that feel honest and vague at the same time so you...
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 ...
How to Write Nueva Canción Songs
You want songs that feel like they could start a march or make abuela cry in a good way. You want words that speak truth to power and m...
How to Write Kuduro Songs
Kuduro is a genre of music and dance that originated in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized by its fast-paced rhythm, energetic be...
How to Write Southern Soul Songs
This is Southern soul songwriting for people who want to feel like they were born in a porch swing and raised on greasy fried chicken a...
How to Write Punk Rock Songs
You want to write punk songs that make people jump, laugh, think, and maybe break a cheap amp. You want riffs that hit like a fist thro...