How to Write Songs
How to Write Beautiful Music Songs
Beauty in music is not a mystery reserved for people born with perfect ears. It is a set of choices you can practice. You can learn the...
How to Write Son Songs
Before diving into the specifics of writing son songs, it's essential to understand the fundamentals of songwriting. A song typically c...
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 Bardcore Songs
So you want to make a song that sounds like it was performed in a smoky tavern with a lute and a level two wizard backing vocals. Welco...
How to Write Art Rock Songs
You want a song that feels like a gallery show and a mosh pit at the same time. Art rock is the genre that says yes to theatrical ideas...
How to Write Breakbeat Hardcore Songs
You want a track that punches speakers, wrecks shoes, and makes people drop whatever polite adulting they were doing. Breakbeat hardcor...
How to Write Juke House Songs
You want a track that makes people lose their sense of personal space and dignity on the dance floor. You want a rhythm that feels like...
How to Write Modal Jazz Songs
Modal jazz is the musical equivalent of taking a scenic route. Instead of obeying the strict traffic laws of functional harmony you giv...
How to Write Neue Deutsche Todeskunst Songs
You want a song that feels like a candlelit reading of a suicide note performed in a cathedral and somehow becomes the anthem at an und...
How to Write Hispanic Songs
You want songs that feel like home and hit like a surprise party in the passenger seat. You want rhythms that make people move, words t...