How to Write Songs
How to Write T'Ong Guitar Songs
T'Ong guitar songs are the weirdly addictive cousin of indie folk and bedroom pop. They are jangly and intimate. They are percussive an...
How to Write Future Garage Songs
You want to make something that feels like walking through a rainy city at 3 a.m. You want beats that sway like somebody blinking slowl...
How to Write Folk Metal Songs
You want a song that smells like pine trees and leather jackets at the same time. You want a riff that hits like a war drum and a choru...
How to Write Electronic Pop Songs
Understanding the Genre
Electronic pop, also known as electropop, is a subgenre of pop music that heavily incorporates electronic eleme...
How to Write Microsound Songs
If your songs could fit inside a single breath and still slap, you are in the right place. Microsound is the art of using tiny fragment...
How to Write Sludge Metal Songs
You want riffs that feel like being hugged by a tank. You want vocals that sound like a throat full of gravel. You want a song that mak...
How to Write Electrogrind Songs
Electrogrind is the sound of rage with a USB cable plugged into it. If grindcore and noise met an angry synthesizer at a rave you were ...
How to Write Gospel Music Songs
You want songs that move a room from silence to shout with purpose. You want lyrics that carry faith in plain speech. You want melodies...
How to Write Avant-Garde Jazz Songs
You want music that makes people blink, then grin, then wonder if the universe just winked at them. Avant garde jazz is the playground ...
How to Write Breakstep Songs
Want to make breakstep that slaps so hard your plants will grow bass roots? Good. Breakstep is the dirty cousin of garage and dubstep w...