How to Write Songs
How to Write Middle Eastern Songs
Want to write a track that smells like cardamom and confidence? Great. You want melody that makes people lean in. You want rhythms that...
How to Write Hip Hop Songs
You want verses that feel inevitable when they land. You want a hook that lives on a loop inside a stranger’s head. You want storytelli...
How to Write Folk Pop Songs
You want songs that feel like a warm porch conversation and also a playlist earworm. Folk pop sits in the sweet spot between intimate s...
How to Write Dubstyle Songs
You want a track that rattles the ribs and hypnotizes the head. You want bass so thick it qualifies for its own postal code. You want s...
How to Write Cowpunk/Country-Punk Songs
Cowpunk, also known as country-punk, is a subgenre of punk rock that emerged in the 1980s. It combines the energy and attitude of punk ...
How to Write Hyperpop Songs
Hyperpop is pop turned up to eleven with glitter and a chainsaw. It is maximalist melody, awkward tenderness, and production choices th...
How to Write Tejano Songs
You want a Tejano song that hits the gut and gets the floor moving. You want an accordion lick that becomes your handshake. You want Sp...
How to Write Gangsta Rap Songs
You want bars that hit like an ex who stole your hoodie and your dignity. You want lines that smell like asphalt at night and feel like...
How to Write Sundanese Pop Songs
You want a song that sounds like Bandung at dusk and also bangs on Spotify. You want the lyrical truth of your neighborhood with a melo...
How to Write Hypnagogic Pop Songs
You want a song that feels like a lucid nap and a secret memory at the same time. Hypnagogic pop is a style that lives in the borderlan...