How to Write Songs
How to Write Street Punk Songs
You want a song that spits truth into a sweaty room and makes people throw their drinks up and down like flags. Street punk is about gr...
How to Write Disco Polo Songs
You want a song that makes the whole hall dance, the aunties clap and your cousin record it on their phone. Disco Polo is the musical s...
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 Skiffle Songs
Skiffle is the sound of a kitchen sink party that learned to play music and never stopped. It is rough around the edges, loud in person...
How to Write Khaliji Songs
You want that Gulf heat in your music. You want melodies that feel like sun on sand and lyrics that hit like sweet Arabic coffee. You w...
How to Write Psychobilly Songs
You want a song that smells like cheap coffee, leather, and danger and still gets people dancing like they are being chased by a zombie...
How to Write British Dance Band Songs
You want music that makes people put their phones away and remember how to move their feet. You want songs that are elegant, cheeky, no...
How to Write Pop Songs
You want a song that sticks on first listen. You want a hook that feels obvious the second it appears. You want verses that move like s...
How to Write Lavani Songs
You want a Lavani that slaps, makes an audience clap, and gets phones recording before the second stanza. Lavani is Marathi folk music ...
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...