How to Write Songs
How to Write Post-Metal Songs
You want weight and atmosphere in the same package. You want riffs that feel like tectonic plates moving and quiet parts that make the ...
How to Write Axé Songs
You want a song that makes people drop their empanadas and dance in the street. Axé is celebration in audio form. It is a sound born in...
How to Write Jit Songs
You want a Jit song that makes feet move, phones record it, and your aunt lose her dignity on the dance floor. Good. Jit music lives wh...
How to Write Cowpunk Songs
You want songs that spit whiskey and sprint down a back alley. Cowpunk is country attitude in a punk jacket. It is twang and snarl, ste...
How to Write Acid Jazz Songs
You want a song that smells like vinyl and gets people moving without them knowing exactly why. Acid jazz is where jazz sophistication ...
How to Write Tecnocumbia Songs
So you want to write a Tecnocumbia banger. Good call. Tecnocumbia is the spicy cousin of classic cumbia that went to a rave, got a synt...
How to Write Māori Music Songs
You want to write songs that honour te ao Māori and actually sound good. You want language that lands, melodies that sit naturally with...
How to Write Adult Album Alternative Songs
If you want songs that feel like late night drives, kitchen light confessions, and that quiet roar under a sold out room, you are in th...
How to Write Hong Kong English Pop Songs
You want a song that sounds like Hong Kong but sings like the world. You want a chorus that a fan can sing in the MTR and a verse that ...
How to Write Gamelan Songs
You want a gamelan song that feels ancient and new at the same time. You want pulsating gongs, interlocking metalophones, a melody that...