How to Write Songs
How to Write Space Age Pop Songs
You want a song that sounds like neon moons and elevator doors on another planet. You want earworms that float and land like zero gravi...
How to Write Indian Jazz Songs
You want your music to sound like the future of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Brooklyn hung out and wrote love letters to each other. Y...
How to Write Gothabilly/Hellbilly Songs
Understanding the Genre
Gothabilly and Hellbilly are subgenres of rockabilly music that emerged in the 1990s. Characterized by their da...
How to Write Rebetiko Songs
You want grit, salt, and a melody that smells of sea and cigarettes. You want a song the bartender will nod at and the taxi driver will...
How to Write TonĂ¡s Songs
You want to write a TonĂ¡s that hits like a gut punch and sounds like it could have been sung in an Andalusian courtyard two hundred yea...
How to Write Shashmaqam Songs
Yes, you can write a Shashmaqam song that sounds real and not like a well meaning tourist at karaoke night. Shashmaqam is a living clas...
How to Write Afro House Songs
You want a track that makes the floor move and the soul feel seen. You want percussion that hits like a heartbeat and a vocal that turn...
How to Write Drill 'N' Bass Songs
You want chaos that still grooves. You want drum programming that sounds like a cartoon hand grenade full of pocket watches. You want b...
How to Write Cantes De Ida Y Vuelta Songs
You want a song that smells like salt, coffee, and a passport photo that never quite developed right. You want flamenco that went to th...
How to Write European Songs
You want a song that works in Berlin clubs, Lisbon bars, Warsaw festivals, and midnight playlists in Oslo. Europe is not one country. E...