How to Write Songs
How to Write Gothabilly Songs
You want songs that smell like incense, grease, and midnight drive ins. You want a chorus that crawls out of a grave but still makes pe...
How to Write Traditional Country Songs
You want a country song that feels like it was pulled from a porch light and handed to your ears by a buddy who smells like coffee and ...
How to Write Folk Rock Songs
You want songs that feel lived in and singable in a crowded bar. You want lyrics that look like a diary and music that can both sit by ...
How to Write Alternative Dance Songs
You want a club that feels like a secret and a song that makes people move and think at the same time. Alternative dance sits at the in...
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 Contemporary R&B Songs
You want songs that feel like velvet but hit like a gut punch. You want vocals that swim through chords and lyrics that read like a sec...
How to Write Power Pop Songs
You want a song that slaps in the chest and gets stuck in the brain. Power pop is sugar and adrenaline. It is melody that refuses to be...
How to Write Dixieland Songs
Want to write a Dixieland song that sounds like a brass band shoved a trumpet into your chest and left you grinning forever? Good. We a...
How to Write Punk Rap Songs
You want a track that punches through the noise and makes people pogo while yelling every word back at you. Punk rap lives where spitfi...
How to Write Traditional Bluegrass/Neo-Traditional Bluegrass Songs
Before diving into the art of writing traditional bluegrass or neo-traditional bluegrass songs, it's essential to understand the roots ...