How to Write Songs
How to Write Chamber Pop Songs
You want a song that sounds like a tiny orchestra and a secret whispered at the same time. Chamber pop lives where indie attitude meets...
How to Write Country Blues Songs
You want a country blues song that feels like a porch confession and slaps like a barroom truth. You want the right lazy guitar figure,...
How to Write Rasteirinha Songs
You want a rasteirinha track that makes people sway, laugh, kiss, and post a 15 second dance clip at the same time. Rasteirinha is slip...
How to Write Liwa Songs
You want sun soaked drums, a call that drags an entire crowd into motion, and a chant that echoes down the alley behind the souk. Liwa ...
How to Write Kuduro Songs
Kuduro is a genre of music and dance that originated in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized by its fast-paced rhythm, energetic be...
How to Write Kindie Rock Songs
You want kids singing your chorus from the back of the car and parents secretly humming the bridge in the shower. You want songs that f...
How to Write Proto-Prog Songs
You want music that sounds like a vinyl time machine crashed into a philosophy lecture. You want weird meters that feel human, melodies...
How to Write Hard Dance Songs
You want a track that makes the floor fold like origami. You want DJs to drop it at closing time and for strangers to scream the lead l...
How to Write New Prog Songs
Prog has been reborn. Classic progressive rock and metal taught us to dream bigger than radio formats would allow. New prog keeps the b...
How to Write Rawstyle Songs
You want a track that punches through sound systems and makes people lose their minds. Rawstyle is brutal, emotional, and theatrical. I...