How to Write Songs
How to Write Philly Club Songs
You want a song that breaks the floor and blasts out of a phone speaker. You want bounce, attitude, and a hook you can scream into a ca...
How to Write Vaporwave Songs
You want a song that smells like a late checkout at a mall that no longer exists. You want reverb that feels like a ceiling too high to...
How to Write Tropicalia Songs
You want a song that smells like warm rain on concrete and a protest banner folded into a love letter. Tropicalia or Tropicália is a mo...
How to Write Horrorcore Songs
You want to scare people into replaying the track until they start sleeping with the lights on. Horrorcore is about using horror movie ...
How to Write British Blues Songs
You want your song to sound like a rainy pub at midnight and also make people cry into their pints. You want riffs that bite and lyrics...
How to Write Bush Band Songs
You want songs that pull a crowd onto the floor. You want tunes that feel like an invitation and lyrics that people remember long after...
How to Write Bulerías Songs
You want a bulerias that hits like a lightning bolt and makes people clap like they mean it. You want lyrics that feel raw and playful ...
How to Write Speedcore Songs
Understanding Speedcore Music
Speedcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the 1990s, characterized by its extremely fast t...
How to Write African Hip Hop Songs
You want bars that hit like a street sermon and a hook that the whole block can mouth like it is oxygen. African hip hop is furious, me...
How to Write Shoegaze Songs
You want a song that feels like walking through fog with a small amp in your chest. You want guitar clouds that hug the melody. You wan...