How to Write Songs
How to Write Afro Pop Songs
You want a song that makes people move on first beat and cry on the second chorus. You want a groove that gets into the bones and a lyr...
How to Write Country Folk Songs
You want a song that smells like coffee at dawn and makes strangers cry at an open mic. You want lines that sound like they came from y...
How to Write Kapa Haka Songs
Yes you can write a kapa haka song. No you should not parachute into someone else s culture and wing it. Kapa haka is living cultural p...
How to Write Lo-Fi Songs
You want a track that feels like warm coffee at 2 a.m. You want the vibe to be so cozy that even your neighbor who hates music hums alo...
How to Write Psychedelic Funk Songs
Psychedelic funk is a subgenre of funk music that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s. It's characterized by its fusion of funk rhythms...
How to Write New Weird America Songs
You want songs that feel like a midnight porch ritual and a VHS dream at once. You want the weird corners of folk music to smell like i...
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 Western Swing Songs
You want a Western swing song that makes people kick up their boots and forget their phones. You want fiddles to cry, guitars to snap, ...
How to Write Toná Songs
You want a toná that feels like it came from the bottom of a throat and landed straight in the chest. You want words that stare you dow...
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...