How to Write Songs
How to Write T'Ong Guitar Songs
T'Ong guitar songs are the weirdly addictive cousin of indie folk and bedroom pop. They are jangly and intimate. They are percussive an...
How to Write Twee Pop Songs
You want songs that feel like a hand knitted sweater with glitter on the pocket. You want melodies that sound like sunshine through bic...
How to Write Blackened Death Metal Songs
You want songs that hit like a ritual and feel like a funeral pyre in a cathedral. You want riffs that smell like sulfur and melodies t...
How to Write Jazz Fusion Songs
You want a song that makes nerdy musicians nod and makes non nerd humans move and hum for days. Jazz fusion sits in that awkwardly sexy...
How to Write Progressive Music Songs
You want music that feels like a movie without the boring parts. You want songs that take listeners on a journey, not nap them into a p...
How to Write New Wave Of American Heavy Metal Songs
You want a song that knocks the wind out of people and makes air guitar look like cardio. You want riffs that people hum in the shower ...
How to Write Deconstructed Club Songs
Deconstructed club music is the art of breaking a club track into pieces and reassembling it so the result feels like a deliberate puzz...
How to Write Progressive Trance [It] Songs
Progressive trance is the long slow burn that makes festival crowds look like a single breathing organism. You want tracks that evolve,...
How to Write Dirty Rap Songs
You want the crowd to laugh then lean in. You want lines that make people gasp, then grin, then replay the bar in their head. Dirty rap...
How to Write Shamstep Songs
Shamstep is the musical lovechild of ancient street rituals and modern club bass. Think pounding darbuka and oud riffs colliding with w...