How to Write Songs
How to Write Hiplife Songs
You want a song that bangs in the club, tells a Ghanaian story, and gets shouted back from a boda boda to a rooftop bar. Hiplife is a l...
How to Write Balkan States Songs
You want a song that makes people stomp their feet, clap on the unexpected beat, and call their aunt to ask who taught you that melody....
How to Write Drumfunk Songs
Drumfunk is the kind of rhythm that makes your spine remember a beat it never met. It is messy in a perfect way. Drumfunk is about micr...
How to Write College Rock Songs
You want songs that feel like a late night walk across campus when the quad is empty and the fluorescent study lights glow like tiny sa...
How to Write French Pop Songs
You want a French pop song that hits in the métro, the playlist, and the stupidly specific moodboard your fans screenshot at 2 a.m. You...
How to Write Wave Songs
You want a song that feels like a late night drive through neon rain. A track that makes people want to put on headphones, stare at a c...
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 Classic Alternative Songs
You want a song that smells like late night radio in a cheap car and also like your teenage bedroom window left open. Classic alternati...
How to Write Música Popular Brasileira Songs
Yes, you can write an MPB song that sounds like it grew up in a bar by the beach and went to art school for three semesters. Música Pop...
How to Write Hipster Hop Songs
You want a song that smells like cold brew and smells like an underground record store but still goes viral. You want lyrics that read ...