How to Write Songs
How to Write Live Electronic (Livetronica) Songs
You want tracks that land in a club, a festival field, or a living room and still feel like they are breathing right now. You want beat...
How to Write Taqwacore Songs
Want to write a Taqwacore song that punches like a fist at the mic and still carries your prayer mat energy? Cool. You are in the sweet...
How to Write Post-Punk Songs
You want a song that hits like a sardonic punch to the chest. You want guitars that jangle or jab, bass that propels, drums that snap, ...
How to Write Kayōkyoku Songs
You want a song that sounds like Tokyo at dusk. You want a melody that feels both nostalgic and intimate. You want lyrics that fold pol...
How to Write Two-Tone Songs
If you want listeners to feel like they are walking into two different rooms during the same song, you are in the right place. Two tone...
How to Write Post-Grunge Songs
You want songs that feel like a bruised handshake from the 1990s but not a nostalgia cosplay. Post-grunge is the genre that took the ra...
How to Write Norteño Songs
You want a Norteño song that hits like abuela's kitchen gossip and a roadside party at the same time. You want the accordion to say exa...
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 Progressive Rock Songs
You want music that feels daring, cinematic, and slightly dangerous. Progressive rock, which fans sometimes call prog, is the playgroun...
How to Write Psychedelic Music Songs
You want a song that opens a door into a different room of the brain. You want sounds that feel like light bending, lyrics that read li...