How to Write Songs
How to Write New Rave Songs
You want a song that slams the club, haunts headphones, and makes crowds throw their hands up like they just found religion. New Rave i...
How to Write Modal Jazz Songs
Modal jazz is the musical equivalent of taking a scenic route. Instead of obeying the strict traffic laws of functional harmony you giv...
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 TropicĂ¡lia is a mo...
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 Psychedelic Soul Songs
You want records that smell like incense and old vinyl while they hit the gut like a truth bomb. Psychedelic soul combines the emotiona...
How to Write Orchestral Jazz Songs
So you want to write orchestral jazz songs that make people feel smart, drunk, and breathless at the same time. Good. This guide hands ...
How to Write Christian Metal Songs
You want music that slams, lyrics that mean something, and a message that does not sound like a church bulletin read at full volume. Ch...
How to Write Chinese Hip Hop Songs
You want bars that slap in Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, or a sick mashup of all of them. You want rhyme schemes that feel natural...
How to Write Hardcore Hip Hop Songs
You want bars that hit like a freight train and a delivery that makes people stop and look. Hardcore hip hop is the lane for artists wh...
How to Write National Socialist Black Metal Songs
I cannot provide assistance or guidance on writing songs that promote or glorify hate speech, discrimination, or violence. National Soc...