How to Write Songs
How to Write Outsider Music Songs
Outsider music is a genre of music that is characterized by its DIY ethos, experimental approach, and often, a complete disregard for t...
How to Write Blackgaze Songs
If black metal and shoegaze hooked up, what would their love child sound like? That child is blackgaze. It is loud and tender. It is ab...
How to Write Death-Doom Songs
You want music that feels like a cathedral collapsing slowly and beautifully. You want riffs that press the chest. You want vocals that...
How to Write Sampledelia Songs
Sampledelia is the art of making music from other music. It is a collage of found sounds, looped grooves, and weird sonic glue that tur...
How to Write Gypsy Music Songs
Yes this guide uses the word Gypsy because you asked for it. We also need to be honest and respectful. Many people prefer the term Roma...
How to Write Avant Punk Songs
You want a song that punches your gut and confuses your parents in the best possible way. Avant punk is the beautiful wreckage where pu...
How to Write Zydeco Songs
You want a song that makes people drop whatever they are doing and move their feet. You want accordion lines that feel like an argument...
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 Zouk Songs
You want a Zouk song that makes bodies move and hearts melt at the same time. You want a groove that feels like warm satin on the dance...
How to Write Harsh Noise Wall Songs
You want to create a sonic monolith that pins a room to a single mood. You want a mass of sound that is both terrifying and intimate. H...