How to Write Songs
How to Write New Wave Songs
You want a song that sounds like neon lights in a rain soaked parking lot. You want synths that feel like a sly wink and lyrics that la...
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 Experimental Rock Songs
You want a song that rips up the rulebook and leaves a calling card on the listener's brain. Experimental rock is the playground where ...
How to Write Kuduro Songs
Kuduro is a genre of music and dance that originated in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized by its fast-paced rhythm, energetic be...
How to Write Baggy (Madchester) Songs
You want a song that feels like a sweaty club at 2 a.m. and an afternoon park jam at the same time. You want drums that push like a bac...
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...
How to Write Punta Songs
You want a Punta song that makes hips protest politely and phones start recording before the chorus finishes. You want rhythm that drag...
How to Write Honky-Tonk Piano Songs
Want a piano song that smells like spilled whiskey and feels like a Saturday night argument you win? You are in the right place. Honky ...
How to Write Nederbeat Songs
Want to write songs that sound like a sweaty Amsterdam club in the sixties with jangly guitars, big melodic hooks, and the sort of atti...
How to Write Dungeon Synth Songs
You want music that smells like a candlelit stone corridor and also bangs in a way that makes people nod with spooky appreciation. Dung...