How to Write Songs
How to Write Avant-Prog Songs
Want to write music that sounds like a mad science lab got into a love affair with a symphony and then invited a jazz drummer over for ...
How to Write Rebetiko Songs
You want grit, salt, and a melody that smells of sea and cigarettes. You want a song the bartender will nod at and the taxi driver will...
How to Write Indie Folk Songs
You want a song that smells like rain on cheap coffee and reads like a postcard from the part of your life you never quite recovered fr...
How to Write Folk Ragtime Songs
You want songs that sound like your granddad found a jazz record and then fell in love with folk campfire truth. Folk ragtime is that a...
How to Write Alternative R&B Songs
You want a song that feels like midnight sunlight. You want textures that catch a listener between memory and desire. You want lyrics t...
How to Write Ambient Songs
You want music that feels like a space you can live inside. Something that flattens the edge of a bad day and lets your brain breathe. ...
How to Write Benga Songs
You want a Benga song that makes feet move, head nod, and people chant the hook back in the tuk tuk or at your next show. Good. Benga i...
How to Write African Blues Songs
You want songs that sound like they walked out of a dusty village porch and into a neon club. You want melodies that bend like river wa...
How to Write Ragini Songs
You want a song that feels ancient and sounds fresh. You want a melody that breathes the soil of raga and a lyric that makes someone in...
How to Write Atmospheric Black Metal Songs
You want the music to feel like a midnight forest that remembers your secrets. You want guitars that slice and float at the same time. ...