How to Write Songs
How to Write Country Songs
You want a song that feels like a front porch at dusk. You want a story that arrives in plain speech and somehow still knocks the wind ...
How to Write Ballroom Songs
You want songs that make dancers look like they were born with perfect posture. Ballroom music is a craft. It glues feet to rhythm and ...
How to Write Latin Rock Songs
You want a Latin rock song that smacks the chest and moves the feet. You want guitars that cut, percussion that breathes, lyrics that f...
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 Luk Thung Songs
You want a Luk Thung song that makes abattoir workers cry at sunrise and nightclub DJs nod at midnight. You want genuine country heart,...
How to Write Lithuanian Folk Music Songs
You want something that smells like birch smoke and grandma at the table and still hits on Spotify. You want melodies that feel ancient...
How to Write Philly Club Songs
You want a song that breaks the floor and blasts out of a phone speaker. You want bounce, attitude, and a hook you can scream into a ca...
How to Write Electronic Pop Songs
Understanding the Genre
Electronic pop, also known as electropop, is a subgenre of pop music that heavily incorporates electronic eleme...
How to Write Crossover Music Songs
You want a song that lives in two playlists and owns both. You want a chorus that slams at a festival and also sounds intimate on a lat...
How to Write Reductionism Songs
Reductionism songs are the art of saying more by saying less. Think Leonard Cohen whispering cosmic pain into a single toothbrush, or B...