How to Write Songs
How to Write Space Age Pop Songs
You want a song that sounds like neon moons and elevator doors on another planet. You want earworms that float and land like zero gravi...
How to Write Marrabenta Songs
Marrabenta is a genre of music that originated in Mozambique in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a fusion of traditional Mozambican music, Po...
How to Write Lo-Fi House Songs
You want a groove that feels like a half remembered midnight party in a rooftop apartment. You want records that sound warm and slightl...
How to Write Tropipop Songs
You want a song that smells like sunblock and nostalgia and will still get radio plays in two summers. Tropipop is the kind of music th...
How to Write Krautrock Songs
You want a song that loops the listener into a trance and still sounds badass on a dirty club PA. You want a motorik groove that feels ...
How to Write Lovers Rock Songs
You want a Lovers Rock song that makes people sway slow, light a cigarette, and call their ex to say sorry for everything they ever did...
How to Write Latin Christian Songs
You want songs that make people dance and kneel at the same time. You want lyric lines that sound like prayer and slang in the same bre...
How to Write Dancehall Songs
You want a song that makes people jump out of chairs and forget their problems for three minutes. You want a riddim that gets stuck in ...
How to Write Skweee Songs
Skweee is that weird little cousin of funk who grew up on 8 bit cartoons and never learned to be subtle. If you like synths that sound ...
How to Write Freakbeat Songs
You want a song that sounds like someone stole a transistor radio, fed it espresso, and let it loose in a sweaty mod club. Freakbeat is...