How to Write Songs
How to Write Arabesque Songs
You want tears that feel earned and a hook that sounds like it knows your last messy argument. Arabesque music is a genre that lives in...
How to Write Horror Punk Songs
Understanding the Horror Punk Genre
Horror punk, a subgenre of punk rock, is characterized by its dark and macabre themes, often inspir...
How to Write Sludge Metal Songs
You want riffs that feel like being hugged by a tank. You want vocals that sound like a throat full of gravel. You want a song that mak...
How to Write Progressive Jazz Songs
You want music that sounds smart without sounding like a music theory lecture in a coffee shop that smells like vintage vinyl and regre...
How to Write Gothic Country Songs
You want a song that smells like dust, whiskey and candle wax while it creeps into the back of the listener's skull. Gothic Country is ...
How to Write Jump-Up Songs
Want to make people pogo like rhinoceroses at 175 BPM? Welcome to the joyfully rude world of jump up. If you write music that makes clu...
How to Write Cajun Songs
You want a song that makes people slap a table and stand up to dance. You want lyrics that smell like hot sauce and morning coffee. You...
How to Write Roots Reggae Songs
You want that deep, righteous groove that makes people sway like a palm tree on a chill island night. You want lyrics that hit the spir...
How to Write R&B & Soul Songs
You want velvet melodies that land on the first spin. You want lyrics that feel like a private conversation with perfect timing. You wa...
How to Write Contemporary R&B Songs
You want songs that feel like velvet but hit like a gut punch. You want vocals that swim through chords and lyrics that read like a sec...