Songwriting Advice
Beach Music Songwriting Advice
You want a song that smells like sunscreen and bad decisions but sounds like paradise. You want the crowd to sway, shout the chorus, an...
Space Disco Songwriting Advice
Space disco, a subgenre of electronic dance music, emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Characterized by its futuristic and cosmi...
Microsound Songwriting Advice
What is Microsound?
Microsound is a term coined by musician and producer Thomas Dolby to describe the subtle, often imperceptible sound...
Minimal Wave Songwriting Advice
Minimal wave songwriting is a genre-bending approach to creating music that emphasizes simplicity, repetition, and atmospheric textures...
Songwriting Process
You want songs that get finished and make people feel things fast. You want a process that turns messy inspiration into a tight track t...
Baggy Songwriting Advice
You have a pile of lines that feel important but the song sounds like a sweater that swallowed a human. Baggy songwriting advice is the...
Industrial And Post-Industrial Songwriting Advice
You want music that rattles teeth and stays in the ear. You want texture so thick it could be filed as a weapon. You want lyrics that f...
Jerkin' Songwriting Advice
This is not a safe space for boring songs. This is a full contact writing clinic that slaps your idea awake, forces a hook to speak cle...
Viking Rock Songwriting Advice
Want to write Viking Rock that makes people bang their heads and then cry into a wool blanket? Good. You are in the right longhouse. Vi...
Noise Pop Songwriting Advice
You want a melody that sticks and a wall of sound that makes ears shiver with delight. Noise pop is a delicious contradiction. It pairs...