Songwriting Advice
How to Write a Rap Song
You want verses that feel inevitable and hooks that live in people’s mouths for weeks. You want rhyme schemes that snap, cadences that ...
Lounge Music Songwriting Advice
Lounge music, also known as chillout or downtempo music, is a genre that evokes feelings of relaxation and calmness. As a songwriter, c...
Noisegrind Songwriting Advice
If your idea of catharsis includes tempo changes that make adrenaline jealous and noise textures that could wake the dead, welcome. Noi...
Sampledelia Songwriting Advice
As a musician, you're likely no stranger to the world of sampling. From hip-hop to electronic music, samples have become an integral pa...
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...
Psychedelic Trance Songwriting Advice
Welcome to the mushroom cloud of melody and bass. If you make psychedelic trance music you already know that a good track can feel like...
Hellbilly Songwriting Advice
You want a song that smells like whiskey, burns like ghostlight, and slaps like a coffin lid closing on a dance floor. Hellbilly lives ...
African Popular Music Songwriting Advice
You want a song that bangs in Lagos, resonates in Accra, and still gets the diaspora room singing every line back to you. You want rhyt...
Arabic Music Songwriting Advice
Want to write Arabic songs that hit like a shisha pipe at midnight? You want melodies that feel inevitable. You want lyrics that can be...
Old-Time Songwriting Advice
As a musician, understanding the roots of old-time songwriting can be a valuable asset in crafting meaningful and timeless songs. Old-t...