Songwriting Guides

Craft a Friendship songs that really feel visceral and clear, using arrangement spots for shout lines, shared-history mini-stories, and sharp lyric tone. You will learn

• Inside-joke images that still translate
• Plural POV and gang vocals
• Shared-history mini-stories
• Hooks that toast not brag
• Bridge tributes without sap
• Arrangement spots for shout lines

Who it is for

• Artists celebrating true friends and found family

What you get

• Inside-joke prompt jar
• Plural-POV guide
• Toast hook templates
• Shout-line placement map

Success songs that really feel ready for stages and streams, using outro gratitude beats, origin-to-now contrasts, and sharp hook focus. You will learn

• Grateful flex tone without cringe
• Origin-to-now contrasts
• Family and team shout-outs
• Hook slogans that stick
• Short brag lists with images
• Outro gratitude beats

Who it is for

• Writers celebrating wins with heart and humility

What you get

• Contrast setup templates
• Slogan vault
• Shout-out planner
• Outro gratitude cues

Truth songs that really feel built for goosebumps, using pick the sharpest scene for feeling, prosody, and sharp lyric tone. You will learn

• Pick the sharpest scene for feeling
• Prosody that matches pulse
• Hooks that distill the truth
• Bridge turns that add perspective
• Images over abstracts
• Arrangements that support the story

Who it is for

• Songwriters chasing honest, powerful emotion writing

What you get

• Scene picker worksheet
• Prosody checklist
• Hook distiller
• Arrangement cue map

Shape Caribbean that feels clear, memorable, and moving, focusing on vocal phrasing, hook design. You will learn

• Groove selection and tempo sweet spots for caribbean
• Hook shapes and chorus symmetry that suit caribbean
• Lyric themes and imagery common to caribbean
• Vocal phrasing and breath that fit caribbean
• Arrangement choices that highlight signature sounds
• Mix decisions that keep energy clean and loud

Who it is for

• Artists and producers making caribbean that feels current and honest

What you get

• Groove and phrasing maps for caribbean
• Hook and chorus templates
• Scene prompt lists for fast drafting
• Mix and release checklists

Create Classic Alternative that really feels authentic and modern, using guitar and percussion sparkle, collab strategy and credit care, and focused lyric tone. You will learn

• Dembow and palm-wine options
• Call and response hook shapes
• Bilingual rhyme with nuance
• Guitar and percussion sparkle
• Arrangement for dance and streams
• Collab strategy and credit care

Who it is for

• Singers and producers crafting pan-African hits

What you get

• Rhythm grids
• Hook translators
• Perc phrase banks
• Collab checklists

Shape Son Cubano that is clear, memorable, and moving, focusing on vocal phrasing, hook design, and the details that make this style unmistakable. Expect practical steps you can repeat.Expect practical steps you can repeat.Expect practical steps you can repeat.You will learn

• Clave placement you can feel
• Montuno patterns that rise
• Tres and piano interlock
• Tumbao that pushes without crowding
• Coro and pregon call and response
• Section flow from intro to descarga

Who it is for

• Bands writing modern Cuban son with classic foundations

What you get

• Clave maps
• Montuno starter motifs
• Coro prompt lists
• Arrangement stencils