Songwriting Guides

Craft Songo that is tight, finished, and release ready, focusing on mix translation, arrangement clarity, 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

Craft Zouk-Lambada that feels ready for stages and streams, focusing on arrangement clarity, hook design. You will learn

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

Who it is for

• Artists and producers making zouk-lambada that feels current and honest

What you get

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

Empowerment songs that really feel true-to-life and memorable, using hook verbs, spotlight lines for performance, and sharp image clarity. You will learn

• Second-person boosts that feel earned
• Metaphor ladders from small to mighty
• Key lifts for tingles
• Hook verbs that roar
• Spotlight lines for performance
• Tight edits that keep the punch

Who it is for

• Artists crafting stage-ready, life-lifting anthems

What you get

• Boost phrase vault
• Metaphor ladder prompts
• Lift placement map
• Punch-edit checklist

Finish songs that really feel ready for stages and streams, using prosody, images over abstracts, 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

Craft Harsh Noise Wall that really feels true to roots yet fresh, using atonal or modal writing without losing intent, rhythm cells, and focused lyric tone. You will learn

• Extended techniques and prepared sounds
• Atonal or modal writing without losing intent
• Graphic scores and chance operations
• Rhythm cells that evolve not loop
• Noise as structure with dynamics
• Staging pieces for gallery or stage

Who it is for

• Artists exploring experimental songwriting that still communicates

What you get

• Technique menus
• Form experiments
• Constraint prompt decks
• Recording oddities checklist

Storytelling songs that really feel ready for stages and streams, using images over abstracts, prosody, and sharp image clarity. 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