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

Alienation songs that really feel visceral and clear, using pick the sharpest scene for feeling, arrangements, and sharp section flow. 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

Deliver Tecnocumbia that really feels true to roots yet fresh, using arrangement for dancers and radio, bilingual rhyme with local color, and focused lyric tone. You will learn

• Clave awareness across substyles
• Lyric hooks that ride tumbao
• Call and response coro writing
• Percussion layering without mud
• Bilingual rhyme with local color
• Arrangement for dancers and radio

Who it is for

• Writers aiming for salsa, bachata, reggaeton, and more

What you get

• Clave and tumbao maps
• Hook translators
• Perc parts planner
• DJ and radio edit notes

Build Minimal Wave that really feels clear and memorable, using groove and tempo sweet spots, lyric themes and imagery, and focused lyric tone. You will learn

• Groove and tempo sweet spots
• Hook symmetry and chorus lift
• Lyric themes and imagery that fit
• Vocal phrasing with breath control
• Arrangements that spotlight the core sound
• Mix choices that stay clear and loud

Who it is for

• Artists making modern, honest records

What you get

• Groove and phrasing maps
• Hook templates
• Scene prompts
• Mix and release checks

Deliver a Confidence Building songs that really feel ready for stages and streams, using post-chorus tags, pre-chorus climbs, and sharp hook focus. You will learn

• Anthem math for crowd shouts
• Verb-led hooks that feel unstoppable
• Status images that avoid flex clichés
• Pre-chorus climbs that explode
• Alliterative punch for swagger
• Post-chorus tags that brand you

Who it is for

• Artists writing big, strut-forward anthems

What you get

• Chant map templates
• Hook verb lists
• Status image prompts
• Tagline and ad-lib bank

Create Ethnic Electronica And Regional Edm that really feels true to roots yet fresh, using hook symmetry and chorus lift, groove and tempo sweet spots, and focused hook design. You will learn

• Groove and tempo sweet spots
• Hook symmetry and chorus lift
• Lyric themes and imagery that fit
• Vocal phrasing with breath control
• Arrangements that spotlight the core sound
• Mix choices that stay clear and loud

Who it is for

• Artists making modern, honest records

What you get

• Groove and phrasing maps
• Hook templates
• Scene prompts
• Mix and release checks