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Billy Bragg - A New England Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
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Billy Bragg - A New England Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 6, 2025
You came for lyric secrets and you hit pay dirt. Billy Bragg wrote A New England in a voice that sounds like a mate who tells you to qu...
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Penny Kassay Asencio, President at Kassay Global Services Contact Details
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Penny Kassay Asencio, President at Kassay Global Services Contact Details

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
September 12, 2024
As a musician, getting in touch with industry professionals like Penny Kassay Asencio, President at Kassay Global Services, can be a ga...
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Prince - Purple Rain Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
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Prince - Purple Rain Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 6, 2025
This is not a fan shrine. This is a songwriting master class wrapped in purple velvet and a stadium sized guitar solo. Prince wrote son...
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Post-Rock Songwriting Advice
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Post-Rock Songwriting Advice

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
August 6, 2024
Post-rock is a genre of music that emerged in the 1990s, characterized by its use of rock instruments to create a soundscape that is of...
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Sync Deal Uses Perpetuity Buyout For Pennies - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid

Sync Deal Uses Perpetuity Buyout For Pennies - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 6, 2025
If a music buyer offers you a one time fee to license your song forever for pocket change you probably just stepped into a legal comedy...
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How to Write a Song About Music Fandom
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How to Write a Song About Music Fandom

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You are obsessed and you want to make that obsession a banger. You want the chorus that people chant at shows. You want lines that land...
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Freak Folk Songwriting Advice
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Freak Folk Songwriting Advice

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You want songs that feel like a flashlight pointed at an attic memory. You want ritual imagery that sounds like it belongs to someone o...
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Original Pilipino Songwriting Advice
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Original Pilipino Songwriting Advice

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
This is your cheat sheet for writing songs that feel like home and hit like a busker on a fiesta stage. If you are a songwriter in the ...
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How to Write Turbo-Folk Lyrics
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How to Write Turbo-Folk Lyrics

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want a turbo folk song that hits like a flock of confetti and a punch at the same time. You want the chorus to be shouted by drunk ...
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What Aspects of Aerodynamics Music Managers in This Field Know
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What Aspects of Aerodynamics Music Managers in This Field Know

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
March 26, 2025
Ever wondered how the sleek science of aerodynamics can inspire the art of music management? Picture your favorite music manager as bot...
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