Songwriting Advice
Grunge Songwriting Advice
Grunge is messy, loud, honest, and strangely melodic. It sounds like someone scraped their favorite memory against a brick wall and kep...
How to Write New Wave Lyrics
You want lyrics that sound like neon light on wet asphalt. You want lines that feel detached and intimate at the same time. You want ph...
Deconstructed Club Songwriting Advice
Deconstructed club songwriting is a modern approach to crafting electronic dance music (EDM) tracks that focuses on breaking down the t...
How to Write a Song About Overcoming Obstacles
You want a song that punches the gut and then hands the listener a cup of victory coffee. You want lines that make people nod while dri...
How to Write Surf Pop Lyrics
You want lyrics that feel like a sunburn you choose to keep. You want the listener to taste salt and feel the sand stuck to their ankle...
How to Write Tecnocumbia Songs
So you want to write a Tecnocumbia banger. Good call. Tecnocumbia is the spicy cousin of classic cumbia that went to a rave, got a synt...
How to Write a Song About Problem-Solving
You want a song that makes people feel less alone when facing messy real life problems. You want hooks that stick, lines that sound lik...
How to Write Songs About Idleness
You want a song that turns doing nothing into an idea people want to replay. Idleness is funnier and messier than you think. It is not ...
How to Write Japanoise Songs
Japanoise is loud, proud, and unapologetically messy. If you imagine music as a polite dinner party, Japanoise is the friend who smashe...
How to Write a Song About Political Activism
You want a song that makes people feel something and then do something. You want lyrics that cut through the endless feed. You want a c...