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Who is John Harris?
John Harris is the President and CEO of Affinity West, a leading music publishing and management company. With a we...
Verse Chorus Bridge: What They Actually Do
Stop guessing where to put the emotional punch. If you have ever written a verse that feels like filler, a chorus that sounds like a de...
Love Song Lyric Ideas
You want lines that hit like a late night text that somehow still feels honest. You want images that make listeners squint like they ju...
How to Write Lyrics About Love And Relationships
You want lyrics that hit like a text at midnight. You want words that make people laugh, cry, screenshot, and send to their ex in a fit...
How to Write Southern Gospel Songs
You want a Southern Gospel song that moves people to sing, cry, clap, and maybe stand up and shout. You want a chorus that the whole ch...
How to Write Lyrics About Rest
You want to write a song that makes people want to close their eyes without dozing off during the chorus. You do not want to write a lu...
How to Write Songs About Setting
You want a place that feels like a character. You want listeners to smell the coffee, taste the summer air, and remember the streetligh...
How to Write Industrial Hip Hop Songs
You want beats that hit like a factory press and lyrics that cut like a safety wire. Industrial hip hop is a marriage between raw noise...
How to Write Keroncong Songs
You want a keroncong song that feels like warm sugar tea in your ear. You want the gentle pluck of cuk, the bright tick of cak, a cello...
Royalties 101: Mechanical Performance Sync with Flows
If money were a song then royalties are the sheet music that tells people where the cash should go. You wrote a hook that makes a stran...