Songwriting Advice
Beat Writer’s Block (without burning sage on your interface)
Staring at your DAW and feeling nothing but shame and a blinking cursor? We have been there. You are not cursed. You are human and prob...
How to Write Doo-Wop Lyrics
You want a lyric that makes people sway slow and sing along before they know why. You want doo wop lines that live in basements and din...
Chicha Songwriting Advice
Want to write chicha songs that make people dance, cry, and text their ex at 2 a.m.? Good. Chicha is a musical glue that sticks people ...
Igbo Highlife Songwriting Advice
Want to write Igbo Highlife that makes grandmas clap and DJs play your song three nights straight? Good. You are in the right place. Th...
How to Write Ambient Dub Lyrics
Ambient dub lyrics are mood over message. They are half whisper and half echo. They hang in a room of delay and reverb and then disappe...
St. Louis Blues Songwriting Advice
The St. Louis Blues is a unique and influential genre of music that originated in the 1920s and 1930s in the African-American community...
How to Write Ambient Lyrics
Ambient lyrics are not about telling every detail. They are about becoming a sonic fog that a listener walks into and remembers. Think ...
How to Write Lyrics About First Kiss
First kisses are emotional land mines that smell like gum and possibility. They are tiny nuclear events that rewrite a relationship tim...
Brandra Ringo, Senior Director of A&R at Warner Chappell Music Contact Details
Who is Brandra Ringo?
Brandra Ringo is a highly respected and accomplished music industry professional, currently serving as the Senior...
How to Write Anti-Folk Songs
You want songs that sting, that make people laugh, that make them squirm and then sing the chorus in the grocery store. Anti Folk is no...