Songwriting Advice
How to Write Lyrics About Truth
Truth in a song is not just facts. Truth is feeling, texture, and the little guilty things people do at three AM that make them human. ...
How to Write Swamp Rock Lyrics
You want lyrics that taste like molasses and feel like a lightning strike in a humid night. You want the voice to smell like campfire s...
Viennese Waltz Songwriting Advice
If you thought waltzes were reserved for powdered wigs and ballroom glare you are about to get schooled. Viennese waltz is the high vel...
Hardstep Songwriting Advice
As a musician, delving into the world of hardstep can be both exhilarating and intimidating. This subgenre of drum and bass is known fo...
How to Write Lyrics About Concerts And Live Music
Concerts are emotional weather. They can feel like a thunderstorm of bass, a sunrise of lights, or a tiny domestic argument under strob...
Punk Pathetique Songwriting Advice
Punk pathetique is the angry cousin who tells terrible jokes at family dinners and somehow gets a standing ovation. It is a style of pu...
Noisegrind Songwriting Advice
If your idea of catharsis includes tempo changes that make adrenaline jealous and noise textures that could wake the dead, welcome. Noi...
How to Write Lyrics About Workplace Culture
Office drama makes great songs. Whether your office is tragic, hilarious, toxic, supportive, or just deeply weird, workplace culture gi...
Statements With No Underlying Sales Data - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
If someone promises guaranteed streams plays or placements with no hard numbers to back it up you are probably about to get scammed. We...
How to Write Gamelan Lyrics
You want words that sit in the gong breath, not crash like a drunk tourist on ceremonial stairs. Gamelan music from Indonesia moves wit...