Songwriting Advice
How to Write a Song About Making New Friends
You want a song that makes strangers feel like old friends right away. You want a hook that sounds like someone waved and said hello in...
Craig Balsam, Co-Owner at Razor & Tie (NY) Contact Details
As a musician, getting in touch with industry insiders can be a game-changer for your career. Craig Balsam, Co-Owner at Razor & Tie...
How to Write Crunk Songs
You want a song that makes people lose their minds on the dance floor. Crunk is not polite. It is raw energy, simple ideas, and hooks y...
How to Write Deathcore Songs
You want riffs that feel like wrecking balls and breakdowns that clear rooms instantly. You want vocals that sound like a throat punchi...
How Much Music Managers Make
Ever wondered if that glamorous gig of managing a superstar band comes with a superstar paycheck? Welcome to “How Much Music Managers M...
How to Write Songs About Darkness
You want a song that feels like walking into a room and finding the light switched off on purpose. You want the listener to feel the ch...
How To Make A Song About Someone
You want to write a song about someone and not sound like your high school diary or a tabloid headline. Maybe you are writing about a c...
How to Write Pop Metal Lyrics
You want lyrics that hit like a chorus of guitars and still get stuck in a playlist loop. Pop metal means glossy hooks, stadium sized m...
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Want to steal craft ideas from one of the most intimate piano songs of the early 1990s and actually use them in your own songwriting? G...
How to Write a Song About Robotics
You want a song that sounds human about things that are not human. You want electric feelings that still hit in the chest. You want lan...