Songwriting Advice
How to Write Gothic Rock Lyrics
You want your lyrics to smell like rain on old velvet and make people text their ex at two a.m. for the wrong reasons. Gothic rock is m...
How to Write Jump-Up Songs
Want to make people pogo like rhinoceroses at 175 BPM? Welcome to the joyfully rude world of jump up. If you write music that makes clu...
How to Write Vocal Jazz Songs
You want songs that feel like a late night set at a smoky club and like a message left on your ex s machine at 3 a m all at once. Vocal...
Adult Standards Songwriting Advice
As a songwriter, you're likely familiar with the term "Adult Standards," but do you know what it really means? In this article, we'll d...
How to Write Lyrics About Poetry
You want to write a song that is about poetry without sounding like a MFA student at a party where no one wants to talk about meter. Yo...
How to Write Songs About Allegory
You want a song that hits like a metaphor and lands like a revelation. You want listeners to smile when they finally get the twist yet ...
How to Write Songs About Distance
Distance is a songwriting goldmine. It is the empty chair at the table. It is the unread message. It is the airport at midnight and the...
Proto-Prog Songwriting Advice
This is the unofficial field manual for artists who love weird time signatures, big ideas, and guitar tones that smell like rebellion. ...
How to Write Lyrics About Communication
Communication is messy and dramatic and perfect for songs. People fall in love with what they hear and what they do not hear. They reme...
Indie Music Managers Boston
Boston isn’t just a city full of history, clam chowder, and wicked smaht accents, it’s also a buzzing epicenter for indie music where c...