Songwriting Advice
How to Write Beat Songs
You want a song that sits on a beat and hits hard. You want a hook the crowd can scream while your forehead sweats under stage lights. ...
How to Write Sludge Metal Lyrics
You want your lyrics to hit like a wrecking ball thrown through a church window. You want words that smell like rust and rain. You want...
Taarab Songwriting Advice
Want to write taarab that makes aunties cry, boda boda drivers whistle, and diaspora cousins repost on Instagram? Good. You are in the ...
How to Write Tribal House Songs
You want a groove that makes people forget their names and remember to dance. Tribal house is the kind of music that grabs the hips fir...
How to Write Lyrics About Partnership
You want a song about partnership that is not cheesy or generic. You want lines that sound like real people arguing in a kitchen at thr...
Uk Trap Songwriting Advice
Want to write UK Trap songs that land in playlists and group chats? Good. Put on the headphones. I am going to walk you from idea to de...
How to Write Lyrics About Dance Music
You want words that make people move and stay for the drop. You want lines that are easy to shout into a crowd and also sound raw when ...
How to Write Gangsta Rap Songs
You want bars that hit like an ex who stole your hoodie and your dignity. You want lines that smell like asphalt at night and feel like...
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to write a song that feels like being shoved into a shower of gravel while someone reads your diary out loud then this is t...
How to Write a Song About Negotiation
You can make bargaining sound sexy. You can turn a tense meeting, a landlord fight, a label conversation, or a breakup debate into a ci...