Songwriting Advice
Sam Riback
Picture this: it’s a late night, the city is humming, and you’re sprawled across your bed with your headphones on, hunting for that nex...
Tropicalia Songwriting Advice
You want tropical sun, political mischief, and a melody that sneaks into a listener's head like a secret chorus at 2 AM. Tropicalia is ...
How to Write Neoclassical Dark Wave Songs
You want music that feels like a candlelit cathedral and a sleepover in a haunted museum at once. You want strings that ache with secre...
How to Write Songs About Opinion
You want to say something and make people feel something, not just nod politely. Songs about opinion have teeth. They can comfort, anno...
How to Write Songs About Cities
Cities are messy, loud, beautiful, ridiculous, and brutal in equal measure. That makes them perfect songwriting fuel. You can write a l...
Freak Scene Songwriting Advice
You want to make songs that feel like a secret club for everyone who ever loved the weird kid in class. You want odd textures that stil...
How to Write a Song About Crime And Punishment
You want a song that smells of cigarette smoke, courtroom coffee, and moral messiness. You want characters with bad timing, decisions t...
How to Write Western Swing Songs
You want a Western swing song that makes people kick up their boots and forget their phones. You want fiddles to cry, guitars to snap, ...
How to Write Sludge Metal Songs
You want riffs that feel like being hugged by a tank. You want vocals that sound like a throat full of gravel. You want a song that mak...
Memphis Blues Songwriting Advice
The Memphis Blues is a unique and influential style of music that originated in the 1920s and 1930s in Memphis, Tennessee. Characterize...