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How to Write Memphis Blues Songs
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How to Write Memphis Blues Songs

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want a blues song that smells like cigarette smoke, tastes like cheap coffee, and hits like a freight train. You want lyrics that s...
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How to Write Free Jazz Songs
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How to Write Free Jazz Songs

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
Free jazz is not chaos with a permit. It is language without a leash. If you want a song that breathes like a conversation at three a m...
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How to Write Lyrics About Tolerance
How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions

How to Write Lyrics About Tolerance

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
August 20, 2024
As a songwriter, you have the power to inspire and educate your audience through your lyrics. Writing about tolerance is a crucial topi...
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How to Write Celtic Music Lyrics
How to Write Lyrics

How to Write Celtic Music Lyrics

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want lyrics that feel like they were carved out of peat smoke and moonlight. You want lines that carry an old story but sound like ...
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Sting - Fields of Gold Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Deep Song Lyric Breakdown

Sting - Fields of Gold Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 6, 2025
This is not a dusty musicology lecture. This is a rowdy, affectionate, slightly tipsy dissection of how Sting built one of those songs ...
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How to Write Hypnagogic Pop Lyrics
How to Write Lyrics

How to Write Hypnagogic Pop Lyrics

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want lyrics that feel like someone rewired nostalgia and sleep into a melody. You want images that are fuzzy but fierce. You want l...
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Rap Opera Songwriting Advice
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Rap Opera Songwriting Advice

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You want a rap opera that punches like a Kendrick verse and soars like Pavarotti in the same breath. You want the crowd to nod, then cr...
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Forró Songwriting Advice
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Forró Songwriting Advice

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You want a forró song that drags feet across a wooden floor and then squeezes a tear out of a beer soaked cheek. You want a chorus that...
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How To Make Songs

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want a song that slaps, pays rent, and maybe gets stuck in your own head until you start resenting it. Perfect. This guide breaks d...
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Hire Music Project Managers
A&R and Manager Advice

Hire Music Project Managers

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
March 26, 2025
Ever felt like your music project is spiraling out of control, like you’re juggling flaming microphones while riding a unicycle on a ti...
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