Songwriting Advice
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Who is Chris Hacker?
Chris Hacker is a renowned Label Manager at Engine Room, a prominent music industry company. As a label manager, C...
How to Write Ragtime Songs
Ragtime is the original earworm with a pocket watch and a sense of mischief. It sounds like someone tap danced on a clock then decided ...
How to Write Songs About Narration
You want your listener to feel like they are sitting in on a confession, a movie, or a messy voicemail from a version of you that has a...
How to Write Lyrics About Happiness
You want a song that makes people grin without feeling syrupy. You want lines that hit like sunlight through blinds rather than a motiv...
How to Write Soul Jazz Songs
If soul jazz were a person it would be wearing a leather jacket, pouring coffee into a cracked mug, and teaching you how to feel the be...
Regional Songwriting Advice
You want your song to feel true where it was written and believable anywhere it is heard. That weird little bar you played last Tuesday...
How to Write Stadium House Lyrics
You want a chorus that 50,000 people can sing on a shaky phone video and still sound like gospel. You want a pre drop that makes the co...
How to Write Lambada Lyrics
You want a Lambada lyric that makes hips confess secrets and strangers finish your chorus in the club. You want words that sit in the g...
How to Write Lo-Fi Lyrics
You want lyrics that sound like late night texts read out loud while the world hums through old speakers. You want words that are lived...
How to Write Dark Cabaret Songs
You want a song that smells like stage dust and midnight lipstick. You want a chorus that could have been whispered in a smoky club in ...