Songwriting Advice
How to Write a Song About Civil Rights
So you want to write a song about civil rights. Good. That means you care and you want your art to matter. Also you might be slightly t...
Prosody for People Who Hate Poetry
Prosody is the art of making your words behave in music. If you flinch at poetic metaphors, if you write lyrics that feel like someone ...
How To Start To Write A Song
You want to write a song that does something. Maybe it slaps in your headphones. Maybe it makes one person in the room cry. Maybe it bl...
How to Write Ma'Luf Lyrics
Want to write Ma'luf lyrics that feel ancient and absolutely alive at the same time? Good. You are in the right place. Ma'luf is a jewe...
Music Managers and the California Talent Agency Act
Ever wondered how a quirky mix of legal jargon, rock ‘n’ roll dreams, and modern management wizardry can all collide in one epic headli...
Original Pilipino Songwriting Advice
This is your cheat sheet for writing songs that feel like home and hit like a busker on a fiesta stage. If you are a songwriter in the ...
How to Write Rebetiko Songs
You want grit, salt, and a melody that smells of sea and cigarettes. You want a song the bartender will nod at and the taxi driver will...
How to Write Lyrics About Stillness
You want quiet that screams without a single shout. Stillness in a song is not the absence of motion. Stillness is motion turned inward...
How to Write Reggae Fusion Songs
You want a song that makes people sway one second and lose their minds the next. You want a groove that nods to the island roots while ...
Red Dirt Songwriting Advice
Red Dirt songwriting is a genre of music that originated in the southern United States, particularly in Oklahoma and Texas. It's a uniq...