Songwriting Advice
How to Write Lyrics About Breakdancing
You want a song that smells like vinyl and sweat. You want lines that hit like a power move and hooks that the crowd chants while someo...
How to Write Chap Hop Songs
Chap Hop is the genre that politely tipped its hat to hip hop then clocked it with a walking cane for daring to be loud. If you imagine...
Protest Song Songwriting Advice
You want a song that makes people feel seen and energized. You want lyrics that are specific and honest. You want a melody that a crowd...
How to Write Afro Pop Songs
You want a song that makes people move on first beat and cry on the second chorus. You want a groove that gets into the bones and a lyr...
How to Write Lyrics About Irony And Sarcasm
You want lyrics that wink without being a jerk. You want a line that makes the listener smile and then think, maybe even feel the tiny ...
How to Write Baggy Lyrics
Baggy lyrics are the cool cousin of stream of consciousness. They swagger through images, stall on half lines, echo words like a lazy e...
How to Write Zamrock Songs
You want that raw Zambian desert heat in your guitar tone. You want to make people sway like they are at a copper mine after hours. You...
How to Write Lyrics About Espionage
You want a spy song that sounds like velvet and a loaded camera flash at the same time. You want the listener to feel a slow burn of da...
Space Disco Songwriting Advice
Space disco, a subgenre of electronic dance music, emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Characterized by its futuristic and cosmi...
How to Write Post-Britpop Songs
You want those big honest choruses that make strangers scream your lyrics at a small sweaty venue. You want the emotional clarity of Br...