Songwriting Advice
How to Write Austropop Songs
You want a song that feels like Vienna at midnight and a beer garden at noon at the same time. You want a chorus that people can chant ...
Turkish Pop Songwriting Advice
You want a Turkish pop song that sticks in the head and feels like it was made in your neighborhood while somehow soundtracking a rooft...
How to Write Mbaqanga Songs
You want a song that makes people clap their hands, sway their hips and sing the chorus back in the taxi home. Mbaqanga is the music th...
How to Write Songs About Light
Light is a cheat code for emotion. It can be literal sunlight on a subway window or the glow of a phone at 3 a.m. It can be a neon conf...
Chicano Rap Songwriting Advice
You want bars that slap and stories that land in the gut. You want to represent the culture without sounding like a tourist. You want b...
How to Write Latin Rock Lyrics
You want lyrics that roar from the stage and stay in the ear after the lights go off. Latin rock is not a costume you put on. It is a l...
How to Write a Song About Getting Fired
Getting fired hurts like a public breakup with your bank account. You are angry, embarrassed, relieved, terrified, and weirdly poetic a...
Hyphy Songwriting Advice
Want to make people lose their minds on the first drop? Hyphy lives for chaos that feels curated. Hyphy songs are loud, proud, and buil...
Méringue Songwriting Advice
Want to write a méringue that makes people drop their phones and actually dance? Good. Méringue is joy with percussion teeth. It is a r...
How to Write Eurohouse [Es] Songs
You want a song that makes bodies move and phones record the whole thing. You want a chorus that gets stuck in the brain the way a mosq...