Songwriting Advice
How to Write Lyrics About Performance
You want lyrics that taste like the stage. You want lines that smell of sweat and smoke machines and still hit like poetry when the cro...
How to Write Lyrics About Light
Light is the best subject for a song because it is everywhere and it says everything. It can be warm or hostile, accidental or divine, ...
How to Write Progressive Jazz Songs
You want music that sounds smart without sounding like a music theory lecture in a coffee shop that smells like vintage vinyl and regre...
How to Write Songs About Ambiance
You want your song to smell like coffee, neon, rain, or warm plastic wrapped in nostalgia. You want the listener to walk into a moment ...
Music Managers in DC
Have you ever wondered how a savvy music manager in DC can transform your songwriting hustle into a full-blown career crescendo? Pictur...
Michael Preston, President at PRE Contact Details
Michael Preston is the President at PRE Contact Details, a renowned music industry executive with a wealth of experience in talent mana...
Future Garage Songwriting Advice
This is your Future Garage survival guide. If your brain lives on late night trains, moody streetlamps, and texts that never got sent, ...
Skiffle Songwriting Advice
You want a song that makes people stomp their feet, laugh at the lyrics, and pretend your tea chest bass is a legitimate instrument. Sk...
How to Write Rautalanka (Finnish Surf-Rock) Lyrics
Yes rautalanka has lyrics now. If you think of rautalanka as a shiny chrome guitar solo from the sixties that smelled like sea air and ...
How to Write Morna Lyrics
You want a morna that hits like a slow wave at night. You want words that feel like a tucked away photograph. You want listeners to fee...