Songwriting Advice
How to Write Philly Club Songs
You want a song that breaks the floor and blasts out of a phone speaker. You want bounce, attitude, and a hook you can scream into a ca...
How to Write Songs About Forbidden love
Forbidden love is the candy you are not allowed to eat in public. It tastes dangerous, it blooms in secret, and it makes listeners sink...
How to Write a Song About Rebellion
You want to make a song that punches back at whatever made you mad. You want a chorus that people scream into the void. You want verses...
How to Write a Song About Charity And Giving
Want to make people cry, donate, and then hum your chorus in the grocery line? Good. Writing about charity and giving is a special song...
How to Write Lyrics About Gender Identity
Ready to write a lyric that lands like a truth bomb and not like an awkward museum exhibit? Whether you are trans, cis, nonbinary, ques...
Deathrock Songwriting Advice
This guide is for anyone who loves spooky guitars, dramatic vocals, and lyrics that read like a noir poem written under red club lights...
Creole Music Songwriting Advice
You want a Creole song that slaps, stomps, and makes people clap like they forgot they had a job the next day. Whether you are writing ...
How to Write Lyrics About Fundraising
Yes you can write a song that raises money and does not sound like a sad infomercial. Whether you are writing a benefit concert anthem,...
How to Write Darkstep Lyrics
Darkstep is that deliciously nasty cousin of drum and bass that smells like burned toast and midnight rain. If you want lyrics that mat...
How to Write Kayōkyoku Lyrics
You want lyrics that feel like a smoky late night TV show in Tokyo from the 1960s and 1970s. You want lines that sound like lipstick on...