Songwriting Advice
Pre-Session Survey for Co-Writes (Expectations & Splits)
Do not walk into a co write like it is a casual group chat and hope the money and credits sort themselves out later. You will save time...
No Approval Of Brand Adjacency Or Categories - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
Quick truth. Your song ended up under a conspiracy theory ad about miracle teeth whiteners. Your chorus is now the soundtrack for a pol...
Chaabi Songwriting Advice
Welcome to the Chaabi crash course that does not lecture you like a dry ethnomusicology professor. Chaabi means popular in Arabic. It i...
How to Write Free Jazz Songs
Free jazz is not chaos with a permit. It is language without a leash. If you want a song that breathes like a conversation at three a m...
JD McCorkle, Booking Agent at New Frontier Touring
JD McCorkle is a respected booking agent at New Frontier Touring, a prominent music booking agency based in Nashville, Tennessee. With ...
How to Write a Song About Celebrity Culture
Want to write a song that roasts fame, courts virality, or holds a mirror up to celebrity chaos? Good. Celebrity culture is a goldmine ...
How to Write Outlaw Country Lyrics
You want lines that feel like leather and lightning. You want a chorus that stomps into a bar and a verse that tells a real life sin wi...
How to Write Dohori Songs
Want to write a Dohori that slaps at a wedding, stomps a village festival, or breaks the internet with raw, improvisational heat? Good....
How to Write Punk Pathetique Songs
Punk pathetique is the ugly cousin of glittering pop and the crying friend at the bar who still knows how to start a mosh pit. It is co...
How to Write Jackin House Songs
You want a track that makes dancers smile with one bass hit. Jackin house is about gritty soul, shuffling grooves, and vocal moments ch...