If you want to learn how to write 70s style lyrics, start by abandoning the polished perfection of modern pop. The 70s lyric voice is conversational, sometimes rambling, and rooted…
If you want to learn how to write 60s style lyrics, start by stripping modern irony and slang from your vocabulary and adopting the era’s dominant preoccupations: civil rights, peace,…
When a director asked me to pen a three-minute opener for a 1950s-themed revue, I quickly learned that copying chord progressions from old records wasn’t enough. If you want to…
How To Write Neo Soul Lyrics: Start With The Sentence You’d Whisper Writing neo soul lyrics begins with capturing an unfiltered, conversational thought before you touch a single chord. The…
How to Write Blue Eyed Soul Lyrics: The Core Method I Use Writing blue eyed soul lyrics starts with treating the voice as an instrument that confesses rather than performs.…
If you want to learn how to write gospel influenced lyrics without crafting a Sunday-morning worship anthem, the shortcut is to steal the genre’s engine: personal testimony, communal call-and-respo…
To write a Stax-style song, you need to lock in a loose, swung rhythm section built around a delayed backbeat, anchor the harmony in blues-based changes (often 12-bar or minor-key…
If you want to learn how to write a Motown style song, start with this pragmatic definition: it’s a tightly arranged pop-soul track built on simple diatonic chord loops (usually…
If you want to know how to write southern soul lyrics that sound like they came from a porch in Mississippi rather than a formula, start with the Rule of…
To write psychedelic soul lyrics, root a confessional R&B emotion in a physical groove, then layer surreal psychedelic metaphors that bend time and identity. The craft sits where the church…