Top 8 Tips to Promote Your Music on Instagram
8 Tips for Killing the Instagram Game (If you’re on a time crunch, here’s a TL;DR.) Create an authentic brand Have a compelling header Do at least one weekly live performance Always have a backlog of content Use Stories often and well Collaborate with artists who are similar to you Use hashtags Pay to promote […]
The Story of Jack Gray’s “Fools”
In 2025, someone will be reading this article, and be thinking “wow, this was from before Jack Gray was huge.” After hearing his second-latest single “Fools,” I knew it would be inevitable; Jack Gray is going to be making music for a long time, and people are going to start realizing how ridiculously talented he […]
The Story of RYLY’s “Enough”
Living in Nashville has *almost* ruined indie-pop for me. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the best music comes from a place of honesty and authenticity. It isn’t too hard to make indie-pop that sounds okay; just buy a telecaster and drag the drums to weird subdivision spots on the grid. But […]
Patric Johnston’s Distracted EP is a Clinic on Groove
Patric Johnston can play the piano, and he doesn’t care who knows it. His new record, Distracted, is his longest project since 2016’s Old Friends New Friends, back when he was still coming into his sound with lyric-heavy, mostly-acoustic music. Though his musicianship was still on display back then, it wasn’t nearly as underlined as his unique […]
Eighty Ninety Will Be the Soundtrack to “10k Summer Nights” This Year
I don’t really consider myself a hipster. Sure, I wear glasses, but that’s because I actually, desperately need them to see things. I happen to own three acoustic guitars and a banjo, but that’s because I really use them all for different things. Yeah, I wear more flannel than the average person, but I wear less flannel […]
Jordan Whitmore’s “I Wish You Would” Breathes with Emotion
For a song so sparsely produced, Jordan Whitmore‘s “I Wish You Would” carries a lot of weight. I think it’s because Jordan’s voice alone could lift a truck. The song meanders along in a slow 3:4, leaving plenty of room for her vocal to take over. The lyrics flow like dripping honey, hanging behind the […]
Donovan Woods – The Story of “Another Way”
I don’t know how else to put this; Donovan Woods is the archetype Two Story Melody artist. Let me explain. When I first heard his music, I had just left my hometown at the end of the summer, driving back to Nashville for my sophomore year of college. I was feeling sentimental and sad, so […]
Top 10 Songwriting Tips from Professional Songwriters
Two truths and a lie: Two Story Melody exists to let artists tell the stories behind their songs. Two Story Melody exists to help songwriters learn from other songwriters. Two Story Melody doesn’t exist. It’s been in your head this whole time. I’ll give you a second to make your guesses. But let’s just assume […]
The Story of Matthew Pinder’s “Golden Hour”
There’s a certain type of stillness that comes right before inevitable loss. I think people are generally pretty bad at dealing with bittersweet endings, but really good at drawing them out. Messy breakups often take weeks or months to really subside, and even the most mutual ones take a while to wade through. The last […]
Henry Jamison – The Story of “In March”
Spring break, 2018. Five of my friends and I were just about to leave Florida and go back to our lives at college in Nashville, and we had used the last hour of our trip to “take cute photos on the beach” outside the condo we had rented. When the camera memory card was full, […]
