Every musical genre has its fans and its detractors. But every genre deserves respect.

People who turn up their noses as — say, Polkas — will sniff and tell you, “There is no such thing as a GOOD polka!”

Yet I can take you to certain towns and show you crowds of people dancing and drinking and having a good time (and paying good money) to enjoy the polka.

I dabbled in heavy metal quite a few years ago and I think there is even a sample of my work on my music page (link is over in the right-hand column).

If your goal is to write heavy metal songs, you may want to check out “tips for writing diverse metal genres” over on the Ultimate Guitar website.

WADE

tags: songwriting, heavy metal