Whether you mean to or not, you’ll almost inevitably work in a particular key when writing a song. You might decide “right, this will be in C minor,” or you might just string together a seemingly ...

John Prine wrote the lyrics to “Hello In There” while delivering the mail on his postman route. Later, he found the chords and melody to go along with the words. John Legend prefers to write the ...

How often have you sat down at your studio desk to start a new track, come up with a great 4 or 8-bar loop and then… got completely stuck as to where to go next? It’s easy to get lost in the groove, ...

Lyrics are the words sang by a singer. Many musicians tend to write and create a format based on music around them, this is not necessarily a bad thing, but this doesn’t work for everyone. Songwriters ...

Mary Gauthier isn’t just a songwriter, she’s an artist with a mission. With a book about her story (Saved By A Song), her work with the non-profit SongwritingWith:Soldiers, 30 years of sobriety under ...

At the CU Boulder College of Music, we offer a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree with an emphasis in Music Production (as of fall 2025); and a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree with an emphasis in ...

It’s easy to get lost in the groove, as your initial idea cycles round endlessly It happens a lot more often than you’d think, with that initial burst of creativity lasting only for as long as it ...