The question of whether songwriting can be taught is valid. My answer is: “yes … and no.” After all, songwriting is a mystical process and every writer has their own unique way of navigating the ...

It’s indisputable, however, that their combined power created a musical benchmark few other have risen to. Although there are many, many lessons to learn from Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting ...

Now you too can learn to be a treasured troubadour of the Portland singer-songwriter ilk. Learn from one of the bespectacled best, right there in Oregon's 97211. Laura sent out this little note to her ...

Growing up in Highland Park, Billie Eilish and Finneas developed the bulk of their creative tendencies while being homeschooled by their parents. With no particular curriculum to follow, they ...

Paul McCartney wrote “Hello, Goodbye” in 1967. The song became a non-album single and has endured as one of their better-known hits. At this stage in The Beatles’ career, McCartney and John Lennon ...

A couple years after their full-length debut – 2009’s raucous, rambling “Eye to Eye” – Doug Ratner & the Watchmen have released another album, the condensed EP “Lessons Well Learned.” While it ...