Have you ever wondered how jazz musicians can play along to a new song that they have never heard? It is all thanks to chord progressions. And there are only about 10-20 of those that musicians use ...

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 ...

Berklee College of Music students will get to know Taylor Swift’s songwriting on a whole new level, thanks to a new class focused around just that. Taught by Professor of Songwriting Scarlet Keys, the ...

Legendary musician Paul McCartney has been crafting songs for nearly 70 years and is responsible for some of the biggest hits in history, both as a solo artist and with The Beatles. So, he certainly ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Nathan Bachofsky, director of choirs at Chagrin Falls High School and Middle School, says he is always encouraging his students to be lifelong musicians, regardless of what ...

His music sounds like someone took Elliot Smith and Washed Out tracks and smushed them underfoot using a mustard-yellow hand-me-down pair of Oxford shoes to give them character, and then ironed them ...