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BETWEEN THE LINES SONGWRITING CAMP
Write better songs in a real Nashville writing room
A 3-day immersive co-writing camp led by #1 hit songwriters, Grammy-winning producers, and Warner Music A&R.
- July 24–27, 2026
- Hutton Hotel, Nashville
- From $2,499 · Payment plans
Write alongside proven hitmakers
#1 hit songwriters, Grammy-winning producers, and major label A&R — at the table with you, all weekend.
Breakout Country-Pop Artist
Viral hit “Austin”
Hit Songwriter & Producer
One Direction, Panic! At The Disco
Grammy-Winning Producer
BTS, BLACKPINK
Singer-Songwriter & Producer
John Mayer, Dave Matthews
VP of A&R, Warner Music Group
Blake Shelton, Cody Johnson
CEO, Girlilla Marketing
Dead & Company, Willie Nelson
Savage Music A&R
Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim
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Pricing
All tiers include full camp access, meals, and 1:1 mentorship
GOLD
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Full camp access
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All meals included
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1:1 mentorship
PLATINUM
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Everything in Gold
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Shared Hutton lodging
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$2,000+ Hutton benefits
DIAMOND
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Everything in Platinum
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Private Hutton room
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Priority session placement
Travel not included · Payment plans available at checkout
What You’ll Experience
This isn’t a workshop. It’s a real Nashville writing room built around one thing: writing better songs through collaboration.
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
- 2–4 demo-ready songs
Not ideas. Not fragments. Fully written, ready for the next step.
- Real co-writing experience
Structured exactly like professional Nashville writing rooms.
- Immediate, actionable feedback
From working songwriters and producers, in the room with you.
- $2,000+ in benefits
Studio time, performance opportunities, and hospitality via Hutton Hotel.
WHO THIS CAMP IS FOR
Songwriters who already write and want to level up fast. Who want real industry feedback, are serious about collaboration, and want to build relationships in Nashville.
What Campers Are Saying
Join a Growing Songwriting Community
Frequently asked questions
If you’re still deciding whether to apply, you’re probably wondering how it all works. Here’s everything you need to know before beginning your application process.
Have an additional question? Reach out to us directly below.
The third installment of Between The Lines is scheduled for July 24-27, 2026 at Hutton Hotel in Nashville, TN.
Previous camp destinations include The Catskills, NY (Emerson Lodge) and Nashville, TN (Virgin Hotel).
The camp is seeking talented songwriters, producers, and lyricists who have already developed the skills to compose and produce their own music and collaborate effectively with others.
Click the Apply Now button to begin your application.
Applicants must complete all required questions and submit three (3) original songs they have written or co-written.
⚠️ Applications submitted without music or lyrics will not be considered.
All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of experienced songwriting professionals. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status shortly after submitting their application.
Accepted applicants will receive a direct link to secure their camp seat through registration and payment.
Official itinerary to be released soon.
Writers Studio
- Three (3) complimentary days in Writers Studios – $750 value (Note: to be scheduled for mutually agreeable dates)
- American Songwriter artist rate: $200 per day (Note: Regular rate: $350/day · Pro rate: $250/day)
Analog
- One (1) complimentary pop-up artist showcase (5:00–6:30 PM) – $1,500 value (Note: pending availability; to be scheduled for a mutually agreeable date)
- Six (6) complimentary general admission tickets to select Analog shows (Note: not available for all shows; artists will receive a promo code for eligible events)
Hutton Hotel
- Preferred Hutton Hotel rate: 18% off the best available rate (Note: campers will receive a promo code)
Yes. Once approved, you can review the payment plan options at checkout.
Between the Lines Songwriting Camp
Write better songs in a real Nashville writing room.
A three-day immersive co-writing camp led by #1 hit songwriters, Grammy-winning producers, and industry executives, at the table with you, all weekend.
Three camps, and counting
Three editions so far, from a Catskills resort to two Nashville hotels. The setting changes; the writing room doesn't. Here's where it's been.
Write alongside proven hitmakers
#1 hit songwriters, Grammy-winning producers, and major-label A&R, in the room, at the table, writing with you.
This isn't a workshop. It's a writing room.
Built around one thing: writing better songs through real collaboration.
2–4 demo-ready songs
Not ideas. Not fragments. Fully written and ready for the next step.
Real co-writing experience
Structured exactly like professional Nashville writing rooms.
Immediate, actionable feedback
From working songwriters and producers, in the room with you.
$2,000+ in camp extras
Studio time, performance opportunities, and hospitality built into the experience.
Writers ready to level up fast
Songwriters who already write and want real industry feedback. Who are serious about collaboration, and want to build relationships that outlast the weekend.
How a seat is structured
Every tier includes full camp access, all meals, and 1:1 mentorship. The tiers differ only in where you stay. Here's how it looked for the 2026 camp.
- Full camp access
- All meals included
- 1:1 mentorship
- Everything in Gold
- Shared lodging
- $2,000+ in camp extras
- Everything in Platinum
- Private room
- Priority session placement
Tiers and pricing shown are from the 2026 camp, for reference. Next year's structure and rates are announced to the waitlist first. Travel not included · Payment plans available at checkout.
What campers are saying
"An incredible experience that exceeded my expectations."
Alisa C.2025 Camp · Nashville
"Between The Lines showed me I could collaborate with people I normally wouldn't. An amazing networking opportunity, with pros at the top of the field."
Woody W.2025 Camp · Nashville
"A true collaboration of like-minded people engaged in intentional songwriting and music-business networking."
Connor H.2025 Camp · Nashville
"I'll never forget my experience: positive, uplifting, community-oriented, welcoming, and supportive."
Belle M.2025 Camp · Nashville
Be first in the room
The 2026 camp is here. The next one opens from this list first.
- Early access before public applications open
- First look at dates, location, and the mentor lineup
- No commitment, just first in line
Almost there
Check your inbox (and your spam folder) for a confirmation email, then click the link to lock in your spot on the waitlist.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you're probably wondering before you join the list.
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Presented by American Songwriter
Opening Lines
Start writing. For the joy of it.
A long-weekend songwriting camp on the lake, open to every level. No audition, no experience required. Come write your first songs, or your next ones, in a room built to make you feel at home.
See what's included ↓Let's make sure this is the right fit.
Leave your info and our A&R director will give you a quick, no-pressure call to answer anything before you commit. Total beginners are exactly who we built this for.
Request my call- All levels welcome
- Every meal included
- Lakeside cabins & Airstreams
- Led by working songwriters
Less pressure. More songs.
This isn't an intensive, and it isn't an audition. It's a long weekend on the water with a room full of people who want to write. You'll spend your mornings in easy co-writing sessions, your afternoons on the lake, and your evenings playing what you made around a fire. Some campers have written a hundred songs. Some are about to write their first. Both belong here.
Hosts who want you in the room
Working songwriters and producers who remember exactly what it felt like to be new. They're here to write with you, not grade you.
Scott Graves
American Songwriter, A&R
Announced soon
More hosts to come
Announced soon
More hosts to come
Announced soon
More hosts to come
Full host lineup announced in the coming weeks.
You came to write. You'll leave with songs.
Songs you finished
Not fragments, not maybes. Real, complete songs you wrote alongside people who get it.
The confidence to keep going
You'll leave knowing you can do this, for the simple reason that you just did.
A room full of new friends
The co-writers, the harmony singers, and the stay-up-by-the-fire kind. The best part, every time.
How co-writing actually works
The thing nobody really teaches you, picked up the only way it sticks: by doing it.
Never finished a song? Perfect.
Been circling the same three for years? Also perfect. Written a hundred and just want a reason to write more? Come on down. Opening Lines is for anyone who wants to write songs and have a genuinely good time doing it. There's no audition and no level to clear. If you want to be in the room, the room is yours.
No application. Just say yes.Write, wander, share, repeat
A loose rhythm, not a syllabus. Enough structure to get songs done, enough room to breathe.
Masterclass & co-writes
Breakfast together, a masterclass to set the day, then into your assigned co-writing rooms.
Write or wander
Keep chasing the song, or take the lake — trails, the boardwalk, yard games, a quiet porch. Room to breathe.
Circle on the deck
Happy hour (first two drinks on us), dinner, then a songwriter circle to play what you wrote. Open mic if the night runs long.
Friday opens with check-in, happy hour, dinner, and meeting your hosts. Saturday and Sunday follow the rhythm above. Monday is one last breakfast together before the drive home.
Sleep in Dolly. Or Patsy. Or Loretta.
Wildwood's vintage Airstreams are named for country legends, and they're only the start. Cabins, lake homes, a floating cottage, and a waterfront inn, all on Cordell Hull Lake.
The Airstreams · Premium
More ways to stay
Every tier includes your room and all your meals. Pick your tier below; your exact spot is yours to choose at checkout.
Pick your room. Everything else is included.
Every tier comes with the full weekend of writing rooms, every meal, the showcase nights, and the run of the lake. The only thing that changes is where you sleep.
Shared
Inn room · two XL twins · paired with a fellow writer
Payment plans at checkout
- A bed at the table all weekend
- Daily masterclass + assigned co-writing rooms
- All meals: 3 dinners, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches
- Nightly happy hour, first two drinks on us
- Songwriter circle & open mic on the deck
- Bonfires, s'mores, lake trails & yard games
- Shared Inn room with a fellow writer
Private
Lodge or Village Cabin · queen bed · all to yourself
Payment plans at checkout
- Everything in Shared, plus a room of your own
- Private Lodge or Village Cabin, queen bed
- No roommate, no pairing
- First pick of session times
- Quiet space to write between rooms
Premium
Lakeside cabin or a vintage Airstream · solo
Payment plans at checkout
- Everything in Private, plus a stay worth talking about
- A lakeside cabin or a vintage Airstream
- Dolly, June & Emmy-Lou, to name a few
- Priority session placement
- Reserved seat up front at the showcases
Wildwood Resort · Granville, TN, about 75 minutes east of Nashville on Cordell Hull Lake. Rooms are limited and held first come, first served. Travel not included.
A new camp, from a name songwriters trust
Opening Lines is brand new, but the people behind it aren't. American Songwriter has spent decades in the room with writers at every stage, through the magazine, the contests, and the camps that came before this one. This is that same world, opened all the way up.
Start where you are.
Opening Lines and Between the Lines are two steps on the same journey. Begin at your level, and grow into the next.
Opening Lines
All levels · beginners welcome
Experience first, no audition. Come write your first songs, or your next ones, in a room built to welcome you.
Reserve your spotBetween the Lines
Intermediate · ready to go deeper
When you're ready to sharpen the craft, Between the Lines is an immersive co-writing camp led by hit songwriters.
Explore Between the LinesQuestions, answered
Do I need to be any good?
What if I've never finished a song?
Where is it, and how do I get there?
What's included?
What should I bring?
Do I need to bring a co-writer?
Are there payment plans?
Is it really open to everyone?
Your first line is waiting.
A long weekend on the lake. Every level welcome. Come write.
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