Song Travelers

This Fall's Retreat will be in North East, Maryland at Eagle Point Retreat Center. www.songtravelers.com

Lead by platinum selling and award winning songwriters, Song Travelers 5 day getaway invites writers to explore and learn new writing methods.

07/19/2026

Meet Buddy Mondlock, one of this year's Song Guides at the Song Travelers Songwriting Retreat. 🎶

Buddy is a songwriter's songwriter. His songs have been recorded by Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Janis Ian, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Peter, Paul and Mary, and many more. He toured North America and Europe alongside Art Garfunkel and Maia Sharp in support of their acclaimed collaborative album Everything Waits to Be Noticed, and his own recordings have earned praise for their masterful storytelling and timeless songwriting.

Beyond the stage, Buddy has spent decades helping other writers find their voice, teaching workshops across the U.S. and Europe, and serving on the faculty at renowned programs like the Kerrville Folk Festival Song School, Swannanoa Gathering, and Sisters Folk Festival Song Camp.

We're incredibly honored to have Buddy share his experience, insight, and passion for songwriting at this year's retreat.

For the full retreat details + registration link, visit https://www.songtravelers.com/

07/07/2026

✨ New for this year’s Song Travelers Retreat! ✨

Great songs deserve more than inspiration; they deserve the knowledge to help them go further.

This year, we’re expanding our workshops to include topics that every songwriter should understand, including:

🎶 What music publishing is and how it works
📝 How to copyright your songs and protect your intellectual property
🎤 Knowing when a song is truly ready to pitch to artists or producers
🎧 Understanding production: from a simple guitar/vocal demo to a full studio recording

Whether you’re writing your first song or your fiftieth, these sessions are designed to help you create with more confidence and navigate the music industry with greater clarity.

Visit songtravelers.com for the full retreat details + registration link.

06/27/2026

This retreat is designed to help you grow as a songwriter while connecting with fellow creatives along the way. Along with co-writing, you’ll also learn:
• Song structure & lyric writing
• Finding your unique writer’s voice
• How to move past creative blocks
• Feedback and song evaluation
• Production 101 (new this year)
• Publishing, copyright, and protecting your songs (new this year)
• When a song is ready to pitch to artists or producers (new this year)

Ready to get registered? Visit songtravelers.com

06/24/2026

What happens when you combine dedicated writing time, experienced mentors, a beautiful Chesapeake Bay setting, and a community of people who love songwriting as much as you do?

You get Song Travelers.

Whether you’re writing your very first song or looking to take your craft to the next level, this retreat is designed to help you grow as a songwriter while connecting with fellow creatives along the way.

Swipe through to learn:
✔️ What Song Travelers is
✔️ Who it’s for
✔️ What you’ll learn
✔️ Meet your Song Guides
✔️ Where we’re headed
✔️ What past attendees have to say

Ready to get registered? Visit songtravelers.com!

06/17/2026

A few days on the Chesapeake Bay to write, co-create, and leave with real songs.
Song Travelers is a songwriting retreat designed for writers who want space to create. Plus the structure, community, and momentum to actually finish work.
☕️ What you can expect:
• daily writing time + prompts
• supportive feedback + collaboration
• creative reset in a beautiful waterfront setting
• a small group experience (so you’re not lost in the crowd)
• new classes added this year including topics: publishing, production, pitching, and more!

Visit songtravelers.com for more info and to register.

06/07/2026

We are thrilled to have Song Guides and our founder joining us this year. All levels welcome. Come fall in love with the craft of songwriting at the Song Travelers Songwriting Retreat. Registration is open. For more details, visit songtravelers.com!

05/19/2026

Golden hour. Water views. A notebook full of lyrics you didn’t know you had in you. 🌊✍️ We’re so excited to be back at center for this year’s Song Traveler’s Songwriting Retreat: October 29 - November 2, 2026, with Song Guides: and !

Song Travelers focuses on your personal writer’s voice and goals, so there will be something for all levels of writing experience and skill. You do not have to play an instrument to attend, and you do not have to have written a song, just have a strong desire.

Our goal is to create an environment for you to find your inspiration, effectively put your ideas to music, refine your songwriting and co-writing skills, overcome what holds you back from your self-expression and leave with the ability to write better songs.

Visit songtravelers.com for full details!

05/17/2026

“That’s Freedom” written by Clementine Volker, Robby Hecht, and Wyatt Easterling at the 2018 Song Travelers Retreat. So excited for the next one: October 29 - November 2, 2026 at in North East, Maryland 🙌 Miss Clementine Robby Hecht Wyatt Easterling
�Visit www.songtravelers.com for the full details!

05/13/2026

Our goal is to create an environment for you to find your inspiration, effectively put your ideas to music, refine your songwriting and co-writing skills, overcome what holds you back from your self-expression and leave with the ability to write better songs. Amazing things happen when we show up for ourselves!

To learn more, visit https://www.songtravelers.com/

05/04/2026

The history behind the Song Traveler’s Songwriting Retreat:
My first experience with songwriting retreats began from a different angle back in 1992 when I approached my business partner Miles Copeland and suggested we create a songwriting retreat hosting his artists on IRS Records and Firstars Management with our Bugle Publishing Group staff writers in Nashville. The idea was to give both the songwriters and artists an opportunity to meet in a beautiful location minimizing noise from the outside world so their songs could be created without distraction.
At the time my thoughts were to bring artists into Nashville to an event center or state park; little did I know at that meeting that Miles owned a beautiful Chateau in the South of France then known as Chateau de Marouatte. The event we launched a mere three months later in October 1992 was named Printemps de Troubadours but quickly became referred to simply as “The Castle.”
The Castle became one of the most sought after invitations in the music world and hosted such music legends as Carole King, Keith Urban, Cher, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Frampton, Bon Jovi, Ted Nugent, Stuart Copeland (Mile’s brother and founder of The Police,) Jars of Clay and the list impressively goes on. These artists came to “The Castle” and collaborated with our Bugle Publishing Group writers and Firstars artists from Nashville such as Paul Thorn, Keith Urban, Paul Jefferson and a host of other Nashville writers and artist. We held our event twice a year in the spring and fall for twelve plus years. I’m proud to say we were the first such retreat and I take great pride in seeing so many other retreats spawn off around the world using our event as a template.
For more information and to register, visit songravelers.com!

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470 Wapiti Lane
North East, MD
21901

Telephone

+16154242050

Website

http://www.songtravelers.com/

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