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New Taylor Swift Songwriting Course Coming Soon!</a></h3><div class="author"> By <a href="https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/author/tsmith21/">Talia Smith-Muller</a></div><div class="post-excerpt"><div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/are-you-ready-for-it-new-taylor-swift-songwriting-course/"></div><p>Berklee Online instructor Scarlet Keys is leading <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Songwriting of Taylor Swift (opens in a new tab)" href="https://online.berklee.edu/courses/the-songwriting-of-taylor-swift?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&pid=&utm_source=takenote&tum_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link" target="_blank">The Songwriting of Taylor Swift</a></em>, a four-week course that serves as a bite-size online version of the popular course she teaches at the Berklee College of Music campus in Boston. 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class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The artwork for singles by Shaboozey, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift & Post Malone, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Beyoncé are all displayed in a collage format." /></noscript><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="640" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201024%20640%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data-src="https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_640/https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025_grammy_predictions_article_image_2024-1.jpg" class="lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The artwork for singles by Shaboozey, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift & Post Malone, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Beyoncé are all displayed in a collage format." /></a></figure><div><div class="category"> <a 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src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201024%20640%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data-src="https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_640/https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nathaniel_harder_article_image_2025_1.jpg" class="lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Berklee Online graduate and composer Nathaniel Harder is pictured." /></a></figure><div><div class="category"> <a href="https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/category/article/" rel="category tag">Article</a>, <a href="https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/category/student-stories/" rel="category tag">Student Stories</a></div><h3><a href="https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/nathaniel-harder-taps-berklee-online-classmates-to-score-thank-you-places-soundtrack/">Nathaniel Harder Taps Berklee Online Classmates to Score ‘Thank You, Places!’ Soundtrack</a></h3><div class="author"> By <a 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