COLLABORATE
ARTIST
Peter Dolan
STATUS
Open to collaboration
ROLE
Songwriter / Session Guitar/Bass / Producer
Original songs and co-writes are the core of it — full lyrics and music built from a blank page, or lines added to a track already in motion. What sets it apart is that every one of them gets tracked, mixed, and self-produced at Hudson Ave Studio, so a collaborator isn’t just getting a song, they’re getting a finished one.
The Craft
A SONGWRITER, SELF-PRODUCED
Three years of classical and jazz guitar in DePaul University’s Music Program set the foundation for the writing: composing and performing original scores for Chicago’s black box theater scene, work that demanded writing to picture and mood rather than just to a verse-chorus structure. That’s still the core skill — building a song that doesn’t exist yet, alone or with a co-writer.
The production side exists to serve that: every track released under Circle of 3rds is self-produced, engineered, and mixed at Hudson Ave Studio, so a song written here doesn’t stall out waiting on someone else’s studio time — it leaves the room finished.
SONGWRITING
Music & Lyrics
Co-Write
Top-lining an Existing Track
Co-Write
Writing to Picture / Mood
Film/Theater-Scored
ALSO SELF-HANDLES
Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals
Remotely-Tracked
Production / Engineering / Mixing
AVE Studio
SELECTED WORKS
The catalog spans a bright, decisive strain of guitar-driven rock — classic, indie, and alternative influences with a folk-rock undercurrent — from early songs written between 1996 and 2004 to new material written and recorded since 2017. Full liner notes and streaming links available on request.
Start with a blank page, an incomplete work, or a brief
This is the main event: a co-writer who builds an original song from nothing, or top-lines an existing track, beat, or instrumental you already have going. Trained to write to a mood or a brief, not just wait for inspiration — a habit picked up scoring for Chicago theater and filmmaking.
- Original lyrics & music, written from scratch
- Top-lining an existing track, beat, or instrumental
- Writing to a brief, mood, or picture
Every song leaves the room finished
Because the writing is self-produced at Hudson Ave Studio, a co-write doesn’t stop at a demo — guitar, bass, drums, and vocals can all be tracked, mixed, and delivered without bringing in outside session players.
- Guitar, bass, drums & vocal tracking
- In-house mixing & engineering
Every co-write is published through Circle of 3rds, LLC — the name is the model: publishing and copyright are split and shared with co-writers and collaborators, not signed away. Credit goes where the work happened.
Have a track that
needs a guitar on it?
Send a few bars, a brief, or just an idea. I’ll get back to you with thoughts on the part, the co-write, or the collaboration — whatever the session calls for.
CONTACT
PUBLISHER
Circle of 3rds, LLC. | BMI – Circle of 3rds Music
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