Hardscrabble Studios is the fulfillment of the dream of Dr. Larry Worster, PhD Musicology, who began recording with his bands in the 1970s. He returned to school in 1984, earning three degrees in music from the University of Colorado. After 25 years of teaching music history at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, he retired to Green Valley in 2010 and began working with the musical community to enhance the performing arts in the area. Hardscrabble Studios began to take shape in 2020, during the early years of the pandemic.