May 24, 2019
Hey ya'll welcome to the third episode of the Cowboy Perspective! I hope you enjoy the insights and discussions shared with one of the most decorated song writers in country music! Byron Hill wrote the intro track for the podcast and is a man I truly look up to for his talent, accomplishments, and cowboy perspective!
(1:13) Welcome to the show.
(1:25) Acknowledgement of the background music being Byron’s work.
(1:47) Who are you and where did you come from? What do you do?
(4:00) How did you pull that off? Prior relationships for success in Nashville.
(6:10) What is that climate like nowadays for a songwriter?
(8:38) Is that something necessary for artists to do to try to monetize their talent?
(11:01) Comparative to the meat business; dynamic system of consumption; loss of business with developing technology.
(12:23) Songwriters’ talent is larger than the performers’ in many cases.
(14:06) Parallel in all businesses – they’re always changing.
(15:55) Changing times with technology and children.
(16:04) Have you got a story about songwriting?
(19:17) What got you on the thought process?
(23:28) Learning about songwriting as a part of the music industry.
(24:01) Is there any advice that you wished you’d known when you came to town?
(25:55) Mentorship in the industry; passions in life.
(26:59) Learning from failures and necessity of failure in life.
(28:34) Being the best you can be for yourself not others.
(30:03) What is the value of a dollar and/or a Bitcoin?
(30:26) Discussing value of money in peoples’ lives.
(31:38) Diversity of guests leading to diversity of answers regarding money and wealth.
(32:34) Grab life by the bacon, not by the horns.
(32:58) Songwriters are hugely important but stay behind the scenes.
(33:55) Music adds a sense of professionalism to the podcast.
(35:48) Spanish may be a ‘cowboy language’.