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’.