BILL BLOG
Tuesday December 2, 2025
And here comes the first Tuesday in December. Chilly in Music City today. The high will be 34.
YESTERDAY
I was in a foursome songwriting appointment yesterday, which is fairly unusual. At most, it’s three writers max, but Brian White, who set up this write with me, and my buddy Nathan Woodard asked to add a fourth writer, Jason Severs, who has had some hits and is connected to a certain country artist who is looking for songs right now. Brian was looking to increase our odds…a good call. Turns out that Nathan now writes for a publishing company connected to his artist, and I have a cut by this artist.
We wrote a song from an idea I brought that we all thought might fit what the artist is looking for. When we finished, we ran it through an AI program that makes any song sound like a record, and Nathan sent it right off to the artist’s producer.
Writing the songs is the easiest part of what we do. Getting an artist or producer to listen, and love it, and THEN record it, is the hard part. We’ll see what happens.
HAWK AND THE CHICKEN
We wrote at Brian White’s place yesterday. He and his wife, Karyn, have 5 acres or so, and they are next-door neighbors to Wil and Holly Nance, Wil is also a hit songwriter. While our group was writing the song I mentioned just above, Wil came over to tell Brian that a big red-tailed hawk swooped down and got one of Brian’s chickens. Wil has lost a chicken or two in his time living next door to Brian, but it was Brian’s first. So, our session had to pause for a “chicken” burial. First time that’s ever happened.
Just some of the joys and realities of living out in the country, folks.
MORE TELLURIDE NEWS
100 spins on the Bluegrass Channel on XM is a notable accomplishment. Congrats to Caroline, and my co-writer on this great song, Andrea Pearson.
SONG OF THE DAY
Here’s a catchy song, “Love Hate Love Again,” that I wrote with Angus Gill, who produced the song for a noted artist in Australia named TC Cassidy. TC took the song straight to the top of the Australian country charts. Thank you, TC!
HEALTH NOTES
The Journal of Pediatrics released a study yesterday that found that those who had a cellphone before the age of 12 were more likely to develop depression, obesity, and poor sleep habits compared to those who didn’t.
A new study says there is a new “off-the-shelf” pancreatic cancer therapy that is able to hunt down tumors, even after they have spread.
A group of dentist claim that cheddar cheese is good for oral health. It helps neutralize mouth acid as it stimulates the production of saliva. (Now that I think about it, I’ve never seen a mouse with bad teeth)
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
I think I won’t ask for a table.
BRING YOUR ID
TSA will start charging folks at airports who don’t show up with a passport or Real ID. You’ll be fined $45 if you do that. It takes effect on February 1 of next year. So, I can no longer use my Blockbuster membership card, I suppose, as ID.
SPEAKING OF AIRPORTS
Yesterday, once again, folks trying to catch their flights at our airport found themselves stuck in a LONG line of traffic. Many got out, on the interstate, grabbed their bags, and started a long walk to the terminal, trying to catch their flights on time. It’s not the first time.
Pretty crazy that they can’t seem to find a way to fix that. However…
THE TUNNEL
We do have a tunnel coming one day that will take folks from downtown Nashville to the Airport. That would be Elon Musk and his BORING company digging underground to make that happen.
Early estimates say it will be open in 2027, and they are also planning on having the tunnels run to 20 other stops around Nashville and the surrounding metro area…including Opryland. The future is coming to Nashville…underground.
SPEAKING OF CARS
The most popular license plate sold in America is the “Unbridled Spirit” plate sold in Kentucky. They have sold over 2 million
That’s followed by the one in Utah.
This one from the Buckeye State...didn't sell nearly as well.
A BIG HOMER SIMPSON “DOH!!!”
A daughter complained to her Da that her Toyota “violently” accelerated when she was driving it. He Dad found out she had it in the wrong gear the entire time. Uh huh. It’s an automatic transmission, but the teen had it in 4th gear position, and not in “drive”. She’s looking for a new motor.
WORD
The Oxford Dictionary folks named “rage bait” as the word of the year. (Isn’t that two words?)
Rage Bait is online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, to increase traffic to certain websites. And now you know.
Aura Farming came in second, followed by the word biohack. You can look those up if you’d like.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Anonymous:
“Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.”
TODAY
A busy Tuesday on tap. I’m having lunch with my old publisher, who took a job at a new publishing company a few months ago. It will be great to check up on him and see how the new gig is going.
Then tonight I’ll be online with my North Carolina friends, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, writing a new tune.
Have a great Tuesday!
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