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BILL BLOG Wednesday, June 24, 2026   Another Hump Day is here to get over; it’s Wednesday.   84 degrees for a high today in Music City, but by Sunday? 94.   YESTERDAY I spent a session online with a new songwriter who lives near Birmingham yesterday as a songwriting consultant for Songwriter Pro, a songwriting service offered by songwriter Brent Baxter.     Once in a while, I’ll get a chance to offer advice to other folks who are learning the craft. Carrie Bishop , whom I worked with, has a full-time job, but loves to write when she can…poetry, and lyrics for songs. And she sent me three songs to look at she had written.   Songwriting is a very hard business to monetize these days, but it sure brings a lot of joy to many, as it does for Carrie. I could tell she loved it within a minute of chatting with her online.   So I hope I offered a “nugget” or two that she can use to help make her songwriting stronger. It was fun getting t...

BILL BLOG Tuesday, June 23, 2026   And, it’s Tuesday, with a high of 79 today in Music City. Pleasant.   And it’s Prime Day as well, or as I like to call it, “Does anyone need any boxes day?”   YESTERDAY First day back at the songwriting table in almost two weeks after fighting off a cold. It felt good to create a new, fun song with my friend Katrina Burgoyne at my publishing company Billy Blue. Katrina has been busy recording new music, playing shows, and being a wife, and a Mom to a young little boy she calls “Poppi.”   And she brought a saucy idea to the table that was fun putting together. Here’s another one to put on her fun pile of songs that you just might hear someday.   SONG OF THE DAY Since I wrote with Australian Katrina Burgoyne today, here’s a song about her life right now that we wrote together, titled “ Living the American Dream ” as our song of the day.    HEALTH NOTES There’s some good coming from AI. Boston C...

BILL BLOG Monday, June 22, 2026    Hello, Monday morning. Looking for an 81-degree high today in Nashville, and maybe some rain.   THE WEEKEND Hope you had a great Father’s Day weekend. I’m proud that Donald Payne Whyte was my Father. And I’m proud to be the Father of this creative one, Heather Nicole Peterson .   My wife and I spent part of Father’s Day hooked up on the computer with our daughter and son-in-law, Casey , over in Germany, and we watched the movie “Michael,” which was really, really good. Michael Jaafar , who is Michael Jackson’s real-life nephew, played the lead role and was incredible. I can see an Oscar nomination.        The movie is a reminder of how incredibly gifted Michael was as an artist and creative genius.        AND IF YOU DIDN’T NOTICE It was a LONG Father’s Day, as it fell on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.   BACK TO VIETNAM I ...