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'''Billy Kirsch''' is an American songwriter and consultant. |
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==Early life== |
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Billy Kirsch attended Wesleyan University before leaving college to become a musician, focusing on a career as a jazz musician. After living in New York City, he moved to Nashville to enter the country music industry.<ref name=jw>https://www.jweekly.com/2009/01/02/nashville-s-jewish-cowboy-lives-the-good-country-life/</ref> |
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==Songwriting== |
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Kirsch then became a songwriter for country music artists, working for publishers including Kidbilly Music and Nocturnal Eclipse Music.<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=iA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4</ref> The first major performer to record a song of his was Kenny Rogers,<ref>https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20090326/282883726643708</ref> and he wrote the song “Is It Over Yet” performed by Wynonna Judd.<ref name=jw /> |
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1998 Kirsch co-wrote the song “Holes in the Floor of Heaven” with Steve Wariner,<ref>https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/story-behind-the-song/2017/09/01/story-behind-song-holes-floor-heaven-steve-wariner/614275001/</ref> which received the Song of the Year prize from the Academy of Country Music that year.<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=ig0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38</ref> It also received the Country Music Association Award Song of the Year prize<ref>https://cmaawards.com/artists-and-bands/holes-in-the-floor-of-heavenbilly-kirsch-and-steve-wariner/</ref><ref>https://countryfancast.com/2018-cma-awards-song-of-the-year/</ref> and a Grammy nomination<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=AQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10</ref> for Best Country Song.<ref>https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/billy-kirsch</ref> The story behind Kirsch’s writing of the song was published in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs.<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=xjbJvDdjJmMC&pg=PT152</ref> |
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In 2002 Kirsch’s song “I Believe In The Mystery” was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/2002/1/</ref> In 2004 Kirsch co-wrote the song Stay Gone with singer Jimmy Wayne, which was named one of BMI’s 2004 songs of the year on American radio and television.<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=ehMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9</ref> Additionally he has written and published songs for artists including Rogers,<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=vQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36</ref> Alabama,<ref>https://www.juf.org/news/blog.aspx?id=432488&blogid=13567</ref> Englebert Humperdink, Tim McGraw, and Lee Greenwood.<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=_RcWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA281</ref> |
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==Consulting== |
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In 2006 Kirsch created the “team building through song” concept and began a business consultancy. Clients that he has worked with through the company have included Walt Disney, Microsoft, L’Oréal, Harley-Davidson, and Pfizer.<ref>http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-billy-kirsch-kidbilly-music-team-building-song-hollywood/</ref> Kirsch is the president of the firm, Kidbilly Music Team Building.<ref>https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/what-to-do/kidbilly-music-team-building-through-songr</ref><ref>https://adage.com/article/special-report-small-agency-conference-and-awards/fun-facts-small-agency-conference-speakers/309325/</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 03:12, 17 January 2019
Billy Kirsch is an American songwriter and consultant.
Early life
Billy Kirsch attended Wesleyan University before leaving college to become a musician, focusing on a career as a jazz musician. After living in New York City, he moved to Nashville to enter the country music industry.[1]
Songwriting
Kirsch then became a songwriter for country music artists, working for publishers including Kidbilly Music and Nocturnal Eclipse Music.[2] The first major performer to record a song of his was Kenny Rogers,[3] and he wrote the song “Is It Over Yet” performed by Wynonna Judd.[1]
1998 Kirsch co-wrote the song “Holes in the Floor of Heaven” with Steve Wariner,[4] which received the Song of the Year prize from the Academy of Country Music that year.[5] It also received the Country Music Association Award Song of the Year prize[6][7] and a Grammy nomination[8] for Best Country Song.[9] The story behind Kirsch’s writing of the song was published in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs.[10]
In 2002 Kirsch’s song “I Believe In The Mystery” was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song.[11] In 2004 Kirsch co-wrote the song Stay Gone with singer Jimmy Wayne, which was named one of BMI’s 2004 songs of the year on American radio and television.[12] Additionally he has written and published songs for artists including Rogers,[13] Alabama,[14] Englebert Humperdink, Tim McGraw, and Lee Greenwood.[15]
Consulting
In 2006 Kirsch created the “team building through song” concept and began a business consultancy. Clients that he has worked with through the company have included Walt Disney, Microsoft, L’Oréal, Harley-Davidson, and Pfizer.[16] Kirsch is the president of the firm, Kidbilly Music Team Building.[17][18]
References
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- ^ a b https://www.jweekly.com/2009/01/02/nashville-s-jewish-cowboy-lives-the-good-country-life/
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=iA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20090326/282883726643708
- ^ https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/story-behind-the-song/2017/09/01/story-behind-song-holes-floor-heaven-steve-wariner/614275001/
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=ig0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38
- ^ https://cmaawards.com/artists-and-bands/holes-in-the-floor-of-heavenbilly-kirsch-and-steve-wariner/
- ^ https://countryfancast.com/2018-cma-awards-song-of-the-year/
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=AQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10
- ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/billy-kirsch
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=xjbJvDdjJmMC&pg=PT152
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/2002/1/
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=ehMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=vQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36
- ^ https://www.juf.org/news/blog.aspx?id=432488&blogid=13567
- ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=_RcWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA281
- ^ http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-billy-kirsch-kidbilly-music-team-building-song-hollywood/
- ^ https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/what-to-do/kidbilly-music-team-building-through-songr
- ^ https://adage.com/article/special-report-small-agency-conference-and-awards/fun-facts-small-agency-conference-speakers/309325/