Be in Billy Kay’s Next Music Video: Meet the Producer

February 24, 2012

Be in Billy Kay’s Next Music Video: Meet the Producer While he’s listed as the Producer, Gene Sironen is the backbone of my music. He owns Golden Song Productions, the studio I record at. I never show up with a “vague idea”. I show up with a tape of a completed song – with all [...]

Read the full article →

Be in Billy Kay’s Next Music Video!

February 14, 2012

Be in Our Next Music Video! Do you want to be in Billy Kay’s next music video – When You Hold Me Tight? Well now you can! I’ve actually always made special editions of my videos and my Picture CDs for my friends and associates. And I’m always told I should do the same for [...]

Read the full article →

My Influences – The Country Connection

February 9, 2012

So how did a New Yawkah make the switch to Country music? Three things conspired in my favor. While living in Los Angeles, I made a lot of road trips thru the desert. There was only ONE radio station – The Highway Channel – once you left LA proper. And they only played country music. [...]

Read the full article →

Adding Steel Guitars to Hold Me Tite

February 8, 2012

Adding Steel Guitars to Hold Me Tight On February 7, 2012, we were at Golden Song Studios adding the pedal steel guitar to “When You Hold Me Tight”. I was fortunate enough to get Tommy, who plays at the “Country Superstars Tribute” at The Golden Nugget. Here’s a quick clip to show what the steel [...]

Read the full article →

More to the Mix – The 70′s

February 7, 2012

I left New York in 1973. I got to travel America for several years, and take in the sounds and culture of the nation. I spent a year each in Virginia and the South, Illinois and the Midwest, and California. My music was influenced by each. The songs I wrote and recorded in the South [...]

Read the full article →

My Influences – Part 3

January 29, 2012

My Influences – Part 3 As a product of the 60′s, my biggest influence is – and always will be – The Beatles. They received some kind of Divine Inspiration. They always found the perfect words, matched them with the perfect melody, and presented it in a perfect arrangement. Every single time! Even their “throw-away” [...]

Read the full article →

Get to Know Spaceship Days

January 25, 2012

Spaceship Days Matt Mocharnuk (Vocals/Lyrics), Chuck Cox (bass) and Greg Torsone (everything else) are an extremely talented – and – fun-loving bunch of guys from Chapel Hill, NC. About the meaning behind the band’s name Cox explains, “We all love Catherine Wheel, and our name was taken from a lyric in one of Wheel’s songs.” [...]

Read the full article →

Sneak Peek at Hold Me Tight

January 22, 2012

Sneak Peek at Hold Me Tight I’ve been in the recording studio since right before Christmas. The other day, one of my favorite singers – Volary – was in town visiting from San Francisco. I cajoled her into singing backup on one of the songs we’re recording, and she was perfect! Rather then just “a [...]

Read the full article →

Billy Kay as a Booth Babe

January 22, 2012

Billy Kay as a Booth Babe There ARE some perks to being me! While attending a convention recently, I got a lot of photo ops. One of my favorite photographers – Brad Crooks – followed me around while I handed out T-shirts and had my picture taken with folks. But he also gave me a [...]

Read the full article →

My Influences – Part 2

January 12, 2012

The second person who was my inspiration is my younger brother, Chris. Since my dad taught me how to fake it, when I was learning songs that had hard parts – like the guitar riffs in “Layla” – I would fake it during those parts. If it was a singing problem – I think every [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →