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City: HOPE VALLEY
State: Rhode Island
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 
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Saturday, July 18, 2009 
I am shocked with the rest of the world over the sudden passing of Michael Jackson. I will always have very fond memories of working with him and all the other talented people on "What More Can I Give" and his 30th anniversary special with his brothers. We have lost a legend too soon. All that knew him knew he only wanted to please and I hope he finally gets the respect he deserves. Thanks Michael for all you gave to your fans..my whole family extends their prayers to your family at this difficult time.

with respect,
Billy Gilman
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Saturday, March 21, 2009 

Category: Life

Kristin Votaw from Shelbyville, KY asks: Billy. Hey! I've had the pleasure of hearing some of your new material and I wanted to know how YOU would describe your new music? In other words, how would you say your music has changed, especially over the last few months?  Thanks so much and we'll see ya soon.
Billy:  I want/wanted people to feel like I feel when I hear a great song on the radio and you say "I Gotta Find That" Hopefully we captured something fun that you guys will like. 


Tracy Bonzo from Painted Post, NY asks: Billy, when can we expect some new songs and a new album?  Are you signed with a new (major) label?
Billy:  New songs are being created all the time. Until I feel we have strong enough material then we will move ahead. Major labels of all sorts have heard the stuff and the feedback thankfully has been awesome. The music industry is really bad right now so you have to half Grade A++ stuff otherwise it’s a no go. we're close. but you guys get to hear some of it here first. Spread The Word!


Nikki Phipps from Joliet, IL asks: Billy why do you care so much about us kids with muscular dystrophy?
Billy:  I'm very lucky to do what I do. So I always said no matter what I will give back, and the MDA really touched me. The kids become part of your family. It’s a great Association. I'm glad they keep saying '' Come Back!" lol


Bethany Alvarado from Maple Valley, WA asks: Hey Billy, my question is: if you didn't take singing as a career, where do you think would you be today?
Billy:  I honestly don't know. At the age of 5 I got my first acoustic guitar (can't play but you would think I could've back then!) that never left my side, at 6 I got a Karaoke machine. That was it. Nothing else mattered it was and still is all I am. I wake up thinking about music, got to bed (when I go to bed) thinking about music.


Jen Swendsen from Bethlehem, CT asks: Hey Billy, My question is: what's your favorite family tradition?
Billy:  There are a lot. Memorial Day Cookouts, 4th Of July BBQs. All the holidays we are together. My pick would probably be Christmas. Once I hit 20 something happened and I can't inhale enough food. Christmas really helps that problem. lol Food, a couch and TV. Everything a guy like me could ask for.


Samantha Blasi-Funk from Sioux Falls, SD asks: What exactly are the pros and cons to being a celebrity, and is it all worth it?
Billy:  I would probably say it’s different for everybody. The more scrutiny you're under the more stressful it gets. Especially when all you really are in it for is to make music. The Pros really out-weigh the Cons for me right now. I travel a lot to great places and meet all kinds of people. The one thing I hate is speculation and I'm sure everybody of any status where you are in the media will agree with me. I also can't stand when someone who has no idea about the music industry feels the need to tell you what you should do. haha Easier said than done!


Ashley Berry from Jonesboro, AR asks: My friends and I love karaoke. Any hidden karaoke talents you want to share?
Billy:  haha. I'm a spectator when it comes to that! I normally don't. On occasion when I do I can sing a mean version of Brick House. Straight up funny.


Katie Ayers from Lancaster, OH asks: What is your favorite memorable moment that you will never forget?
Billy:  WAY too many. Awards and stuff like that I will always remember but little things like forgetting the words and breaking out in hysterical laughter while my band laughs along was pretty memorable. Being pants'd in front of Jessica Andrews by my mentally un-stable (kidding) brother tops a lot of lists..for a lot of people. lol


Renee R from Lancaster, PA asks: A hundred years from now [(: haha], how do you want to be remembered?
Billy:  I want to be remembered period. lol But hopefully if all goes well just to be remembered as a person who made you feel. Whether it be happiness, sadness, anger (for those who don't care for Billy Gilman lol), excitement, inspired. Just made you feel something..


Lacey Rose from Newfoundland, Canada asks: Billy, what's your favorite drink to have when you first get up in the morning?
Billy:  Banana, protein powder, strawberries, yogurt and milk. Then straight on to coffee.


Danielle vanBenthuysen from Everett WA asks: Billy, What one song would you say best describes your life?
Billy:  BG Song: My Time On Earth. Generic Song: Troubadour by George Strait


Beth Schiada from Upland, California asks: Hey Billy, are you a Beatles fan, if so, what are your favorite songs?
Billy:  I can't say I'm a big fan but I have some stuff on my Ipod..Imagine, Come Together, Blackbird...


Christine Northcutt from Anchorage, AK asks: Billy, when was the first time that you felt like you finally made it in the music business?
Billy:  When I was watching TV and on some Talent Show (American Idol type) someone sang "There's A Hero". I thought, wow. Pretty cool.


Sheena Martin from Lancaster, PA asks: Billy, what's the craziest/weirdest thing a fan had done in front of you?
Billy:  Easy- Thrown a bra up on stage. That's pretty crazy!


Gwen Glanville from Green Cove Springs, FL asks: Billy, this is a 2 part question.  Would you date a fan, and if you were what would your type of a girl have to be like?
Billy:  Sure! They would have to be able to act in a mature adult way in order to handle my career/life. I've been in a couple of relationships where the girl (nameless, lol) couldn't handle all the women/girls that make up a Male singer’s career. It’s tough but you have to trust.


Joe Ellis from New Castle, DE asks: What is your favorite song you ever recorded and why?
Billy:  The song I think is my strongest song is "She Wanted More". It’s just (to me) right up there in regards to a great hook, lyrics music. That's the only song I can tolerate hearing, lol


Cassandra Scott from Knoxville, TN asks: What is your favorite song that you have written and why?
Billy:  I love "It’s My Life" those lyrics really stand out to me cause it really is what I feel. She Wanted More though takes the cake. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it and singing it.


Shannon Dunkle from San Jose, CA asks: Billy, what would consider to be most rewarding about your life as a singer?
Billy:  The most rewarding to me is when someone says a simple "Thank You for your music" that means way more than anyone thinks. Especially now that I'm writing the material it’s even more gratifying.


Courtney Kriegel from Sacramento, CA asks: Billy, how has it been to "grow up" in the music industry, and what advice would you give to other future singers who want to or have started out at a young age?
Billy:  It has its bright spots and some dark spots. I just really now tell people my own age and younger, if it’s what you ARE and all you aspire to be then in some form it will serve you. It’s too tough of a business otherwise. It’s got to be something you feel and that you want.


Allison Troini from the Bay Area, California asks: What/who inspired you the most to start and pursue singing?
Billy:  Mel & Pam Tillis. Age 3 I heard her sing and I was hooked.


Steve Einhorn from Springfield, VA asks: What is the one material possession you cannot live without?
Billy:  I'm simple..I could live pretty much without everything. Phone, Ipod, TV, etc. I am one to be a    text-aholic but that's about it.


William Colonero from Douglas Massachusetts asks: Billy what is your greatest acomplishment in life?
Billy:  I don't know if I have one yet..I'm very grateful for all I've done but I can sit back and say "That was the greatest"...yet. I think being a good husband and dad will make me the proudest. I think about that a lot and can't help but feel a deep feeling of satisfaction when those days come. That's a lonng time from now though.


Mandie Martin from Little Rock, AR asks: If you got stuck on a deserted Island what three things would you want with you? (and you can't say a boat cause that’s too easy!)
Billy:  A knowledge of distilling salt water, lol probably Ipod and carrie underwood


Hong Nhung from Vietnam asks: Hi Billy! I had a chance to listen to 2 songs that you write, I liked them a lot. So my question is: What inspires you when you compose?
Billy:  Thanks for liking the songs Hong. It depends on what mood I'm in that day. What I just listened to. Sometimes a hook will come into my head and I'll record it on my phone and get together with Liz or Steve etc and write words to it. I think I have ADD lol so it’s hard for me to pay attention for a long period of time. We'll be on one song and 3 more ideas come into my head. And you wonder why I have a insomnia..


Danielle from the Philippines asks: I just wanna ask that do you know that you are also not only known in USA but also in different continents and countries like Philippines and you have any plan to promote yourself here and have tour??
Billy:  Thanks Danie- I've gone gold in Canada, Taiwan, and somewhere else haha so yea definitely something to think about. It’s talked about alot. We'll see.


Stormi Knight from Ft. Worth, TX asks: Hey Billy, I would like to know.... What is your most missed memory when your out on the road & Traveling?
Billy:  I like losing track of time. It’s really weird but every day rolls into one. Just non-stop music, chillin with some great people who become your family. I miss all the posters I would see in the crowds too.


Rebecca Galloway from Pasco State, WA asks: What made you want to become a country singer?
Billy:  It was all that was playing when I was younger so it was just in me. I love all kinds of music but Country is just what is right for me, at this point anyway.


Nicki Carroll from Cleveland, OK asks: If you had the chance to sound like you were a kid again and sing one of your old songs, would you? And what Song?
Billy:  No. I like the way I sing now. I've had to overcome a lot of obstacles just to get to this point because of my fame as a child. I don't wanna back track. It was great to have a voice like that at 11 but I'm happy with the sound I have now at 20. Good question though, I would wonder that too.


Autum Calloway from Russellville, KY asks: What has been the hardest obstacle you have faced in the music industry while trying to make that tough transition from child star to adult artist?
Billy:  Well, probably having industry people believe in BG again. Now that I'm down in Nashville a lot and writing and meeting with people it’s gotten a lot better and the respect is there way more than it ever was cause now I'm treated as one of them. Not as a kid just singing good songs. People have to understand this is not gonna happen overnight. It could be 3 more years who knows. It could be 2 weeks from today I sign a contract. I'm working my butt off and Nashville is seeing that..Finally.


Samantha Williams from Ivel, KY asks: What made you decide to get into singing?
Billy:  Like I said, it’s all I was/am. I can't remember the first time I sang it was that long ago. I came out singing lol


Miranda from Rhode Island asks: Hey Billy, I've read articles back around 2001 or so where you mentioned you got to meet Elisabeth. You've talked a lot about what it was like meeting Mattie, but I was wondering (and have been for an awful long time now!) what was it like meeting Elisabeth off of Dare To Dream?
Billy:  She was a real person. I was in Texas and we had a great day. When you were in her presence you just felt happiness, despite of what she was fighting. I'm so glad she got to see the video and the single do so well.


Bryant from MA asks: Hey Billy, I know you've said on many occasions that Mattie Stepanek has had a great influence on your life. Well I was wondering, if you had never met Mattie, how do you think you would be different as a person today?
Billy:  I probably wouldn't be as grateful or wouldn't pay as close attention to the joy of simple things as much. I'm by nature a simple person but my life isn't simple. Hotels, concerts, meetings, airplanes. Knowing Mattie makes me stop and enjoy being able to stand on my own feet and just be.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 
Hey- FYI I (today) will be doing an interview for American Profile Magazine. Keep an eye out for it. Also keep tuned into the myspace..the new one is almost ready!

Later
bG

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008 
Hey Friends,
 
            Just got home from the Telethon. It was an awesome year not only for me but we raised 65 Million for the Association. Despite a sucky economy and the terrible Hurricane. I am truly thankful for the 1500+ that you all raised. Awesome Job! Also I know I go along with everyone when I say "God Bless The Gulf Coast." They have been hit too many times. Hope everyone is ok down there. I hope everyone liked the new stuff. I was really excited but nervous to sing those songs cause me and my co-writers worked our as..butts off on the arrangements to make them perfect for you. And what can I say about the duet. It was the 1 highlight of my career and probably will be for the rest of my life. I am not a "cryer" and I had to hold it back from when she walked out on the stage, let alone when we started singing. She is one amazing kid.
 
    Now I am home until Monday with a bad chest cold. I didn't sleep much so that could be the problem. I head to Nashville on Monday to continue the new journey and see what else we can create. Hopefully not with a cold or whatever I've got. "Damn" has been getting a lot of interest from the industry people which is exciting and its happening all on its own too. I wanna give a big shout out to Steve Hornbeak, Steve Mandile and Liz Rose. You guys are my family and my rock in Nashville. Thank you isn't enough. I'm Really excited for what's ahead. Ok, I have to pick up my bro from football practice. Then its off to the Drs. He hates them as much as I do so we can sit there miserably together while I get told the riot act on how I don't take better care of myself. Haha...and I still have to pay after that too. I should become a Doctor.
 
The Telethon is over and so isn't summer. Hope everyone had a great one. Mine was filled with Family Cookouts, Bonfires upon Bonfires with friends, Late night wake boarding (don't ask, I can't believe I'm not dead) and most importantly songwriting and finding my way musically. What you are hearing is all my feelings and is truly me.
 
..and no I'm not dating taylor swift...
 
..I wish
 
Peace everybody
 
 
ps..stay in touch with the myspace..we'll be updating it soon.
 
...and I was reading somewhere that somebody couldn't remember a song I wrote. I only sang it once so far and it's called "Never Crossed My Mind" and there is also a brand new one called "What Dreams Will Come" which brings the total to 6 I think...hopefully in 2 weeks it will be 10-20 new songs.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008 
Hey Myspace Friends-
 
 
            Thank you for such a successful Fan Fair 2008. Because of the BGF fans efforts and all of you who showed up to support, we were in line with Taylor, Carrie as one of the most successful booths this year. That's really awesome for a kid with no label...(yet, hmmm that news will come later, I havent been going to Nashville for nothing) It really shows how great and supportive you have all been through the tough years. I know you hear it again and again but it really is awesome how you've always been there.
 
            Gearing up for Telethon 08'. I'm singing 3 songs this year which is really cool. Please don't forget to send in your donations, even 10 cents helps.
 
            All in All, I am working harder then I have ever worked for you and for me. And I'm happy, which is good, especially for those around me in my everyday life. I'm not fun when I'm otherwise ha. Keep checking back cause I know a lot of updates will be seen here!
 
 
 
Peace
Bg
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Monday, February 25, 2008 

Hey MySpace Friends --

Happy early St. Patrick's Day!

Here's your chance to join MDA and me and spread the "Luck of the Irish" by planting an MDA Shamrock on your page. Why not check out  the site  http://www.mda.org/eshamrocks. There are lots of  Shamrock styles and more will be coming soon, so check back. You can even make a donation to MDA to help in the fight against muscular dystrophy.

If you'd like to do more, how about sending a Bulletin asking your MySpace Friends to do the same.  It's a simple, easy and great way to help raise awareness and funds for MDA. 

Peace ya'll and thanks as always

B

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Sunday, January 06, 2008 
Hey Ya'll-
 
        Wanted to say a big Thank You for the half million views our Myspace has gotten. It seems like yesterday my fanclub decided to start one, never knowing how much of an impact it would end up making on my career. Going to Nashville to start songwriting soon and I can't wait! I'll keep you posted, so keep checking the myspace and my website billygilman.com.
 
ohh by the way..how fast can we get this baby up to a million views? :)
 
Peacee
 
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 
Hey Ya'll,
 
 
       How is everyone doing? In Billy Gilman land things are going as expected and right on schedule. So many things to fill you in on. First off. Went down to Nashville (as you found out through the BGF) and recorded two songs in the matter of hours. I know some of you wanted brand new material, One of them is a brand new song. The other is a song that you all know and have wanted a "studio" version of for a long time. I finally decided to record it and send it out to you all as a gift, seeing its close to the holiday season. I get so many letters suggesting that I should record this song so I finally did and I think it came out great. Totally different then the version on the Telethon *hint hint*. The other song was suggested by my co manager Scott Siman a long time ago but at that point in time I declined it. I found it 5 years later and now decided I am old enough to sing it with the feeling it deserves. That will be arriving soon. What a song it is!  They are both in a category that my fans respond to most...Country Ballads.
 
     Next up after the recording sessions it was time for some meetings. I met with a lot of industry people and it was these meetings where they finally saw the committed "adult Billy Gilman". It was such an AWESOME experience seeing everybody wanting to get back on board. I also met with some songwriters who have written hits for everybody including a little celebrity by the name of George Strait, haha. They will be coming up to RI in coming weeks to start writing songs with me (yes my next record will probably have songs written by me this time!) and they will be rocking songs! The ballads are what people know me by but we're going to write some kick butt fun stuff. Everyone was so wonderful and ready to get me onto the next level. I am so excited to have their support.
 
            On the MDA front, I was asked by the President to serve another year as the Youth Chairman. This will be my 6th term and they have me running this year and I wouldn't have it any other way. I just arrived back from the very professional MDA Board Meeting and received the MDA Board Of Directors Excellence Award. I was floored that they chose me as a recipient of such a distinguished award. It was great!  All In All 2008 already looks like a pivotal year for us and I know I keep saying Hold On ...Its Time but it truly does not come over night and that's where the dedication from not only me but you guys comes into play. Its a never ending work in progress. I at this point am really enjoying my regular life and I can say that my hands are numb from putting some many lights up outside my house. haha! Thanks for checking the website day in and day out and checking out the Myspace. Enjoy the gift of "Cryin" and have a great Holiday Season!
 
Peace-
bg
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Saturday, August 11, 2007 

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to write and say hey and thanks for stopping by my website! We have updated the photos section, and now there's some from the Mohegan Sun Concerts and Fan Fair. I want to thank everyone for making Fan Fair 2007 the best yet (I know a little late but, better late than never!) It was awesome. The B.G. Booth was the best part. It was great seeing allllll of you and for the ones I didn't get to see, next year hopefully.

Gearing up for Telethon 2007 too. As always I'm looking forward to it. I'm gonna be reprising my "Our First Kiss / You Don't You Won't" medley. The "Our First Kiss" part is re-written and updated, so it's gonna be different. You, the fans, loved it and it got great feedback, so why not stick with what works. The second song I will be doing is one that follows me everywhere. The most requested by the fans.

I saw that the Official BG MySpace page is at over a quarter of a million views. Thank you all for everything. We're working hard and I'm sure it will pay off soon. In the meantime, I really am enjoying the summer and being a normal kid. I hope everybody is enjoying the summer too.

Oh also, I'm getting asked a lot if I'm responding through a certain email name. The answer is no. I do not reply to anyone outside of the regular snail mail (the address is provided here) or through the BillyGilmanFans.com or Billyheads.com message boards under the names "Billy Gilman" or "Mr. Billy Gilman." I hate to disappoint anyone who thinks they're talking to me, but they aren't. Check out this website or those two provided above. I am on from time to time. I am so private that some of my friends don't even have my cell number. LOL

Thanks Again.

Peace Ya'll

BG

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