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Billy HerZIG is originally from Ft. Worth, Texas. He was the owner and main engineer of Abalone Studio from 1982-1988. During these years, he recorded and produced many demos, jingles, and custom record projects. He also played in bands throughout the Dallas/Ft.Worth area.

Since moving to Nashville in 1989, he's been a staff writer for Sony/Tree, Music Daily-Warner/Chappell and Peer/Talbot Music. He wrote "Right From The Start," a #1 single for Earl Thomas Conley (RCA) which was also used in the movie "Roadhouse".

As an acoustic guitarist, Billy has played on hundreds of demo sessions, many times as leader. He also plays electric guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion.

Since 1996, Billy has co-owned Grey House Studio (Music Row in Nashville) where he engineers and produces demos for many writers and publishers. He has also produced custom CD projects, indy label projects, as well as development deal demos and masters for several major labels. He is also a co-owner of Color House Productions in Arlington, Texas.

Zig has done demos for Capitol, Atlantic, MCA, Sony, Warner Bros., Warner-Chappell, BMG, RCA, Asylum, Arista, Universal, Famous, EMI, Almo-Irving, Polygram, Blue Water, Dreamworks, Lyric Street, High Seas, Hamstein, Curb, Sony/ATV, and many others.

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