In Nashville, Busbee was considered one of the good guys. That may go without saying for a lot of writer-producers in a town where being a bad guy isn’t really allowed, but there was a special affe…
”To give you a point of reference of my upbringing: I grew up fairly conservative Christian, and then started playing jazz music, and then apparently got decently good at it. In my later teens I would play salsa gigs in the city.
“I’m very, very grateful to have been embraced by this world. You know, they didn’t have to do that. There’s no guarantee in that regard. But literally, if you have a certain level of exposure here, you know most everybody. I remember bringing my sister to the CMAs last year, when I was honored to be nominated for something, and so we were seated on the floor, and in between during the commercial breaks, you could just walk around, and I was introducing her to everybody.
“I could go on and on. Please cut me off at any time! I just love this town. I love L.A., too, man. There are so many great people there too, and it’s such a great community as well, in a very different way. “I’m trying to think of an analogy in a different music space. It’s hard because this music space is historically more synonymous with a specific culture than most music spaces. There’s potentially a broader cross-section of type of people who might be into pop, because pop is just short for what’s popular, and so it’s all kinds of music and brings all kinds of people to the party from hyperconservatives to hyperliberals to everything in between.
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