As a producer, Billy has worked and helped developed such artists as: White Heart, Geoff Moore, Gaither Vocal Band, Magaret Becker, Twenty Twenty, One Bad Pig, Jag, Randy Matthews, Idle Cure, Rhonda Gunn, Cheryl Jewel, and Rachel Rachel.

Billy Smiley has formed Best Media Group, LLC with partner Eric Tooker (Insights International) with its primary focus to be a ‘Positive Alternative’ to Modern Pop and Rock Music and to spread Contemporary Worship Music in new and fresh ways around the world. Two Label Brands are under the company - ‘Cul De Sac’ Records (Artist Driven Rock) and ‘Devotion Music’ (Contemporary Worship Artists).

Smiley starts out producing, developing, and mentoring up and coming artists he discovers, and then either partners with EMI Distribution (Sky Harbor – Inpop, Justifide – Ardent), Word/WEA Distribution (Charity Von – Slanted), Provident/BMG Distribution (Daniels Window & Worship Extreme – Cross Driven), and/or puts them on one his own labels (Distributed by New Day/Word, Spring Arbor, Central South, and MPI International Distribution.

Based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, he tracks and mixes at ‘The Bennett House’ in Franklin, TN, and then uses his own facility ‘The Outfield Studio’ in Scottsdale for his editing, recording, overdub, and mixing arena. His History is as follows: He started as performer/producer for the Bill Gaither organization. He produced the 1st 4 Gaither Vocal band albums selling more than 1 million units. Out of that he formed the Grammy nominated Rock Group White Heart with Producer & Session Guitar extraordinaire Dann Huff (Faith Hill & Lonestar producer) & Mark Gersmehl in 1982.

White Heart went on to tour worldwide through 1998, selling over 2.5 million records, with 17 #1 Singles*, 2 Grammy nominations, and 23 Dove nominations. He has produced more than 40 albums, and 27 No. 1 songs. He has 5 Grammy Nominations, one producing the 1989 Grammy nominated song “Silent Night”, recorded by BeBe & CeCe Winans. As a songwriter he has co-written 22 no. 1 songs, and over 50 top 10 songs. In addition to White Heart, Smiley was the A&R director for KMG Records from 1998-1999.

And as an independent producer for over 15 years while he was with White Heart, he has helped discover, develop, produce, A&R, and write for such artists as: The Newsboys, The Insyderz, White Heart, The Normals, Susan Ashton, Petra, Steven Curtis Chapman, Margaret Becker, Be Be & Ce Ce Winans, Rhonda Gunn, According to John, The Gaither Vocal Band, Rachel Rachel, Justifide, Sky Harbor, and now new artists “Charity Von”, “Kristina”, “Daniel’s Window”, “The Ross Wright Band”, and the “Marshall McLuhan Project”.

For the past 3 years he has also been developing a new Hymns and Worship project called ‘iworshiphymn.com’ aimed to reach a new generation with the beauty and history of the past in a musical language they understand. He has gathered 14 worship leaders and songwriters from around the country to Re-write and Re-arrange and Record Hymns “For A New Generation”.

Bachelor of Arts - Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA – 1979 (Academic Hall of Fame - Azusa Student Centennial Award) Gaither Trio, Gaither Vocal Band – 1980-1984 Benson Songwriter/Producer – 1981-1985 White Heart (Word, Sparrow, Star Song, Curb) – 1982–1998 Sparrow Songwriter/Producer – 1985-1989 BMG Songwriter – 1994-1998 Word Songwriter – 1998-2002 Director of A&R – Killen Music Group - 1998-1999 President and A&R Director – Best Media Group - 1999-Current