Billy Decker

Mixer, Frito salt licker, and Cancer survivor

In this episode of How To Fail Successfully, I have a conversation with one of the most sought-after mixers in country music, Billy Decker. Billy has mixed 14 #1 country songs, working with artists like Kenny Chesney, Rodney Akins, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean. and Sam Hunt. More recently, Billy was faced with his most challenging obstacle after being diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  

Listen as the ever joyful and brutally honest Billy Decker shares his story of success and the struggles he’s faced along his journey.

Who is Billy? 

Billy Decker was born on August 28th, 1967 and raised in Nebraska. He got a BS in criminal justice at the University of Nebraska and then went on to be Salutatorian at Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts in 1992. In 1994, Decker moved to Nashville where he’s been working ever since.

Billy’s mixed 14 #1s to date – most recently, Chris Young’s “Losing Sleep”. He has mixed for Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean. Jaime Lynne Spears, and Sam Hunt. Decker also mixed George Jones’s last album before he died.