er " ▁and ▁" My ▁Way "), ▁Jason ▁Al de an ▁(" Any ▁Ol ' ▁Bar st ool "), ▁Eric ▁Church ▁(" Gu ys ▁Like ▁Me " ▁and ▁" H ell ▁on ▁the ▁Heart "), ▁and ▁Bla ke ▁Sh el ton ▁(" M ine ▁Would ▁Be ▁You ▁and ▁C ame ▁Here ▁to ▁For get "). ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Der ic ▁has ▁written ▁for ▁Nash ville - based ▁publishing ▁company ▁TH i S ▁Music . ▁He ▁renew ed ▁his ▁deal ▁with ▁TH i S ▁Music ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁recording ▁artist ▁It ▁took ▁over ▁four ▁years ▁for ▁R utt an ▁to ▁follow ▁up ▁his ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁self - t itled ▁release . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁he ▁released ▁his ▁second ▁album , ▁apt ly ▁titled ▁First ▁Time ▁In ▁A ▁Long ▁Time , ▁which ▁yield ed ▁four ▁hit ▁radio ▁singles ▁at ▁Canadian ▁country ▁radio : ▁the ▁title ▁track , ▁" L ov in ' ▁You ▁Is ▁Kill in ' ▁Me ", ▁" Cal iforn ia ▁Pl ates " ▁( co - written ▁with ▁members ▁of ▁Man it oba ▁country ▁band ▁Doc ▁Walker ), ▁and ▁" Good ▁Time ", ▁a ▁du et ▁with ▁Bent ley . ▁( The ▁video ▁for ▁" Good ▁Time " ▁reached ▁No .   1 ▁on ▁C MT ▁Canada ' s ▁video ▁count down ). ▁ ▁" It ▁wasn ' t ▁just ▁that ▁writing ▁songs ▁for ▁other ▁artists ▁was ▁taking ▁time ▁away ▁from ▁me ▁writing ▁my