Editing Billy Boyd (section)

===Music===
Boyd fronts a band called Beecake.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/beecakeband |title=Beecake |website=Myspace |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523204134/https://myspace.com/beecakeband |archive-date=23 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://beecake.com/ |title=Beecake |website=beecake.com |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008205128/http://www.beecake.com/ |archive-date=8 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The band was named after a time when Boyd's ''Lord of the Rings'' co-star [[Dominic Monaghan]] sent a picture of a cake covered in bees. Other members of the band included Paul Burke, Billy Johnston, and Rick Martin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/lost%20star%20gets%20lead%20role_1058756 |title=Dominic Monaghan - Lost Star Gets Lead Role |website=Contactmusic.com |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105171322/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/lost%20star%20gets%20lead%20role_1058756 |archive-date=5 November 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Boyd made a guest appearance on [[Viggo Mortensen]]'s 2003 album ''[[Pandemoniumfromamerica]]'', where he played the bass on two songs, as well as drums on another.

In June 2010, Beecake released an album ''Soul Swimming''. As well as topping some of the international [[MySpace]] charts, the band was awarded VisitScotland's award for Best Live Act at the Tartan Clef Music Awards. The award was created by VisitScotland to celebrate Scotland's live music scene and Glasgow's new title of UNESCO City of Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tartanclef.org |title=Scottish Music Awards |website=tartanclef.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209091450/http://www.tartanclef.org/ |archive-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Beecake released the EP ''Please Stay'' on 4 June 2012. The music video for the song "Please Stay" from the EP was released to coincide with the release of the EP. The song's music video was directed by [[Michael Ferns]], a graduate from the RSAMD where Boyd himself graduated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/06/07/56751-billy-boyd-and-beecake-new-video/|title=Billy Boyd and Beecake – new video!|date=7 June 2012|website=theonering.net|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210062330/http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/06/07/56751-billy-boyd-and-beecake-new-video/|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The group released their second album ''Blue Sky Paradise'' in December 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/scots-actor-and-musician-billy-boyd-1516936 |title=Scots actor and musician Billy Boyd on juggling his acting and music career |first=Rick |last=Fulton |newspaper=Daily Record |date=4 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107020359/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/scots-actor-and-musician-billy-boyd-1516936 |archive-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The band released a second EP titled ''Just B'' in July 2013.

In 2014, Boyd wrote and performed the song "The Last Goodbye", which was played over the ending credits of the movie ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.<ref name="thelastgoodbye"/>