CHRIS FARREN
FOUNDER / PRESIDENT / PRODUCER - COMBUSTION MUSIC
Founded by GRAMMY-nominated producer, songwriter, and publisher Chris Farren in 2001, Combustion Music is a Nashville-based independent music publishing and artist development company housed on Music Row where creatives come to thrive. With a 24-year track record and 109 #1 singles across multiple genres, Combustion has proven its potency, from consistency of staff, longevity in writer relationships, agility in adapting to an ever-changing music landscape, and remaining true to the core belief in the power of artistic and creative freedom.
Over the course of its two-and-a-half decades of success, Combustion has helped foster the careers of noteworthy songwriters and artist-writers like Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Ashley Gorley, 6x Christian Songwriter of the Year Matthew West, Brett James, Gordie Sampson, Jerry Flowers, Kelly Archer, Nathan and Caleb Followhill (Kings of Leon), Matt Jenkins, Mickey Jack Cones, Neil Mason, Zach Crowell, Brett Tyler, Corey Kent, Faren Rachels, Jameson Rodgers, Kolby Cooper, and more, with many of those publishing relationships lasting well over a decade. At a time when country music and Nashville’s songwriting community is more in-demand than ever, Combustion Music stands as a strategic leader in the publishing and artist development sphere, prepared to capitalize, advocate, and innovate for the benefit of its artists.
The Combustion Music Hope Town Music Festival is a three-day-long celebration of music, song and giving, set against the spectacular tropical backdrop of the little island of Elbow Cay, Bahamas. Founded in 2013, the festival has brought big time songwriters, who collectively have written over 150 #1 hit singles, to this incredible community. “It was my goal to introduce many of my songwriter friends to this special island that my family and I have grown to love over the past 20 years, and to introduce Hope Town and its’ residents to the incredible musical talent of these writers, and finally and most importantly, to raise a bunch of money for some very worthy charities,” says Combustion Music founder and President Chris Farren.
The responses from the local community and the songwriting/music community have been incredible, with everyone pitching in to support three very worth charities; The Hope Town Fire and Rescue Department; Every Child Counts, an alternative education program for children with learning, developmental or physical disabilities; and Friends of the Environment, a local non-profit environmental organization devoted to preserving the Abaco’s fragile environment and working towards a more sustainable future.
