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Barry Coburn | |
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 Barry Coburn in his Office in 2021 |
Barry Coburn is a native New Zealander whose early career managing and producing rock group Split Enz in the 70's[1] led to a decade producing international tours for legendary performers that included Muddy Waters, Elton John[2], Neil Diamond, Black Sabbath[2], The Eagles[3], Duke Ellington, Emmylou Harris, Chuck Berry, Roger Miller and Led Zeppelin[2]. In many cases this led to trusted relationships with the performers. On one occasion Chuck Berry refused to go onstage for a performance until "Barry Coburn showed up with a bag of money."[4] In 1972 Coburn was the organizer of New Zealand's original Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival -- the first major rock music event ever held by the island nation.[2]
His publishing experience eventually led him to the Nashville music scene in Tennessee where he founded an independent music publishing company, Ten Ten Music Group[5], which in 1985 helped shape the careers of country stars such as Diamond Rio, Holly Dunn, Suzy Bogguss, and BR5-49.
In 1988, Ten Ten Music launched the career of Alan Jackson resulting in twelve No. 1 singles, and over 13 million album sales. Between 1991 and 2005, Ten Ten Music introduced megastar Keith Urban with hits including "Tonight I Wanna Cry." and "Somebody Like You." Coburn would go on to amass a catalogue of nearly ten thousand songs that includes hundreds of recorded singles and album tracks.[6] Between the years 1999 and 2001, Barry Coburn served as President/CEO of the Nashville division of Atlantic Records.[7]Coburn has served on the board of directors of the Country Music Association.[8] He was elected in 2013 to the ASCAP Foundation board of directors[9], and continues to serve on the Board to the present.[10]
Coburn has also been a strong advocate for defending property rights for songwriters, helping to fight piracy[11] and working with the US congress on copyright issues that resulted in the eventual passage of the Songwriter's Equity Act in 2015.[12]
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- ^ AudioCulture. "Barry Coburn". AudioCulture. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d Southland-Times. "Under the Sun". Southland-Times. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ The Big Idea. "Taking your art to the world". The Big Idea. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Bonython, Kym (1979). Ladies' legs and lemonade. Rigsby, 1979. ISBN 9780727011916.
- ^ BMG. "Ten Ten Music Group, Inc". BMG Recordings. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Discogs. "Barry Coburn". Discogs. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ CelebrityAccess (30 April 2001). "Atlantic Shutters Nashville Office". CelebrityAccess. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ BMI (11 March 2010). "Country Music Association Board of Directors Convenes in the Capital". BMI. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Music Row Magazine (27 March 2013). "ASCAP Elects Board of Directors". Music Row. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ ASCAP. "Board of Directors: Barry Coburn". ASCAP. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Music Row Magazine (30 August 2010). "Commerce Secretary In Nashville To Discuss Piracy". Music Row Magazine. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Music Row Magazine (13 May 2015). "ascap-writers-meet-with-capitol-hill-policymakers-during-songwriter-advocacy-day". Music Row Magazine. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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