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CHRIS OGLESBY

CHRIS OGLESBY IS A 30 PLUS YEAR VETERAN OF THE MUSIC PUBLISHING INDUSTRY WHO IS CURRENTLY VP CREATIVE AT BMG NASHVILLE.

WHILE HE CAME HERE TO BE AN ARTIST, CHRIS HAD NO IDEA OF THE AMAZING JOURNEY THAT WAS AHEAD FOR HIM.  PUBLISHER EXECUTIVE KAREN CONRAD, OFFERED CHRIS A JOB AT AMR PUBLICATIONS.  ONE YEAR LATER, KAREN URGED CHRIS TO TALK TO DAVID CONRAD, EXECUTIVE VP OF ALMO/IRVING MUSIC NASHVILLE.  CHRIS WORKED FOR ALMO/IRVING FOR SEVEN YEARS SIGNING CRAIG WISEMAN AND JESS BROWN (LITTLE PAST LITTLE ROCK – LEE ANN WOMACK;  ROPE THE MOON – JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY).  HE WORKED ALONG SIDE CREATING GIANTS SUCH AS MAX D. BARNES, MIKE REID, KENT ROBBINS, PAUL KENNERLY, DON SCHLITZ, AND ALLEN SHAMBLIN.     HE ACCEPTED A JOB TO BE PART OF A BRAND NEW PUBLISHING COMPANY CALLED DREAMCATCHER MUSIC.  DURING AN 18-MONTH TENURE WITH OWNERS KYE FLEMING (3 TIME BMI WRITER OF THE YEAR COUNTRY AND POP) AND BOB DOYLE (MANAGER OF GARTH BROOKS), THE COMPANY LANDED 18 CUTS AND THREE SINGLES INCLUDING THE PAM TILLS HIT “MI VIDA LOCA”.

OGLESBY THEN MOVED TO BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING WHERE HE WORKED FOR 10 YEARS.  CHRIS HAD THE PRIVELEDGE OF WORKING WITH SUCH NOTABLE

SHELBY KENNEDY

As a music industry veteran, Shelby Kennedy continues to utilize his passion for helping and developing today's music creators. During his tenure at Lyric Street Records, Kennedy's involvement with SheDaisy and Rascal Flatts helped to firmly established the label. He is also credited with the introduction of Alan Jackson to then bourgeoning label, Arista Nashville. In the recording studio, he works from both sides of the glass as a producer and a background vocalist. As a songwriter, Kennedy's first cut was recorded by Ray Charles, and he counts Reba McEntire's "I'm A Survivor" among his favorite triumphs. Graduating from Belmont University in 1985, he received the inaugural Mike Curb School of Music Business Award of Excellence in 1996. He is the rare executive to have served writer and publisher relations at both ASCAP and BMI. He has been an adjunct professor for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business at Belmont University and has served on Nashville’s Board of Governors for the Recording Academy as well as the Board of Directors for NSAI. He hails from a musical family: his mother sang on The Louisiana Hayride; his father is legendary producer and musician Jerry Kennedy while his brothers, Gordon and Bryan, are award winning songwriters. Kennedy currently serves as Vice President, Entertainment Relations for TuneCore.