Chris Farren is an American

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songwriter and record producer. He is the president of Combustion Music, a publishing and music production company which was founded in 2001. After attending

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, Farren signed with MCA in 1983 for a songwriting contract, with which he composed songs for movies and television. He moved to

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, in the mid-1980s and sang backing vocals in addition to writing songs. Farren produced albums by Boy Howdy, Kevin Sharp, and

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in the 1990s, and was named Country Producer of the Year in 1997 by ''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farren, Chris American country record producers American country songwriters American male songwriters Living people Musicians from Los Angeles Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Songwriters from California Songwriters from Tennessee Record producers from California Year of birth missing (living people)

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