Zach Bair is a Memphis-based recording artist, songwriter, and producer whose work blends raw rock energy with decades of experience at the highest levels of the music and technology industries. As the recent former CEO and Chairman of VNUE, Inc. and the visionary behind platforms like DiscLive and set.fm, Bair has helped pioneer real-time concert recording and direct-to-fan music distribution—bringing fans closer to the live music experience than ever before.

As an artist, his sound is rooted in authentic, emotionally driven rock, often reflecting themes of time, legacy, and the fleeting nature of life. His production style emphasizes immediacy and realism, capturing performances with the same intensity and honesty that define his live recording innovations.

With a career spanning over three decades—including leadership roles at EMI Music Group’s Abbey Road Live division—Bair uniquely bridges the gap between creator and innovator. Whether behind the microphone or the console, he brings a rare combination of artistic instinct and industry-shaping vision to every project.

Bair, a multi-instrumentalist, left Charlotte when his mother and father divorced, and grew up mostly in Arkansas and East Texas, eventually joining the Air Force and spending a few years stationed in Louisiana, where, while serving as an SP (security police) and EST (SWAT) in the military, seemed to find his calling performing music in rock bands.

After being honorably discharged, he eventually found his way to Houston, Texas, where he was immediately enamored by the music scene there, and formed his own band. After spending several years in Houston, and “getting his chops,” so to speak, Bair relocated to Dallas, choosing to pursue his career in technology, which helped to fuel his first record, “Zach Bair & No Control,” and that was released regionally in 1998 to positive reviews, and was immediately followed up by another regional EP.