User talk:Stephen Geoffey Barr AKA Bumper Barr

Stephen Geoffrey "Bumper" Barr career in the Music busines that spanned 25 years.His experience and work ethic was of Herculean propoartion in the Music Industry. Stephens expertise was remarkably diverse and this was a rare and desirable find as someone who reconised opportunities for business in a multitude of fields predominantly Marketing/Advertising/Promotions and Sales. Stephen reached upper echelon Managerial status in all these fields within the Music Business. Renowned for sharp wit and a one liner for all occassions he became one of the Business's great ambassadors attending workshops as well as addressing Industry forums and MC'd as guest speaker at Industry Showcases/Award Evenings/Presentations and Expo's. His fiendish lunacy combined with pertinent Industry observations always ensured a full house when he spoke of the Music Business mixing a unique brand of the comedic with insightful facts. Steve pocessed the uncanny ability to diffuse confrontational and volatile industry stoushs and is one man Record Industry Execs throughout the business in Australia claimed you need in your corner. This sort of acknowledegment held Steve in good stead for over two decades in the Australian Music Industry. "Bumper Barr" is a shrewd disarming businessman whose cavalier and sometimes controversial style won pleny of admirers from Captains of Industry in a Business reluctant to sing the praises of many. Stephen sometimes punched well above his weight and took on The high powered and opinionated and on the way maintained his love of Music and had extrodinary belief that he was blessed to be working within an artistic evironment. He is renowned for avoiding the beaurocratic epicentér's of the Music Business prefering deed's and action over a logjam of endless meetings and Gabfest's where he claimed the collective IQ of very smart people always plummetted when they sat round boardroom tables...committee's he once quipped put the "Bored" in Boardroom. He never lost sight of the fact he was a creative means to a imaginative art form and spread the word of Music with an almost evangelical fervour while remaining passionate and dignified. His sense of humour and astute reading of the Market and ability in recognising changing styles and tastes of a fickle market was a gift that Steve utilised with precision accuracy. His closeness to the market endeared him to many of his peers and he spent the last 12 years of his Music career from 1995 to 2006 working as Marketing Director at Universal Music Australia. Bumper Barr as he is affectionately known due to his somewhat dubious driving record as well as having a habit of Bumping into people he knows while circulating at Australian Music Industry functions has left an indelible mark on the Australian Music Community. Having now left the business Stephen recently set up his own business in Media/Advertising writing using his sharp satirical observational skills to pen TV drama's/Reality TV/Comedy sketches as well as documentaries. His love of the absurd was always a signature of either genius or madness. Most who know Steve unamimously agree a little bit of both smarts and madcap went a long way in establishing Stephen as a true colourful character in a business not short on guests to The Mad Hatters Tea Party,where Steve was a regular diner.