Los Angeles-based Songtradr has welcomed two new names to its board of administrators: Alex Rigopulos and Priyanka Khimani.
Rigopulos is the co-founder of Harmonix, the music-based interactive leisure studio behind Rock Band.
Immediately, Rigopulos continues to steer Harmonix at Epic. Over time he has performed an instrumental function within the improvement of Rock Band and different gaming sequence reminiscent of Guitar Hero and Dance Central.
Songtradr stated in an announcement that Rigopulos’ “deep understanding of each music and know-how will probably be invaluable as Songtradr continues to increase its world footprint”.
Additionally becoming a member of Songtradr’s board is Priyanka Khimani, leisure lawyer and managing companion at Khimani Associates.
Considered one of South Asia and MENA’s most influential music leisure legal professionals, Khimani has represented many high-profile shoppers within the leisure business reminiscent of AR Rahman, AP Dhillon, Divine, Reservoir Media, Warner Music Group, Snap Inc, Netflix, and others.
Songtradr stated that her “experience in leisure legislation and her dedication to defending inventive works align completely with Songtradr’s mission to empower artists and rights holders worldwide”.
Paul Wiltshire, CEO of Songtradr, stated of the brand new board members: “We’re thrilled to welcome Alex Rigopulos and Priyanka Khimani to our Board of Administrators.
“Alex’s visionary method to integrating music, know-how, and video video games, together with Priyanka’s in depth rights information and dedication to the inventive neighborhood, will present strategic insights and strengthen our management as we proceed to innovate and develop within the world music market.”
The duo be a part of present Songtradr board members Lindsay Nahmiache, Helge Steffen, and Paul Wiltshire.
“Alex’s visionary method to integrating music, know-how, and video video games, together with Priyanka’s in depth rights information and dedication to the inventive neighborhood, will present strategic insights and strengthen our management as we proceed to innovate and develop within the world music market.”
Paul Wiltshire, Songtradr
Final week, Songtradr-owned Bandcamp introduced it was partnering with EMPIRE to convey artists reminiscent of Key Glock, Conway the Machine, Dinner Occasion, Olamide, Asake, Black Sherif and Shaboozey to the superfan platform.
Inside that announcement, Bandcamp confirmed that it’s utilized by 47 million followers and that it has “performed a pivotal function within the careers of over 5 million artists”.
In accordance with Bandcamp, followers have paid artists and their labels $1.32 billion by way of Bandcamp because it was based in 2008.
Along with Bandcamp and Pretzel, different corporations beneath the Songtradr umbrella embody MassiveMusic, Large Sync Music, 7Digital, Tunefind, and a spread of different B2B and B2C options for rightsholders.Music Enterprise Worldwide
