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.
As we speak, Rigopulos continues to guide Harmonix at Epic. Over time he has performed an instrumental position 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 expertise shall be invaluable as Songtradr continues to develop its world footprint”.
Harmonix was acquired by Epic Video games in 2021.
In 2023, Songtradr acquired superfan/D2C platform Bandcamp from Epic; because of that deal, Epic grew to become a shareholder in Songtradr.
Additionally becoming a member of Songtradr’s board is Priyanka Khimani, leisure lawyer and managing associate at Khimani Associates.
Considered one of South Asia and MENA’s most influential music leisure attorneys, Khimani has represented many high-profile purchasers 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 artistic 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, expertise, and video video games, together with Priyanka’s in depth rights information and dedication to the artistic 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 current Songtradr board members Lindsay Nahmiache, Helge Steffen, and Paul Wiltshire.
“Alex’s visionary method to integrating music, expertise, and video video games, together with Priyanka’s in depth rights information and dedication to the artistic 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 Get together, 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 position within the careers of over 5 million artists”.
In response to Bandcamp, followers have paid artists and their labels $1.32 billion through Bandcamp because it was based in 2008.
In July final yr, Songtradr cast a partnership with Twitch to convey Songtradr’s music service, Pretzel, to Twitch streamers, providing what it stated is “a treasure trove of licensed music to boost their streams”.
Along with Bandcamp and Pretzel, different corporations beneath the Songtradr umbrella embrace MassiveMusic, Massive Sync Music, 7Digital, Tunefind, and a spread of different B2B and B2C options for rightsholders.Music Enterprise Worldwide