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.
At present, Rigopulos continues to steer Harmonix at Epic. Through the years he has performed an instrumental position within the improvement of Rock Band and different gaming collection comparable to Guitar Hero and Dance Central.
Songtradr mentioned in an announcement that Rigopulos’ “deep understanding of each music and know-how shall be invaluable as Songtradr continues to increase its international footprint”.
Harmonix was acquired by Epic Video games in 2021.
In 2023, Songtradr acquired superfan/D2C platform Bandcamp from Epic; on account of that deal, Epic turned a shareholder in Songtradr.
Additionally becoming a member of Songtradr’s board is Priyanka Khimani, leisure lawyer and managing associate at Khimani Associates.
One in all South Asia and MENA’s most influential music leisure attorneys, Khimani has represented many high-profile purchasers within the leisure business comparable to AR Rahman, AP Dhillon, Divine, Reservoir Media, Warner Music Group, Snap Inc, Netflix, and others.
Songtradr mentioned 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, mentioned 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 international 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 international music market.”
Paul Wiltshire, Songtradr
Final week, Songtradr-owned Bandcamp introduced it was partnering with EMPIRE to carry artists comparable to 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 keeping with Bandcamp, followers have paid artists and their labels $1.32 billion by way of Bandcamp because it was based in 2008.
In July final 12 months, Songtradr cast a partnership with Twitch to carry Songtradr’s music service, Pretzel, to Twitch streamers, providing what it mentioned is “a treasure trove of licensed music to reinforce their streams”.
Along with Bandcamp and Pretzel, different firms 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