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Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos and esteemed lawyer Priyanka Khimani be a part of Songtradr board


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 this time, 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 sequence akin to Guitar Hero and Dance Central.

Songtradr stated in an announcement that Rigopulos’ “deep understanding of each music and expertise might 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 grew to become a shareholder in Songtradr.

Additionally becoming a member of Songtradr’s board is Priyanka Khimani, leisure lawyer and managing accomplice 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 trade akin to 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, expertise, 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 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 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 deliver artists akin to 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 position within the careers of over 5 million artists”.

Based on 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 deliver 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 embody MassiveMusic, Large Sync Music, 7Digital, Tunefind, and a variety of different B2B and B2C options for rightsholders.Music Enterprise Worldwide

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