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Sound Exchange Site

Sound Exchange Site

As the premier music tech organization relied upon by the entire music industry, SoundExchange is shaping the future of music to make it fairer, simpler, and more efficient.

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soundexchange.com

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Artist advocate. Music X Tech. Creator of The Music Business Toolbox. Head of partnerships at Yat Labs.

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Toolshed 2025: Focus on music tech for revenue optimization of music catalogs. Blurb.FM and AIMS API for Business Development. Advisory work for Merge Records, Josplay, and HIO Music. Dick Huey is a music business executive, founder, and entrepreneur. He managed and signed multiple music recording artists to the Beggars Group in the mid-90's (June, Stella), moved to NYC, and built the new media department at the Beggars Group as Global Head of Digital. In 2003 he moved to New York's Hudson Valley and started Toolshed Inc., his digital consultancy, on a 150-year old working farm. His digital consultancy work continues from his current home base in White Salmon, Washington, in the Columbia River Gorge. Toolshed provides business development, music license acquisition services, and digital business consulting for technology, entertainment, sports, and financial/education tech partners. Dick has held long-term digital business consultant roles at Spotify, SoundExchange, Section4 (Scott Galloway's edtech startup), 8Tracks, Red Mountain ski resort, Jaxsta, and Red Bull Music Radio, as well as with dozens of market-leading independent record labels (Touch and Go, Saddle Creek, PIAS, Righteous Babe), key tech and media companies, and on behalf of hundreds of critically acclaimed music artists (Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Anais Mitchell, Aimee Mann, Martin Sexton), all under the Toolshed banner. He represented Matador Records on the SoundExchange Board, and has held advisory board roles at Techstars accelerator winner Paperchain, Tunecore, Royalty Share, and others. Huey started his career as a performer. He is passionate about artist rights, and held an Executive Director role at Washington-based artist policy non-profit the Future of Music Coalition.

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Music publishing operations and data leader with almost two decades of experience in the music industry, focused on making the business work better for creators. I take an empathetic approach to problem-solving by building strong rapport with key stakeholders and creating valued solutions for business teams which leverage data, technology and executable workflow changes.

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Senior Full Stack Engineer

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Multilingual creative professional with extensive experience in Digital Asset Management and Content Management. Skilled in Music Industry, Digital Strategy, Record Labels, Music, Non-Profit, and Taxonomies. Strong professional with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) focused in Photography from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Sr. LOD Specialist at SoundExchange

Eduardo Colmenares

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Customer Relations Specialist at SoundExchange

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Music Industry Relations + Royalties + Innovation

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Getting artists paid by day, DJing their tunes at night

Svetlana Karapetyan

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Engineer of sound, data analyst, and royalty expert versed in music metadata, business, and technology development with a demonstrated history working in copyright law, creative enterprise, rights management, account, business, project management, music licensing, clearance, publishing, and royalties. Technical and creative skills achieved via recording, mixing, and mastering music, as well as instrumental musicianship—(classically trained in cello and piano). Expertise in data analysis and modeling, catalog management, royalties, and business intelligence, with a proven track record of supporting cross-functional teams in achieving key performance indicators and business objectives. Known for strong attention to detail, critical thinking, and the ability to synthesize complex data to deliver clear and actionable business intelligence. Passionate about staying up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance analytical capabilities.