Downtown-owned label services company DashGo is expanding into the UK and has hired veteran music business executive Charlie Dilks as Managing Director UK.
DashGo is a division of CD Baby parent AVL Digital, which was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in March last year in a deal estimated to be circa $200 million.
Dilks’ career has seen him work in A&R at BMG Music in the UK and went on to lead A&R at Bonnier Music across the Nordic territories.
He has also served as Head of Membership for ASCAP for UK and Europe.
Most recently, he oversaw all commercial music as SVP at Songtradr.
DashGo currently works with a catalog of more than 500,000 songs.
“I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to accelerate DashGo’s growth in markets I know deeply, and to contribute to the growth of AVL generally.
Charlie Dilks
Dilks said: “I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to accelerate DashGo’s growth in markets I know deeply, and to contribute to the growth of AVL generally.
“DashGo’s strengths will prove ever more valuable in our rapidly changing marketplace in the coming years.
“A well-versed distribution partner like DashGo that brings a lot of ideas and relationships to the table is going to be increasingly essential to success.”
“After adding representatives in Japan and India in 2019, we know that for DashGo to excel in the UK we need a local team that can address the unique needs of the market in order to meet our own expectations for true white-glove distribution services.”
Ben Patterson, DashGo
“I’m very excited to have Charlie leading DashGo in the UK. His extensive industry background across music and technology in the region and his great taste in music align perfectly with DashGo,” says Ben Patterson, President of DashGo.
“After adding representatives in Japan and India in 2019, we know that for DashGo to excel in the UK we need a local team that can address the unique needs of the market in order to meet our own expectations for true white-glove distribution services.”Music Business Worldwide
