US-based Symphonic Distribution has hired the former Senior Label Manager of Beatport, Peter Wohelski, as its new Content Development Specialist.
Wohelski brings over 25 years of experience in the electronic music space.
After starting out as a club and radio DJ in the early ’90s, Wohelski went onto to become Director of A&R at prominent US dance label Astralwerks, as well as General Manager for Detroit Techno legend Carl Craig’s Planet E Communications imprint, before becoming a long-time Account Manager at Beatport.
He also recently spent a stint as an A&R consultant and strategic label manager at German-born distribution company finetunes, which was acquired by Sony Music last year.
During his career, Wohelski (pictured) has overseen the execution of marketing and promotion strategies for major artists such as The Chemical Brothers and Tiesto, as well as influencing the direction of such independent label success stories Dirtybird, Off Recordings and Kinetika Records while at Beatport.
CEO of Symphonic Distribution, Jorge Brea, said: “I am excited to have Peter Wohelski as a part of the Symphonic Distribution team. With a recent fundraise and one of our strongest years to date, Symphonic is poised to be repositioned as one of the world’s leading music distribution services.
“Adding Peter will help us redefine our product and service offerings as well as ensure that our current and future record label and artist clients have an experienced industry leader to lean on for their development.”
“Adding Peter will help us redefine our product and service offerings as well as ensure that our current and future record label and artist clients have an experienced industry leader to lean on for their development.”
Jorge Brea, Symphonic Distribution
Said Wohelski: “Having worked closely with Jorge Brea and Symphonic at during my time at Beatport, I’ve always admired the company’s continual ability to evolve and successfully compete as an agile player in today’s independent music distribution marketplace.
“I’m delighted to now be a central part of the Symphonic team as the company looks to further evolve and reposition itself into an even more robust music media distribution and solutions service for independent artists and record labels,”
The news of Wohelski’s arrival comes weeks after Symphonic Distribution raised $4m in an investment led by Ballast Point Ventures (BPV).
“Symphonic Distribution’s industry-leading position in digital music distribution is a testament to the vision and platform developed by Jorge Brea and his team over many years,” said Ballast Point Ventures’ Robert Faber, who will join the Symphonic Distribution Board of Directors.
“Under Jorge Brea’s leadership, the Symphonic Distribution team has had great success without any outside capital to date and is well positioned for continued growth given the trends in streaming music consumption. We are excited to partner with Symphonic Distribution and to work with Jorge and his dedicated team to continue building a leading technology company in the Tampa Bay region.”
Symphonic Distribution, Inc., headquartered in Tampa, Florida, provides labels and individual musicians with digital music distribution tools to over 300 retail and streaming platforms.
Artists and Record Labels that have had their content distributed through Symphonic Distribution include: Bassnectar, Deadmau5, Waka Flocka Flame, Datsik, The Movement, Tommie Sunshine, Richie Hawtin, Play Me Records, Moody Recordings (Bad Boy Bill), and more.
The company has employees in Tampa, Florida, Brooklyn, New York, Madrid, Spain and has representatives in the Dominican Republic, and Colombia.Music Business Worldwide
