Maykel Piron

Maykel Piron (born 1974) is one of the three founders behind Armada Music. He's been involved in the music industry for more than 15 years, and he spent the last 10 years as the CEO and managing director of Armada Music.[1] Under his management, Armada Music was awarded ‘Best Global Record Label’ at the International Dance Music Awards five years in a row. In 2010 and 2011, Maykel received the IDMA for ‘Best Record Label Promoter or Exec In-House’. [2]

The Dutchman started his career working for a DJ promotion service, after which he joined Purple Eye Productions. For Purple Eye, he released records by the likes of Ferry Corsten, Marco V, and Armin van Buuren. Warner Music Benelux asked Maykel to set up a dance division in 1999, making him the A&R manager of three Warner labels for 3.5 years. In 2003 Maykel and his business partners David Lewis and Armin van Buuren set up Armada Music, a label that has become well known for its trance, house, techno, progressive, dance, and deep house releases. The day-to-day business of the label is handled by Piron, who also manages artists such as Armin van Buuren, W&W, Andrew Rayel, BT, and Aly & Fila. [3][4]

Cloud 9 Music was set up in 2004 with Raymond van Vliet as Managing Director and co-founding member. Maykel is a co-founder and member of the board of the company, which is specialized in Music Publishing, Compilations, and Artist Development. The company represents a variety of music, ranging from dance to pop, and children’s music to hip hop. [5] Cloud 9 Music started a joint venture with Chrysalis Music, a company that operates in the areas of music publishing, copyright ownership, artist management and entertainment product distribution. In 2009 Armada Music and Cloud 9 Music started participating in Dancefoundation, a multimedia development agency that fully focuses on the dance music industry. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Armin van Buuren verkozen tot 's werelds beste dj". Nieuws (in Dutch). Mar 26, 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "IDMA Website".
  3. ↑ "Armada Artists Roster".
  4. ↑ "About Maykel Piron".
  5. ↑ "Cloud 9 Website".
  6. ↑ "Dance Foundation Website".

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