CHANGES: New VP @ BMG Chrysalis, Royalty Exchange To Nashville & More

Chris Oglesby has been appointed VP, Creative for the BMG Chrysalis Nashville office.

• Royalty Exchange has opened an office in Nashville to be led by Preston Sullivan. The Nashville office joins offices in Raleigh, N.C., Los Angeles and New York Previously, Sullivan launched label Carlyle Records in Nashville and Amsterdam, and was producer and studio manager for Sixteenth Avenue Sound.

• Robert Rigby, one of Australia’s most successful indie label operators, has been appointed Executive Manager of The Voice for Universal Music Australia.
• Jim Donio, President of the Music Business Association (formerly NARM
  and digitalmusic.org), commented on the passing of Joel Oberstein, co-founder
  and President of Almighty Music Marketing:

 “We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of Joel
Oberstein, who helped build Almighty Music Marketing from the ground up as
co-founder and President. Joel collaborated closely with our organization for
many years, and was a regular at our annual Music Biz conventions. We were
always delighted to see him at our events and to work with him and his
team to help reach the independent retail audience he was so passionate about.
Joel was truly a gentleman and our thoughts go out to his family and friends,
as well as Clark Benson, Vince Hans and the staff of Almighty Music Marketing,
who will carry his vision into the future.”