Exceleration Music adds former YouTube exec Darin Soler to expanded team

Indie label and artist investment firmExceleration Music has announced several key hires including Darin Soler as Head of Global Marketing & Commercial Partnerships

Darin Soler joins after senior roles at YouTube (most recently as Head of Catalog), Sony Music and Apple.

Exceleration Music is the global venture founded by indie execs Glen Barros, John Burk, Charles Caldas, Amy Dietz, and Dave Hansen to invest in and nuture independent labels

Exceleration has already formed strategic relationships with Alligator Records, Candid Records, and the Ray Charles Foundation.

Donna Feeley has been appointed Head of Accounting and Business Administration and Andy Kman recently joined Exceleration as Head of Physical Operations. Larissa Woss joins as Digital Operations Manager.

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.