Concord Ups Woloz To VP/Streaming
• Concord Recorded Music has promoted Andrew Woloz to Vice President of Streaming. In his newly upgraded position, Woloz, formerly Sr. Director of Streaming, will oversee streaming strategy for Concord Recorded Music’s myriad of artists and labels such as Craft Recordings, Fantasy Records, Fearless Records, Loma Vista Recordings, Rounder Records, Easy Eye Sound, Stax and Concord Jazz. He will be responsible for leading Concord’s streaming marketing team, including playlist and marketing strategy, performance, revenue and reporting.
Woloz is based in Concord’s Los Angeles office and reports directly to Concord Chief Label Executive, Tom Whalley, who remarked, “Over the course of the past year, we have added additional focus to our streaming efforts to better serve the evolving marketplace and our expansive artist roster. Throughout this process, we have come to rely on the expertise, guidance and leadership exemplified by Andrew. His years of experience on both the DSP and label side of the business will ensure that we will always be in front of the streaming trends.”
Woloz said, “For the last several years, I’ve had the pleasure of growing with Concord and the incredible range of artists we are fortunate to work with on a daily basis. We have been early in identifying new verticals of consumption growth and have been building a streaming department positioned to achieve at the highest level for our artists. I look forward to continuing to work closely with Tom and General Manager Jill Weindorf to provide best-in-class knowledge, strategy and support to our artists in the ever-changing digital music landscape.”
Before joining Concord, Woloz lead streaming strategy for independent labels, artists and brands like Red Bull Records, Dirtybird Records, Pepsi and more. He was also an early employee and one of the first music programmers of Beats Music, which was acquired by Apple as part of its $3 billion acquisition of Beats by Dre in 2014. [Woloz photo courtesy of Concord].
