Charles Caldas

Whether discovering, developing and marketing successful artists, running distribution and direct-to-fan business, growing music labels across a myriad of genres or building global companies at the forefront of the digital revolution, the Exceleration team of Glen Barros, Dave Hansen, Amy Dietz, John Burk and Charles Caldas have a successful track record in just about every aspect of the independent recorded music business. Exceleration Music owns and/or has partnerships with a growing set of record labels and the entrepreneurs who founded them. We have a growing, best-in-market team that can offer flexible, tailored, music-forward solutions to our artist and label partners around the world. We understand what it means to be a music entrepreneur; the unique culture, the passion, the values, and the remarkable history of the sector runs deep in the history of each of the partners. The Exceleration team uses its deep understanding of the needs of artists and independent labels from a wide range of culturally significant genres to maximise the potential of the music we represent. Our labels and partners include Alligator, Bloodshot, Candid, Kill Rock Stars, Mom+Pop, The Ray Charles Foundation/Tangerine, SideOneDummy, and most recently the Heroic Music Group .