Neeta Ragoowansi Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Music Managers Forum - US (MMF-US) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit trade association for music managers and self-managed artists that provides a diverse platform to connect, educate and advocate for the music management community. Our goal is to further the interests of managers and their artists in all fields of the music industry, including in live performance, music publishing, recording, investment, copyrights, and streaming. We create smart, cutting edge, informative and innovative programs, combined with advocacy efforts to improve the businesses, careers and professional growth of our members and related community. The MMF-US is part of a larger global network, the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF). This organization connects more than sixty Music Manager Forums around the world (inc. Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa) enabling connectivity with artist managers across various business opportunities globally.

NPREX (National Performing Rights Exchange) is the first-ever online platform for direct licensing of performance rights for music compositions and sound recordings. NPREX is a low-cost/high-tech solution for the music industry that uses a patent-pending pricing algorithm to help parties negotiate and enable direct licensing at market prices. Not a performing rights organization, NPREX is rather an exchange where music publishers and record labels, on the one hand, and music users (broadcasters, streaming services, etc.) on the other, can meet online to do their own deals. Built specifically for the performing rights industry, by performing rights industry professionals, NPREX implements a simple market-based licensing solution that costs a fraction of the current paradigm, and puts the performing rights industry on solid economic and legal footing. In my role I work with music publishers, record labels, songwriters, recording artists, streaming services, broadcasters, and all other music users to educate them about music licensing and bring them to the platform. I also advise/counsel NPREX on various legal matters and serve as the company's lead on business affairs and development.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Executive Director of Folk Alliance International, the 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1989 to connect folk music leaders aiming to sustain the community and genre. Folk Alliance International’s mission is to serve, strengthen, and engage the global folk music community through preservation, presentation, and promotion. The leading international voice for folk music, FAI is an arts nonprofit and NEA designated National Arts Service Organization. FAI defines folk broadly as “the music of the people” (reflective of any community they are from), and programs a diverse array of subgenres including, but not limited to Appalachian, Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Cajun, Global Roots, Hip-Hop, Old-Time, Singer-Songwriter, Spoken Word, Traditional, Zydeco, and various fusions.

Structure, review, draft and negotiate a wide range of complex deals in entertainment/technology related areas including content development, licensing and distribution, data management and licensing, rights administration, music publishing, record deals, producer agreements, video production, venue agreements, non-disclosure agreements, product/software development, vendor services, marketing (including sponsorships), advertising, social media, and public relations. Provide consulting services regarding the licensing and regulatory environment of digital music streaming services (both interactive and non-interactive), as well as its digital rights administration. I am a frequent panelist at music, technology and entertainment conferences, and represent a variety of entertainment and technology based companies and individuals (including content providers, digital streaming services, theatrical and television production companies, recording artists (from Grammy Award winning to indie), music managers, record producers, record labels, publishers, songwriters/composers, as well as TV, commercial and film directors, producers, production crew and on-screen talent, web and app/software developers, and music/film festivals and venues) in all aspects of their businesses.

New York, New York, Us

Global Citizen is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the world's largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty NOW. GC does this by encouraging people to learn and take action on its platform; those actions apply pressure on world leaders to make commitments around the issues associated with extreme poverty: gender equality, food security, education, the environment, global health, citizenship, and sanitation. GC does not ask people for money, but to take action for the world’s poor. By downloading the GC app, Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards with tickets to events, products, subscriptions, and more. These actions can be as simple as a tweet, signing a petition, making a phone call, or sending an email. By taking action, these Global Citizens are rewarded with access and tickets to our music festivals and other events around the world. So far, 24.8 million actions have been taken by Global Citizens, leading to $48.4 billion commitments being made by world leaders, which has affected 880 million lives to date. The voices of millions of Global Citizens around the world are driving lasting change towards sustainability, equality, and humanity by taking action every day. They/We post, tweet, message, vote, sign, and call to inspire those who can make things happen to act — government leaders, businesses, philanthropists, artists, and citizens — together improving lives.

New York, Ny, Us

Consult, educate and advise on emerging trends and state of the industry as well as the licensing, legislative and regulatory environment in the technology, media, and music industry spaces, including with respect to digital streaming services, digital rights administration services/providers, performance rights organizations, etc.

Santa Monica, California, Us

NARAS - National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (aka The Recording Academy). With over 50 years of celebrating music through the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy continues its rich legacy and ongoing growth as the premier outlet for honoring achievements in the recording arts and supporting the music community. The Academy's mission statement is simple, but represents the heart and soul of the organization's efforts: to positively impact the lives of musicians, industry members and our society at large.

TuneSat is an music/audio monitoring service that employs its exclusive audio fingerprinting technology to deftly detect music use on television broadcasts in the US and Europe, as well as the Internet. Led by tech-savvy composers and producers Scott Schreer and Chris Woods, TuneSat detects music in even the noisiest of broadcast environments, including under dialogue, sound effects, or voiceovers, and provides unrivaled, accurate reporting to its clients. With a TuneSat subscription, access to worldwide detection data is available 24/7/365 through a secure online portal. Detailed reports provide valuable information about when, where and how much music was used. TuneSat is actively monitoring hundreds of broadcast channels in the US and Europe, and millions of websites around the world.

Washington, Dc, Us

Neeta was the Director of Artist-Label Relations (and prior to that, Membership Director/Legal Counsel) for SoundExchange, a non-profit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and distribute digital performance royalties on behalf of recording artists and sound recording copyright owners (record labels). In her capacity, Neeta was responsible for, among other things, reaching out to and educating the thousands of recording artists and record labels unaware of the performance right in the U.S. and the new stream of revenue it creates for them. She also developed and implemented SoundExchange's marketing and membership outreach strategies, developed hundreds of strategic partnerships, produced events, panels and workshops, oversaw all sponsorships, and managed budgets accordingly. In a legal capacity she worked on, among other things, SoundExchange's international reciprocal, sponsorship, marketing, data management, and vendor services agreements, royalty distribution policies and related agreements, and digital aggregator/licensing agent agreements.

Washington, Dc, Us

The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy and the nation’s busiest arts facility, presenting over 2,000 performances annually. Touring KC productions and its television, radio, and Internet broadcasts reach millions around the world. Since 1999, the Millennium Stage performances have been broadcast live daily over the Internet and digitally archived on the Kennedy Center’s website. The National Symphony Orchestra performs a regular season of concerts/festivals, and participates in events of national and international importance, including performances for state occasions, presidential inaugurations and official holiday celebrations. Served as in-house counsel in a fast-paced, high volume legal and business affairs department. Reviewed/analyzed, structured and negotiated business arrangements and corresponding agreements for all departments including Information Technology, Artistic Programming, Government Affairs, Education, Kennedy Center Television Productions, Inc., Development/Fundraising, Human Resources, Finance, and Press/Marketing. Advised and counseled on licensing and content ownership, booking agreements, data management, software and web development, advertising, privacy, data security, compliance, intellectual property, employment/labor, and immigration law, and negotiated various new media deals, special events deals, license agreements (including master use/sync), and vendor services agreements (including producer, commissioning, master services agreements, statements of work and request for proposals, etc.). Served as counsel to the National Symphony Orchestra (an affiliate) for all of its tours, programs (including radio and TV), record and license deals, development and endowment issues, contests/sweepstakes, and concerts. Provided all property and casualty risk management and insurance purchasing services for Center.

Soest, Utrecht, Nl

Ecomedia is a not for profit organization designed to promote environmental awareness through media and arts. Ecomedia has provided media services to many environmental and public policy non profit groups including League of Conservation Voters and World Wildlife Fund. Ecomedia also ran the legendary Blagden Alley Warehouse space in Washington, DC, producing and presenting educational programming, benefit concerts, theatrical productions, and variety shows to raise awareness on a variety of environmental issues.

Jd, Law

Ba, International Relations/Theater And Film Studies