Cindy Charles, Twitch’s boundary-breaking Head of Music, has tragically handed away, a member of her workforce introduced right this moment.
Charles succumbed to accidents sustained from a visitors accident in Amsterdam, in accordance with a blog post shared by Kira Karlstrom, Head of Twitch Music Label Relations. Along with Karlstrom, Charles was scheduled to reasonable a panel through the Amsterdam Dance Occasion, the world’s main digital music summit.
“It is with a heavy coronary heart that I share the tragic information of Cindy Charles’ passing earlier this week in a visitors accident in Amsterdam,” Karlstrom writes. “Cindy was extra than simply Twitch’s Head of Music — she was the guts and soul of our workforce, and a drive for good in every little thing she touched.”
Charles, a visionary agent of change within the intersection of music and know-how, has redefined how artists and creators interact with audiences on Twitch. She stays revered for main Twitch’s label relations and music licensing operations, fostering an ecosystem that permits musicians to thrive on the platform.
Her revolutionary method has positioned her as a trailblazer, acknowledged for breaking limitations in a quickly evolving music business. Championing the worldwide digital music group, Charles performed an instrumental function in growing Twitch’s pioneering DJ category, a breakthrough that established the corporate as the primary main service to offer a long-term dwelling for DJs to legally livestream.
Charles was additionally a fierce advocate for girls within the music business. The late exec co-founded the San Francisco chapter of She Is The Music in addition to Girls in Digital, a group of over 1,500 members with a mission “to assist ladies outline a limitless future for all by shining a light-weight on careers in digital and know-how.”
“I will always remember sitting with Cindy within the JFK Delta Lounge on Sunday night, simply earlier than we left for Amsterdam — the night time earlier than she handed,” Karlstrom remembers. “We mirrored on all we had achieved — the success of the DJ program, the Charlix XCX occasion at Storm King — and talked concerning the thrilling issues forward. In that second, Cindy mentioned one thing I’ll carry with me without end: ‘I lastly really feel like all my life’s work has been value it. I’m making a distinction for artists.'”
We at EDM.com categorical our honest condolences to the household, associates and family members of Cindy Charles.
