Maykel Piron

Maykel Piron is one of the three founders behind Armada Music. He's been involved in music industry for more than 15 years, of which the last 8 years as the Managing Director of Armada Music.^[1] Under his management, Armada Music has been voted ‘Best Global Record Label’ three years in a row. In 2010 and 2011, as a crown to all of his work, Maykel received the International Dance Music Award for ‘Best Record Label Promoter or Exec In-House’.

The Dutchman started his career working for a DJ promotion service, after which he joined Purple Eye Productions. For Purple Eye, he released records by the likes of Ferry Corsten, Marco V and Armin van Buuren . Warner Music Benelux asked Maykel to set up a dance division in 1999, making him the A&R manager of three Warner labels for 3,5 years. In 2003, it was time for a new challenge, so Maykel and his business partners David Lewis and Armin van Buuren set up Armada Music. A label that, within the 8 years of its existence, has become known for its trance, house, techno, progressive and dance releases. The day-to-day business of the label is handled by Piron, who also manages artists such as Armin van Buuren and Markus Schulz.

Cloud 9 Music has been set up in 2004 with Raymond van Vliet as Managing Director and co-founding member. Maykel is co-founder and member of the board for this music company, specialized in Music Publishing, Compilations and Artist Development. The company represents a variety of music, ranging from dance to pop and children’s music to hip hop. Cloud 9 Music, started a joint venture with Chrysalis Music, a company that operates in the areas of music publishing, copyright ownership, artist management and entertainment product distribution. In 2009, with new media playing a bigger role than ever before, Armada Music and Cloud 9 Music started participating in Dancefoundation, the first multimedia development agency fully focusing on the dance industry.

References

1. ^ "Armin van Buuren verkozen tot 's werelds beste dj" (in Dutch). Nieuws. Mar 26, 2010. http://muziek.nieuws.nl/590829. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 

External links

• "Armada Music". Armada Music website.. http://www.armadamusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-06. 
• "Maykel Piron on Facebook.". Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/armadamusic#!/MaykelPiron. Retrieved 2011-08-06. 
• "Interview with Maykel Piron on Armada Music website". Armadamusic.com. 2010-10-20. http://www.armadamusic.com/news/2010/10/maykel-piron-all-about-armada-music/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.