Cindy Charles, Twitch’s boundary-breaking Head of Music, has tragically handed away, a member of her workforce introduced in the present day.
Charles succumbed to accidents sustained from a visitors accident in Amsterdam, based on a weblog publish shared by Kira Karlstrom, Head of Twitch Music Label Relations. Along with Karlstrom, Charles had been scheduled to average a panel through the Amsterdam Dance Occasion, the world’s main digital music summit.
“It’s with a heavy heart that I share the tragic news of Cindy Charles’ passing earlier this week in a traffic accident in Amsterdam,” Karlstrom writes. “Cindy was more than just Twitch’s Head of Music — she was the heart and soul of our team, and a force for good in everything she touched.”
Charles, a visionary agent of change within the intersection of music and expertise, 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 modern strategy has positioned her as a trailblazer, acknowledged for breaking limitations in a quickly evolving music trade. Championing the worldwide digital music neighborhood, Charles performed an instrumental function in growing Twitch’s pioneering DJ class, a breakthrough that established the corporate as the primary main service to offer a long-term residence for DJs to legally livestream.
Charles was additionally a fierce advocate for girls within the music trade. The late exec co-founded the San Francisco chapter of She Is The Music in addition to Ladies in Digital, a neighborhood of over 1,500 members with a mission “to help women define a limitless future for all by shining a light on careers in digital and technology.”
“I’ll never forget sitting with Cindy in the JFK Delta Lounge on Sunday evening, just before we left for Amsterdam — the night before she passed,” Karlstrom recollects. “We reflected on all we had accomplished — the success of the DJ program, the Charlix XCX event at Storm King — and talked about the exciting things ahead. In that moment, Cindy said something I’ll carry with me forever: ‘I finally feel like all my life’s work has been worth it. I’m making a difference for artists.'”
We at EDM.com specific our honest condolences to the household, buddies and family members of Cindy Charles.
