Profil

Personal profile

Erik is the CEO, CV America and Director, Essential Music & Marketing Ltd., divisions of the CV Group. The CV Group comprises Essential Music & Marketing Ltd., CV America, Cooking Vinyl Australia, Cooking Vinyl Records and Cooking Vinyl Publishing. CV America provides services to the CV Group, including artist/label acquisition and business strategy, in addition to managing the Group's US music publishing operation. Erik sits on the Board of Directors of the CV Group. Previously, Erik led global label acquisition and client strategy for digital distributor The Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), serving on its executive management team. IODA was acquired by Sony in 2009. Erik also successfully started, built, and managed the independent record labels Asphodel & 75 Ark. Of particular merit, while at 75 Ark, Erik was the first record industry executive to form a strategic alliance with controversial file swapping service Napster. Erik began his career in the entertainment industry when he became the beneficiary to some 300 published compositions that included numerous pop hits from the 1920's and 1930's. With Duchamp Inc, he manages various publishing interests, under the umbrellas 1830 Music, 1968 Music and 1917 Music.

Company profile

CV America is the US office of Cooking Vinyl Publishing. CV America's roster includes Postiljonen (Sweden), The Balconies (Canada), Team Ghost (France), Sara Lowes (UK), The Frail (USA), Mugwump (Belgium), Mary Epworth (UK), Ejecta (USA), Sportsman (Sweden), The Forest & The Trees (Sweden), Rokkurro (Iceland), Lake Forest (Canada), and The Wilderness Of Manitoba (Canada).