Neeta is the Director of Artist-Label Relations 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 (typically record labels). In her capacity at SoundExchange, Neeta is responsible for, among other things, reaching out to and educating the thousands of recording artists and record labels who are still unaware of the new performance right in the U.S. and the new stream of revenue it creates for them.
Neeta is also an attorney with a focus on entertainment law and has represented the interests of musicians, songwriters, recording artists, filmmakers, film festival organizers, record producers, club owners, production companies and music managers, among others. Prior to joining SoundExchange, Neeta served as the Assistant General Counsel for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The National Symphony Orchestra, in Washington, DC for almost nine years. She also served as General Counsel for the Songwriters Association of Washington, DC as well as Contest Director for the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition for many years. Neeta is also an award winning musician, singer and songwriter and continues to perform with her band, The Oxymorons. She was also a co-owner of Visions, an art and foreign film/movie house in Washington, DC, as well as founder of Ecomedia, a non-profit organization created to promote environmental awareness through the arts.
Neeta is also Legal Counsel and Vice President of Women In Music in New York City, serves on the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Entertainment and Sports Law Forum, served on the Board of Governors of the DC Chapter of the Recording Academy/NARAS and presently serves on the Board of Governors of the NYC Chapter of the Recording Academy/NARAS.
Neeta received her undergraduate degree in International Studies and Theater and Film Studies from Emory University and her law degree from American University.
Neeta has been a speaker at numerous music and film industry events around the country and abroad. She has spoken at such conferences as MIDEM, Billboard Dance Summit, SXSW, CMJ, International Folk Alliance, Future of Music Policy Summit, Latin Alternative Music Conference, RockrGirl, Billboard R&B Hip Hop Awards and Conference, Austin Film Festival, Americana, Atlantis, Canadian Music Week, Barbados Music Conference and numerous Recording Academy chapters’ “In the Mix” programs. She is also a regular lecturer at various academic institutions and for the Grammy in the Schools project sponsored by the Grammy Foundation.
Neeta will be at the conference on both days speaking to issues of artist royalties. To get a taste of what SoundExchange does CLICK HERE
