Since joining PledgeMusic in April 2016, the company has experienced aggressive growth including +26% for calendar year 2016. The home page and logo were relaunched in March of 2017 leading into the SXSW conference where over 48 bands played the PledgeMusic stage presented by Clif Bar and Frye Boots. The company was also nominated for the "Independent Champion" Award at the 2017 A2IM "Libera" Awards. Prior to joining PledgeMusic, Dominic Pandiscia had an extensive career of sustained success in the music business. Most recently, he was the President of Caroline (of the Capitol Music Group) from November 2012 through September 2015 where he achieved unprecedented success including four #1 albums in 2015 (the first #1's in the 33 year history of Caroline) as well as achieving record market share for the company.