Faisel Durrani
Faisel Durrani stops by to talk about his company Looped, a state-of-the-art virtual venue that is innovating the live experience for both creators and fans.
Durrani is an accomplished entertainment executive, entrepreneur, and artist manager with more than 25 years of success in the entertainment industry. Leveraging extensive and diverse industry experience, Faisel has been able to help artists and companies grow by developing and executing world-class strategies.
Throughout his executive career, Faisel has held leadership positions at Island Records, Palm Pictures, Live Nation, Parkwood Entertainment, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group. He has played an integral role in launching the careers of many top charting artists including Logic and Alessia Cara, as well as managing careers for icons such as Beyonce.
Today Durrani is now applying the same strategies he used to launch the most successful musicians on the planet as the Co-CEO of Looped, a state of the art virtual venue that is innovating the live experience for both creators and fans.
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Faisel Durrani
Entertainment Executive
Durrani is an accomplished entertainment executive, entrepreneur, and artist manager with more than 25 years of success in the entertainment industry. Leveraging extensive and diverse industry experience, Faisel has been able to help artists and companies grow by developing and executing world-class strategies.
Throughout his executive career, Faisel has held leadership positions at Island Records, Palm Pictures, Live Nation, Parkwood Entertainment, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group. He has played an integral role in launching the careers of many top charting artists including Logic and Alessia Cara, as well as managing careers for icons such as Beyonce.
Highly curated fan experiences that engage emotions in fans to create meaningful and lasting memories, is the at the heart of what continues to drive Faisel to the entertainment industry.
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