Ben Godding is Marketing Director for the world’s leading independent music services company, Kobalt Music Recordings. AWAL/Kobalt offers distribution and tools to help artists at every stage in their careers and is a trusted partner to independent artists and labels globally. Ben has wide-ranging experience in both UK and Australia (with EMI Music and Kobalt) having overseen successful marketing campaigns for artists such as Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Coldplay, Sigur Ros, and Angus and Julia Stone. Ben also recently led the Australian launch of the AWAL App, an `industry first` app that showcases streaming data for artists.