Darryl Ballantyne

Founder & CEO  

Darryl Ballantyne founded LyricFind in 2004 with Mohamed Moutadayne and Chris Book. The company pioneered the licensed digital lyrics space, signing the first mass lyrics licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing in 2005.

Darryl has overseen LyricFind’s growth into the world’s largest lyrics provider. LyricFind’s clients include the biggest names in the music and tech space such as Google, YouTube, Amazon, Deezer, Xperi, and Pandora.

LyricFind has also established long standing licensing relationships with over 10,000 music publishers like, The Harry Fox Agency, APRA/AMCOS, CSDEM, MCPS, CAPASSO and many more.

As an authority on licensing and digital content, Darryl regularly speaks at industry events across the globe.

Before launching LyricFind, Darryl was Manager of Digital Development & Distribution at EMI Music in Los Angeles, where he was involved in deals with companies such as Yahoo, Napster, and iTunes. Darryl earned a Bachelor of Mathematics with a Business minor from the University of Waterloo.