Jay Faires Explained

Jay Faires
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Businessman

Jay Faires is an American businessman who is the CEO and founder of The Wellness Agency,[1] which provides support services to companies in the wellness industry, including: incubator services, connection to venture capital sources, DTC strategy with performance marketing, access to international markets, especially China.[2]

BNY Music & Mammoth Records

Faires previously founded Mammoth Records, an independent record label, publishing and lifestyle marketing company in the Carrboro area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The label was the first independent label to produce two platinum records. Mammoth's roster included: Blake Babies, Chainsaw Kittens, Machines of Loving Grace, Juliana Hatfield, Joe Henry, Seven Mary Three, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Victoria Williams, The Sidewinders, Jason & the Scorchers, Frente!, The Bats, The Backsliders, Dash Rip Rock, Dillon Fence, Fun-Da-Mental, Fu Manchu, The Melvins and The Hope Blister among others. After placing three acts in the top 3 of MTV's charts, he sold the label to The Walt Disney Company.[3] Faires then went on to build BNY Music, his music publishing company, acquiring blues catalog Black Top and many copyrights of David Bowie prior to its sale to Lionsgate.[4]

Faires has executive produced A Night on the Town with 'Mad Men[5] and concert films EDC: Experience,[6] [7] and the Coldplay concert film licensed to Epix.[8] [9]

Atlantic Records, Disney, Lionsgate

As part of the Mammoth records JV, Faires became SVP of A&R at Atlantic Records[10] where he oversaw the rock and alternative rosters. Later when he bought the company back from Atlantic and sold to Disney,[11] he became an SVP there while running Mammoth.

At Lionsgate, Faires was President of Music and oversaw all music for their TV and film slates including such hits as Mad Men and the Oscar winning Crash. The music team received two Oscar nominations for Marco Beltrami's score for 3:10 to Yuma and Bird York's song "In The Deep" for Best Picture winner Crash.[12] [13] Lionsgate released 3 of the 5 soundtracks for the Best Television Golden Globe nominees of Californication, Mad Men and Weeds.[14] While there, the value of the music publishing asset doubled.

JCOR Entertainment

In 2000, Faires started a short lived label JCOR Entertainment, with distribution from Interscope Records.[15] [16] The label released albums from Tech N9ne, 8Ball & MJG, Masta Ace and Mystic, among others before the label was folded in 2002.[17] [18]

Education, board seats, awards, and non-profits

He earned a bachelor's degree with honors from The University of the South, where he was Young Alumnus of the Year in 2000, executive-in-residence for the Babson Center for Global Commerce in 2009 and sat on the university's board of trustees.[19] [20] He received his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he gave the keynote address at the inauguration of their Center for Entrepreneurship in 2006.[21] In 2008, he received the Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Award from the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.[22] He serves as an advisor or board member for Women @ the Frontier,[23] 15X15,[24] [25] Invisible Children / 4th Estate[26] and My Friend's Place.[27]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Wellness Agency - Ecosystem. 2020-08-17.
  2. Web site: Services. 18 August 2020.
  3. News: The Corporate Wooing and Winning of Mammoth Records. The New York Times. 28 July 1997 . 2014-03-16 . Gabriel . Trip .
  4. Web site: Mi2N.com - Baby New Year Music Acquires David Bowie Copyrights. www.mi2n.com. 2017-02-28.
  5. News: "Mad Men" Live Revue, the Vegas edition. 2009-01-29. Variety. 2017-03-02. en-US.
  6. Web site: Electric Daisy Carnival Experience (2011) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb. imdb.com. 2014-03-16.
  7. Web site: Electric Daisy Carnival Experience - YouTube. youtube.com. 2014-03-16.
  8. Web site: EPIX To Premiere Coldplay Live 2012 Tour Film - The Business Journals. bizjournals.com. 2014-03-16.
  9. Web site: Coldplay: Live 2012 (Official Trailer) EPIX - YouTube. youtube.com. 2014-03-16.
  10. Book: Inc, Nielsen Business Media. Billboard. 1995-11-18. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. en.
  11. News: The Corporate Wooing and Winning of Mammoth Records. Gabriel. Trip. 1997-07-28. The New York Times. 2017-02-28. 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: Faires tunes in Lionsgate Variety. 14 February 2007 . variety.com. 2014-03-16.
  13. Web site: Jay Faires. IMDb. 2014-03-16.
  14. News: Complete List of Nominations for 2009 Golden Globes. E! Online. 2017-02-28. en-US.
  15. Web site: JCOR Records Signs Distribution Deal With Premier Independent Hip-Hop Label Goodvibe Recordings . mi2n.com . MusicDish, LLC . 2020-04-17.
  16. Web site: Ugwu . Reggie . The Rise of a Rap Powerhouse: Strange Music . billboard.com . Promethus Global Media, LLC . 2020-04-17.
  17. Web site: JCOR Closes Doors Amidst Controversy . allhiphop.com . AllHipHop . 2020-04-17.
  18. Web site: 8Ball & MJG - About . livexlive.com . LiveXLive . 2020-04-17.
  19. Web site: Jay Faires, C'85, president of music at Lionsgate, to speak Sewanee Today Sewanee: The University of the South . news.sewanee.edu . 2014-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316232018/http://news.sewanee.edu/events/2009/03/31/jay-faires-c85-president-of-music-at-lionsgate-to-speak . 2014-03-16 .
  20. Web site: Spring Babson Center Events Sewanee Today Sewanee: The University of the South . news.sewanee.edu . 2014-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316233016/http://news.sewanee.edu/life/2009/01/23/spring-babson-center-events . 2014-03-16 .
  21. Web site: Fuqua to Open Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Duke Today. 23 September 2005 . today.duke.edu. 2014-03-16.
  22. Web site: ISSUU - Dan's Papers Aug. 8, 2008 by Dan's Papers. 8 August 2008 . issuu.com. 2014-03-16.
  23. Web site: About Women At The Frontier. womenatthefrontier.org. 2014-03-16.
  24. Web site: LA Screening at SoHo House attracts Media Insiders — The Right to Heal . therighttoheal.org . 2014-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316225442/http://www.therighttoheal.org/blog/2013/10/28/la-screening-at-soho-house-attracts-media-insiders . 2014-03-16 .
  25. Web site: 15X15 CAMPAIGN — The Right to Heal . therighttoheal.org . 2014-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316134109/http://www.therighttoheal.org/campaign-goals/ . 2014-03-16 .
  26. Web site: Advisory Council Invisible Children. invisiblechildren.com. 2014-03-16.
  27. Web site: Leadership : My Friend's Place. myfriendsplace.org. 2014-03-16.

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