Jay Fairesis an Americanmusic industryexecutive.
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BNY Music & Mammoth Records
editFaires previously foundedMammoth Records,an independent record label, publishing and lifestyle marketing company in the Carrboro area ofChapel Hill, North Carolina.The label was the first independent label to produce two platinum records.[citation needed]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 MelvinsandThe Hope Blisteramong others. After placing three acts in the top 3 of MTV's charts, he sold the label to TheWalt Disney Company.[1]Faires then went on to build BNY Music, his music publishing company, acquiring blues catalog Black Top and many copyrights ofDavid Bowieprior to its sale to Lionsgate.[2]
Faires has executive producedA Night on the Town with 'Mad Men'[3]and concert filmsEDC: Experience,[4][5]and theColdplayconcert film licensed toEpix.[6][7]
Atlantic Records, Disney, Lionsgate
editAs part of the Mammoth records JV, Faires became SVP of A&R at Atlantic Records[8]where he oversaw the rock and alternative rosters. Later when he bought the company back from Atlantic and sold to Disney,[9]he became an SVP there while running Mammoth.
AtLionsgate,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 forMarco Beltrami's score for3:10 to YumaandBird York's song "In The Deep"for Best Picture winnerCrash.[10][11]Lionsgate released 3 of the 5 soundtracks for the Best Television Golden Globe nominees ofCalifornication,Mad MenandWeeds.[12]While there, the value of the music publishing asset doubled.
JCOR Entertainment
editIn 2000, Faires started a short lived label JCOR Entertainment, with distribution fromInterscope Records.[13][14]The label released albums fromTech N9ne,8Ball & MJG,Masta AceandMystic,among others before the label was folded in 2002.[15][16]
Education, board seats, awards, and non-profits
editHe earned a bachelor's degree with honors fromThe 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.[17][18]He received his MBA from theFuqua School of Business at DukeUniversity where he gave the keynote address at the inauguration of their Center for Entrepreneurship in 2006.[19]In 2008, he received the Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Award from theFoundation for Ethnic Understanding.[20]He serves as an advisor or board member for Women @ the Frontier,[21]15X15,[22][23]Invisible Children/ 4th Estate[24]and My Friend's Place.[25]
References
edit- ^Gabriel, Trip (28 July 1997)."The Corporate Wooing and Winning of Mammoth Records".The New York Times.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Mi2N - Baby New Year Music Acquires David Bowie Copyrights".mi2n.Retrieved2017-02-28.
- ^""Mad Men" Live Revue, the Vegas edition ".Variety.2009-01-29.Retrieved2017-03-02.
- ^"Electric Daisy Carnival Experience (2011) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb".imdb.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Electric Daisy Carnival Experience - YouTube".youtube.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"EPIX To Premiere Coldplay Live 2012 Tour Film - The Business Journals".bizjournals.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Coldplay: Live 2012 (Official Trailer) | EPIX - YouTube".youtube.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1995-11-18).Billboard.Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^Gabriel, Trip (1997-07-28)."The Corporate Wooing and Winning of Mammoth Records".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2017-02-28.
- ^"Faires tunes in Lionsgate | Variety".variety. 14 February 2007.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Jay Faires".IMDb.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Complete List of Nominations for 2009 Golden Globes".E! Online.Retrieved2017-02-28.
- ^"JCOR Records Signs Distribution Deal With Premier Independent Hip-Hop Label Goodvibe Recordings".mi2n.MusicDish, LLC.Retrieved2020-04-17.
- ^Ugwu, Reggie."The Rise of a Rap Powerhouse: Strange Music".billboard.Promethus Global Media, LLC.Retrieved2020-04-17.
- ^"JCOR Closes Doors Amidst Controversy".allhiphop.AllHipHop.Retrieved2020-04-17.
- ^"8Ball & MJG - About".livexlive.LiveXLive.Retrieved2020-04-17.
- ^"Jay Faires, C'85, president of music at Lionsgate, to speak | Sewanee Today | Sewanee: The University of the South".news.sewanee.edu. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-16.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Spring Babson Center Events | Sewanee Today | Sewanee: The University of the South".news.sewanee.edu. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-16.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Fuqua to Open Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Duke Today".today.duke.edu. 23 September 2005.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"ISSUU - Dan's Papers Aug. 8, 2008 by Dan's Papers".issuu. 8 August 2008.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"About | Women At The Frontier".womenatthefrontier.org.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"LA Screening at SoHo House attracts Media Insiders — The Right to Heal".therighttoheal.org. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-16.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"15X15 CAMPAIGN — The Right to Heal".therighttoheal.org. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-16.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Advisory Council | Invisible Children".invisiblechildren.Retrieved2014-03-16.
- ^"Leadership: My Friend's Place".myfriendsplace.org.Retrieved2014-03-16.