Jay Faires - Music

Music

Previous companies included BNY Music, a publishing company Jay renamed Lionsgate,where he collaborated closely with artists such as Mary J Blige and U2 while overseeing the music for Emmy & Oscar winning hits such as Mad Men, Weeds, Precious & Crash while overseeing as President of Music the doubling in value of their music assets. Prior to selling to Lionsgate, the company was built on the foundation of artist publishing from Mammoth's roster, adding the acquisitions of the blues catalog Black Top along with later copyrights from David Bowie.

Before that he created and built Mammoth Records which sold for 65 times its initial investment, placing numerous acts in the top reaches of MTV’s charts while being the first independent label to have 2 platinum acts. The Squirrel Nut Zippers enjoyed platinum and gold success off their #1 hit "Hell" and prior to that Seven Mary Three had the #1 hit "Cumbersome" from their platinum selling release. The label was built outside the industry centers of Los Angeles, New York and Nashville in Chapel Hill, NC. Building off the early indie success of The Blake Babies and Juliana Hatfield, the company placed Frente near gold sales before launching the success of Seven Mary Three the following year leading to the swing phenomenon the Zippers created as they went on to sell nearly 2 million records worldwide .

During this time, he also funded and owned Hi Frequency, an early lifestyle marketing company instrumental in helping take numerous alternative acts gold & platinum including A Tribe Called Quest.