Jeremy ‘Jay’ Cohen is Chicago-born, LA-based and Co-Founder & CEO of PREACH. In 2000, Jeremy became involved in the music industry through playing in local bands and becoming a recording engineer. In 2003, Jay founded Chicago-based recording studio, Back Alley Recording. After two years of recording voice-overs and artists of varying genres, he left the recording studio to head to college at Columbia College Chicago. In 2005, Jay embarked on a seven-month+ tour with Oakland, CA-based hard rock band, All Shall Perish. On tour, Jeremy handled the responsibilities of playing bass guitar, tracking band merchandise, confirming bookings, reporting record sales to Nuclear Blast Records and Nielsen SoundScan, and securing booking funds. In 2006-08, Jeremy worked in the marketing department of the global law firm DLA Piper. In 2009, Jeremy graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a Music Business and Sports Management B.A.
Soon after graduating, Jay founded OTG Management, a talent management and promotions firm, and relocated to Los Angeles. Since then, Jay has closed major record deals, secured major publishing deals, signed artist to top talent agencies, secured top press hits and domestic/international tours, produced music videos (Jaden Smith, Rich the Kid, Sir the Baptist) and much more for his clients. The culmination of his experience gives Jay a balanced background in producing, performing, marketing, and management. In 2019, OTG Management merged with German-based marketing agency PREACH Media Group to create PREACH (PREACH Records and PREACH Ventures). Jay currently runs the U.S. operations from the PREACH headquarters in Los Angeles. He also co-owns music finance company Stable Fewture, AI/tech platform UNWRTN., contact sharing app QR You & writes a weekly column at JayCohenMusic.com.
ROLES
Co-Founder & CEO || PREACH Records & PREACH Ventures
Co-Founder || Stable Fewture, UNWRTN. & QR You
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Led PREACH artists to 98.6 million+ streams across platforms in 2022
- Launched the first AI virtual music manager (UNWRTN.) in the music industry (January 2023)
- Helped Allegra Miles secure the anthem for the V Foundation, in partnership of ESPN/Disney Music Group
- Closed 4 major record label deals with Atlantic Records and Artist Partners/APG, plus many other independent label deals
- Closed 3 major publishing deals since 2016 with Primary Wave, BMG and APG
- Signed clients to major booking agents at Paradigm Talent Agency, UTA and ICM Partners
- Secured bookings for numerous tours across the US and Europe
- Secured clients on major music festivals, including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Tidal X, South by Southwest, Afropunk Paris & many more
- Secured press for clients with Rolling Stone, Billboard, CNN, NPR, BET, People Magazine, Sway in the Morning & more
- Secured TV appearances for clients on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Fox’s Good Day Chicago, WGNTV & more
- Secured brand deals for clients with Facebook, Lyft, Lexus, Samsung, Apple, Converse, Nike & more
- Secured features or co-signs for clients from Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Chance the Rapper, U2, DJ Khaled, Tori Kelly & more
- Secured licensing deals for clients on CBS’s Love Island, NBC’s The Good Place, ABC’s Code Black & more
- Landed #1 on Spotify’s Viral 50 Global Charts for Sir the Baptist’s “Raise Hell”
- Landed Billboard Top 10’s for clients across multiple genres
- Coordinated charitable partnerships for clients with the Global Citizen, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, VH1 Save the Music, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) & many more