About

 

Wayne Cohen is a hit songwriter, record producer, and educator whose songs include Top 10 hits and and #1 albums, which have sold more than 6 million, and have generated millions of Spotify streams, released by all three of the major label groups.

Currently Jonas Blue is working on a track for his song “Love Me Let Me Go”, co-written with Mimi Webb, Marli Harwood and Michael Harwood.

Wayne recently co-wrote and produced three songs for Britain's Got Talent finalist Jamie Lee Harrison. 

Wayne’s Top 10 hit for 90’s UK girl group Eternal, “Just A Step From Heaven” was recently re-recorded/released by original Eternal member Louise. 

Wayne is a long-time successful songwriter, producer and artist developer. He has had many releases, five songs including the hit single, “Sleeping With The Lights On” from the multi-platinum debut album by Curtis Stigers (signed by Clive Davis). Wayne wrote and produced five songs released by Jennifer Love Hewitt. He has had many film and T.V. placements like in the film Practical Magic starring Sandra Bullock. 

In addition to his three decades of real-world experience, Wayne is the founder of songwriting education company Hit Song School which provides one-on-one tutoring and interactive online songwriting courses, and has created and taught courses and masterclasses at university-level institutions including New York University, Berklee College of Music, Queens College, as well as at Tileyard Education, and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) founded by Paul McCartney.  

www.waynecohensongs.com                                        www.hitsongschool.com

 

Testimonials

"Wayne is an amazing songwriter." - Billy Mann, hit songwriter

"It has been my pleasure to work with Wayne Cohen for over 15 years. He always conducts himself with the utmost professionalism-personable, articulate, responsive, and consistent." - Eric Beall – executive Shapiro Bernstein, Sony Music Publishing, Zomba Music Publishing“Wayne is a phenomenal instructor and songwriter. He knows just how to provide feedback on songs and can see what needs to happen in a song no matter what the genre.” 

 “We'd love another masterclass delivered by you.” - Ged McKenna, Music Masterclass Facilitator, LIPA (Liverpool Institute For the Performing Arts)

"...a very focused, useful and interesting presentation, excellent work."
- Dr. Ronald Sadoff, NYU Dept. of Music and Performing Arts Associate Professor & Director Scoring for Film and Multimedia

photo: Olli Sparing