Venue Productions Management and Booking Agency takes pride in bringing Talent Buyers and Artists together and negotiating contracts that are in the best interest of both parties. Successful entertainment events depend on an agency's attention to detail and it's ability to work well with other management teams and booking agents. This is what we do. Venue Productions Management and Booking Agency does not claim to represent itself as the management or the exclusive agent/representative to every artist on this website.We can offer you every service in putting your show on from booking, advertising, technical/production, guitar clinics, and settlement. With over 10 years experience in negotiating every type of National talent, feel free to contact me so that we can make your club, college or private event a success.
Michael Angelo Batio
In October 2011, Guitar World readers' poll chose Michael as the number one fastest guitarist of all time. "No. 1 Shredder of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine in 2003. He was also listed as one of the "Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time" by Guitar World Magazine, for which he wrote the column Time to Burn, and one of the "20 Greatest Shredders of All Time" by Total Guitar Magazine, both in April 2008. Batio also won the 2009 Guitar World Magazine Readers' Choice award in the "Best Shredder" category.

Batio was the inventor of the Double-Guitar, a V-shaped, twin-neck guitar which can be played both right- and left-handed.

As well as the Double Guitar, Michael Angelo also invented and designed the Quad Guitar.



Joe StumpJon Levin
Joe Stump is one of the most intense and over the top guitarists on the planet. His maniacal guitar driven releases are amazing displays of power and jaw dropping technical command. He was named by Guitar One Magazine as one of the ten fastest shredders of all time and by Guitarist as one of the top 20 shredders of all time. Jon Levin was involved with music very early on in life. He began playing piano at age 4, trumpet by age 7, and guitar at age 9. Instead of having formal lessons, Levin played along to his favorite musicians including Eric Clapton and later George Lynch from Dokken, whose place Levin would eventually take. He played in a club band called Devias at age 19 in the Long Island, New York area, and then auditioned for and joined German band Warlock at age 22. When the grunge scene took over in the early 1990s, Levin took a break from being a musician because he wasn't interested in that type of music. Levin relocated to the West Coast and became an entertainment lawyer.
Dave WeinerMike Orlando
Dave is best known for his 11-year tenure in the Steve Vai band ('99 - present). Dave also created and hosts the internet's premier guitar education video series entitle Riff Of The Week® which started in November 2005 and airs every single Wednesday. Today ROTW has over 15,000 subscribers and has amassed over 2.5 million views. Mike Orlando is a guitarist/artist that fronts Mike Orlando’s Sonic Stomp instrumental band and has released his debut instrumental CD Sonic Stomp to worldwide critical acclaim and will release Sonic Stomp II in early to mid 2009.
The DevizePete Rossi
The Devize is composed of Andrew Krakowski on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Al Faulkner on lead guitar, Andre Fedak on bass guitar and Jeff Morrow on drums. They are an authentic rock band from the Northeast Ohio area. With no hesitation, they got out on the scene and played a few gigs to begin casting a shape and enlighten the band collectively. Instantly the four obtained a feeling that was unwavering and had to be cultivated. Advancing in the club circuit in Northeast Ohio, they have played venues like the HiFi, Roc Bar, Musica, the legendary Peabody’s concert club and the world famous Cleveland Agora. The Band is currently reaching out to venues in other cities such as Kent, Akron, Bowling Green and Columbus. The Devize has a goal that can not be hindered. It is to bring their music to as many as possible. Pete Rossi is involved in many projects that are keeping him very busy. He reverted back to his heavy roots and is currently working on a project dubbed Black Mass Rising with Mike Monroe and Steve Wacholz (aka Dr. Killdrums), former drummer of Savatage and Crimson Glory. The sound they obtained is deemed as very progressive and falls within the style of Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Dream Theater. Some tracks will have familiar, known and accomplished guest vocalists, as well as musicians, adding their own artistic influence. The CD is slated to be released sometime in 2009. Be sure to keep track of this project as it nears its final release. f>
Holy Hell
"Dramatic, emotional and epic!” HolyHell’s eponymous, full-length Magic Circle Music debut evokes such a visceral response that Andreas Schöwe in Germany’s Rock It! magazine calls it “dark, mystic, melodic rock with classical appeal of the utmost grace! Dio flirts with Nightwish.” With an endorsement like that, something truly wicked this way comes…

The thirteen song concept album taps into the dichotomy of its namesake, as HolyHell explore, both lyrically and musically, the eternal struggle between darkness and light, life and death, evil and divine. And songs like “Angel Of Darkness,” “Holy Water” and “Prophecy” exude a confidence and coherence that belies their brief existence. Formed in 2005 by singer Maria Breon, HolyHell is a remarkable combination of individual talent and wisely endured ripening. The band has already toured Europe several times playing to enormous festival crowds, cultivating a unique blend of symphonic power metal, neoclassical shred and Evanescence-like Goth that comes to fruition on HolyHell.
Maria Breon's powerful voice and emotional depth may be the trademarks of the band’s sound, but the classically trained singer (who studied voice at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music) is aided by inimitable industry vets Joe Stump (guitar) and Rhino (drums). Brandishing the nickname “Shred Lord” in guitar cliques around the globe, Stump is a reputable player in his own right and has several solo releases under his belt. Rhino is a former member of Manowar… ‘nuff said.

Bassist Jay Rigney and keyboardist Francisco Palomo (who has several degrees in music and theater) complete this virtuosic line-up. In 2007 HolyHell released the Apocalypse EP, which landed on German charts after selling over six thousand copies in a matter of weeks by virtue of the band's live performances alone.

Set for a US street date of June 8th, HolyHell was produced by Manowar bassist and Magic Circle mastermind Joey DeMaio and the album bears the crystal-clear, massive sound for which he’s known. Mixing and mastering took place at Galaxy Studios in Belgium, one of Europe's most renowned studios, with award-winning mixing engineer Ronald Prent and two time Grammy Award winning mastering engineer Darcy Proper. As Horst Vonberg at Lords of Metal e-zine says, “Everything about this album is just right!
Rob Metz
Rob Metz IS the next generation of instrumental rock guitarists making music today. His new CD album, AXIS SHIFT, is a 10 track alchemy of compelling instrumentals, masterfully produced that offers a rich, distinct sound charged with emotion. Stylistically, AXIS SHIFT digs deeper into combinations of rock, metal, shred, jazz and world elements with Metz's primary focus on allowing the listener to experience their own introspection and spirit through this self described musical shaman.



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