HILLSBOROUGH, NJ (VMG press release) - While the recording industry continues to downsize, shift and reorganize its position within the marketplace, great opportunities lie ahead for well-financed, aggressive and industry-savvy independent record companies. One of the key elements for success is having a well-organized and knowledgeable staff of seasoned music industry professionals. Venture
Music Group (VMG) is such an independent record label, poised for the new frontiers and new technologies that lie ahead. Two of the key VMG operatives already on board are seasoned professionals Tony Camillo and Gene Serina.
CEO & President - Tony Camillo
Promotions & International Licensing - Gene Serina
Tony Camillo has earned a special place in the music business. Over the course of a long and illustrious career, he has worked, and continues to work, with a truly impressive list of recording artists, filmmakers and advertising agencies.
Whether as a writer, composer, arranger or producer, Tony has touched and enhanced the careers of some of the best-known artists in popular music.
He has also made his mark scoring for feature films and national advertisers. Working out of his New Jersey studio, Tony continues to add to the list and expand his credits.
Tony is a Grammy Award winner for his production of "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight & The Pips and has garnered numerous Gold and Platinum awards.
SOME ARTISTS TONY CAMILLO HAS WORKED WITH
GLADYS KNIGHT • DIONNE WARWICK • ERIC CARMEN • STYLISTICS • BAZUKA • MILLIE JACKSON DAZZ BAND • DYNAMIC SUPERIORS • SOUL GENERATION • EBONYS • CHAMBERS BROTHERS SAMANTHA SANG • CREME D' COCOA • PEACHES & HERB • SHA NA NA • ANN MARGRET TONY ORLANDO • GRAND FUNK RAILROAD • GREGORY ABBOTT • BEN VEREEN STEVIE WONDER • JOE SIMON • 5TH DIMENSION • HONEYCOMBS • DRAMATICS MARTHA REEVES LINDA CLIFFORD • THE SUPREMES • THREE DEGREES • MAXINE BROWN VANESSA WILLIAMS • EIGHT DAY • PARLIAMENT • TOMMY JAMES • PAUL SHAFFER
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FILMS & COMMERCIALS
SPRUNG • MAD CITY • STREET TRASH • PIPE DREAMS • SUPER DUDE • STITCHES WELCOME TO ARROW BEACH • SURVIVALIST • BODY GUARD • DIRTY DANCIN'
(Tony has produced television and/or radio commercials for several well-known Fortune 500 companies and advertising agencies throughout the world.)
In 1994, Tony partnered with multi-Platinum promoter/international licensing specialist Gene Serina to form Venture Music Group. With a comprehensive catalog of recordings, VMG has become a respected presence in the international and domestic music-licensing communities.
Gene has worked with many major and independent record labels and is well known within music promotion circles.
He has been very involved in the world of international licensing and annually attends the prestigious International Music Festival (MIDEM) held In Cannes, France. He has arranged for and finalized foreign licensing contracts for VMG catalog properties with record labels in the following territories:
MCP - Austria • TKO/Magnum - UK • Elap Music - Denmark • Time Warner - Europe Top Records - Italy • Teichiku Records - Japan • Blues Interactions - Japan • J-Bird Records - U.S.A. (Gene has several Gold and Platinum awards to his credit.)
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