Nick is a folk-rock/garage/pop singer-songwriter who delivers smart songs with simplistic savvy.
Nick has been writing and performing his music for a little over a decade. His music stems from personal experiences and observations of life, relationships and self-awareness.
Nick's acceptance of various influences allows his sound to be versatile and forever evolving. Plus, with a loose personable performance style, often including impromtu live songwriting and a cheesy joke challenge, Venturella connects well with his audiences making each show a memorable one.
Venturella is originally from St. Louis, MO, but got his musical start in Waukesha, WI. For the last few years he has lived in Madison, then moved to the Milwaukee area, but just moved back to Madison (did you catch all that?). Nick performs throughout the upper Midwest at colleges, coffee shops, restaurants/bars, hotels, and private parties.
Music has afforded Nick Venturella the opportunity to open for and work with some other outstanding college market performers, including: Jason LaVasseur, Copeland, Catchpenny, Life in General, Fade 2 Shade, John Hermanson (of Alva Star and Storyhill) as well as local favorites: Mark Croft, Sean Michael Dargan and Ryan McIntyre (formerly of EXIT).
College radio, word-of-mouth (www.myspace.com/nickventurella) and "through the grapevine" fan distribution are growing a loyal following for this Midwestern D.I.Y. independent.
Here at Nick Venturella's MySpace page you have the opportunity to listen to a few full songs, enjoy, and be sure to leave comments, read Nick's blog and contact Nick with any questions or to book a gig.
hey check out the sneak peek for our new song "Let Your Lady Go" when
you get a chance. It just went up today (wednesday...in case you don't
see this until tomorrow or something : )
if you've ever wanted to ride a unicorn, exploderize something with lasers that shoot out of your eyes, or learn how to melt people's hearts with sweet music, then you'll love the latest video we did for Taylor Davis...take a look ;)
Hi Nick! It was so good to see you and Lori and meet her cousin on Friday. Great job as usual. Not a big crowd but you have a way of getting participation. Please take care and congratulations again on your expected arrival. :)
Hey, I resemble that remark from Peggy below! Har! Great time with SpeedRacer Venturella as always (of course it helps when Mrs. V is along to temper Nick).
Hey Nick! It was so good to see you and Lori again. It was warm but a great night of music and laughter. David told me today they were ending the bonfire when he got to the beach but a customer said that was only cause he showed up. Hmmmm, isn't the customer always right? :) Please take care and thanks for making it a good time!
How did I luck out? That's the day I am going to Summerfest and I am working in the morning so I am glad you don't play too early. Take care and see you there!
Hi Nick! Just got some of the images from last night up on the blog/Flickr. There are at least a couple that are real nice...the top one on the blog and the dramatic "guitar hero" one in the Flickr set in particular. I'll email you summer calendar dates in a few minutes. Great show last night...after you left this morn we were talking about what a fun night it was for the rest of the morning with friends that came in today. Thanks again. Cheers! David
It was sooooooo good to see ya play at Stumpjack again. You made it a great night of music and laughter. Please take care and hope to see you again soon.
Hello. This is going to sound rediculously corny, but I've been listening to your first cd non stop lately and I just wanted you to know that tracks 8 & 9 are basically the soundtrack to my life right now. It makes me happy knowing that at one point in time someone else felt this exact way. So thank you for your music :)
