VanToai-Shesser Production and Management is a DC based artist management company formed in 2006 by Alan VanToai (UMD) and Mark Shesser (GwU).



Alan VanToai

  

What is VanShess?

 
I want to work in music, and I see VanShess as a way to get hands on experience in working with talent. At the risk of sounding corny, I also want VanShess to be a platform for exposure of art that we think sounds good or looks good.


  

Favorite bands of all time?

 
Disco Biscuits, Phish, Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, A Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5... Of course, I wouldn't be a good manager if I didn't love what my artists were creating... I love what Mission South does, Mark and I are probably their biggest fans.


  

Most memorable show?

 
Disco Biscuits in NYC for NYE 2005 was an unbelievable time. This guy mega-box made the night, I need to record that guy. Goals for 2006? I want to find a couple more bands, book shows and record the groups we already have, and I want to find some legit visual-artists to promote and expose. The long term goal here is to learn, so in that respect we've already accomplished a great deal.

Mark Shesser

  

What is VanShess?

 
VanShess is the shit.


  

Favorite bands of all time?

 
...The Dave Matthews Band. They had such an interesting grassroots beginning (much like the dead) that allows a fan to make a hobby out of their career. to switch back and forth from listening to their shows from frat parties and small bars, to sold out shows at Fenway park and Giants stadium truly shows how powerful their music is


  

Favorite NFL Franchise?

 
Washington Redskins (...seriously)