Please answer the following question: What key details about mike varney can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: mike varney is an american musician , record producer , music publisher and impresario . he is the founder of the shrapnel label group , which includes shrapnel records , tone center records and blues bureau international . he also has a 50 % stake in magna carta records , a new york-based label . amazon.com currently lists over 790 albums as being released by record labels founded or owned by mike varney . he is often credited with being the individual most responsible for popularizing the mid-1980s shred guitar boom , and has continuously specialized in producing highly acclaimed musicians within the genres of instrumental rock , hard rock , jazz , jazz fusion , blues , blues-rock , progressive metal and speed metal . some of the most recognized artists that have been produced by varney , or have been featured on his labels , include yngwie malmsteen , david lee roth , kansas , la guns , brides of destruction , great white , bang tango , winger , john 5 , steve stevens , the outlaws , pat travers , rick derringer , leslie west , chris duarte , indigenous , michael landau , neal schon , shawn lane , victor wooten , frank gambale , eric johnson , john scofield , dennis chambers , warren haynes , scott henderson , stuart hamm , tony macalpine , vinnie moore , eric gales , marty friedman , jason becker , steve smith , greg howe , liquid tension experiment , doug pinnick , mike portnoy , great white , paul gilbert , vicious rumors , nicole couch , michelle meldrum , phantom blue , michael landau , mike stern , winger , w.a.s.p. , steeler and racer x.
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- instrument is guitar- website is -lsb- http://www.shrapnelrecords.com/ shrapnelrecords.com -rsb-- years active is 1980 -- present- genre is instrumental shred guitar , speed metal , blues-rock , blues , rock jazz , jazz fusion , hard rock , progressive metal ,- name is mike varney- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- label is shrapnel carta , tone center , blues bureau , magna- associated acts is the scott henderson , steve smith , michael landau , steeler nuns , racer x , eric gales , yngwie malmsteen , victor wooten ,- occupation is musician , producer