This post mostly deals with the cancellation clause. It’s a biggy and probably the one that most promoters go to first.

This post wades through the next clutch of clauses. Highlights are what happens with respect to tax for foreign artists and how national advertising contributions are dealt with.

In this post we continue our journey through our contract clauses, focussing on some key, yet somewhat obvious clauses.

The contract clauses are generally the same for all performances. They highlight specific conditions that apply to all or most show. By highlighting certain conditions and obligations they remove doubt from the contract. This makes it easier to identify a breach in the contract.

When we make an agreement between the artists and the purchaser then both parties agree that a show will take place on a certain day in the future. If that show doesn’t happen, then a day is missed in the artists diary – this results in significant loss of potential earnings for the artist – and by extension the agency as well. A well considered Payment Schedule can reduce the likelihood of cancellation and assure payment where shows are cancelled.

We are pleased to announce that we are now booking for Nkulee Dube.

No female artist has managed to fuse ethno-soul, jazz with ragga in one song as this 35-year old singer- songwriter Nkulee Dube has done in such a short space of time since entering this challenging and yet exciting industry. Nkulee, whose music can be classified as ‘ethno-ragga’ fused with soul and jazz, is no stranger to the performance circuit and the music industry; she was a backing singer and dancer for the late Lebo Mathosa and later Ntando Bangani. Nkulee glides and slides with ease in between her songs as she traverses between ragga and ethno-soul as if she was born on stage.

English Folk Expo got in touch in touch and asked me to give a lecture entitled Growing A Live Career. Here is the video of the lecture. You can also watch it from inside the Folk Talk Academy portal. Where you can also download my slides.