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The deal memo is dead – Long live the contract!

Deal-memo and glasses

In this post I go into what we deliver to the purchaser when we confirm a show. I’ll touch on the contract, the invoice and the artists rider. Furthermore, I discuss why a deal-memo is a total waste of time and if anything, lays the agent open to mistakes.

Show contracts and why we always issue them

What is a contract? What constitutes a contract? When should promoters sign a contract? Why do we even need contracts?

Promoting a show and who should be doing it

Girl guitarist

An emerging band need to be great at self-promotion. It’s not enough to write great songs and deliver them. They also need to be great at drawing attention to themselves. They need to promote their shows because frankly, no one else is going to do it for them. Yet…

The Terms Of Business

Written agreement

A booking agency must issue its artists with their Terms of Business (Terms And Conditions) before they can charge them a fee. This must be agreed in writing… There are some things that must be included and others that the agency may choose to include.

A special type of employment agency

Neon Handshake

You don’t need a license to be a live music booking agent – anyone can set themselves up as one – but there are some rules that you must follow – One of these rules is very important and you have to do it before you are allowed to charge the artist for the work you do…

The importance of advancing a show

Indie girl singer

Sometimes when a band get a new agent they automatically think everything will be advanced for them. It won’t be, the band need to take responsibility for this or pay someone else to.

Introducing Artists to Overture

This post explains how to set up an artist, manager or tour manager as a user on Overture. It also contains video and text resources which explain the basics of the user interface.

How the money works in a small show

gig in a small venue

Sometimes it can be hard to swallow how little money is due to the artist when the ticket price is low, even tho the artist has sold a decent number of tickets. In this blog post I explore how that can very easily happen.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Contract Clause… and Pontins…

Justice

In this blog post I address the impact of The Equality Act (2010) on our touring business and how we as agents need to protect our artists and their audiences from discrimination.

A Band A Day For March!

In this blog post I update on progress with our Agent Freelancer Project at
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