Booking a band without singing the financial blues.

The show must go on, but first, let's look at those contracts.

Note: names have been changed to protect the identities of our clients.

Our client was trying to book a large outdoor vendor event that also would feature a stage and music. The vendor space was easy to organize. A stage was easy to find. But when it came to getting musicians, the price was a bit too rich for our client. Why were single piece acoustic acts with minor online presence demanding 12k for an appearance? Why did they have a form on their website claiming they were represented by a major talent agency? BEL to the rescue! Here at BEL we used our years of experience dealing with music acts to negotiate a fair price. We looked at a potential artist's past appearances, estimated their travel fees, and then attempted to contact their agent, who didn't exist, and then looked for their rider, which also didn't exist. We at BEL quickly ascertained that the artist had thrown out a high price hoping it might stick, and we quickly negotiated a fair price for travel and appearance at 2.5k. We then talked our client through the process of booking more music acts, and after explaining all the ins and outs of contracts, riders, managers and associated fees, our client wisely hired us to do the booking for them.