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Are you qualified?
Are you prepared to make a 50% deposit when and if a national
artist accepts your offer? National artists range in price
from $4,000 to $500,000. (de 800 a 150.000.contos ou mais)
Do you have a large space for a concert stage? The average
concert stage footprint for a national musical artist's performance
is (60 by 40 feet) 21 x 14 m. Comedians and less expensive
artists have smaller space requirements.
Are you prepared and empowered to make a reasonably quick
decision? Information on national groups' availability is
only good at the moment it is given. There are no "holds"
on national groups.
The Basic Process
1. Select an artist
2. Have your agent in make an offer to the artist
3. If the offer is accepted, examine and sign a contract with
the artist
4. Secure production for the show or have your agent provide
the service
5. Have the show, have fun and make money! (Seems simple doesn't
it)
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The Selection
If your answer to all of the above was yes, then you should
contact your ATV PRODUÇÕES. Above all, be prepared
to act decisively. Have your committee or partners available
to meet or teleconference and decide wisely but quickly. Nothing
is more frustrating to both the agent and the client than
the artist becoming unavailable while you are locked in the
"paralysis of analysis".The first decision you should
make is whether you want ATVPRODUÇÕES to fully
produce the show or simply help you book the artist. Your
choices are:Simple booking- ATV PRODUÇÕES helps
you make a selection with pricing and availability information.
We then use our relationship with the artists, their managers
and agents to negotiate the best possible price on your behalf.
We help you make the artist a proper and complete offer. After
the artist accepts your offer we forward their contract to
you and you produce the show.Fully produced show-
As above, we help you make a selection with pricing and availability
information but in this case the pricing includes everything
not provided by the venue. Once the selected artist accepts
the offer, we provide everything required to present the show
including show management. Except for the very experienced,
this all-inclusive method saves you money since many times
production costs equal or exceed the artist's fee and we can
negotiate those production cost components even more effectively
than artist costs.
Whether fully produced or a simple booking the basic selection
of an artist is the same. If you know who you want and have
a short (20 or less) "wish list" let your ATV PRODUÇÕES
quote you rough prices. If none of those artists are affordable
then your agent will provide you a list of alternate artists
of the same type, but in your price range. After you narrow
the total list down to two or three top choices your agent
will give you availablities and exact prices based on the
artist's asking price and, in the case of a fully produced
show, all other components required to present the show including
all transportation, accommodations, technical production,
labor, and production management. After getting all the facts
and figures you make a decision. You know your audience better
than any agent so your focused input is invaluable. Remember,
this information is like fresh fish-it goes bad quickly. Make
your decision well but make it quick.
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The Offer
Once you have decided your agent will provide you a sample
of and have you send, either an offer form or an authorization
to make an offer on your behalf. In either case this document
is a brief contract that states that you will go forward and
execute a detailed contract and post a deposit if, and only
if, the artist accepts the offer. If the artist accepts, then
you are contractually obligated to go forward. If the artist
declines, then there is no further obligation. You may then
decide to increase the offer or you may decide to pursue another
artist or you may decide not to do the show.
The Contract
Once the offer is accepted the path between simple booking
and full production splits somewhat.
In the case of a simple booking, the agent will forward a
contract directly from the artist to you along with a bill
for the agents services. The agent will help you interpret
this multi-page, highly detailed, contract and technical riders
(as much as thirty-five pages) plus may suggest some production
resources if you need them. At this point, in this type of
deal, the agent has done most of his job. The agent will follow
up and make sure your deposit and executed contract are timely
and will get the contract signed by the artist. He may or
may not attend the show depending on your experience and the
shows complexity.
With a fully produced show, a simple and concise contract
(usually four or five pages and including the agent's fee)
follows. This agreement details all basic aspects of the production
and who is financially responsible. The agent continues to
work closely with you on the details of staging your show
for maximum impact and arranges all facets of production including
the hiring of appropriate technical services and labor. The
agent coordinates the components of the production that he
is providing (typically; sound, lights labor, transportation,
etc.) with those that may be provided by the venue (typically;
staging, dressing rooms, electrical service, etc.) or other
vendors, to deliver a seamless show at the lowest possible
cost. Although the exact details of who-does-what can vary
somewhat from show to show, your responsibilities will be
carefully spelled out and you will only receive the pages
of the technical riders for which you are financially responsible.
The agent or another staff producer provides on-site supervision
to insure a hassle-free and polished production.It's Showtime!
Day of show you (in the case of a simple booking) or your
agent (in the case of a fully produced show) supervises every
aspect including load-in, set-up, sound check, settlement,
and finally the house lights dim, spotlights flicker to life...and
it's showtime.
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