Terms & Conditions
Upon booking the performer, the purchaser is agreeing to the following terms and conditions:
The Purchaser agrees to engage the Performer for the time allotted, minus a 10-minute break for every additional hour performed in excess of 1 hour, at the rate displayed on the booking tab after any discounts are applied. The Purchaser shall provide performance facilities which are adequate for the health and safety of the Performer and their equipment. The Performer will bring his own sound/performing equipment and will require access to one (1) electrical outlet within 15 feet of the performance space.
The purchaser agrees to submit the full payment at the point of booking. A non-refundable deposit of twenty-five (25) percent of the performance fee will be collected to secure the booking. The additional seventy-five percent of the performance fee will be refundable if purchaser chooses to cancel booking as long as the cancellation is submitted more than 48 hours before the performance time. The Performer will arrive at the location indicated on your booking at least 20 minutes prior to the start time indicated on the booking.
Depending on venue location, performer may reach out to purchaser to negotiate additional travel fees.
The Performer is retained by the Purchaser only for the purposes and to the extent set forth in this agreement. The Performer’s relation to the Purchaser is that of an independent contractor in business as a professional musician. The Performer shall not be considered under the provisions of this agreement or otherwise as being an employee of the Purchaser or entitled to participate in any plans, arrangements, or distributions by the Purchaser or similar benefits for its regular employees. The Purchaser shall not withhold federal or state income taxes for the Performer, nor compensation or unemployment insurance funds. The Performer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any claim for taxes, workers’ compensation and unemployment benefits by any governmental agency arising from the Performer’s rendering of services under this agreement. The Performer represents and warrants that he/she will report for tax purposes all compensation under this agreement as an independent contractor.
In addition to the fees negotiated at the point of purchase, the Purchaser shall obtain and pay any and all licenses, approvals, consents, permits, fees and royalties required to be obtained, including but not limited to public performing rights fees to be paid to any other person, firm, corporation, organization, governmental authority, (or agent thereof) legally entitled to require licensing, payment of fees, approvals, permits and consents pursuant to the Copyright Act or otherwise concerning the performance(s) and shall fully indemnify and save harmless the Performer from any and all claims, losses and liabilities now or hereafter arising with respect to such liabilities concerning the performance(s) and its authorized or unauthorized recording, reproduction, broadcast, transmission or re-transmission of any kind.
No party hereto will be held liable for delay, loss damage or non-fulfillment of the terms of this contract if and to the extent that such delay, loss damage or non-fulfillment is caused by an occurrence beyond the reasonable control of such party, including but not limited to proven sickness or accident to Performer, delay of transportation services or accident to means of transportation, riots, strikes, epidemics, acts of God, compliance with any act, regulation, order or request of any governmental authority or agency, or any other causes, whether direct or indirect, not within the reasonable control of such party, and which by the exercise of reasonable diligence such party is unable to prevent such delay, loss damage or non-fulfillment of the provisions of this contract or otherwise to be rendered by such party hereto. Exempt from these force majeure provisions are engagements contracted as open air performances wherein the weather being unpredictable, the payments specified herein are payable by the Purchaser unless expressly provided for otherwise in writing, by all parties hereto.