If it's a path quartet or a rocking blues band, aware ragtime can brew or disjunction an calamity. Choosing your musicians carefully is crucial to a extraordinary soire'e--you don't longing your detail to be memorable for the bum reasons.
Instructions
1. Depart your search as early as practicable. Invest in recommendations from caterers or appearance coordinators. Inspect under "Musicians" in the Sneaking Pages, and evaluation party-planning directories for musicians' unions or entertainment brokers. Contact hymn schools, as well.
2. Telephone at least three prospective bands. Enjoin approximately their availability, rates, numeral of musicians and instruments in the band, agedness of doing, song lists, references and liability insurance.
3. Hit approximately fresh costs, such as overtime, cruising or meals for band members.
4. Provide a list of favorite and unwanted songs. Most bands will have a set song list to choose from, but some will learn songs if you request, but may charge extra.10.
Ask about promptness, reliability, performance quality, interactions with the audience and overall impressions.
6. Negotiate a fee. You may be able to reduce the number of band members or the playing time to bring down the cost.
7. Get everything in writing: the fee, deposit, cancellation and refund policies, overtime fees, the band's insurance information, number of musicians and instruments, date of event, setup time, performance time, band's attire, equipment provided by band, equipment provided by you, specific song requests, and contact information.
8. Get two signed copies of the contract. Give one to the broker or bandleader and keep one for yourself.
9. Request a demo tape and find out if you can attend a performance to observe the band in person. Confirm that the musicians on the demo tape or onstage will be the ones at your gig.5. Check references.
Call the band or broker the week of the event to confirm the date and time. Provide directions, information about parking, and your contact information for last-minute emergencies.
