Gentleman's Handshake

We use this contract for all of our international clients. Since most 
international artists tour the US for brief periods before going home 
to their local followings, we feel these kinds of contracts are easier 
to keep track of than written legal documents. Our experience with 
international acts has been wonderful! Not only are they eager for our 
help, but they are courteous, professional and true to their word.

Here's a generic version of our "Gentleman's Handshake" agreement:

Latin Music Booking promises to try and get THE BAND gigs in various 
colleges and venues in our area for your SEASON/DATE tour in YEAR, with
an agreed fee and a PA system provided as part of the deal. You agree 
to provide promotional blurbs and CDs to enable Latin Music Booking to 
do the job properly. You promise to pay Latin Music Booking X% of the 
fee (paid up front by the venue as a deposit, or collected by you the 
day of the gig.) That is the limit of your financial obligation. You can
not return to those venues unless it is through Latin Music Booking 
within X months, you promise to do it through Latin Music Booking, or 
pay my X% commission if the return is within X months from the date of 
your last active association with Latin Music Booking. You do not pay 
Latin Music Booking any commission on gigs that you arrange yourselves 
and you are not obliged to let Latin Music Booking continue acting as 
your agent after the tour, however if this works out for both of us, we 
are happy to continue any associations until one or both parties yells 
"Uncle."

Booking Contract

There are many different kinds of booking contracts to use between the 
band, the venue and the booking agent. Many venues don't use contracts. 
It is always a good idea to get a contract in writing from a venue when 
you can, that way there are no surprises when you show up to do the gig, 
and you have some recourse if things don't go as dictated in the contract. 
Otherwise, you are relying on the word of the venue buyer and in many 
cases, this can become problematic, especially if the buyer is not an 
in-house buyer, but another booking agent! Always get a contract if you 
can.

BOOKING CONTRACT THIS CONTRACT, entered into this the DAY, DATE, YEAR by 
and between Latin Music Booking, whose address is 9901 N. Oracle Road, 
Maildrop 2106, city of Tucson, state of Arizona, zipcode of 85737 with 
offices in New York at 77 Hemlock St., Brooklyn NY 11208 and Offices in 
Atlanta, Georgia at 3822 Rivers Run Trace, Aworth, Ga 30101 and VENUE, 
STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE, COUNTRY . FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the 
mutual promises and benefits to be derived by the parties, they do hereby 
agree to the following: I, Chino Rodriguez (Latin Music Booking) , as the 
designated representative for BANDLEADER (hereinafter referred to as THE 
BAND), will obligate him to perform at VENUE (hereinafter referred to as 
THE VENUE) on DAY, DATE, TIME. THE VENUE will provide the following: P.A. 
SYSTEM, SOUND ENGINEER, REFRESHMENTS AND PROMOTION. THE BAND shall be 
paid a fee of $X for their performance, other detailed information shall 
be written on the Booking Requirements list or additional memo. THE BAND 
shall also be provided with space to set up merchandise, of which THE 
VENUE receives a X% cut. I agree to all terms set forth in this contract 
and I understand that any violations of said contract may result in the 
forfeiture of any and all monetary compensations or performance. As the 
designated representative for THE BAND, I will ensure that the BANDLEADER 
of THE BAND and their crew read a copy of this contract.


X________________________________ (Latin Music Booking)
Date____/____/____ Phone# _____________________
X_______________________________ (VENUE REPRESENTATIVE)
Date____/____/____ Phone #_____________________