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Why are artists late?

It's one of the most common issues in live entertainment: late artists. Sometimes tardiness is due to travel issues, sometimes poor planning, and other times the artist team never intended to arrive at the time you discussed for sound check.

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When is it TOO late? And what can I do about it?

Once you know your artist is going to be late, review your contract language and form a plan. Yes, the artist could be a little late, but they could also be very late. This is where having a curfew listed on your contract comes in handy. Again, being late is not a breach of contract until it affects contractual obligations. Example: If your curfew is 11pm and you cannot extend it, and the artist’s contract states a 60-minute set, that means technically they have until 11pm to get their set in. If they arrive late and get on stage at 10:30pm, they will only get a 30-minute set in before curfew. THAT is a breach of contract. This gives you grounds to hold their payment and work out a reduction. Keep communication flowing. Remind them of the curfew and how you plan to adjust. Communicate with the agent that you booked the show with. Making the agent aware of issues is important to establishing a plan and avoiding a breach of contract. If they don’t know there has been a breach of contract, they will be blindsided if you hold payment from their artist. Instead of surpising them, let them help you form a plan. If an artist is so late that they cannot perform a full set, or if their tardiness has affected your ticket sales, then you have grounds to withhold payment and work out an adjusted fee. Those discussions must be with the agent. You need to then propose a prorated artist fee in writing. For example, in the case of an artist only performing 30 minutes out of a 60-minute set, you should propose a 50% payment. The agent (if doing their job correctly) will argue for more because the artist has incurred all their travel costs and more. If the artist was communicative, but clearly just ran into some challenges, it is a good idea to pay them more than 50%. If it was just a blatant disregard for contractual obligations, or if a lot of audience members demand refunds and there is money lost because of the tardiness, I am usually less lenient.

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Improving your drawing skills doesn't require hours and hours of filling sketchbook pages. In fact, a mere 15 minutes of targeted practice a day can help you advance your technique over time and raise your confidence. And it’ll keep you in shape when you’re just too busy for more. This list can be an additional exercise to your usual sketching habit, perhaps used as a warm-up. Or it can be the only practice you get for a while, if you don’t have time for anything more elaborate. If you practice these exercises every day, you’ll notice that you’ll get faster, more accurate and most importantly, more secure in your approaches. You’ll have more control over your hands, your eyes and your drawing tools and that’ll help you a lot in your more elaborate drawing sessions. Here’s a summary of this article to download in case you’d like to print it out.

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