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Hello fellow musicians! The processes and policies below have been developed over a number of years to ensure the very best experience possible for our clients, and to enhance the performance and presentation of all the musicians in our team.
We strongly encourage you to be aware of all of the policies below, and help to ensure that our clients are the beneficiaries of the very best in entertainment quality in every regard. Please read on below.
Thank you! - Audio Lab Productions Management -
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Musicians Call Hours
Pertaining to performance times, sound check and rehearsals.
• CALL TIME - Call time begins a minimum of 1 hour before the doors open to the public unless otherwise stipulated in an individual contract for the booking.
• WHAT YOU ARE AGREEING TO - It is expected that when musicians on our team agree to a booking time, that they make themselves available for 15 to 20 minutes after the official performance finish time to play on, or encore if the moment requires. This is entirely at the discretion of the band leader.
Please ensure you give notice to Jazz Kats management in advance if you need to leave by a certain time, so that this can be arranged with the client if necessary. Musicians that watch the clock so they can pack up "on-the-dot" will be considered unfavourably for future work, as this attitude goes against our promise to provide a professional service.
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On Call Conduct
Pertaining to enquiries, intoxication, & communication.
• PLEASE DO NOT STEAL FROM US - While on call – There must be no soliciting of bookings or work prospects that will in any way circumvent, undermine, or interfere with the relevant agent, management, or “Jazz Kats” promotions. We spend thousands of advertising dollars every year to make work available to you. Supplying anyone at all with your personal card on the job amounts to taking advantage of our spending, and then keeping the returns yourself. This is stealing, and will result in the instant termination of all your future work and promotion with the "Jazz Kats" organisation.
• DIRECTING ENQUIRIES - While on call – All booking enquiries and prospects with clients must be acted on with one or more of the following;
a) Be directed to “Jazz Kats” management personally for further enquiry
b) Directed to the web site for online samples and booking
c) Pass on a business card that has been supplied to you by management, bearing relevant contact details.
Please note, it is recommended that you put your name on the reverse of the card so that any prospects you may gain from the performance come back to you upon enquiry by the client.
• NO INTOXICATION OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED - While on call and/or visible or audible to clients and being associated with a “Jazz Kats” performance, all musicians must present themselves as sober and dignified individuals. Remember that the "Jazz Kats" pool provides entertainment for all walks of life, from children to government presentations. Your behaviour on the gig will define the public's assumptions by association about all “Jazz Kats” musicians. Reports of intoxication will be looked upon unfavourably for your future work prospects.
• COMMUNICATION WITH AND AROUND CLIENTELLE - Please consider ALL communications while on call, both with the client/audience, and with band/crew members. No swearing at all will be tolerated, crude jokes must not be said aloud while there is any person under 18 present.
When a request comes for songs, to turn down (or up), or any other that may arise, whether from audience, private clientele, or venue staff, ALWAYS respond in a dignified, graceful, friendly, and helpful manner, no matter how unreasonable any request may seem to you.
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Presentation
Pertaining to on and offstage presentation of personnel and equipment.
• DRESS CODES - Please dress impeccably! Remember that unless told otherwise, the default dress code for all performances with Audio Lab Productions / Jazz Kats Entertainment is black suit and tie. For weddings please consider black suit with white shirt, and a white tie if you have one. Ladies please dress in keeping with this theme with class and flair. The choice of dress/skirt/trousers etc. etc. is up to you. If you do not own such attire, then borrow or buy some BEFORE your performance! Please remain in said attire for the entire performance unless you are playing dance brackets, and the temperatures call for you to remove your jacket.
Please take the time to find out if there are any further dress rules or themes that apply for every gig, and present yourself accordingly.
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Performance
Pertaining to performance, & on-stage requirements.
• PROGRAMS - All bookings run to a program. At the beginning of every booking with Audio Lab Productions, please be aware that there will be a Gig Briefing with your band leader - This will outline the gig. There will then be a Bracket Briefing before every bracket. This will establish exactly how each bracket will run. Be sure to show up 5 minutes before each bracket is due to start at the designated point. Please pay attention in this time as you may be required to play segues, make certain actions, or other variances that are not marked on your music.
• CUES - Be sure that you keep eye contact with the band leader at all times while onstage. This will ensure that you get the cues you need to deliver an un compromised performance.
• BANDLEADERS - If you are are booked as the leader of the band for a job, you'll receive a program. Please adhere to this, and refer to to it when necessary. It will require you to make announcements, co-ordinate with clients, run to times, and include/exclude particular repertoire. Please ensure that your band members are aware of any details they may need to know, and are happy to work to your instruction.
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Preparation / Rehearsal Policies
Pertaining to musicianship standards & on-stage requirements.
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Charts and repertoire are usually made available about two weeks before each show. It is up to you to do any required practice after/between/before rehearsals to ensure your performance is up to par. Audio Lab Production's standard of musicianship requires that our musicians can sit straight into a booking with confidence and flair with only a quick rehearsal for new/requested tunes at sound check.
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Generally, our "out-of-hours" rehearsal policy only covers checking/discussing keys and discussing musical direction techniques and onstage performance for those rare few that have not got the experience to do this on-the-job. This is considered an investment by Audio Lab Productions, and is reserved for musicians that we value as long-term team members with extraordinary virtues beyond their current musical experience.
- Our only other "out-of-hours" rehearsal policy covers preparation of new and unique acts. These acts generally would not work to a current pre-determined formula such as "Jazz Standards" or the "Disco Repertoire" for example, and therefore need specific attention.
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Please do NOT bring charts onto the gig other than those that have been organised and/or discussed with the band leader. Check your mailbox at due intervals to ensure that you have the latest versions of charts, and discard the old ones. There will most often be a small date check at the bottom right-hand corner of charts for you to check if you have the latest version or not.
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Payment / Fee Policies
Pertaining to invoicing, fee structures, paid activity, and payment procedures.
a) When on the job, this is included in the musician's fee.
b) When on a specific project rehearsal, time is paid in benefit such as professional recording expertise and equipment, and in marketing & promotion.
c) When rehearsing to bring less experienced musicians up to par, payment is in savings on industry training - which means that the training costs your professional mentor/s have had to bear, and their on-the-job experience are passed on to you at no charge.
a) Our musicians are paid while promoting themselves with Audio Lab Productions. Whether it is via Wedding Music SA, or any of our other affiliates, Audio Lab Productions bears the capital outlay of promotions, and our musicians' time is paid for via the amount of money they would have had to spend to be there. For example, if a small booth at a trade fair costs $600 a day, then they are actually making that amount divided by the hours they spend there. Most likely about $100 per hour! Good money!!
b) Audio Lab Productions also creates prime promotional opportunities. Our industry expertise provides our musicians with the highest quality marketing materials, support equipment, and expertise. For our musicians to outsource or supply just some of these services themselves may cost thousands of dollars per trade show. They say "you can't buy experience" so what price does one put on it? Business-minded individuals recognise that not only does saving equal income, but also being supplied with industry expertise is as an extremely effective strategy and opportunity available to our musicians.
c) Our musicians double up on income while promoting. There is no marketing like giving a sample! So, while our musicians are pocketing their marketing and promotion expenses, they get to meet the clients face to face, and create paid work opportunities! Life doesn't really get better than this!!
d) All these benefits and policies are passed onto our clients in a number of ways.
First - Thru our policies and selection process, our clients feel at ease in the knowledge that they are dealing with the most professional musicians available.
Second - A number of overheads have been cut via the expertise and capital outlay of Audio Lab Productions. This equates to a lower price for a better service to our clients.
Third - Many clients may have never met or spoken with real-life professional musicians, as they are reasonably rare. These promotions make it possible for clients to connect with these performers, and understand why live music is such an integral part of life's celebrations.
This in turn benefits our musicians, as the deemand for them increases, and so the positive cycle is fed.
- All jobs must have an invoice recieved before payments can be made.
- Payments are to your nominated account unless otherwise organised.
- Overpayments/underpayments are always automatically adjusted on the following job - This is given that the job falls within a reasonable time frame, and that the musician is booked for future work.
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Thank you for taking the time to read our performance policies page. Familiarising yourself with these policies will help make your time with Audio Lab Productions easy and enjoyable.
It is good to note that our policies are availble for all the world to see at any time. This not only shows the transparency and integrity of our organisation, but it shows the public that you, as a musician are by policy working with the most professional musicians available, and that your attitude and abilities are reflect the very finest qualities that they may ask for.
Thank You
Management
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