Hollow Council  PERFORMANCE CONTRACT 2010                                    Charles E. Watson, Jr
Rock with a Classical Hook and a Hard Edge
4 piece band: electric and classical guitars, drums, hand drums, bass, lead and backup vocals

This contract for the personal services of musician(s) on the Engagement below is made on the day of _______/________/________, between the undersigned: herein called “Purchaser” and the performer(s), Hollow Council Band, herein called “Artist”.

The Artist agrees to render to the Purchaser services and the Purchaser agrees to hire the Artist on the following terms and conditions:

1. Place of Engagement:
Name of facility or location:___________________________________________________________________________
Address:__________________________________________________________________________________________
City______________________________________State________Zip______________
Contact telephone number of manager, booking agent, facility, or location:_________________________________________________________________

 Nature of Engagement venue (club/bar stage show, civic event, State Fair, private wedding, etc):________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Engagement Program (nature of services to be rendered by Artist as per this contract):________________________________________________________________________________________________

Place of Engagement is (check one) ____ indoors   ____ outdoors ______
Venue has a performance stage with appropriate sound and microphone system to accommodate a four piece band (guitar, bass, drums, 3 vocalists)
______ Venue does not have a performance stage with appropriate sound and microphone system to accommodate a four piece band (guitar, bass, drums, 3 vocalists) and Artist is required to provide same for said engagement.

2. Engagement Showtime:____________________________
Load in (artist arrival time):____________________________ 
Set length (number of x minute sets / with x minute breaks):________________________________________________

3. Order of appearance (check one):
Artist will headline Engagement ____ at what time _______
Artist will not Headline Engagement ____ and is _____ in order of appearance at what time ________

4. Engagement Compensation (full amount to be paid to Artist by Purchaser): $___________________

Purchaser shall pay a deposit in cash, bank cheque, or credit card of one-half of full amount at time of contract directly to Artist or Artist Management and the remainder one-half of full amount due shall be paid in cash, cheque, or credit card on or before conclusion of Engagement directly to Artist or Artist Management.

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discovery credit cards are accepted online through the Artist’s PayPal account.  A link to specific PayPal payment site will be provided as per arrangements.

Amount of deposit received by Artist from Purchaser:$_______________________________
by (check one)   ____ cash      ____ cheque     ____ credit card

If payment of deposit by bank cheque is accepted by Artist or Artist Management, monies are not considered received until cheque has cleared. In the event of bank rejection of cheque for insufficient funds, this contract is made void.

Payment of deposit by bank cheque: name of account holder ______________________________________________
name of Bank___________________________________  cheque number ____________________________________

Remainder of full amount due, in cash, cheque or credit card, on or before conclusion of Engagement: $__________________
Sign off for remainder of payment made: date______/______/______ time:________________
Artist:____________________________________________________
Purchaser:________________________________________________

5. Artist will set up a table or booth on the venue premises and sell recordings and merchandise before, during, and after Artist Engagement Showtime.

6. Recording of Engagement: No performance shall be recorded, reproduced or transmitted in any manner without permission from Artist or Artist’s Management.

Will this Engagement be recorded?  yes_____    no ______
If ‘yes’, what medium________________ Recorded by_________________________ telephone_________________

Will the recording of this Engagement be duplicated for sale? yes______   no_______
If ‘yes’, for further stipulations on Recording of Engagement, ask for Recording and Duplication Contract.

Will Engagement be recorded for private use only?   yes_______   no ________
Will Engagement recorded be duplicated for private use only?  yes______  no_______
Artist agrees for Recording of Engagement to be made and duplicated for private use only.

7. It is hereby agreed that the undersigned Artist is an independent contractor and not an employee of the
undersigned Purchaser.

8. The agreement of the Artist to perform is subject to proven detention by sickness, accidents, riots, strikes, epidemics, acts of Nature (hurricane, flood, tornado, etc), or any other legitimate condition beyond control.  If this occurs, Artist’s deposit shall be returned in full to Purchaser.

9. Purchaser understands that he/she is obligated to pay in full for services contracted of Artist unless it becomes impossible for the Purchaser to provide a place of performance due to acts of Nature (hurricane, flood, tornado, etc).  Otherwise, regardless of circumstances of Engagement, remainder of full amount agreed upon in this contract is due to the Artist on or by the date of Engagement.

10. This contract shall be governed by the State of Arizona

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties here agree to the terms set forth above

________________________________________        _______________________________________
Purchaser full name                                                        Name of Artist or Artist Management

________________________________________       ________________________________________
Signature of Purchaser                                                   Signature of Artist or Artist Management

________________________________________       ________________________________________
Telephone number of Purchaser                                   Telephone number of Artist or Artist Management

________________________________________ city_______________State____________Zip_______ 
Purchaser Address

________________________________________ city_______________State____________Zip_______
Artist or Artist Management Address

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