I would like to add a paragraph to my contract.
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ittigger FYI: There is no license required for ANY music played at a wedding - in fact, licensing for private events is expressly excluded from the Copyright Act. If you have access to it - you can play it.
This is totally ignaorant.
With respect to the wedding there is no legal distinction between you and the bride; under Title 17 you are both treated as one and the same.
As long as you are physically present at the event, you and the bride legally comprise a single entity with respect to performance rights.
And pray tell. what is the right way?There's a right way to do things and then there's your way
Look at who's giving the advice, Cap is one well informed individual who is willing to help you. The help that has been offered deals with wording that will not sound aggressive or intimidating to the client. Laws vary from state to state therefore a visit to a lwyer is required. But it's easier and cheaper to already have the contract written out than starting from scratch.
What does that have to do with me? I most always advise folks to get a lawyer for real legal advise.
Thats one thing I like about the people here in Texas. They don't beat around the bush, they tell it like it is instead of going into parables.:triwink:
You have lost me my friend,... a few stop lights aback!:triwink:But, if you don't work for it there's no learning
This thread has turned into a car wreck.... bad but can't look away... or as my wife says..... just your typical soap opera..
No - this was really simple. Some people took it far into left field. Plain and simple, be prepared because a failure to plan IS a plan to fail - regardless of how much technology you may have and what you think you're entitled to use.
My words were license or other similar manner. Your word was license.
Obviously to some.
Ok.
Ok.
That whole "failure to plan" thing is just copping and attitude.
Have you seen some of the planners certian DJs try to force people to fill out?
I've seen some guys with as many as a dozen!
Typical among DJs is the idea that "more is better." More forms, more contrcat clauses, more interaction, more novelties, and while we're at it let's skirt our speaker stands and cover everything we can with black cloth - because, more is better.
There's a point at which you're no longer a DJ - just a personality disorder compensating for something.
In your opinion, failure to plan is copping an attitude. To some, it allows for a well planned out event, especially as important as a wedding. To add, we won't see eye to eye on this so you do things your way and I'll do it mine. While I don't go to the extremes you describe, some may view what you do as a disorder. I'm definitely not a fan of 'more is better' logic. I am a fan of having a plan for certain events and IMO, a failure to plan is copping an attitude.
Ok, back on track.
Bottom line: even the best of phrasing may or may not be effective in a contract. the effectiveness that it has really depends on the person who offers it to explain the ramifications of not adhering to the conditions set forth, AND that person's effectiveness at explaining those ramifications!
Let's face it, how many of us truly go over the contract in detail at signing? No, for the most part, we get the check, sign the paper, and little time is spent actually detailing what is required and needed. We are too busy being happy we got booked, hugging the client, thanking GOD that we got a check to get us through the next houserent/payment cycle, and a relatively tepid "I'll email ya or call ya" as an afterthought when leaving with said check.
I'll admit it, I've done it. But, we shortchange a client that way, who is equally soft, and more ignorant about what is really needed.
So, everyone get a grip, tighten up, and speak clearly at contract signing. Clearly expalin what the provisions mean, especially one that has to do with music. clearly explain, I have to have time to pull this music, and If I don't get what you want, you will not get what you want. And condition them to expect a call from you to get exactly that. I've hounded a client everyday for a week to get a song, explainging each time that if they can't pick something they want, it mus tcome fro mmy list, and the excel list of over 10 thousand songs chokes their ISP, email box, and slow a$$ computer until I get what I want, and what they need.
Your clients will love you for it.
Bottom line: even the best of phrasing may or may not be effective in a contract. the effectiveness that it has really depends on the person who offers it to explain the ramifications of not adhering to the conditions set forth, AND that person's effectiveness at explaining those ramifications!
Let's face it, how many of us truly go over the contract in detail at signing? No, for the most part, we get the check, sign the paper, and little time is spent actually detailing what is required and needed. We are too busy being happy we got booked, hugging the client, thanking GOD that we got a check to get us through the next houserent/payment cycle, and a relatively tepid "I'll email ya or call ya" as an afterthought when leaving with said check.
I'll admit it, I've done it. But, we shortchange a client that way, who is equally soft, and more ignorant about what is really needed.
So, everyone get a grip, tighten up, and speak clearly at contract signing. Clearly expalin what the provisions mean, especially one that has to do with music. clearly explain, I have to have time to pull this music, and If I don't get what you want, you will not get what you want. And condition them to expect a call from you to get exactly that. I've hounded a client everyday for a week to get a song, explainging each time that if they can't pick something they want, it mus tcome fro mmy list, and the excel list of over 10 thousand songs chokes their ISP, email box, and slow a$$ computer until I get what I want, and what they need.
Your clients will love you for it.
That is so true. This is one of the reasons why some DJs are afraid to ask for what they want when it comes to setup at a venue etc. They are afraid of "rocking the boat" and becoming blackballed.