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Originally posted by jade_dragon
I deal with a guy who books good acts for our car shows down here (last time Mystikal, Jin Tha and Drag On) and I should be getting a call back from Koch Entertainment about hunting down B.G. from chopper city records about something we were playing around with last night. I will give you an email when I can but hit me up on icq when you get a chance and I will see if I can help you get some acts together or maybe my guy can get you better prices or something.
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I appreciate the effort, but not necessary.
Last time I learned my lesson with trying to get artists through new channels. What happens is, you get their camps knowing about it, they get to thinking we're desperate to book them, then they jack the prices up when contracts are about to be signed and you get the small time agents demanding that they get paid a fee. I got jacked hard last year when I booked Green Lantern last year. Ended up paying an extra $3k more then I had to because of these other hands in the pot. And the truth of the matter is, these smaller agents take your money first before even speaking with the artists. Last year, Green Lantern's manager didn't have me booked in the schedule less then 2 weeks before the gig. It was only went I went around this other agent that I found out the real story. That creates a new kind of tension with that agent, let alone my existing agents feelings get hurt wondering why I went with another dude.
Same thing happed last year with Lil Jon. I had a deal done for $27,500, their manager agreed and sent a letter of intent. Then this smaller agent told them that I had tons of money and that I'd pay $30k no problem. This fucker was just trying to put money in his pocket, beyond his agent fee. So when they tried to jack me the next day, I said, HELL NO. A deal is a deal. Tell him no deal if it's not $27,500. I also warned I had to do this deal now or I'm going with another artist line up. They waited 2 days and started to come down, maybe. I booked Naughty By Nature and DJ Green Lantern instead and paid around the same. Actually, it would been less if I didn't get screwed on the Lantern deal too. And I had Too Short.
There's lot's of behind the scenes shit that goes on that people don't realize. You get fucked by agents, venues, security, sometimes sponsors if the pay too late, chat board warriors taking shots, and tons of other areas.
But when the night happens and you stoke out thousands of your closest friends and business associates, it's all worth it. When people say it's the best party or event or concert they've ever been to, stuff like that, it's rewarding.
That's why I can really feel for the Eroticafest. Whether or not the party is the best ever, all that matters is what the webmasters think in the end. Some people believe only what they read on the boards, some have valid reasons to be upset, some don't. But man, to take a beating over something that takes so much time and effort and good will just sucks.