- We just mentioned booking agreements.
Most people in our field are members
of the American Federation of Musicians,
and so, such matters as booking agreements
are usually fairly,
they are usually standardized through the union.
It's always best to work through a union contract.
These have stood the test of time.
Anything that could possibly happen
to a musician in terms of booking has happened.
The union members over the years are very aware of that,
and they've tried to work out standard booking agreements
that can circumvent a lot of the anticipated problems.
That's not to say that you can't work
with other agreements, or a non-union agreement,
but the union agreement is very standard.
And even those times when we were to take an engagement
that's not through the union,
or doesn't use a union booking agreement,
the contract itself should look very much
like the union agreement.