Picture this: As the last banger track of the night fades away and people start filing out, the artist makes their way to the booking agent to collect their payment. They can’t find the booking agent so they call them. The call goes unanswered. Not thinking too much of it, they call the agent the next day. A week goes by before they hear back, “we’ll pay you within this week”. A month goes by and at this point the artist is panicking because they have bills to pay and they spent a significant amount of their money on buying music as any good DJ would. The artist kicks themselves for not signing a contract and given the surreptitious nature of the industry, they have no-one to discuss this with.
If nothing else, they’re now a part of the club of disgruntled DJs!
Most of us, who have chosen a career in music, are asked time and again to reconsider our choices. In different ways, we are asked, “to get serious about our lives” and “find a real job”. Unless…