PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT
PA LINE Music, LLC
This Performance Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of {{EXECUTION_DATE}} by and between {{PURCHASER_LEGAL_NAME}} ("Purchaser") and PA LINE Music, LLC, a New York limited liability company ("Performer"). Purchaser and Performer may each be called a "Party" and together the "Parties".
1. Contact Information
2. Engagement and Performing Personnel
Purchaser engages Performer to provide the live musical performance described in this Agreement and the attached Booking Summary, Technical Rider, and any written addenda accepted by both Parties. PA LINE's current performing personnel include Trever Stribing, Griffin Brady, Andrew Moore, and Michael Bloom. Performer may use substitutes, additional musicians, crew, or a different authorized configuration of PA LINE when reasonably necessary, provided the contracted performance format and overall professional quality are maintained. Individual musicians are not parties to this Agreement solely because they perform at the Event.
3. Event and Venue
4. Compensation and Payment
The total compensation is the amount shown in the Booking Summary. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the total may include the performance fee, seasonal adjustment, routed mileage, any applicable extended-travel allowance, sound/production fees, dedicated sound technician fees and mileage, approved exclusivity charges, TRUE POTENTIAL production charges, taxes, and other agreed expenses.
A date is not fully confirmed until this Agreement is signed and any required deposit or retainer is received. Unless otherwise stated in the Booking Summary, all amounts are in U.S. dollars. Purchaser is responsible for any agreed payment-processing, wire, or returned-payment charges.
Budget Guidance and Negotiated Offer. Purchaser may provide a working performance budget as confidential planning information. A stated budget is not itself an acceptance, guarantee, or binding fee. Where the stated budget can support the requested date, format, routing, sound, and production scope, Performer may issue a negotiated offer within that budget without disclosing internal pricing thresholds, minimums, or alternative lower configurations that were not offered. If the stated budget does not support the requested configuration, Performer may propose a different date or season, smaller performance format, routing adjustment, production change, or other alternative. Purchaser may also submit the requested configuration for manual budget review without a fixed priced quote. In that case, no binding compensation amount exists until Performer issues a written Booking Summary or addendum containing the offered price and Purchaser accepts it.
5. Travel and Routing
Travel charges are calculated using the routing method stated in the Booking Summary. For routing purposes, travel associated with this Event includes the leg from the prior confirmed PA LINE engagement, or Buffalo, NY if there is no prior engagement, to this Event, plus the leg from this Event to the next confirmed PA LINE engagement, or Buffalo, NY if there is no next engagement. Mileage applies to both legs. Inbound and outbound drive time are combined for this Event. If the combined drive time exceeds eight (8) hours, one additional base-rate travel allowance applies as shown in the Booking Summary. If the combined drive time is eight (8) hours or less, no additional base-rate travel allowance applies. Lodging, tolls, parking, airfare, rental vehicles, ferries, border fees, and similar expenses are additional when expressly stated or reasonably required by the agreed itinerary.
Route Recalculation, Route Savings, and Route Builder Credit. The travel amount associated with a confirmed Event establishes the maximum travel charge for that Event based on the confirmed surrounding PA LINE engagements known when the Event is confirmed. If PA LINE later confirms another engagement before or after this Event and the revised surrounding route reduces the routed mileage charge or eliminates the additional base-rate travel allowance, PA LINE will recalculate this Event's travel component. The travel component for this Event may decrease but will not increase solely because PA LINE later adds or changes surrounding confirmed engagements. Savings are calculated incrementally so the same route savings are not credited twice. Prior route savings are not clawed back solely because a later routing change would otherwise increase travel. If the later confirmed engagement was directly obtained through Purchaser's documented recommendation or referral, the newly realized travel savings will be identified as a ROUTE BUILDER CREDIT. A lead, inquiry, hold, unconfirmed request, cancelled engagement, or routing change that does not reduce the currently protected travel charge does not create new route savings.
Route Savings Election. When a route recalculation creates new savings for Purchaser's Event, Purchaser may electronically elect to use all or part of the savings to reduce an unpaid balance or receive funds back, retain all or part as a credit toward a future PA LINE booking, voluntarily permit PA LINE to retain all or part for touring, routing, marketing, or promotional activity, or divide the savings among those choices. If Purchaser makes no election, the default is to apply the savings against any unpaid Event balance and treat any remaining amount as due back to Purchaser. Any amount Purchaser voluntarily permits PA LINE Music, LLC to retain is a voluntary business/touring reinvestment and is not represented as a charitable or tax-deductible contribution. The election affects only realized route savings and does not reduce the performance fee, sound or production charges, exclusivity charges, merchandise, taxes, or other unrelated amounts. The Booking Summary or electronic savings receipt may record the allocation and settlement method.
6. Sound, Production, Technical Rider, and Hospitality
Purchaser must accurately disclose whether suitable sound reinforcement and a qualified house engineer are provided. If Performer provides sound or a dedicated sound technician is required, the applicable charges stated in the Booking Summary apply. The Technical Rider is incorporated into this Agreement. Purchaser will promptly identify any item it cannot accommodate. Performer may approve reasonable substitutions in writing. Hospitality requests, if provided separately, are requests unless specifically identified as mandatory in the Booking Summary or Technical Rider.
7. TRUE POTENTIAL / Enhanced Production
If TRUE POTENTIAL is selected, it is a custom production package and is not included in an ordinary performance fee. Unless modified in a signed addendum, TRUE POTENTIAL requires at least six (6) months advance booking, a dedicated sound engineer, stage hands, appropriate security, an uninterrupted soundcheck the morning of or day before the Event, a dedicated lighting director with appropriate equipment, peak-optimal audio equipment within the room's practical allowance, a shared promotional campaign with the agreed expense contribution, a dedicated street team, and three (3) paid rehearsals. Additional musicians, including horns, strings, vocals, keys, percussion, guest artists, or other creative personnel, are subject to availability and written quote.
TRUE POTENTIAL selected: {{TRUE_POTENTIAL_STATUS}}
Creative / production scope: {{TRUE_POTENTIAL_SCOPE}}
8. Purchaser Responsibilities
Provide legal access to the Venue, safe load-in/load-out access, suitable power, and a safe performance area.
Obtain and maintain all permits, licenses, approvals, insurance, and permissions required for the Event and Venue.
Provide reasonable security and crowd control appropriate to the Event, and keep unauthorized persons away from the stage, backstage, instruments, and production equipment.
Provide a designated on-site decision-maker with authority to resolve Event and production issues.
Comply with applicable fire, occupancy, noise, alcohol, accessibility, labor, and safety requirements.
For outdoor Events, provide a safe, weather-protected stage and electrical system. Performer may stop, delay, or cancel a performance when weather, stage, electrical, crowd, or other conditions create a reasonable safety risk.
9. Cancellation, Postponement, and Liquidated Damages
Because Performer may decline other work, reserve personnel, arrange travel, rehearse, advertise, and incur nonrecoverable costs in reliance on this booking, Purchaser cancellation may cause losses that are difficult to calculate precisely. The Parties therefore agree that the cancellation amounts stated below are intended as a reasonable estimate of likely loss and not as a penalty. Any deposit or retainer already paid will be credited toward the applicable cancellation amount.
If a cancellation amount is left blank, Purchaser will be responsible only for amounts otherwise due under this Agreement and Performer's documented, nonrecoverable, Event-specific expenses to the extent permitted by law. A postponement is a cancellation unless Performer agrees in writing to transfer some or all amounts paid to a replacement date.
Performer may cancel for material Purchaser breach, unsafe conditions, nonpayment, or failure to satisfy a material pre-performance obligation. Performer may also cancel because of legitimate illness, accident, emergency, or other inability to perform. Except for Purchaser breach or a Force Majeure event, if Performer cancels and no mutually acceptable replacement performance is arranged, Performer will refund amounts paid for services not performed. That refund is Purchaser's exclusive monetary remedy except where applicable law requires otherwise.
10. Force Majeure
Neither Party is liable for failure or delay caused by circumstances beyond that Party's reasonable control, including severe weather, natural disaster, fire, epidemic or public-health emergency, war, terrorism, civil disorder, government order, labor disruption, transportation interruption, border closure, utility failure, or venue closure not caused by the affected Party. The affected Party must give prompt notice when reasonably possible. The Parties will first attempt in good faith to reschedule. Nonrecoverable third-party expenses already incurred for the Event remain payable only if expressly allocated to Purchaser in the Booking Summary or approved in writing.
11. Recording, Streaming, Publicity, and Intellectual Property
Incidental audience photography and short personal-use clips are permitted unless Performer or Venue announces otherwise. Professional audio recording, multitrack recording, full-set video recording, livestreaming, broadcast, commercial exploitation, or use of Performer's name, logos, likeness, recordings, or performance in advertising beyond ordinary Event promotion requires Performer's prior written approval. Purchaser may use Performer-approved promotional materials solely to promote the Event. Nothing in this Agreement transfers ownership of songs, recordings, trademarks, publicity rights, or other intellectual property.
12. Merchandising
Performer may sell merchandise at the Venue unless the Booking Summary states otherwise. Any Venue commission, staffing requirement, sales tax handling, or point-of-sale restriction must be disclosed and agreed in writing before the Event. Merchandise terms: {{MERCH_TERMS}}.
13. Exclusivity / Radius Clause
No geographic or time-based exclusivity applies unless specifically stated below or in the Booking Summary. Any exclusivity restriction must identify its radius, period before and after the Event, covered types of appearances, and agreed exceptions. An exclusivity charge may apply because the restriction can prevent Performer from accepting other work.
14. Damage, Safety, and Indemnification
Each Party is responsible for its own negligent, reckless, or intentional acts or omissions and those of the persons it controls. Purchaser is responsible for damage to Performer's instruments, equipment, vehicles, or property caused by Purchaser, Venue staff, contractors, or Event attendees, except to the extent caused by Performer. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Party will defend, indemnify, and hold the other harmless from third-party claims to the extent arising from the indemnifying Party's negligence, willful misconduct, breach of this Agreement, or violation of law. This section does not require either Party to indemnify the other for the other Party's own negligence or willful misconduct.
15. Independent Contractor
Performer is an independent business and controls the artistic content, personnel, methods, and manner of the Performance, subject to the agreed Event schedule, Venue rules, law, and safety requirements. Nothing in this Agreement creates an employment, partnership, joint venture, agency, or fiduciary relationship between Purchaser and Performer. This section describes the Parties' intended business relationship and does not override any classification required by applicable law.
16. Taxes and Withholding
Each Party is responsible for its own taxes and legal reporting obligations. Purchaser may make withholding required by law only if Purchaser provides Performer with documentation of the legal basis and any required tax forms or receipts.
17. Notices and Electronic Communications
Notices may be delivered by personal delivery, nationally recognized courier, or email to the addresses stated in this Agreement. Email notice is effective when sent, provided the sender does not receive a delivery-failure notice. The Parties consent to electronic records and electronic signatures. Electronic signatures and counterparts may be used to execute this Agreement to the extent permitted by law.
18. Governing Law; Venue; Disputes
New York law governs this Agreement without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Unless applicable law requires otherwise, any court action arising from this Agreement will be brought in a state or federal court with jurisdiction in Erie County, New York. Before filing suit, the Parties will make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute directly for at least ten (10) business days after written notice of the dispute, unless emergency injunctive relief is reasonably necessary.
19. General Terms
Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Booking Summary, Technical Rider, and signed addenda are the entire agreement between the Parties about the Event.
Order of Precedence. If documents conflict, a signed addendum controls, then the Booking Summary, then this Agreement, then the Technical Rider, unless a document expressly states otherwise.
Changes. Any material change must be in a writing accepted by authorized representatives of both Parties. Email or electronic approval may satisfy this requirement when it clearly identifies the change.
Assignment. Purchaser may not assign this Agreement without Performer's written consent. Performer may assign receivables or delegate performance-related duties to qualified personnel while remaining responsible for the contracted services.
Severability. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum lawful extent and the remaining provisions will remain effective.
Waiver. Failure to enforce a provision once is not a waiver of future enforcement.
No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the Parties only unless it expressly states otherwise.
Authority. Each signer represents that they have authority to bind the Party for whom they sign.
20. Booking Summary / Special Terms
21. Signatures
By signing, each Party acknowledges that it has read and understands this Agreement, has had an opportunity to ask questions or seek independent legal advice, and agrees to be bound by its terms.
Template note: This form is designed for PA LINE Music, LLC bookings and should be reviewed by qualified New York counsel before first production use, especially for consumer/private events, international engagements, unusually large guarantees, insurance requirements, or negotiated exclusivity.
| PERFORMER | PURCHASER |
| PA LINE Music, LLC
Business Manager: Trever Stribing
Buffalo, NY
Phone: 716-709-1559
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| Event / Venue Name | {{VENUE_NAME}} |
| Venue Address | {{VENUE_ADDRESS}} |
| Event Date | {{EVENT_DATE}} |
| Load-In Time | {{LOAD_IN_TIME}} |
| Soundcheck Time | {{SOUNDCHECK_TIME}} |
| Performance Start | {{START_TIME}} |
| Performance End | {{END_TIME}} |
| Performance Format | {{PERFORMANCE_FORMAT}} |
| Performance Length / Sets | {{PERFORMANCE_LENGTH}} |
| Estimated Attendance | {{ATTENDANCE}} |
| Indoor / Outdoor | {{EVENT_SETTING}} |
| Performance / Booking Total | {{BOOKING_TOTAL}} |
| Deposit / Retainer Due | {{DEPOSIT_AMOUNT}} |
| Deposit Due Date | {{DEPOSIT_DUE_DATE}} |
| Remaining Balance | {{BALANCE_AMOUNT}} |
| Balance Due | {{BALANCE_DUE_TIME}} |
| Payment Method | {{PAYMENT_METHOD}} |
| Sound Provided by Venue / Event | {{SOUND_PROVIDED}} |
| Qualified House Engineer Included | {{HOUSE_ENGINEER}} |
| PA LINE Sound Tech Required | {{SOUND_TECH_REQUIRED}} |
| Technical Exceptions / Approved Substitutions | {{TECH_EXCEPTIONS}} |
| Purchaser Cancels | Amount Due |
| More than 60 days before Event | {{CANCEL_OVER_60}} |
| 31-60 days before Event | {{CANCEL_31_60}} |
| 15-30 days before Event | {{CANCEL_15_30}} |
| 8-14 days before Event | {{CANCEL_8_14}} |
| 7 days or less / day of Event | {{CANCEL_7_OR_LESS}} |
| Exclusivity Required | {{EXCLUSIVITY_REQUIRED}} |
| Radius | {{EXCLUSIVITY_RADIUS}} |
| Days Before | {{EXCLUSIVITY_DAYS_BEFORE}} |
| Days After | {{EXCLUSIVITY_DAYS_AFTER}} |
| Covered Appearances | {{EXCLUSIVITY_SCOPE}} |
| Exceptions | {{EXCLUSIVITY_EXCEPTIONS}} |
| Exclusivity Fee | {{EXCLUSIVITY_FEE}} |
| Travel / Routing Charge | {{TRAVEL_CHARGE}} |
| Sound / Production Charge | {{SOUND_CHARGE}} |
| Sound Tech Charge | {{SOUND_TECH_CHARGE}} |
| TRUE POTENTIAL Charge | {{TRUE_POTENTIAL_CHARGE}} |
| Other Approved Charges / Credits | {{OTHER_CHARGES_CREDITS}} |
| Special Terms | {{SPECIAL_TERMS}} |
| PA LINE MUSIC, LLC | PURCHASER |
| Authorized Representative: Trever Stribing | Authorized Representative: {{PURCHASER_SIGNER_NAME}} |
| Signature: {{PERFORMER_SIGNATURE}} | Signature: {{PURCHASER_SIGNATURE}} |
| Date: {{PERFORMER_SIGN_DATE}} | Date: {{PURCHASER_SIGN_DATE}} |
| Title: Business Manager / Authorized Representative | Title: {{PURCHASER_SIGNER_TITLE}} |
Confidential Pricing & Booking Terms Agreement
PA LINE may offer different rates, discounts, guarantees, travel arrangements, production concessions, routing accommodations, preferred-pricing programs, and other negotiated terms to different venues and booking partners. Those non-public terms are confidential business information.
Confidential Information
For this booking process, confidential information includes non-public PA LINE pricing, negotiated performance fees, discounts, guarantees, custom concessions, routing arrangements, travel allowances, production charges, exclusivity pricing, preferred-pricing offers, and other deal terms that are not intentionally made public by PA LINE.
Permitted Use
The authorized booking contact may use confidential information only to evaluate, approve, administer, account for, or fulfill this PA LINE booking. The information may be shared with employees, owners, event partners, accountants, attorneys, insurers, or other professional advisers who reasonably need it for the booking and who are expected to treat it confidentially.
Restricted Disclosure
The booking contact agrees not to publish, post, distribute, forward, publicly compare, or disclose PA LINE's non-public pricing or negotiated deal terms to unrelated third parties, competing venues, promoters, artists, agents, or members of the public without PA LINE's written permission, except where disclosure is required by law.
Different Venues May Have Different Terms
The booking contact understands that different dates, markets, venues, event types, routing conditions, production needs, repeat-booking relationships, referral programs, seasonal demand, and other circumstances may result in different pricing or terms. A price offered for one engagement does not establish a required price for another engagement.
Required Disclosure
If disclosure is legally required, the booking contact should, where legally permitted, give PA LINE reasonable notice so PA LINE can seek appropriate protection or limit the disclosure.
Electronic Acceptance
By electronically accepting these terms, the authorized booking contact confirms that they have authority to accept them for the booking party and intend that acceptance to apply to the confidential pricing and booking information disclosed through this request.
Prototype legal note: This confidentiality language is a business-rule draft for the prototype and should be reviewed by qualified counsel before production use.