Why do you need a Music and Entertainment Management Company for your Meetings & Events?

There’s a good reason to use corporate entertainment companies. First of all, you probably will never meet with an artist’s exclusive agent in person. After an initial conversation with an exclusive agent, future conversations will most likely be handled by one or more assistants. The agent is interested in completing the paperwork and collecting the money. Once that is done, his or her job is complete. The agent never goes to the job site to oversee the artist’s performance. 

In contrast, a good corporate entertainment company takes a full-service approach. In addition to handling the paperwork and financials, staff will control communication, and one or more representatives will be present during your event. They can also act as the show’s producer and oversee the rider requirements if the planner or organizer transfers that responsibility to them. Note: The entire obligation to fulfill the rider requirements rests with the event organizer, as the purchaser.

Some of the major centers for meeting and convention entertainment are in Orlando, Las Vegas, New York, Washington DC, Raleigh, and other cities across the USA where special events take place. 

Joshua Jones, former Director of Sales at Painted Desert Gold Club in Las Vegas, feels that “using a corporate entertainment company is beneficial.” That’s especially true if you are new to booking name entertainment and have not had the experience of negotiating a rider, he says. “An entertainment company can often negotiate more cost out of riders than the fee that they charge.” 

And, of course, an entertainment booking agency works with many celebrities and agents regularly, while a meeting or event planner may only have an occasional need to book one. As a result, the celebrities’ agents have more riding on a deal with an entertainment company that may bring them two, three, or 10 engagements a year. “That gives the entertainment booking agency more leverage, and agents will be more flexible in negotiations with them," Jones says.

For a leading corporate and association entertainment booking agency, call on Mark Sonder Productions Entertainment Agency for all your needs for headline entertainment, Rider Management, and production requirements for meetings, conventions, trade shows, expositions, and concerts across the USA.

Photo:  Corporate Entertainment Agent Mark Sonder with Carolos Santana in Las Vegas

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