Jessica Williams: Booking Terms

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Jessica

Required:

RETAINER FEE: a mutually agreed-upon sum, payable by personal or corporate check, to be received at least one month prior to performance.

AIR TRAVEL: unless the proposed performance venue is within a one hundred and fifty mile radius of Jessica's home: one round-trip Coach ticket on a major airline, finalized only with her approval, with the fewest connecting flights and stopovers possible

ALSO: 6 LARGE BOTTLES of spring water at airport pickup. Prefered: Fiji, Evian, Arrowhrad, Poland Springs, Volvic. Especially vital for late-night pickups, when most stores are closed. This is very important!

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: quiet, non-smoking room for 2 nights for one performance. Jessica Williams must fly in the day before; air delays make this a necessity, and she never flies on the day of a concert. Hotel must be clean and quiet, provide hair-dryer, cable TV, shower and bath, and a large comfortable bed

GROUND TRANSPORTATION: Car, Limo, or Van transport between hotel and performance(s) venues; pick-up and drop-off at airport an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. NO BUSES, TRAINS, OR CABS. Jessica does not drive or take public transport

MONETARY COMPENSATION or AGREED-UPON PERCENTAGE RATE: Speak with Jessica or a staff member on the phone. See contact

Also Required:

Grand piano, tuned before the concert. Her first piano choices: Bosendorfer Imperial King or Steinway D. Second choice: Steinway B. Third choices: Steinways of different sizes and model numbers. Yamaha C7-F, Petrof, Schimmel, Chickering, Baldwin, other grand pianos acceptable, only WITH middle pedals. Some Bosendorfers and Steinways have two pedals only, and these are acceptable. Jessica uses all three pedals, and the entire keyboard as well. Soft pedal must work. Consult with Jessica about different pianos and what the criteria are
ABSOLUTELY NO UPRIGHTS OR DIGITAL PIANOS
ARTIST HAS FULL ARTISTIC CONTROL OVER PROGRAM, CHOICE OF COMPOSITIONS, LENGTH OF PLAYING TIME FOR EACH TUNE, AND OTHER ARTISTIC MATTERS SUCH AS PIANO MICS, POSITION, SETUP, ETC
ARTIST WILL HAVE FULL TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS, WHETHER THE CONCERT VENUE IS ONE BLOCK FROM THE HOTEL OR ACROSS TOWN FROM IT
One switched talk microphone, preferably no boom stand. No piano microphones or monitors except when acoustically necessary
Agreement as to the sale of CDs at intermission or after performance. CD signings are encouraged
An area of solitude where Jessica may rest before and after performance, absolutely non-smoking
A supply of mineral water and other nonalcoholic sugar-free refreshments in that area of solitude
No analog, digital or other sound or video recordings to be made without EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION from artist
No flash cameras during performance
No smoking, of course

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