Friday, January 14, 2011

A Corporate Band For Hire

By Justine Smith


If you have a company function coming up and are the person responsible for hiring corporate bands, you will be pleased to know that most bands are equally as happy to play at corporate events as they are on say, birthday, wedding and bar mitzvah occasions. This is great news for you as you can be sure your chosen band will perform a wide variety of music catering for everyone's taste.

Finding corporate bands is not as difficult as you may first think. In fact, looking on line or browsing through the music bands and agents in the yellow pages, usually gets your search well under way.

The next question you may ask is how you will know that the band you intend booking is the right one for your company and the answer to this is to check out their social networking page or website. It is important to do this kind of homework in order to make sure the band impresses everyone attending, especially your boss!

You can find out more about the bands you have shortlisted and the kind of music they play by listening and watching their on line video performances. It's also a good idea to take a look at the comments other people have left after hiring the bands in question.

You may decide you want to be even more certain about the band you finally decide to hire and a good way to do this is to pop down and watch them perform live at one of their gigs.

How much you pay is totally dependent on the location of the event, when it is being held, how far the band have to travel to it, how experienced and good the band are. Expect to pay at least five times as much as a pub band. The music is something you really cannot skimp on even in these financially hard times.

An important thing to remember is that if you want a good corporate band to play at your event, you will need to book quite a few months in advance in order to secure the date.

When dates and terms have been agreed, you have to make sure your venue holds a live music license as this is necessary for the band to carry out their performance. Having done the most important thing and found the right band, if the venue does not have a license, you may have to look for an alternative location for your event. After all, you want everyone attending to enjoy the experience and remember it for how successful it was.

Good corporate bands like to know a few details about where they are playing once you have agreed terms. This can include parking arrangements, the stage area, number of power outlets for the band etc.




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