Musicians: Letter of Agreement
Protect Yourself with a Contract
After you choose your wedding DJ or band, and after you create your wedding playlist, make sure you provide the aforementioned entertainment with a letter of agreement.
A letter of agreement should include the following information:
- Your wedding date along with the expected musician arrival time.
- The address of your wedding.
- A list of equipment that the musicians are responsible for bringing to your wedding. (Music stands, amplifiers, chairs etc.)
- If you are going to hire a wedding band make sure to include the exact number of musicians you’ve booked, their names, and the instruments they will be playing.
- A list of substitute musicians in case there is an emergency and someone needs to be replaced.
- Also include a detailed guide on what the musicians are expected to wear.
- The wedding music playlist.
- Songs that you do not want them to play.
- The time frame you are booking them for.
- The time of their dinner break and any other breaks that might occur throughout the reception.
- The amount you are paying them as well as overtime rates.
- The due date of their payment.
- A policy that covers cancelling or refunding.