I don't use an agent...but I have one that uses me. It is a one-woman, licensed shop. She has me pigeon holed into a certain type of job and I have not been able to convince her that I am versatile enough for many other types of bookings.

On the pro-side: She asks me what I want for any job offered and has never balked at paying me the full amount I have asked for. She bills her client for her commission and I am paid in full by the client at the end of the job. It has never been a problem.

In return for her recommendation, I agree not to play that room, or for that client again for a period of one year, unless the booking goes through her. Again, not a problem. If the client asks about my availability for any future job, I hand them her business card.

Her fee on every job I have played for her is 20 percent, which the client pays in advance.

Eddie

[This message has been edited by btweengigs (edited 01-09-2007).]