Lack of gigs forces DJ to breach contract
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
According to Jason Steyn of J&S Productions, DJ Lunchbar decided to go against his contract and they had to terminate his contract. “J&S Productions signs local artists to promote, manage them and take care of bookings. This is to help them with their music careers,” he said.
He added that their artists are all under a two-year contract and have to abide by certain conditions, one of them being that all bookings go through the company and not themselves. For J&S Productions’ services, the artists are meant to pay the company 20% of whatever they make at each gig.
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