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Now Spill should’ve asked for cash up front… favors and rush jobs need to have all this stuff ironed out up front. But perhaps season tickets aren’t so bad… I really rather like the theater… but for some reason, I don’t go enough.
Now Spill should’ve asked for cash up front… favors and rush jobs need to have all this stuff ironed out up front. But perhaps season tickets aren’t so bad… I really rather like the theater… but for some reason, I don’t go enough.
Could always sell the tickets …
Community theater…. Oi! Selling a pass won’t put much bread in the oven, I can tell you.
Ran into a bit of new that is likely to bring Randie down – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23368753
Looks like a group of paintings stolen from a Dutch museum were burned by the thief’s mum in Rumania, to hide the evidence.
Paintings by Picasso, Monet and Matisse were among those destroyed.
The Auld Grump
Yup. One of the downsides of being a freelancer is people are forever focusing on the “free”. Never mind that artists, independent or otherwise, need to make money and survive.
A local branch of a major chain store did something similar to a local contracting firm. If the contractor finished the job ahead of time, they would get X amount of dollars per day finished ahead of schedule. Contractor finished a week ahead of schedule and discovered that the X amount of dollars was for in-store credit (as per corporate policy). Nice, but it don’t pay the rent. Needless to say that chain has some serious problems trying to get any job done ahead of schedule anymore. Now they’re lucky if they get it done on time.
Just to add injury to insult, Randie and Spill would be liable for income taxes on the value of this in-kind income (if they made enough money to pay income taxes).
@Dada well if you’d hurry up and get the Girls of Scapula collection done, we can start throwing money at you already! 😛
(let’s see if we can convince Brig to allow you to add Randie and Spill to the collection … I’ll offer a case of Pop Tarts for the bribe, you bring the espresso)
Yeah, it needs to be up front. I’m really friendly with the artists. (Ain’t I, Brig? 😉 ) But when I want to have an artist do something for me, it’s all business. First we talk over the project and price and other details. Once we agree on the general project parameters, I draw up a contract.
I use a standard artist’s contract which I modify according to the project. I clearly define the project, its parameters and time frame. I’m careful to make sure the artist understands I have final approval, but that I’m extremely flexible. It’s important for an artist to put their own stamp of imagination on a work. I put out payment schedules and add bonus clauses (usually based on deadlines). I also spell out rights of the works for the artist and for myself, as well as the length of those rights. I then sign and send two copies to the artist, who signs both and returns one, at which point the contract is in effect. All contract payments are in money, not barter. For barter it’s more informal.
Kinda boring, I know. But I’ve never worked with an artist who didn’t appreciate having everything spelled out clearly before getting started.
Oh… and I ALWAYS pay on time.
“Rent” — meh. A cheesy rip-off of Puccini’s “La Boheme”. I was unimpressed.