Notice to Entertainers

VOLUME LEVEL

Here, at Roxford Park, band volume can too easily be piercing. Musicians who do not employ a sound engineer to size and balance their volume level to the room are liable for customer dissatisfaction. Please follow this guidance:

Initially, the majority of the audience must be able to eat and talk to each other easily with music playing and also allow time for more people just arriving. Do not turn up the volume to get their attention. Your dazzling performance will do. Later, you will know if people are paying more attention to what they are doing or what you are performing. Use that sense to guide your volume increase. Do not ask the audience, if you have to ask, ask your host and take it as gospel. Be keenly observant for people being too kind to say it is too loud. You can always turn it up later when people no longer care about enjoying themselves. Your audience and your host will respond to your performance with great admiration. Thank you for your consideration.

HOST's SECURITY

Sympathies go out to all underpaid musicians for their earnings. However, you are liable for filling our seats. If no one comes out to see you, you haven't done the job and will be paid accordingly.

ORIGINAL MATERIAL

The highest regard goes to all singers and musicians. It is your original moment that you make the music present.

Please only play your original music and arrangements. Know the limits of copyright relative to similar words and sound.

Specifically avoid any copyright music unless it is yours or you can make it yours.

The public domain is waiting for your music.

All works published in the US before 1929 are in the public domain.

Works published after 1922, but before 1978 are protected for 95 years from the date of publication.

If the work was created, but not published, before 1978, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.