I've been on both sides. The Vegas show group was signed exclusively with MusArt Corp. One time there was a cancellation or something and we had an open week in the middle of a tour. The agent gave us permission to find something ourselves, otherwise no. Later I wound up in Calgary and was a sub-agent with one of the largest agencies in Western Canada. I brought a lot of groups up from the States for summer tours.

My experience was with the upper class agencies, one step below the big concert promoters. Both companies had lots of good exclusive class A rooms for bands to play and that's the key. So yes, it was worth it. If your agent has those kinds of accounts, they'll keep you busy but I don't know if that means nice clubs or hotel lounges like I played or if those rooms are gone and it's more corporate stuff and festivals now.

Bob

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