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Venue Deals Explained: Flat Rental, Co-Promotion, and Door Splits

How a venue gets paid shapes who carries the risk on a show. Here is how flat rentals, percentage rents, co-promotions, and door deals work, with illustrative math for each.

SA Super Admin · Oct 16, 2026

Booking 7 min read

Reading Technical and Hospitality Riders Line by Line

Riders are where an artist's needs turn into your costs. Here is how to read the technical and hospitality rider, cost each line, and redline what you cannot provide.

SA Super Admin · Oct 14, 2026

Booking 6 min read

How to Book Artists: Offers, Guarantees, Versus Deals, and Radius Clauses

Talent buying runs on a shared vocabulary of offers, holds, guarantees, and splits. Here is how the process works and how to model a deal before you send it.

SA Super Admin · Oct 13, 2026