If you don't like my rules, you don't get employed.[villan quote]
NO if you want to book an artist,you have to come to an agreement, you pay their fee,and anything else they require as stated in the contract,if they want to stay in a two star hotel [or want to sell cds at your venue] or certain kind of chairs,or whatever,this has been known[was it Maccoll and Seeger?] ,if you want them, you accept their stipulations,or they dont play your venue.