"Our primary goal is to assist you, the show producer, in garnering valuable media coverage and to draw crowds to your event. After that has been achieved, audience draw and enjoyment of our show is icing on the cake." - The Duct Tape Guys
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The Duct Tape Guys: Contract Information
(effective immediately)
For Booking Homeshows, Consumer Trade Shows and Corporate/Business-to-Business Trade Show events, please contact Tim Nyberg: 920-818-0695

Current rate schedule: Performance days 1 or 2 days $3900 each day
3rd performance day $3600
4th performance day $3200
Media day* FREE with 3 or 4 performance days booked
Media day $1800.00 with 1 or 2 performance days booked
Travel days** $900.00 per day
One FREE travel day with two booked performance days or two performance days and one media day.
Two travel days FREE with three or more booked performance days.
For corporate events a $150 per diem is required.

50% down holds the date. 50% due at show.
Airfare and travel expenses due upon receipt of invoice.
Remaining expenses if any due net 20.

Travel to airport at our end - approx. $60.00
Airport parking $14 per calendar day.
Additional expenses:
Airfare (billed at cost - due upon receipt of invoice)
Transportation from and to airport from venue.
Rental car (as required - due upon receipt of invoice)
Hotel charges (if not direct billed to client) due upon receipt of invoice.


*Media day:

Media days (radio/television with NO audience performances) are billed at half of our current performance day rate. We require a media escort to get us to the studios. See special discount and free media day information detailed above.

**Travel days:
All required travel days are billed at 25% of our performance day rate. See our current travel day discount and free travel day information detailed above.

Incidentals / Travel expenses:
Airfare, rental car, ground transportation to and from airports at both ends, airport parking (currently $14 per day), and hotel fees (not covered by show producer) will be billed on a separate invoice following the event. This amount is due upon receipt of invoice.

Billing:
Fifty percent of the entire appearance rate is due upon signing of the contract. (If the show producer cancels following the signing of the contract*, this 50% down will act as a "kill-fee" and is non-refundable.) An invoice for this amount marked paid will be sent to the show producer following signed contract and receipt of check. Additionally, an invoice for balance including per diem charges to be paid at the event will be sent at this time (exclusive of incidentals - see below).
Checks are to be made payable to the order of: Octane Creative, (address on invoice).
*Dates will not be secured until contract is signed.


Sponsorships:
In some media markets a partial sponsorship is available for The Duct Tape Guys through Duck® brand tape. A sponsorship qualification form must be filled out and faxed to Tim Nyberg (see fax line information below). The sponsorship form is available at http://www.ducttapeguys.com/homeshow.
If sponsorship is not available from Duck® brand tape, show producers may seek other sponsorship from any source other than another duct tape company (The Duct Tape Guys hold an exclusivity contract with Duck® brand).
You are free to arrange for other sponsorship, but it can NOT be another duct tape company. We will gladly promote the company/organization that sponsors us at your event (provided, of course, that we do not find such endorsement morally objectionable).

Airline preference:
Because of flight availability, both Jim and Tim prefer Northwest and/or Continental airlines whenever possible. Tim and Jim fly out of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Frequent flyer numbers will be provided upon request.

Car-Travel events:
In the event that a performance is more easily reached by car, mileage reimbursement per mile based on current IRS standard will be invoiced with miscellaneous expenses following the event.

Hotel preferences:
Separate, non-smoking rooms (smoking rooms are not acceptable under any circumstances). Queen or king beds preferred. Hilton properties preferred when possible. High-speed internet access required in both rooms (if not complimentary, will be added to billing). We also encourage you to choose a venue that is within walking distance to the performance venue when possible - this relieves you of the necessity to truck us around.

Rental car preferences:
If a rental car is required (e.g. if no media escort and/or airport transportation is available), National Car Rental is preferred (although not required). The vehicle (midsize or larger) should be reserved in the name of Tim Nyberg (Emerald Club #562035972). Full coverage will be required.


Stage/performance area requirements:
Because of the number of props that The Duct Tape Guys use in their show, they request to be placed on one stage only.
The Duct Tape Guys require:
• One six to eight foot long table. Table drapping is optional (they have a banner for the front of the table). A drape to cover props between shows is required if the stage area is to be shared with other performers, or left unattended between shows.
• Two wireless lapel microphones (corded lapel mics are acceptable if wireless mics cannot function correctly in your venue.
• Backstage area with two chairs and bottled water available.


Acts of God and Such... (aka "Stuff Happens")
The Duct Tape Guys' obligation to furnish the entertainment, like everything else in life, is subject to detention or prevention by sickness, inability to perform, accident, means of transportation, act of God, riots, strikes, labor difficulties, epidemics and any order of any public authority or any cause, similar or dissimilar, beyond Artist control. Provided the Duct Tape Guys are ready willing and able to perform, the purchaser agrees to compensate Artist in accordance with the terms listed in this contract regardless of act of God, fire accident, riot, strike or any event or events of any kind of character whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing events which would prevent or interfere with the presentation of the show hereunder.

If one of the Duct Tape Guys is unable to fulfill their oblication to entertain at your event, you will have the option of retaining the remaining (available) Duct Tape Guy at half of their performance day rate, or canceling the booking entirely - in which case your deposit will be returned to you in full. Airfare that has been booked is not refundable.

Note: In twelve years of entertaining, we have never had to cancel a performance. We feel responsiblie to provide our clients with everything that they have paid for, and more.


Media promotion:
It is highly recommended that you utilize The Duct Tape Guys to garner valuable media coverage of your show. Radio and television prep materials including demo videos/audio are available at the Duct Tape Guy's web site: http://www.ducttapeguys.com/media. Please direct your publicist/PR firm to utilitize the information at this site to attract media interest and to assist with their show prep materials. Client is responsible for booking interviews. Radio (phone) interviews will be provided at no charge the week prior to the event. Stations should contact Tim directly to schedule these interviews (via email: tim@octanecreative.com).

Publicity photos/grant of rights:
You will also find publicity photos at this address (http://www.ducttapeguys.com/media). It is understood that by booking The Duct Tape Guys you are granted rights and permission to replicate their image(s) and use the name(s) "The Duct Tape Guys" or "Jim and Tim, The Duct Tape Guys" in the promotion of your event. Images on all event publicity including billboards, point of purchase, discount coupons, tickets, fliers, print and broadcast media is allowed. "The Duct Tape Guys" logo must NOT be altered from what has been made available on the web site without prior permission.

Number of Shows:
The Duct Tape Guys will perform up to four shows per day. Each show is approximately one half hour in length and will include a question/answer and autograph time following each show as desired and/or appropriate (one hour appearance blocks are recommended if sharing the stage with other performers). The Duct Tape Guys will have merchandise for sale following each show - this can be done at a separate table near the stage, or from the front of the stage.

Show announcement:
A whole-venue announcement of each Duct Tape Guys' appearance is suggested ten to fifteen minutes prior to each show. The stage area announcement at the start of each show will be made by the Duct Tape Guys from backstage (unless you have an emcee working the stage area).

Seating:
Average audience seating for a home show-type event of at least 200 to 300 is recommended for an average-sized home show. With 200 seats, we typically have people standing in the aisles. At homeshows it is advisable to have us perform on the main showfloor and NOT in a pull-out room (since this pulls people away from the showfloor where your paying booth exhibitioners are located). The vendors adjacent to the stage area may get tired of hearing our show, but they LOVE the crowd of people right near their booth following the shows.

Booth appearances:
Jim and Tim will make two twenty-minute (non-stage, non-performance) booth appearances per day at the discretion of the show producer as a courtesy to premium exhibitors. It is highly recommended that these appearances be for the sole purpose of signing autographs (not selling the booth product). An autograph space with two chairs is expected.
Autograph photos: An electronic file of an 8.5" by 11" black and white autograph photo with an imprint area for the vendor's logo and tagline is provided at http://www.ducttapeguys.com/graphics. These customized autograph photos are to be printed by the show producer or the booth occupant - quantities are left to your discretion. If assistance with printing is required, please contact Tim @ 651-493-0694 for a printing and shipping bid (allow two weeks for delivery).


Thank you for booking The Duct Tape Guys!

"We appreciate your business and look forward to working with you again and again."
- The Duct Tape Guys


Contact information:
Tim Nyberg: Phone: 920-818-0695 (office - leave message and your call will be returned)
Fax: (please call phone above for fax information if needed)
Address: (please call)
E-mail: tim@octanecreative.com

Jim Berg: Phone: (upon request)
Fax: same as above - call first to activate.
Address: (please call)
E-mail: jimberg11@hotmail.com