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Jay Som Booking Agency Profile

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Melina Duterte from Oakland, California has dubbed her musical project Jay Som. Merlina began playing instruments at a young age, playing the trumpet as a child. While she was set to join a conservatory program for jazz music, she decided against it to focus on her love for songwriting. She studied music production and recording at her local community college, she started playing with music and recording in her makeshift bedroom studio. She self-released her first album entitled Turn Into; her music has earned her features in Pitchfork, Rookie, and NPR. Pitchfork gave the ablsum a rating of 8.2. She has also opened for artists such as Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, and Peter Bjorn and John. She has also released multiple songs on her Bandcamp page, and they have garnered her a faithful online following and positive exposure. She later released a song entitled “1 Billion Dogs,” along with her second album, Everybody Works, with Double Denim and Polyvinyl Records. Often described as a combination of dream pop, funk, and classic pop, Jay Som’s music has been influenced but artists such as My Bloody Valentine, Phil Elverum, Karaoke, and Yo La Tengo..

How to hire Jay Som for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking Jay Som to perform.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Jay Som in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Jay Som or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Jay Som's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Jay Som for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Jay Som, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Jay Som. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Jay Som booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Jay Som for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Jay Som booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Jay Som charge for an event. An example fee to book Jay Som is in the starting range of $2,500-$7,499. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Jay Som agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Jay Som manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Jay Som for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Jay Som agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Jay Som, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Jay Som booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Jay Som, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Performer
Style
Pop
Range
Folk-Indie, Folk-Rock, Pop, Female, Age Group-20's-50's
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