HSHS Affiliates
We book our own.
A shared booking infrastructure for key contributors to Black, Afro, Indigenous, and Southern music traditions — built and led by women and gender-diverse creatives. Collective power. Individual pay.
HSHS Affiliates
A shared booking infrastructure for key contributors to Black, Afro, Indigenous, and Southern music traditions — built and led by women and gender-diverse creatives. Collective power. Individual pay.
Every booking flows through HSHS Affiliates — we handle contracts, promotion, and payment so you focus on the music.
Full event production — from concept to soundcheck. HSHS Affiliates sources the venue, builds the lineup, handles promotion, and manages day-of logistics. Artists show up and perform.
Artist placement into existing events. A venue or promoter needs talent — HSHS Affiliates matches the right artist to the right room. No production overhead, just the booking connection.
Music direction and creative consulting. HSHS Affiliates provides artistic guidance for events, brand activations, and venue programming — setting the sonic identity without performing.
No predatory contracts. No exclusivity locks. HSHS-booked DJ sets pay at least $250 an hour, and you're paid within 5 business days of the client paying. You keep your name, your rate, your contacts, and your right to opt out of any booking.
Every booking has a paper trail. You see what was charged, what was collected, and what lands in your account.
HSHS sends a contract to the client (venue, promoter, or brand). Terms include your fee, the event date, and cancellation conditions. You receive a copy before anything is signed.
HSHS invoices the client for the full booking fee. You don't chase payment — that's on us. 50% is typically invoiced on signing; the remainder is due before or on the event date.
Once the client pays, HSHS pays you within 5 business days, the full amount (HSHS covers any transfer fees). You get a payment summary showing the full client fee and your amount.
You can opt out of Affiliates handling for any specific booking before it's confirmed. That booking is yours to manage independently. Just notify us in writing before confirmation.
HSHS Affiliates is the booking infrastructure: contract negotiation, client invoicing, payment collection and distribution, cancellation enforcement, and promotion across the HSHS media network. Membership terms will be published here when member agreements are final.
None of it goes to a middleman with no stake in your career. HSHS is artist-operated — the people running HSHS Affiliates are the same people who built the network you're booking into.
Late payment protection: If a client is late, HSHS follows up. If a client cancels inside the cancellation window, the cancellation fee in your contract applies — and HSHS collects it. You are not left managing that conversation alone.
Venues, festivals, private events, and brand activations sourced through HSHS relationships built since 2021.
We negotiate the rate, write the contract, send the invoice, and chase payment. You get a check, not a runaround.
Radio and press features, social amplification, newsletter inclusion, and event listings across the full HSHS media network.
Collective bargaining keeps rates fair. No undercutting. No race to the bottom. Your rate is your rate.
A network built and led by women and gender-diverse creatives who share stages, equipment, knowledge, and momentum. Not competition — cooperation.
Joining HSHS Affiliates means joining the network. As an HSHS Affiliate, your name and work are backed by artist-run infrastructure built since 2021 — amplified through the HSHS media platform, festival programming, and a community building collective power in NWA and beyond.
DJs, vocalists, instrumentalists, producers, sound artists, storytellers, and culture keepers. All genres. All experience levels. If you make music and you're connected to NWA culture, this infrastructure was built for you — by people who are part of the same community.
Book an artist for your event, or apply to join HSHS Affiliates.