This document provides an overview of Dark Side Booking Academy, a music booking agency that has been operating in Romania for 17 years. It summarizes their journey from founding their first venue in 1997 to now representing a wide variety of local and international artists for corporate events. It also outlines some of their special projects over the years like organizing national tours and commissioning original songs/compositions. The agency prides itself on fair prices, prompt responses, flexibility and creativity in meeting client needs.

1. HELLO!
MEET THE POWER
OF THE DARK SIDE

2. WE ARE
DARK SIDE.BOOKING ACADEMY

3. Passionate about music, events and
the creative ways we can deliver
them to any type of audience.

4. We want to tell you our story:
how we grew in the past 17 years
and what we can do for you today

5. 1997
2004
2008
2014
Episode I
The Beginning: One Day It Will All Make Sense
Episode II
The Sound Of Perseverance
Episode III
It Takes A Nation Of Nine Millions To Hold Us Back
Episode IV
Pay It Forward. The Dark Side Family
You can go directly to any episode by clicking on it

6. EPISODE I
The Beginning.One Day It Will All Make Sense

7. when with our passion for music and the enthusiasm of
the youth we created the Backstage club, one of the
first venues where the artists of those times performed
live. We were fortunate to take part in the rise of the
Romanian rock scene. Bands like OCS, Parazitii, Vita De
Vie, Iris, Zob, Vama Veche, Vunk, Cargo, Timpuri Noi are
just a few names we had the honour to host.
OUR STORY
BEGAN
A LONG TIME
AGO

9. EPISODE II
The Sound Of Perseverance

10. In 2004, encouraged by the feedback
received, we decided to institutionalise
our relationship with music. So we
created our own booking agency.
Today, our portfolio covers all musical
genres requested for corporate and
commercial events (sales conferences,
annual meetings, Christmas parties,
product launches etc).
BOOKING:
CORPORATE
EVENTS

11. DANCE
Antonia
Andreea Banica
Delia
Lora
Anda Adam
Elena Gheorghe
Corina
Alex Velea
Connect-R
Ruby
Andreea Balan
Matteo
Akcent
CRBL
DJ Project
Deep Central
Morandi
Fly Project
Raluka
Alexandra
Ungureanu
POP &
POP-ROCK
Loredana
Horia Brenciu
Stefan Banica jr
Paula Seling
Andra
Smiley
Voltaj
Holograf
Directia 5
Proconsul
Vunk
Bere Gratis
Sarmalele Reci
Compact
Taxi
Vama
Zdob si Zdub
VH2
COVER
BANDS
Recovery Band
Tibi Scobiola
Jukebox
Marfar
Calin Geambasu
Trupa Zero
Trupa 13
Publik
Emanuel Mirea
Cortez
Dalma
Trupa Asha
Jazzapella
Life On Mars
Red Blonde
Maria Radu & Band
DJ’S
Optik
Vali Barbulescu
Gojira
Rusu
Marica
&
DJ’s for
corporate events

12. HIP-HOP, ROCK,
PUNK,ELECTRO
MC
Parazitii
CTC
BUG Mafia
Grasu XXL
Coma
Zob
Niste baieti
Robin and The
Backstabbers
Suie Paparude
Subcarpati
Urma
Ska-nk
Omul cu Sobolani
Alternosfera
Fara Zahar
The Amsterdams
Pistol cu Capse
Grimus
ROA
Andi Moisescu
Pavel Bartos
Razvan si Dani
Buzdugan si
Morar
Cosmin Selesi
Jojo
Andrei Coman
EXCLUSIVE
ARTISTS
Vita de Vie
ROA
Zob
Shadowbox
White Mahala
Tiptil
Pinholes
The Kryptonite
Sparks
Cap de Craniu
H8
Negative Core
Project
Days of
Confusion
Recovery

13. For international artists, we have a close partnership with
international booking agencies:
PRIMARY TALENT INTERNATIONAL
URBANIA GRUP
LIVE NATION
CHARMENK
M.A.D. TOURBOOKING
HOT WHEELZ
DAILYOPERATION AGENCY

14. CORPORATE EVENTS

15. BONEY M@DEVA HADDAWAY@KRAFT CONFERENCE

16. ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION@ZONGA PARTY (TURBOHALLE)

17. We’ll embrace any opportunity,
regardless of its complexity. In fact,
the more complex, the better.
So if you need a national roadshow,
artist endorsement, music rights,
special compositions or maybe
something completely new and
never seen before, put us to the test!
BOOKING:
SPECIAL
PROJECTS
ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
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18. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
Handling a national tour is a complex task – the more artists are
involved the more its complexity increases:
synchronising the bands’ schedules,
making sure the artists are not performing in the selected cities at
least a month before the show,
stage management (making sure every artist comes at sound
check according to schedule),
the band’s technical riders and so on.

19. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
Our long history of roadshows is a treasured confirmation
for our ability to handle complex projects:
TIMISOREANA 2005, 2006
L&M 2007, 2008, 2009
MARLBORO 2010, 2011
ROMTELECOM 2009
URSUS EVOLUTION 2011
BERGENBIER ZIUA BARBATULUI 2011
WINSTON FREEDOM MUSIC TOUR 2012
URSUS EVOLUTION 2012
BERGENBIER TOUR 2013
BERGENBIER TOUR 2014

20. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CASE STUDY:
BERGENBIER ZILELE PRIETENIEI 2014

21. National roadshow, in 10 cities:
Iasi, Cluj, Craiova, Arad, Galati, Alba Iulia, Brasov,
Constanta, Bucuresti, Ploiesti
June – August 2014

22. Our challenges were:
Propose the line-up – 17 main acts
Propose the line-up – 20 opening acts
Negotiate artists’ fees
Negotiate meet & greet session
Featuring between main artists

23. LINE-UP

26. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
If you need a song written especially for you,
either the soundtrack of your TVC, an anthem for
your brand, or song for your event, we can help
you not only with the best deal you can get, but
also with supervising the entire process.

27. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIENT PROJECT ARTISTS WHAT YEAR
LEO
BURNETT
BERGENBIER
MEN’S DAY
CHELOO Song composed &
image rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya-ss4DvLRA
2011

28. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIENT PROJECT ARTISTS WHAT YEAR
PUBLICIS
EVENTS
DACIA 10 YEARS
ANNIVERSARY
PAULA SELING Song - original
composition
for the event
2014

29. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
If you want an artist to be the image of a
campaign or to endorse a product, we can
guarantee the best deal and a smooth
collaboration with any artist.

30. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIEN
T
PROJECT YEAR
PUBLICIS
EVENTS
URSUS
EVOLUTION
TOUR
2011 & 2012
ARTISTS
CHELOO & CARGO
WHAT
Image rights for the tour
communication
campaign

31. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIENT PROJECT ARTISTS WHAT YEAR
LEO
BURNETT
BERGENBIER
HOLIDAYS
CAMPAIGN
CHELOO, CRISTI
MINCULESCU,
ADRIAN DESPOT
Image rights for the
Christmas campaign
2013

32. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIENT PROJECT YEAR
LEO
BURNETT
BERGENBIER
TOUR
2013
ARTISTS
PARAZITIII, CARGO,
VITA DE VIE
WHAT
Image rights for the tour
communication
campaign

33. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIENT PROJECT YEAR
LEO
BURNETT
BERGENBIER
TOUR
2014
ARTISTS
ADI DESPOT
CORNEL ILIE
CHELOO
WHAT
Image rights for the tour
communication
campaign

34. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
If you either have an idea that does not fit in any
of the categories above
or
you have an idea never done before involving
your brand and an artist, go on: dare us!

35. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
MCCANN
ERICKSON
PROJECT ARTISTS WHAT YEAR
COCA-COLA
SHARE A COKE
VITA DE VIE Coca-Cola, Vita de Vie,
B’Estfest: online meets
offline
2013
CLIENT
A video with Adi Despot was posted on the Coca-
Cola site. He invited people to call a special
number and sing along with him the lyrics of a
song (Praf de stele).
Over 1,000 people called.
They were all recorded and during the band’s
show at B’Estfest the video was integrated in the
show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTljNSpkYdE

36. ROADSHOWS COPYRIGHT IMAGE RIGHTS INNOVATIVE
CLIENT PROJECT ARTISTS WHAT YEAR
iLeo BERGENBIER
TOUR
ADI DESPOT
(VDV)
Promote the “Best
friends” button on
Facebook -
encourage people to
vote for “Best friends”
button to be
introduced by FB
2014

37. EPISODE III
It Takes A Nation Of Nine Millions To Hold Us Back

38. In 2008, we were bored to see the same
bands & events over and over again. And
we were sure that like us, so were many
others.
So we started our own events label and
ventured to produce our own concerts.
All under the concept of
“Alternative Music Experience”

39. We brought iconic bands for the first
time in Romania :

40. A Rock Giant,
born in San Francisco, 1986
Grammy award winners and
multiple Platinum discs
Founders of Grindcore style, from
Birmingham, UK

41. The Hardcore Kings Considered by “The Rolling Stone”
magazine one of the “Greatest
Artists of All Time”
Marky Ramone was included in the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Jamaican national icons
who made reggae music a
phenomenon.

42. But we also brought
a cool mix of styles:

43. Hip Hop pionneer Electro project, founded by Iggor
Cavalera, the famous drumer of
Sepultura
Latino Hip Hop group. Their
executive producer, Sen Dog
from Cypress Hill

44. H2O
American punk-rock band
DJ Rob Swift
New York
La Plebe
Latin-American punk-rock

45. EPISODE IV
Pay It Forward. The Dark Side Family

46. As supporters of the local
underground scene, the time came
for us to give something back – to
actively support local bands:

47. We are the exclusive booking
agency for a variety of bands –
from enthusiast shooting stars to
experienced musicians:

49. And in March 2014, we organised
the first alternative festival
in Romania:

50. A complex mix of the
most provocative music
and lifestyle choices:
tattoos, body piercing,
custom made chopper
bikes, extreme sports,
unique fashion and the
best of the underground
scene.

52. So when you call us, you can be sure you’ll get:

53. FAIR PRICES
PROMPT ANSWERS
FLEXIBLE ATTITUDE
SERIOUSNESS
Ensure the best prices – our fee comes from the
artist, not from the client
A 24 hours deadline to you inquiry
We are open, friendly and flexible. We
are here to make your life easy
We manage the artists, so you can be sure
it will be a smooth process
CREATIVITY
We’re problem solvers – gives us your brief
and we’ll use our expertise and creativity
to meet your needs and expectations

54. We walk the talk:
Our long list of clients is
the best confirmation that
we abide by our promises.

57. So when you’re planning your next event, contact us:
Catalin Davidescu:
0763 577 928
catalin@dark-side.ro
Alin Voica:
0721 772 502
alin@dark-side.ro
Ioana Calimanescu
0723 360 771
ioana@dark-side.ro
https://www.facebook.com/DarkSideBookingAcademy

58. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!