About Our Artist Management Contracts

Artist management contracts are used by an artist manager, or other authorized representative, that intends to manage, or help, an artist’s career. Some of the artist management contracts in this section are used by a manager to contract with third parties in furtherance of the artist's career. Our live performance and recording artist manager contracts are written by an experienced entertainment lawyer to ensure relevance, accuracy, and the utmost confidence for our customers. You can find out more about live performance and recording artist management contracts, as well as the business of artist management, by visiting our Blog. 

• Contract Package for Artist Manager

• Artist Business Manager Agreement

• Artist Management Agreement

• Artist Management Agreement (w/Master & Merchandise Rights)

• Demo Recording Shopping Agreement

• Letter of Direction (To Record Company)

• Live Performance Agreement (Simple)

• Music Video Production Services Agreement

• Parental Consent and Guarantee (Used With Minors)

• Producer and Artist Production Agreement

• Producer and Artist Development Agreement

• Producer Management Agreement

• Release Agreement

• Song Plugger Agreement

• Songwriter (Copyright) Split Sheet

The contracts contained in this package are used by a personal manager to contract with artists to act as the artist's personal manager. The package also contains contracts that a personal manager might use to contract with other parties who will help the artist in the artist's career.  All of these contracts can be purchased individually on this site.

An Artist Business Manager Agreement is used by a business manager when contracting with an artist.

An Artist Management Agreement  is used by a personal manager to contract with a recording and performing musical artist to set the terms for managing the artist's career. The manager receives a percentage of all the income generated by the artist for the management services provided.

An Artist Management Agreement  (with Master & Merchandise Rights) is used by a personal artist to contract with a recording and performing musical artist to manage the artist's career. This contract also provides a manager with rights and higher profits on the sale of merchandise and recordings released during the contract period if the manager financially assists the artist in the production of the artist's recordings or creation of designs and merchandise.  

A Demo Recording Shopping Agreement is used by a representative that will shop or pitch a recording artist's demo recordings and promotional package to record labels with the intent of getting a record deal for the artist. 

A Letter Of Direction is used when one party to a contract wishes to notify the other party to a contract to direct payment to another person.

A Live Performance Agreement is used when a performing artist agrees to perform live at a venue.

A Music Video Production Services Agreement is a contract between a record label or an artist that is hiring a person to provide services in some aspect of the production of the video.

A Parental Consent and Guarantee is a document that is used when a minor  (under the age of 18) is being signed to a contract and the contracting party wants a parent or guardian to provide both a consent for the minor to enter into the contract and an agreement to be liable for the performance of the contract.

A Producer And Artist Production Agreement is used when a producer enters into a contract with an artist to produce one or more of the artist's recordings. This agreement works whether the artist will own and release the recordings or if the artist is signed to a record label.

A Producer And Artist Development Agreement is used when an artist and a producer agree for the producer to provide services as a record producer for the artist on a speculative basis.

A Producer Management Agreement is used by a personal manager to contract with a music producer to set the terms for managing the producer's career. 

A Release Agreement is a contract used when a publisher and songwriter agree to release each other from the obligations under a contract previously signed by both parties.

A Song Plugger Agreement is used by a person who will shop a songwriter's songs to record labels, publishing companies, producers and artists or other third party users of songs. 

A Songwriter Split Sheet is a simple contract used when a two or more songwriters co-write a song and the songwriters want to acknowledge the co-ownership and list the percentages of ownership.