Artist Development Contracts

The Artist Development Contract Package contains contracts used by recording and live performing artists to contract with different parties during the development or other stages of their career.

The Band or Group Partnership Agreement is a partnership agreement that establishes a business entity among the members of a band or group. It sets forth the agreements among the members on the business issues that arise between them (e.g., profit sharing, decision making, etc.).

The Demo Recording Shopping Agreement is a contract used by a representative who 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.

This Featured Artist or Side Artist Agreement is a contract used when a record label, artist or producer hires a musician, singer or rapper who is not part of the artist's group or band to perform on a recording. The performer is paid a fee and does not receive royalties or ownership in the song.

This Featured Artist Agreement or Side Artist Agreement is a contract used when a record label, artist or producer hires a musician, singer or rapper who is not part of the artist's group or band to perform on an artist's recording

The Letter of Direction is used by an artist or other party to instruct a record company to pay royalties, advances or other payments to a designated person or company, such as a manager, producer or attorney.

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

The Live Performance Side Artist Agreement is used by a band or group to contract with a musician or singer who will perform at live shows with the group for a fee but is not a member of the group.

The Master Use License (Compilation) is used when someone wants to use a master recording owned by an artist on a compilation record. It is also used when a film or television producer wishes to include a recording of a song on a soundtrack compilation album associated with the film or television show.

This Mechanical License is used by an artist to license the right to record a song written by someone else. It can also be used by a songwriter to license a song to another artist who wishes to record it for the purpose of selling recordings of the song.

The Music Video Production Agreement is a contract used when hiring a person to provide services in some aspect of the production of a music video for an artist.

This Photographer Services Agreement is a contract used by an artist or record label when hiring a photographer to take photos of an artist for use on the packaging of an audio product or for other promotional purposes.

This Producer Artist Development Agreement is used when an artist and a producer agree that the producer will provide services as a record producer for the artist on a speculative basis.

The Recording Artist Development Agreement is used by persons or companies that wish to invest in all aspects of the professional development of a recording artist with the intention of securing a recording agreement with a successful record label or entertainment company.

The Recording Artist Investment Agreement is a contract between an artist and an individual who wishes to support the artist by giving them money for a specific area of career development, such as recording a demo or full album, going on tour or hiring a booking agent.

This Release Agreement is a contract used when two parties wish to release each other from the obligations under a contract previously signed by both parties.

This Single Master and Song Collaboration Agreement is used when two or more persons collaborate on both the writing and the recording of a song and will jointly own the rights to the recording and the song. The collaborators can include musicians, vocalists and producers.

The Single Song Collaboration Agreement is used when two or more songwriters agree in advance to write a song together, or have already written a song together, and want to address how the song will be administered along with other rights. This agreement is more extensive than a Songwriter (Copyright) Split Sheet.

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

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