Composers and Writers
- Composer Contract
- Composer Collaboration Contract
- Copyright Assignment
- Exclusive Songwriter Contract
- Songwriter-Publisher Agreement
- Publishing Contract
Management
- Agency Management Agreement
- Exclusive Agency
- Personal Management Contract
- Parental/Guardian Consent Form
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Musicians General Partnership Agreement
- Agreement to Dissolve General Partnership
- Studio/Practice Hall Lease
- Sale/Purchase of Instrument/Sound/Stage Gear
Professional Advisors
Concerts and Gigs
- Agency Booking Agreement
- Concert/Gig Contract
- Musician Release
- Pyrotechnics Performer
- Sound and Lighting Agreement
- Singer/Vocalist Release
- Singer/Vocalist Release - Minor Performer
- Security at Concert/Gig
Concerts and Gigs Minor Performers
Concert/Gigs Sponsorship
Financing
- Co-production
- Finders Fee
- Guarantee
- Joint Venture Agreement
- Joint Venture Dissolution
- Promissory Note
- Promissory Note with Guarantee
- Assignment of Interest Release(Partner Expelled from Agreement)
Recording
- Artist-Producer Agreement - Exclusive Commercial Recording Contract
- Artist-Master Producer Agreement - Non-exclusive
- Concert/Gig Technical Arrangements Rider - Entertainer Performance Contract
- Recording Company Contract - Commercial Recording Services Contract
- Recording Manufacturing Company Contract
- Record Master Receipt
- Musical Technical Advisor Agreement
- Mechanical License
- Royalty Agreement - Song or Musical Composition
- Royalty Payment Schedule
- Musician Agreement - Recording
- Singer/Vocalist Agreement - Recording
Recording - Minor Performers
- Artist-Producer Agreement - Exclusive Commercial Recording Contract
- Artist-Master Producer Agreement - Non-exclusive
- Concert/Gig Technical Arrangements Rider - Entertainer Performance Contract
- Recording Company Contract - Commercial Recording Services Contract
- Recording Manufacturing Company Contract
- Musician Agreement - Recording
- Singer/Vocalist Agreement - Recording
Distribution
- Exclusive Distribution Agreement
- Broadcast Recording Agreement
- Broad Rights License - Motion Picture/T.V.
Marketing
Royalty Payment Schedule
(Song or Musical Composition)
Composer/Owner
As a songwriter or musical composer you own the Copyright to your original Property. All the Rights to a piece of original music or a song are Property and as such can be bought, sold, assigned, inherited or given away.
To earn a profit the Composer and/or the Owner of a piece of music or a song will need a Publisher to sell your Property.
This four page, fourteen clause music legal contract involves the payment of Royalties for the assignment of a composition from the Composer/Owner to the Publisher. Your Lawyer will draft any and all other clauses for your Project’s unique situations and circumstances.
This Agreement between the independent Composer/Owner and the Publisher is drafted in plain English that is easy to read and comprehend. The Agreement may be filled in on your computer or printed out and filled in later.
Our contracts are based on the principles of contract law, are country neutral and may be used in Australia, Canada, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Sates or any country whose legal principles are based on the English or American Legal System.
Our music contracts provide legal protection for music writers and composers, music agents, music recorders, music producers, musicians and singers, music distributors and music marketers and are used by: Alternative bands, Ambient musicians, Blues Bands and Blues singers, Classic Rock Tribute Bands, Choral Ensembles, Country and Western Bands, Country Rock Bands, Country singers, Dance Bands, Electric and Electronic Bands, Folk singers, Hip Hop singers, Jazz singers, Jazz Bands, Jazz ensembles, Polka Bands, Rap singers, Rap groups, Reggae Bands and Reggae singers, Religious Groups and Religious Bands, Religious Singers, R&B Groups, R&B Bands, R&B Singers, Rock Bands, and International Bands and International singers.
Royalty Payment Schedule
(Song or Musical Composition)
Composer/Owner
Owner of Composition: _____________________________________________
Music Composer(s) Name: __________________________________________
(Print Names)
Lyrics Composer(s) Name: __________________________________________
Music Composition Name: ___________________________________________
Composition Genre: _______________________________________________
(for band, singer, group, film, music video, stage production, game show, commercial, etc)
Publisher Name: __________________________________________________
Publisher Company: _______________________________________________
Project Name: ____________________________________________________
Herein this Agreement is between the above named and below signed Publisher and/or Publisher Company (herein called the “Publisher”) and the above named and below signed Composer(s) and/or Composition Owner (herein individually and collectively called the “Composer”).
The above named Song or Musical Composition is herein called the “Composition”.
The term "Publisher" as used throughout this Agreement shall be deemed to include the Publisher and her/his/their/its successors and assigns.
HENCE, in consideration of the promises, and of the mutual undertakings herein contained, and for other good and valuable considerations, the above named and below signed Composer and the above named and below signed Publisher agree as follows:
1. The Publisher agrees upon the publication by the Publisher of the Composition, to pay to the Composer;
(i) a Royalty of __________________________________________ per copy upon each and every regular printed . . . continued
10. At any time during the term of this Agreement upon prior written Notice to Publisher of at least __________________________________ days, the Composer or her/his/their/its designated representative shall be permitted unrestricted access to the accounting books and records . . . continued
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