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
Minor Musician Agreement - Exclusive Personal Services Recording - Royalties - Parent/Guardian Signature
Minor Musician
Exclusive Personal Services
As an independent Minor Musician, Producers may hire you for your musical talents and service for studio and/or stage recording sessions.
This six page sixteen clause music legal contract includes but is not limited to the following Clauses; rights assignment, confidentiality, compensation, drugs and alcohol, availability, arbitration and production standards.
This Agreement between the independent Musician and the Producer 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. Your Lawyer will draft any and all other clauses for your Project’s unique situations and circumstances.
Employment of Minor Musicians raises special concerns because Minors can repudiate contracts. An Employer cannot enforce a disaffirmed contract. In hiring a minor, the Employer must also comply with provisions of the Labor Codes of the Jurisdiction and regulations of any Labor Commission.
Minors cannot perform work that is hazardous or detrimental to their health, safety, morals or education. The Minor must have her/his contract signed by her/his Parent/Guardian. The Minor must have a Parent or Guardian on the set or qualified supervision.
Due to the Rights that arise on any Minor Artist reaching the age of majority an individual Agreement should be signed with each and every Minor Artist. The Minor must have her/his contract signed by her/his Parent/Guardian. The Minor must have a Parent or Guardian on the set or qualified supervision.
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.
There are two forms of this agreement. The first contract the Minor Musician receives royalties for services rendered. The second contract the Minor Musician receives a one time compensation/payment for services rendered.
Minor Musician Agreement Exclusive Personal Services (Recording – One Time Compensation) Parent/Guardian Signature
Minor Musician Agreement
Exclusive Personal Services
(Recording - Royalties)
Parent/Guardian Signature
Minor Musician Name: ____________________________________________
(Print Names)
Instruments played: ______________________________________________
Parent/Guardian name: ____________________________________________
Producer(s) Name: _______________________________________________
Producer Company: ______________________________________________
Project Name: __________________________________________________
Project Genre: _________________________________________________
(record, CD, DVD, film, music video, stage production, game show, etc)
Herein this Agreement is between the above named and below signed Producer and/or Production Company (herein called the “Producer”) and the above named and below signed Minor Musician (herein called the “Minor Musician”).
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 Minor Musician and the above named and below signed Producer agree as follows:
1. The Producer hereby employs the Minor Musician to “exclusive personal services” for the purpose of making studio and/or live performance Recordings, (herein individually and collectively called the “Recording”), of her/his musical talents and services for commercial purposes, including but not limited to: phonographs, CDs, DVDs, cassettes and Internet Downloads and Recordings by any and all electronic means known now or in the future.
2. The Minor Musician agrees to maintain the confidential nature of any and all matters relating to the Project and not at any time to take any unauthorized photographs, nor video, by any and all electronic or mechanical . . . continued
9. The Minor Musician shall receive as full payment for services hereunder the following amounts;
(i) the Producer we shall pay to the Minor Musician the initial payment sum of _______________________________________________________ for each and every . . continued
Be it known to all that the Parent/Guardian agrees:
The above named and below signed Parent/Guardian on behalf of the above named Minor Musician, hereby warrants to the Producer and her/his/their present and future grantees, and their respective agents, designees, successors and assigns grant that:
12. The Parent/Guardian hereby warrants that the Parent/Guardian is over the age of majority and that the Parent/Guardian has the relationship set forth below to the Minor Musician and . . . continued
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