Music Contracts


The following music contracts are supplied by Altarboy Music, a specialist legal firm for musicians. All of our music contracts are up to date and are suitable for professional use, although it is always recommended that a legal consultant is still consulted.



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Record Contract

Product Overview: This record contract is a template agreement between a record label and an artist, outlining the common clauses such as the exclusivity details, grant of rights, and promotional duties of both the record label and the artists.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Artist Management Contract

Product Overview: This is a contract that outlines all of the responsibilities and duties between an artist and the artist's manager or management company.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Band Agreement

Product Overview: Having a band partnership agreement is a vital foundation that all professionals bands and artists should put in place to prevent any potential frustrations or arguments that may arise around how finances and responsibilities will be split.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Independent Distribution Agreement

Product Overview: This is an agreement by which an owner of master recordings authorizes a third party to produce, manufacture and distribute copies of such masters, for a certain period and in certain territories.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Publishing Agreement

Product Overview: When a publisher makes a standard deal with a songwriter, it will find users for the content, issue licenses, collect money and pay the writer(s), conditions of which will be outlined in the Publishing agreement.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Cease and Desist Contract

Product Overview: This is a short and concise communication by which a copyright infringer is given a period of time (usually 14 days) to stop the infringement and is threatened with further legal actions if he fails to do so.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Merchandising Rights Agreement

Product Overview: This is an exclusive agreement by which Artists grant merchandising rights to companies called merchandisers, which allows the latter to use the artist’s name, logo, likeness, picture etc., throughout the world in connection with merchandising of products of any kind.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Music Distribution Agreement

Product Overview: With this agreement the owner of master recordings grants an exclusive right to distribute ‘records’ embodied in any format (compact discs, phonograph records, audio cassette tapes, digital audio tapes, DVD, etc) for a certain period of time and in certain countries.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Co-Publishing Agreement

Product Overview:This contract is used when two publishers own or have been assigned copyright in a composition and endeavour to jointly exploit the content by findings users, issuing licenses, collecting money and paying the writer(s).
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Master Track License (for film)

Product Overview:Contract by which an owner of copyright grants a non-exclusive right to record, dub and synchronize the Master with TV programs, films, advertisements and trailers, and to exhibit distribute, exploit, market and perform the MASTER embodied within the Programs.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Session Musician Agreement

Product Overview:Also known as work for hire agreement, this is an agreement by which a musicians agrees to perform a musical composition for a fee but renounces to all and any interest in the master recording, the composition and waives any other related rights such as the moral rights.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


360 Deal Contract

Product Overview:This 360 record deal contract embraces not only recordings but also other areas such as publishing, live and endorsements under the one umbrella deal.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Sponsorship Agreement

Product Overview:The sponsorship deal could be for a particular event of for a tour/series of tours or a company could expect some personal endorsement of their product. It is always an exclusive agreement and it can include banner advertisement at venues, meet and greets, freebies and promotional activities, etc.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Producer Agreement

Product Overview:In this agreement an Artist engages a Producer to conduct recording sessions and deliver certain tracks for a fee. The Producer will also present such compositions to labels and in the case a deal the producer will receive certain commission on the advance by the label.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Synchronisation License Agreement

Product Overview:This music synchronisation (or synchronisation) license agreement is a contract between a license holder (artist / record label) and a company wishing to 'sync' the music with some kind of visual media, such as a video, TV show, or movie.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Sample Clearance Agreement (with Record Label)

Product Overview:In this agreement the owner of a recording grants a non-exclusive license to for the use of a portion of the Master Recoding in a new recording performed by an artist. This contract is used to agree the use of a 'sample' in another artist's song.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)


Non-Exclusive Licensing Agreement

Product Overview:This agreement between a song's rights holder and a third party company allows the rights holder to 'license' the use of their song or piece of work to a third party company, such as a TV company, record label, or advertising agency on a non-exclusive basis i.e. the rights holder is also allowed to license the same song or piece of work to other companies simultaneously.
Price: £6.79 (10.73 USD)
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