Music Sub-Publishing Agreement

This USA Recording Contract includes a schedule of different royalty rates for different artists and from different revenue sources.

• The royalty rate schedule sets out: basic single rates, basic CD ⁄ cassette rates, as well as rates for musical groups, sessions on which only certain group members appear, or appear under a different name.
• The contract contains provisions for shared billing on sides which are coupled with those of another artist.
• The musical artist and the recording company have joint artistic control over the recordings.
• The artist consents to the use of the artist's professional name in connection with the recordings.

The USA Recording Contract with Royalty Rate Schedule is a digital download. The file is a MS Word template and is completely customizable to fit your brand and your business model.

Assign copyright of a musical composition back to the songwriter under a reversion clause with this Assignment of Copyright form.

• Some songwriter contracts contain a reversion provision, which gives the songwriter the right to repurchase copyright to one or more songs or compositions for a specified sum after a certain length of time or on certain conditions.
• If that happens, the music publisher must reassign the copyright back to the songwriter.
• This is a digital template that you can download, customize, and re-use as often as you like.

The Assignment (Reversion) of Copyright to Songwriter form can be used in both Canada and the United States.

Hire a producer to produce master recordings in your company's recording studio with this USA Record Company Producer Contract.

• Work for Hire. The producer's services are provided on a work-for-hire basis. All rights to the masters and to records derived from the masters belong to the record company.
• Re-recording. The producer agrees to re-record any performances that the record company does not find satisfactory.
• Album Credits. The producer will receive appropriate production and authoring credit on all labels and liner notes.
• Right to Use Likeness. The company is granted the perpetual worldwide right to use the producer's name and likeness in connection with the masters and the records derived from them.
• Dispute Resolution. The parties agree to resolve any disputes through negotiation, failing which they will submit to binding arbitration.
• Governing Law. The agreement is governed by United States law, including copyright laws.

Obtain the rights to a musical composition from the composer with this Acquisition Agreement for Limited Rights in Music template.

• The composer was contracted on a work-for-hire basis to write the composition.
• The composer assigns all of his/her rights and title to the musical composition to the client.
• The client has the sole right to copyright the work.
• The client grants performance rights for the composition back to the composer.

The Acquisition Agreement for Limited Rights is a digital template. You can customize it, edit it, use it as often as your business requires.