Musical Artist Release of Performance on Masters

License a master for use in a television broadcast or video with this Master Recording License.

• The composer of the music grants the producer of a television program a license to use the master recording in one or more episodes of the TV program, and in videos or other reproductions of the program.
• The license is a nonexclusive worldwide license to distribute a certain number of video and DVD recordings of the program.
• The producer can extend its distribution license to an unlimited number of copies by payment of additional license fees to the composer.
• The license does not extend to soundtrack albums or other recordings.

The Master Recording License for TV Broadcast or Video is a downloadable digital template which will be a valuable addition to your music contracts library.

Record producers, write up a contract to produce a demo for a musical artist with this Production Agreement for Master Recordings.

• The masters will be used as demos and will be shopped around to various record labels in order to attempt to obtain a recording contract for the artist.
• The artist retains ownership and control of all copyright in the masters and all recordings or reproductions.
• The producer's compensation takes the form of a royalty and/or commission.
• The artist has the right to hire other producers for other recording sessions.