Recording Contract Forms
Write your own Recording Studio Contracts with these professionally prepared legal templates.
- Contracts, releases and royalty agreements for working with musical artists, sound engineers and technicians.
- Downloadable templates that can be customized for your studio operation.
- A great cost-effective alternative for indie music labels. You don't need to hire a lawyer to draft your contracts.
- Forms for United States and Canada as well as generic documents that can be used anywhere.
- Whether you're a large record company or an independent producer, you'll love how easy it is to use these studio contract forms.
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Royalty Agreement between Artist and Producer
Prepare a Royalty Agreement between a musical artist and a record producer in connection with producing master recordings.
- The artist agrees to pay the producer a percentage of the artist's royalties on sales of recordings derived from the masters, as payment for the producer's services in recording and creating the masters.
- Available in MS Word format and fully editable to meet your needs.
- This is a generic form that can be used almost anywhere.
- Buy the form once, it's yours to use as often as required.
$6.29
Session Musician Contract | USA
Hire session players to perform on a number of recordings over a specified period of time with this USA Session Musician Recording Contract.
- The contract is for a specified length of time, during which the musician agrees to record a minimum number of tracks.
- The session musician is required to give the record company all rights to the recordings and the right to use the musician's name and image in promoting the recordings.
- The record company has the exclusive copyright in all the compositions and recordings.
- The musician is being hired on a work made for hire basis, and is an independent contractor, not an employee of the record company.
- The contract contains two clauses for compensation. One is for a fixed fee, and the other allows for ongoing royalty payments based on sales of the recordings.
- The contract is governed by United States laws.
- Provided in MS Word format and fully editable to meet your needs.
$16.99
Vocalist Recording Contract that Favors Artist
This Vocalist Recording Contract is written in favor of the artist, as an inducement to get an A-list singer to record tracks for you.
- This is not an exclusive contract. The vocalist is free to record elsewhere as well.
- The vocalist agrees not to perform any of the songs being recorded under this contract for any other party.
- The vocalist is at liberty to choose the material being recorded.
- The vocalist will be paid a royalty on 90% of all net record sales (after deducting the costs of recording, production, distribution and promotion).
- Available in MS Word format.
$14.99
Vocalist Work-for-Hire Recording Contract
Hire a vocalist on a work-for-hire basis to record a number of tracks with this exclusive Vocalist Recording Contract.
- The contract is non-exclusive and the vocalist is free to engage in other recording sessions, but the vocalist agrees not to re-record any of the recordings made under this contract for a specified period of time.
- The vocalist's services are provided on a "work made for hire" basis for copyright purposes.
- The vocalist will be paid a flat fee per track recorded.
- The recording company will pay for all recording and studio costs, packaging and distribution, and promotional costs of the recording.
- The vocalist grants the company the right to use the vocalist's name, likeness and personal information for distribution, advertising and sale of the recording.
- This template is available as a MS Word document which is fully customizable to meet your exact needs.
$17.99