Music Business Contracts

Music business contracts are regularly used to secure deals for recording artist management, record producing, distribution deals, publishing contracts, tours, advertising, and many other related areas of the music industry. The large corporations which distribute and promote recording artists have continued to clash with the recording artists themselves, who feel that multi million dollar record labels exploit artists and give them too little in rights and compensation. Music business contracts are regularly skewed to benefit the record labels instead of the individual artists, and many inexperienced musicians have been coaxed into signing unfair contracts that leave them with little creative control and even less money. Even the most successful and popular musicians in the world have been the victims of unfair recording contracts. Consequently, music business contracts of all kinds should be shown to an attorney with experience in entertainment law. Entertainment attorneys may review music business contracts and negotiate better terms for artists to ensure that they are fairly and adequately compensated.

Fast Facts

  • A bad record contract led multi-platinum artist Toni Braxton to declare bankruptcy.
  • CD sales fell 16% in the first half of 2008.

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  • Commercial Music Publishing Contract

    Commercial music publishing, in its simplest form, is the combination of an artist's music in some medium that...
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  • Music Publishing and Distribution Contracts

    A music publishing contract is an agreement where a publisher and a writer of music agree to promote a musical...
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  • Producer Contracts

    A producer agreement or contract is the agreement by a producer to perform services for a company.  The servic...
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  • Music Recording Contract Fraud

    According to a recent lawsuit by R&B artist Ginuwine, whose real name is Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, his recent con...
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  • Contracts for Baseball Players and Coaches

    Generally speaking, a baseball contract is the agreement where one agrees to provide services in the world of ...
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