USA Musical Artist Management Agreement

Sign up musicians, singing acts and bands for your services with this Exclusive Booking Agent Agreement.

• The artist gives the booking agent exclusive rights to book performances and engagements for the artist.
• The booking agent is paid on a two-tier commission scale based on the length of the engagement.
• The booking agent is not required to work exclusively for the artist, but has the right to sign other musical acts on the same terms or otherwise.
• The band or artist agrees not to book itself for return engagements at venues originally contracted by the booking agent for a specified time period following termination of the agreement.
• Available in MS Word format, fully customizable.
• Intended to be used only within the United States.

Book a band for a nightclub without going through a booking agent with this USA Booking Agreement between the club and the musical act.

• what happens if the employer defaults;
• time and length of the band's breaks;
• rules applying to the performance, such as dress, behavior, general conduct;
• American Federation of Musicians (A.F.M.) required clauses;
• blank contract rider form, which can be used to add additional terms for either the client or the band ⁄ artist.

Hire sidemen 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.

Prepare a Royalty Agreement between a musical artist and his/her manager with this downloadable template form.

• The manager agrees to provide personal management services to the musician.
• In return, the musician agrees to pay the manager a specified percentage of the artist's royalties on all sales of recordings.

Add this Royalty Agreement between Musician and Manager to your portfolio of management contract templates.

Write up a Live Concert Performance Contract Rider for a contract between a band or musical artist and a concert presenter with this downloadable template.

The rider covers:

• the technical requirements (sound, lights, staging, etc.) for the show,
• any other performance requirements that the musical artist has, and
• the artist's obligations to the concert presenter.

This Live Concert Performance Contract Rider form is fully editable and can be easily customized to fit your circumstances.