Musical Collaboration General Agreement
The following is our general collaboration agreement. This copy does not consitute an agreement, but gives some idea of the beginning working agreement. A specific working agreement will be developed with you or your representation once we both agree to begin working together.
The rough agreement:
This agreement covers the working relationship between writer Bartoluciano, and musician, ______________________.
The following agreements are made and shall apply to all development of music, compositions and performance of lyrics developed originally by Bartoluciano. Unless a separate agreement is negotiated and agreed to by all parties, the following agreements shall apply to all working relationships by the above mentioned artists.
1. Should these artist develop any of the lyrics written by Bartoluciano, the commercial rights to the specific performance of these songs shall be assigned as 50% to Bartoluciano and 50% to _______________, in relation to the specific development and performance of those songs agreed to in writing by all parties previous to development.
2. Once artists named herein agree to develop specific songs, the artist ______________ will be given exclusive rights to develop and retain rights to the performance of these specific songs for a period of 90 days from the date of agreement. During this time, the intent shall be to develop rough cuts of the songs for presentation to a recording company. If a contract is secured with a record label to put the song or songs on hold for production on ____________ album, the ownership of that specific song or songs performance shall be assigned in the percentages as outlined above (50% each).
3. Should this musical team fail to either develop any of the lyrics into a working rough cut or cuts and secure a recording contract, the ownership of all lyrics shall be retained by Bartoluciano. Likewise all musical development, melodic and chordal content or contributions shall be retained exclusively by artist _________________.
4. All artists retain the right to share the combined works that come from this working relationship with others solely for the purpose of reviewing materials and the promotion of the individual artists. This will not apply, however, if a record company specifically requests that the material not be played for others for internet piracy reasons or because it might interfere with its marketing campaign. In such a case, all parties shall adhere to the record company's request.
5. Should any of the artists listed above wish to promote the combined musical works of this group to other artists (ie, getting another artist to perform the same songs with no or only slight variations), the ownership split outlined above shall apply (50% each).
6. Should Bartoluciano choose to develop his lyrics with other artists after the 90 day exclusive period elapses, and the resulting songs are substantially distinct from materials developed with the creative team detailed here, Bartoluciano shall retain full ownership of the song or songs in question.
This agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless otherwise modified, approved and certified in writing by all parties.
Agreed to this day by:
___________________________
___________________________
Please note, this agreement is merely a starting point and as the development of Bartoluciano lyrics progresses, the splits outlined above will most likely decrease for the performing artist or artists. So be sure to secure a specific agreement as soon as you can. No guarantee or exclusive rights is conveyed or granted by this published agreement.
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