On-Line Artist Promotion & Distribution Agreement
This Agreement is made and entered into as of Sept. 5, 2000, by and between
Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc., a Nevada corporation with its principal place of business
located at 0000-0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX ("Angelaudio") and
Xxx Xxxxxx (the "Artist").
In consideration of the mutual premises and undertakings stated herein, and in
consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) now paid by each party to each of the other
parties (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each
party), the parties covenant and agree as follows:
Online Promotions
1. Angelaudio agrees to handle on-line promotions and distributions for the
Artist, specifically, as follows:
o Angelaudio will design and host a website with the address
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or such other name as the parties agree on
and which will have a minimum of 6 pages and will feature, among other
things
o A fan club for the Artist
o Tour schedule
o Photos
o Monthly contests
o Artist Merchandise
o Webcasts on a ppv basis
o Videos
o Interactive features such as Artist trivia
o Distribution of all Artist's recordings on CD
o Digital downloads of Artist's Music (see Schedule "A") (the
"Website")
1.2 The main goals of the Website will be to
o Build a database of on-line fans for the Artist
o Promote on-line sales of Artist's music, merchandise, webcasts and
other products through contests, interactive features and monthly
e-blasts.
Angelaudio and Artist agree to work together to maximize opportunities on
the Internet to reach these goals.
1.3 The Website and other items will receive promotion from Angelaudio as
follows:
o All Artist's merchandise, music, digital songs, webcasts and other
items will be included in Angelaudio's media superstore
o The Artist's Website will be included in the list of Angelaudio
official Fan sites from its home page
o The Artist will be given opportunities to participate in major
marketing promotions by Angelaudio
o Artist's videos and webcasts will be available through the Angelaudio
Media Player
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o Artist will be given "Artist of the Day" status once a month
Fan Club
2. Angelaudio agrees to operate the "Official Fan Site" for the Artist.
Angelaudio will gather emails from fans and will maintain fan email
database and forward a monthly e-blast to the Artist fans. Artist agrees to
provide Angelaudio with email database to include for monthly e-blast.
Artist will provide Angelaudio with exact wording for news and info on the
Artist for monthly e-blast. Angelaudio will provide Artist with lists of
all fan emails gathered on the Website.
Digital Music Distribution
3. The parties agree to distribute Artist's music on Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx as set out
in Schedule "A" Digital Music Distribution Services Agreement. Artist
agrees to provide Angelaudio with at least one song for exclusive release
on Angelaudio every six months.
Monthly Contests
4. Artist agrees to provide Angelaudio with various promotional items every
month (i.e., t-shirts, autographed CDs, Posters, et cetera . . .) which
Angelaudio will give away as part of on-line contests designed to build
Artist's on-line fan email database.
Artist Merchandise
5. Angelaudio agrees to distribute Artist's merchandise as follows:
Item Wholesale Price Retail Price
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Artist agrees to provide Angelaudio with up to 10 times of each piece of
merchandise above described on consignment. Within 30 days of the end of
each calendar quarter, Angelaudio shall provide Artist with a written
statement detailing the merchandise sold through Angelaudio and remit
Artist's portion of the proceeds (the Wholesale Price) collected from sales
of Artist's merchandise.
Webcasts
6. Artist shall provide Angelaudio with a minimum of one videotaped concert
for distribution on a pay-per-view basis on-line. Angelaudio shall choose
the price to download the videotaped concert, and remit payments and
statements to Artist within 30 days of each calendar quarter.
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Videos
7. Artist shall provide Angelaudio with copies of all of Artist's videos which
include:
Song Year Song Year
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(the "Videos"). Angelaudio shall encode and host the videos on its servers
and shall distribute the Videos throughout the Internet as part of the
content selection available with the Angelaudio Media Player and in the
Angelaudio Media Superstore.
Term
8. The term of this Agreement shall be one year.
Rights
9. Artist grants Angelaudio the rights to use Artist's name and likeness and
tradename and logo on Angelaudio's website, in emails, and as part of
promotions for the Website and Artist grants Angelaudio all rights as
necessary to carry out the term of this Agreement.
Miscellaneous Provisions
10. The parties will execute and deliver all such further documents and
instruments and do all such further acts and things as may be required to
carry out the full intent and meaning of this Agreement and to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby.
11. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior
written consent of the other party.
12. This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
13. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which will
be deemed to be an original and all of which will together constitute one
instrument.
14. The Schedules attached are incorporated into this Agreement and form a part
hereof. All terms defined in the body of this Agreement will have the same
meaning in the Schedules.
15. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the
parties and merges and supersedes all prior agreements, representations,
warranties, and understandings, whether oral or written, regarding the
subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.
XXXXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
By: /s/ Riz Xxxxxxx Date: Sept. 5, 2000
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Authorized Signatory
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx Date: Sept. 5, 2000
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Artist
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