ContractCalifornia • August 16th, 2015
Jurisdiction FiledAugust 16th, 2015This is an agreement used by a major publishing company that I received for a producer/writer client who wrote the beats for two songs for an artist who had just been signed by a major label. The songs were to be included in that artist’s first album release. The client told me he got a “four song deal for $150,000.” Sounded great until I reviewed the agreement. It was more like “sign here, we will send you $100,000, maybe you’ll get the other $50,000 later, and by the way, you’re our writer for the rest of your life.”