A recording contract can launch a career or shackle it for decades. Our firm represents recording artists, producers, and independent labels in negotiating deals that reflect today's music business — streaming-driven, global, and full of both opportunity and traps for the unrepresented.
We negotiate and draft exclusive recording agreements with major and independent labels, distribution deals, artist-friendly alternatives such as licensing and profit-split arrangements, producer agreements (both for producers and for artists engaging them), featured artist and side-artist agreements, and 360 deal provisions covering touring, merchandise, and other income. Key terms get our closest attention: royalty rates and streaming payouts, advances and recoupment, ownership of masters, creative control, album commitment and options, and termination and reversion rights.
The difference between a fair deal and a bad one is rarely visible to an artist reading the contract alone and it lives in definitions, deductions, and clauses buried deep in the boilerplate. We know where to look, what today's market supports, and how to negotiate terms that let your career grow on your own terms.