{"id":7552,"date":"2022-02-22T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixxed.com\/blog\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2022-09-22T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T08:45:03","slug":"music-group-contracts-how-they-keep-bands-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/music-group-contracts-how-they-keep-bands-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Group Contracts: How They Keep Bands Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You & your two close friends start a musical group. The future is looking bright. You’ve been making dope music together and you’ve found some commercial success. But then money gets in the way.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest squabbles that splits up bands and musical groups is the sharing out of royalties<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Music group contracts can resolve those issues (and more) before they even becomes one, but bands and musical groups often don’t discuss contracts if they don’t have to. Of all the contracts they avoid thinking about, artist contract agreements are at the top of that list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music group contracts resolve issues about money and roles before they become issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Of course, it is pretty uncomfortable talking about musical group contracts or artist contracts. Discussing artist contracts may or may not feel like you’re actively expressing a level of distrust in the group. If you’re like the vast majority of musical groups and bands, your fellow group members are also your close friends or even your family. This means that you’d like to think that your relationship with each other means that no one in the band would take advantage of anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Musical Group Contract?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Put simply, an artist contract or a music group contract agreement sets the terms that you all operate by and who gets what royalties for doing what they do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should the lead singer really get paid the most in a band? Is one member of your musical group doing most of the producing while the other two members are only composing? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s important with a musical group contract agreement is to weigh up is doing what is for the group. If one group member is spending more hours on your music together than the other two members, should they get a bigger share of royalties?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of a musical group contract is to make sure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to the share of royalties. Royalty shares are a constant area of dispute within successful bands and musical groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is an example of a detailed music group contract. A music group contract lists actions each band member should take to protect their own interests, who shall get paid for what role, and more, Source: Music Law Contracts<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Reasons for a Music Group Contract<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n