It is likely that production companies will be reluctant to give the artist permissions on any aspect of the recording process. The reason is that they do not want to restrict the rights they can offer to a third-party record company. Therefore, the best thing the artist will probably get is to advise on aspects such as budgeting and selecting compositions to grab. However, it is important to set up a budget where an internal studio is used and where the production company acts as a producer. In this agreement, we have provided that no royalties should be levied for the use of internal facilities (point 4.3). While this is what the artist should aspire to, it is relatively rare for a production company to concede it. In the event that they refuse, the agreement should clearly state on what basis the internal entities will be calculated, and this should be included in the agreement, otherwise the artist can quite see that they can be expected to pay a fee of USD 1,000 per day as an example of the recording time in the production company`s own studio (which would otherwise have been empty). An exclusivity clause prevents a party from fulfilling the same promise or similar commitments to an outside entity. For example, registration, publication, distribution and pro transactions are exclusive, since they involve the granting of exclusive rights licenses.

The companies require that they be, for the duration of the contract, the only companies authorized to exploit all the rights that the musician granted them in the contract. The whole music production process involves a lot of monetary and commercial transactions. If these transactions are not documented in the form of written contracts and agreements, this can lead to confusion, ambiguity and heavy losses. A controlled composition clause affects the mechanical royalties paid for a composition written or co-written by the recording artist. The composition clause in a recording contract sets a limit on the amount the label must pay for songs in which the artist is also a songwriter. Only parties who accept this provision are subject to it. If z.B. an artist-writer writes a song, the other authors would not be bound by the same clause, unless the co-authors expressly consent. This is the agreement the songwriter signs when he becomes a member of a PRO.

The agreement lasts a while and is exclusive, which means that the Writer cannot be signed with more than one PRO at the same time. This splitsheet agreement must not be amended or amended, except by a document signed by all the co-authors mentioned below. Like any creative production, The Making of Music includes different scenes.