Split sheet (songwriter split agreement)
Who wrote the song and with what percentage, so it is registered the same way everywhere.
Music contract templates
Music contract templates, ready to fill in and sign
18 agreements an artist, producer or manager signs most often, in English or Spanish. Fill in the parties and the numbers, adjust the clauses to your deal and send it to be signed online. Starting from a template uses no credits.
TONTRIA Law guides you and drafts your documents. For a lawsuit or a big negotiation, consult a lawyer.
Songwriting and publishing
Song split: composition and master
The songwriting shares and the recording shares on one sheet, each with its own percentages.
Music publishing agreement
The writer gives a publisher their songs to register, pitch and collect, and they share what comes in.
Sync licence
To let a song be used in a film, series, ad or video, with fee, term and territory.
Sample clearance licence
The owner of a song lets you use part of it in a new song, for a fee or a share.
Work-for-hire and assignment
You commission music, an arrangement, lyrics or artwork, pay for it and the rights become yours.
Recordings and release
Master license and release agreement
The artist keeps the recordings and licenses them to a label to release them, with a royalty.
Digital distribution agreement
To put your music on Spotify and the other platforms through a distributor without giving up your masters.
Production, beats, featuring and video
Record production agreement
The producer makes your songs for a fee and a royalty; the master is yours once you have paid in full.
Non-exclusive beat licence (lease)
You use a beat in one song with caps on streams and sales; the producer can keep selling it.
Exclusive beat licence
The beat is only yours from signing: the producer stops selling it and gets their share.
Featured artist agreement
A guest artist sings or plays on your song: credit, fee, royalty and their label’s permission.
Likeness and voice release
Someone who appears in your video or photos lets you use their image, name and voice.
Music video and photography agreement
You hire a director or photographer, and the video or photos are yours once you have paid in full.
Career and live shows
Artist management agreement
Who represents you, what they do for your career, what they charge and how it ends.
Live performance agreement
For a show: the fee, when it is paid, what the promoter provides and what happens if it is cancelled.
Band agreement
Who owns the band name, how the money is split and what happens if someone leaves.
Mutual NDA
To show unreleased music, numbers or plans without them leaking or being uploaded anywhere.
How the templates work
- Pick a template and fill in the parties, dates, percentages and fees
- Choose the country whose law governs the contract and the courts for any dispute
- Edit any clause, or describe your deal and let the AI draft it (≈ 8 credits)
- Download it as a PDF or send it to be signed online: the other side signs from a link, without an account
Frequently asked questions
Are the music contract templates free?
Yes. On the Free plan you can use every template and split sheet as often as you want; starting from a template uses no credits. The Free plan includes 2 documents to sign online each month, and the paid plans more (Pro: unlimited). See the plans.
What languages are the templates in?
Each template comes in English or Spanish, and you choose when you create the document. The app itself is in Spanish today, with English on the way.
Which country’s law do the templates follow?
You fill in the country (or state) whose law governs the contract and the courts for any dispute. The templates are written for the music business in general, so check that they fit the rules of your country; for a big deal, show it to a music lawyer.
Can I change the clauses?
Yes. Every clause can be adjusted to what you agreed. If your deal does not fit any template, describe it and the AI drafts the document from scratch (about 8 credits).
Someone sent me their contract. Can I check it instead?
Yes: upload it as PDF or Word and TONTRIA Law marks the risky clauses, quoting the exact text and suggesting what to change. That is the contract review on the TONTRIA Law home page (about 10 credits).
Know what you are signing
Upload your next contract or start a split sheet today, and get your deals on paper.