Band name and accounts
Who owns the name, its social accounts and domains, and who can keep using it if someone leaves.
Band agreement
Band agreement template between band members
Who owns the band name, how the money is split and what happens if someone leaves, agreed before it becomes a problem. In English or Spanish, with every member as a party and 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.
What the template includes
Money
How income is split after expenses, with the percentages in a schedule, and how often.
Decisions
What is decided by majority and what needs everyone: signing with a label, publisher or manager, adding members, taking on debt.
Songs
Songs belong to whoever wrote them and are documented with a split sheet.
Recordings
Who owns the band’s recordings.
Solo projects
What each member can do outside the band.
Leaving the band
The notice to leave and what a departing member keeps.
Shared gear
What happens to the equipment bought together.
When to use it
- The band is starting to earn money from shows, streaming or merch
- Before signing with a label, a publisher or a manager
- A new member joins, or someone is about to leave
- The name, the accounts or the gear were paid for by some members and not by others
Before you sign: what to check
- Who keeps the name if the band splits up
- That the percentages add up to 100% and say which expenses come off first
- Which decisions need everyone, so one member cannot sign for the rest
- That every song still has its own split sheet: the band agreement does not replace it
- What a departing member keeps from the recordings already released
Splitting the songs: split sheet template. The other agreements a band signs: the music contracts an artist signs.
Frequently asked questions
Is the band agreement template free?
Yes. On the Free plan you can use every template as often as you want; starting from one uses no credits. The Free plan includes 2 documents to sign online each month, and Pro has unlimited signatures. See the plans.
Is a band agreement the same as a contract to hire a band?
No. This one is between the members. To hire a band for an event, a wedding or a festival, use the live performance contract template.
Does the band agreement decide who wrote the songs?
No. Each song belongs to whoever wrote it, in the percentages on its split sheet; the band agreement only says that every song is documented that way. See the split sheet template.
Can we change the agreement later?
Yes. Every point is adjusted to what the band agrees, and you can sign a new version when members join or leave.
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