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ARTIST RECORDING CONTRACT

1. AGREEMENT made this

day of

, 20_ ,

between

(herein called "the

Company")

and

(herein called "the Artist")

for the tendering of personal services in connection with the production of Commercial

Sound Records.

2. This agreement shall remain in effect for a period of

from

the date hereof, and during that period you will, at mutually convenient times, come to

and perform at the Company's recording studios for the purpose of recording

selections or more than this number if the Company so

desires.

In consideration of this Agreement and without further payment than as herein

provided for yourself, you grant to the Company, its associates, subsidiaries and

nominees (1) the right to manufacture, advertise, sell, lease, license or otherwise use or

dispose of in any or all fields of use, throughout the world, or to refrain therefrom,

throughout the world or any part thereof, records embodying the performances to be

recorded hereunder, upon such terms and conditions as the Company may approve; (2)

the right to use your name and photograph if desired, in connection with the exploitation

of said records; and (3) all rights in and to the matrices and records, and the use and

control thereof, upon which are reproduced the performances to be recorded hereunder.

3. The Company will pay you for the rights granted herein and the services to be rendered

hereunder by you a royalty of

cents for each double-faced record

manufactured and sold throughout the world by the Company or its associates or

subsidiaries, on both faces of which are embodied any of the selections recorded

hereunder. In case of records manufactured and sold by the Company on only one face of

which is embodied a selection recorded hereunder, the amount of royalty shall be one-

half of the amount set forth above, excepting in cases where the recording shall be of full

length on one side (in such case as a Compact Disk).

4. Payment of accrued royalties shall be made semi-annually on the first day of ____

for the period ending

, and on the first day of

for the

period ending

of each year. The Company, however, shall have the right

to deduct from the amount of any statements, or accounts of royalties due, the amount of

royalties previously paid to you or records subsequently returned, either as defective or

on exchange proposition.

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Artist Recording Contract

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