This ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONTRACT (the "Agreement") constitutes a legally binding agreement between Diamant Entertainment Group, LLC ("Company") and you ("Client").
BY CHECKING THE BOX STATING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU AGREE AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, it is hereby agreed as follows;
1. PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT. Company agrees to provide Artist Development Services (“The Program”) as described herein and the necessary studio facilities to Client for the purpose of assisting Clients musical career.
WEEK 1
Vocal, performance and song evaluation
Career coaching (on-going)
Setting Program Schedule (to be based on Clients’ availability and Company’s schedule)
WEEK 2
Vocal coaching
Band agreement development
Rehearsal(s)
WEEK 3
Interviewing techniques (videotaped for critique)
Meetings with producer (s) and songwriter(s) to develop new songs for demo
Pre-production begins of 2 original hit-quality songs
Rehearsal(s)
WEEK 4
Begin pre-production of demo tracks continues
Rehearsal(s)
WEEK 5
Image consulting
Rehearsal(s) for studio session
WEEK 6
Rehearsal(s) for studio session
Client in studio for production of demo tracks
Bio writing
WEEK 7
Final mixing of studio tracks
Showcase planning (determine location, songs to be performed, etc)
Rehearsal(s) for showcase performance (including choreography if needed)
Professional photography
WEEK 8
100 full-color press kits produced
Rehearsal(s) for showcase performance
WEEK 9
Rehearsal(s) for showcase performance
WEEK 10
Rehearsal(s) for showcase performance
WEEK 11
Rehearsal(s) for showcase performance
WEEK 12
Rehearsal(s) for showcase performance
Showcase performance
a) Studio production time provided by Company to Client includes unlimited but reasonable pre-production time and 12 (twelve) hours studio and mix time combined. Should additional studio or mix time is need, both parties shall mutually agree to it and Client will be billed at the rate of $35 for each agreed upon additional hour.
b) Company shall provide to Client 100 press kits which shall include no less than the design, 8.5 x 11 full-color printed folder, photographs produced hereunder, CD Sampler with songs produced hereunder, Client contact and biographical information. Should Client desire to reorder additional press kits, Client agrees to pay to Company $2.70 for each additional press kit.
c) As part of the services provide hereunder, Company agrees to arrange for a live performance showcase for Client at a venue located in Central Ohio. It is understood that scheduling of showcase is subject to the selected venue's availability. Company agrees to videotape the showcase and deliver to Client an edited copy of such videotaped.
3. FEE FOR SERVICES. The fee for The Program is $900 (nine hundred) dollars to be paid as follows, $300 to begin the program, $300 no later than 30 (thirty) days of the initial payment, and $300 no later than 30 (thirty) days after due date of the second payment. It is understood that Company shall not begin work until Client has made the initial payment.
4. COMPOSITIONS USED FOR DEMO ONLY. It is understood that the songs provided to Client hereunder are for “demo” purposes only. In the event that any song provided hereunder shall appear on any commercially release recording, Client agrees to notify Company in writing of such intention client will agrees to them enter into, and cause such company or person who will commercially release the recording, an agreement covering songwriter, publishing and licensing royalties and issues to protect Company’s interest in the composition(s). Client further agrees to cause the name of Company’s publishing and songwriter information to be affixed to all units distributed. Company will supply such publisher and songwriter information to Client once the songs are created, recorded and delivered to Client hereunder.
5. OWNERSHIP OF COMPOSITIONS. It is understood that Company is the sole owner of any and all compositions provided to Client hereunder for the demo and that Company has the sole and exclusive right to administer and protect its interest in the composition throughout the world and for the full life of the copyright. Client is not permitted to allow any other person(s) to use such songs recorded hereunder without the expressed written permission of Company.
6. CLIENT AS SONGWRITER. If Client is a writer of a composition that becomes part of the demo produced by Company hereunder, or contributes to the authorship of such composition in a major way, Client and Company shall enter into a songwriter-publisher contract on the terms of The Songwriter's Guild minimum basic form contract.
7. ARTISTIC CONTROL. Company and Client shall be jointly responsible for all decisions regarding the artistic content of the demo, photography and press kit materials.
8. JURISDICTION. This agreement shall be deemed made in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
This agreement may not be modified orally and shall not be binding until it is signed by both Parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this agreement the day and year first above written.
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Client
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Company
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