About This Course

In many industries, consultants are regularly hired to provide specialized skills or expertise, broker connections, or to simply obtain better results for the task at hand. Producers are typically hired in the capacity of consultant to the artist, performing one or more creative, technical, and/or business functions as part of producing one or multiple recordings on their behalf.

This course covers the legal agreement used when hiring a music producer to provide production services in the creation of a sound recording. In this lesson, you will learn what a producer does and how they are hired and compensated for their work.

Learning Goals

• Identify what the producer agreement does and who uses it
• Know which business terms you must include in your agreement
• Understand how different agreement structures determine how artist revenues are paid to producers
• Use boilerplate clauses to define the administrative, operational, and interpretational aspects of your agreement
• Know what to do after your agreement is completed

Prerequisites

• Basics (Overview of the Music Industry)
• Contract Basics Course
• Intellectual Property Overview Course