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SIDE ARTIST AGREEMENT

This agreement ("Agreement") dated as of [DATE] sets forth the material terms of the agreement between PRIMARY ARTIST [PRIMARY ARTIST NAME/ENTITY] ("Company," "Artist", "we," "our" or "us") and FEATURED ARTIST [SIDE ARTIST NAME/ENTITY]("Lender", "Side Artist", or "you") for Side Artist's non-exclusive services in connection with the master recording ("Project") set forth below. Lender and Company agree to the following:

PROJECT DETAILS

Number of Masters: [# OF MASTERS]

Track Title(s): [TRACK NAME]

Release Date: [DATE]

ISRC: [ISRC #]

UPC: [UPC #]

Aggregator/Distributor: [AGGREGATOR]

Release Type: [ ] Co-Primary Artist Release [ ] Featured Artist Release

SERVICES

Lender will perform vocals or other musical parts ("Performance") for the above track(s) under our direction. Lender agrees to deliver high-quality, final recordings to our reasonable satisfaction. Once delivered and approved, Lender's services are complete — though Lender must still meet all obligations and warranties in this agreement.

PAYMENT & ROYALTIES

Recording Fee: Lender will be paid $[ ] for Lender's recording and performance work on the Master.

Master Royalty: Lender will earn [MASTER POINTS]% of the Net Receipts from the Master revenue after recoupment of approved expenses in the amount of $[ ]. "Net Receipts" means all income we receive after distribution and various admin fees from the exploitation of the Master (sales, streams, syncs, licensing, etc.) and after recouping these mutually agreed upon expenses:

Expenses to Recoup Before Split:

Recording Costs: $[ ]

Advertising Costs: $[ ]

Misc. Costs: $[ ]

TOTAL EXPENSES: $[ ]

Publishing Split

Publishing ownership and revenue will be divided as follows:

ContributorRolePublishing %PRO / IPI #
[PRIMARY ARTIST NAME]Songwriter / Composer[PRIMARY PUB %]%[PRIMARY PRO #]
[SIDE ARTIST NAME]Songwriter / Composer[SIDE ARTIST PUB %]%[SIDE ARTIST PRO #]
OTHER ARTISTSSongwriter / Composer0%-
Total100%

CREDIT

Lender will receive featured artist credit as: '[TRACK TITLE]' by [PRIMARY ARTIST] feat.[SIDE ARTIST].

INDEMNITY & GOVERNING LAW

If either party hereto institutes any action, suit or proceeding based upon any matter, claim or controversy arising hereunder or relating hereto, such action shall be brought solely in the State Courts of the State of [STATE].

_____________________________________________ Date: ___________

Primary Artist / Company

[PRIMARY ARTIST NAME/ENTITY]

_____________________________________________ Date: ___________

Featured Artist / Lender

[SIDE ARTIST NAME/ENTITY]