In the fast-paced world of music, having a reliable contract builder is essential to protect your work, ensure fair compensation, and manage collaborations effectively. Musicians, producers, and managers often face complexities with splits, rights, and ownership, especially when working independently or with multiple collaborators. A contract builder simplifies these legal hurdles by creating tailored agreements, ensuring all parties understand their roles and revenue shares. It provides peace of mind, establishing clear legal ownership and ensuring that intellectual property rights are protected from the outset.
MESA’s contract builder is designed to guide independent artists, managers, and music professionals through creating tailored contracts that fit their specific needs. The tool uses a decision tree format, where users answer a series of questions one by one, making the process easy to follow. Each response refines the contract draft, ensuring it’s catered to your project, whether it’s a songwriting or master recording contract.
Key Features
- Draft Creation: Once the decision tree is complete, MESA generates a draft contract ready for review. You can also opt to send the final version to collaborators via DocuSign to get it officially signed.
- Intellectual Property Protection: This process gives artists a physical document that legally establishes their ownership of their work and defines splits for each collaborator.
How It Works
- Answer Questions: The contract builder asks a series of questions regarding your project type, collaborators, and ownership splits.
- Catered Draft: Based on your responses, the tool generates a contract specific to your needs.
- Send for Signature: Once the draft is ready, automatically send it to collaborators via DocuSign in 72 hours for finalization, or simply download the unsigned version right away.
Who Can Benefit?
- Independent Artists: Those publishing and distributing music on their own, looking for clear legal ownership documentation.
- Managers: Easily create contracts for managing multiple collaborators and project types.
- Music Professionals: Collaborators and session musicians who want clarity on ownership and revenue splits.
Why Use MESA’s Contract Builder?
- Tailored Contracts: The decision tree ensures that contracts are specific to your project’s needs, whether it’s for songwriting or master recordings.
- Efficient & Transparent: Quickly create, customize, and sign contracts without legal confusion.
- IP & Ownership Protection: Receive a physical, legally binding document that clearly defines ownership and splits, ensuring artists and collaborators are fully protected.
MESA’s modular contract builder empowers music professionals to take control of their projects, offering a simple yet comprehensive solution for managing splits, collaborators, and intellectual property.
