Producer Development Agreement

Music Business Made Simple: Artist Development Deals Explained

There are three types of artist development deal relationships that an artist can enter into someone to develop the artist’s talents with the hopes of the artist getting a record deal with an established label. These relationships vary from working with an artist developer or investor to provide resources (time and money) to develop the artist in some or all aspects of their career; a producer who will only produce recordings for the recording aspect of the artis't’s development, and; an artist manager. The three types of agreements that will reflect these type of relationships is a Recording Artist Development Agreement, Producer Artist Development Agreement and Artist Management Agreement.