Songwriters sign six basic types of agreements with a music publisher: an Individual Song Agreement, an Exclusive Songwriter's Agreement, a Co-Publishing Agreement, a Participation Agreement, an Administration Agreement, and a Foreign Sub-Publishing Agreement.

This is a basic songwriter agreement template that can be used for most projects. It includes provisions for the songwriter to retain all rights to their work, and to be paid a flat fee for their work. 1. The names and contact information of the parties involved in this agreement are ___________ ____________ and ___________ ____________. 2.

Additionally, the contract will stipulate when the publisher must pay the writer. Since many writers co-write with other songwriters, songwriter contracts will often include notes of what will happen when there is a co-writer on a song. Often this will state that separate agreements must be agreed to at the time a co-written song is submitted.

This work-for-hire songwriting agreement template should be used when the hiring party wants to have all rights to the work being created, and the songwriter will not retain any ownership rights. This agreement template can be used for a variety of songwriting services, such as: writing lyrics, composing music, or both.