Music Jam Services  

Music Jam Services: Contract Advice

Music Jam offers expert advice on contractual matters in the following areas:

  • Artist Recording Agreements
  • Producer Agreements
  • Publishing Agreements
  • Performer Booking Contracts
  • Copyright Assignments
  • Translation Buy Outs
  • NDA’S
    …and more.

Publishing & Recording Contract Negotiation

With extensive experience in negotiating recording contracts, Music Jam has worked with top-tier labels such as Universal, Republic, Warner, Positiva, Island Records, Spinnin, Spinnin Deep, Sirup, Armada, and many other leading European dance music labels.

Recent business affairs work includes Blackbook Music and HASBRO, Funkshway LLC, No Context Records, Base N Rebelz (their clients Ken Samson and his cut with artist Skeete ‘Tek Buddy’ and artist Karl Benjamin), Artistribe, and MTX Music.

In publishing, we have successfully negotiated deals with major companies like Universal, Downtown, Concord, and the Hospital Publishing Division.

Available Contract Templates

Music Jam provides a wide range of contract templates, including but not limited to:

  • Artist Recording Agreements
  • Producer Agreements
  • Publishing Agreements
  • Performer Booking Contracts
  • Copyright Assignment Agreements

For inquiries, please contact us via email at:
natalie@music-jam.com

Other Areas of Expertise:

Sample Clearance

Music Jam provides expert sample clearance services for music usage, ensuring that all legal and copyright requirements are met.

Notable clearances include:

  • Gene Chandler – “When You’re Number One” used in the single released December 2023 on Perfect Havoc by Paul Morrell and James Hurr
  • Albert King – “Born Under a Bad Sign” for an upcoming single, scheduled for release in early 2025 via Atlantic Records

We handle the complex process of clearing samples to ensure your music is fully licensed and legally compliant.

Sync Clearance

Music Jam offers comprehensive sync clearance services for both publishing and master rights in film, television, and other media. Our expertise in navigating the complex legal landscape ensures smooth and efficient clearance for all types of sync usage.

Notable Sync Clearances include:

  • Mahatma Gandhi Ahimsa – Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless: Complete clearance of all the music used in this award-winning documentary, which took home the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 21st New York Indian Festival in 2022.
  • The Road to Find Out: DVD performance featuring Ramin Karimloo.
  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc.: Clearance for their live dance production, Monger.

We handle all aspects of sync clearance, ensuring that your music is properly licensed for use in films, TV shows, documentaries, and live performances.

TESTIMONIALS

DJ Kyle Watson:

‘Natalie has played a critical role in my growth as an artist over the past 7 or 8 years. She’s amazing to work with and has a really deep knowledge of the negotiation side of things which has save my a** more than once!’

In:Most Soulvent signed to Hospital records:

‘Natalie was incredibly thorough in reviewing our contract when signing with our record label, securing us the best deal possible – and for an extremely reasonable amount. She was both highly attentive and communicative throughout the process, so we always felt confident that we were in excellent hands. We can’t recommend her services enough.’ 

Reece Crawford signed to Be Yourself Music:

“Natalie is absolutely brilliant to work with. She made a typically stressful process relaxing and easy going.” 

Siggi signed to Downtown/Concord:

“Natalie negotiated my publishing contract with Eagle I (later Downtown) and her superb work was pivotal making the deal successful. Many key factors she negotiated helped me enormously later on in my career. Natalie has also negotiated for myself countless producer agreements, single song assignments and helped me navigate the music industry with her impeccable knowledge. Her loyalty and dedication to her clients is undeniable and I cannot praise her enough.”

Ahmed Jamal, Producer/Director:

“ Over the  years and over many projects Natalie Chalcraft has cleared music rights for our films with great speed and on very favourable terms for us due to her vast connections in the Music industry. Anyone considering working with Natalie will find her an invaluable asset to have on their side. “

Ramesh Sharma, Producer/Director AHIMSA-Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless:

” As a producer/director of low-budget films, the challenge for us has always been to get the best piece of music by well-known singers at the most reasonable licensing price. I have always turned to Natalie Chalcraft to do my search for these songs. Her professionalism and commitment are impressive. She has never failed to deliver and has negotiated for me these songs within the budget I have and in time. Most importantly when there are multiple right owners, she gets the songs cleared from each of them. I recommend her to any producer/ production house that needs such services for these films/ documentaries. I used her for my award-winning film AHIMSA- Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless”