Create membership_contract.txt

The main purpose of this contract is to assure that the syndicate has no intention to earn a profit on behalf of the musician/artist involved in it.

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+BASSPISTOL.COM CONTRACT
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+
+I. Basics
+
+1. Signing with Basspistol.com
+
+When signing this document, the artists consents and proudly acknowledge:
+
+    A) That he/she/they is/are a member of the basspistol.com label,
+artist community and organization.
+    B) That he/she/they trust Basspistol to work for the betterment of
+music and the art of music, while promoting their work.
+    C) Finally, that the beauty in this contract is the mutual respect
+and freedom given between basspistol.com and the artist(s): THIS
+CONTRACT IS NONE EXCLUSIVE. You remain free to move without
+basspistol.com. Basspistol.com remains free to move without you.
+
+II. Rights agreements and overstandings.
+
+1. Recordings:
+
+    A) All the rights, including executive rights of the music belong
+to the artist. The artist may use his work in the ways he can imagine
+or need. However the use of this right may not interfere with the
+marketplaces sorted by basspistol.com, without a 12 month
+pre-notification. In clear text you cannot sell your record in a form
+basspistol.com is already selling it in, until 12 month after you
+asked basspitsol.com to stop selling it. This is only to avoid doubloons.
+    B) The percentage taken on physical releases (read vinyl, CD, or
+prestidigital objects) has to be agreed before release date and is set
+between the artist and basspistol.com depending on the financial
+investments made by the artist self. However basspistol.com may only
+take enough from the benefit genreated to cover eventual production
+costs. (read: we don't make profit)
+
+2. Performances
+
+    A) In the case where an artists finds a gig by himself or through
+another agency. The artist has no financial obligation towards
+basspistol.com
+    B) Basspistol.com has no obligation to find gigs to artists.
+    C) Bellow 241 Euros benefit on gigs sorted by basspistol.com, the
+artist keeps it all. Basspistol.com takes a percentage of 17% on gigs
+sorted by basspistol.com generating more than 241 Euros benefit, after
+the following logistics costs have been covered: 1 meal per day,
+transport in and out and accommodation. This 17% will be used to
+reinvest in the artists production on basspistol (CD, Vinyl,
+prestidigital, merch etc...)
+
+3. Promotion
+
+    A) Basspistol has the right to use the signed artists name and
+image in anyway it can figure as a profitable one to the artist and
+the label.
+    B) The Artist proudly agrees to put the name of the label
+"Basspistol" in written form in all promotional material. Given that
+this promotion is not serving the interest of another agency that
+explicitly want it to be omitted, or when the promotion for any reason
+could harm the image of Basspistol as an organization focusing on
+quality music.
+    C) The artist understands the importance to communicate future gig
+dates and takes the responsibility to inform Basspistol of
+his/her/their movements.
+
+III. Duration of the contract and form.
+
+1. Duration
+
+    This contract last from the day signed to eternity, and can be
+canceled by notifying basspistol.com of the desire to leave to label
+12 months in advance. However, In the rare but plausible case where
+the artist wouldn't like to be associated with the label anymore.
+Basspistol.com accepts to stop selling the music, and removing any
+press related material from its server. While it retains the right to
+play all music that has been released through Basspistol, broadcast
+all music that has been released through Basspistol and graphically or
+historically include the work in its discography present at
+http://basspistol.com, or not.
+
+2. Form
+
+    The artist may sign with his blood, but it is not mandatory.
+
+ FOOTNOTE:
+
+This contract was written and designed by Set Hallström and you may
+copy it, use it, change it, screw it, eat it, feed it, make it better
+or worse. However The Basspistol Spirit is Unique: impossible to copy
+fully!