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