DEED FOR PRODUCERS

BEATS WITH PAPER.

Every beat sent out carries the terms of its use, so a placement never turns into a giveaway.

THE SITUATION

A producer's inbox is a rights problem in slow motion. Beats go out as untagged WAVs, artists cut to them, and the licence, if there is one, is a PDF nobody signed.

When the song lands on a major release or a sync brief, the exclusivity, the splits and the sample clearances all get renegotiated under pressure. The only person without leverage is usually the one who made the beat.

THE RISKS

WHAT BREAKS.

01
NON EXCLUSIVE SOLD AS EXCLUSIVE
The same beat placed twice, both parties furious, and no signed record of what was actually sold.
02
MISSING PRODUCER POINTS
A verbal agreement on producer percentage that vanishes when the label paperwork arrives.
03
UNCLEARED SAMPLES
A chopped loop that clears fine at zero streams becomes an emergency at ten million.
04
GHOST PRODUCTION
Uncredited work that later needs to be proven, without an NDA that protects either side.
05
STORE TEMPLATE CONFLICTS
Beat store licences that contradict the deal memo you sent by DM.
HOW DEED HELPS

FOUR STEPS.

01DROP

Upload the beat, the reference and the message thread with the artist.

02EXAMINE

Deed reads the licence terms, flags samples that need clearing, and shows what has actually been signed.

03EXECUTE

Send a signed licence in one link, with splits, exclusivity window and credit written in.

04DEFEND

Track uses of the beat online and issue takedowns or licences when it turns up where it should not.

QUESTIONS
+What if the artist already released the song without signing?
Deed drafts the retro licence and the countersign link. The record catches up to the release without pretending the release did not happen.
+How do I protect a beat I sent for free?
Nothing is free without paper. Deed lets you send a demo licence that grants use for review only, revocable, so a favour cannot quietly turn into a placement.
+Can I keep producer points on a work for hire?
Sometimes. Deed shows you which clauses hand your points away and rewrites them before you sign.

START A DEED.