My contract says roughly:
"Contract between:
((Fap-a-lot-studio)), owner: ((Mr. Fap Alot, Penis-street 69, Penisburgh))
and
the band ((fuckmetwice)), responsible ((dude1,dude2,dude3,hotchick1))
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Both parties hereby authenticate their cooperation with the following terms:
- the artist books the studio for the production of 100000 songs
- the artist books the studio from xx.xx.xxxx to xx.xx.xxxx
- costs are calculated as following: 9999999EUR/day, 9999EUR/mixed song, 1EUR/mastered song
- the artist commits to paying 50% of the planned production costs upfront - at least 5 days before the production starts.
the production does not start until the deposit is made.
- the deposit is not refundable
- one studio-day is 8 hours long (+breaks)
- the artist will get no CDs or whole MP3s before having paid the whole bill
- the artist may request modification of the mix. the final files will are not created until the artist agrees
- this contract is fulfilled when the artist has paid the whole bill and the studio hands the final sound storage medium over to the artist.
until this happens, all recorded material is property of the studio.
- both parties read and agreed upon this contract in its entirety
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It's pretty hard to translate this kind of contract, it even sounds weird in german.. and it probably sounds double-weird now in my horrible english.. but I hope you get the point.