LETTER OF AGREEMENT


_______________, 199_


Mr. Manager/Producer
The Company
100 Main St.
Somewhere, TX 


Dear ________________,


This letter of agreement concerns your representing me as a talent and 
songwriter.  For your services in promoting and representing me, I hereby 
agree to and guarantee the following:
  
   I.  If, as a result of your efforts, I enter into a contract for my 
       services as a recording artist with a major recording concern, I 
       hereby agree to pay you TEN PERCENT (10%) of any and all sales, 
       production, or royalty advances.

         a. A major recording concern is herein defined as a company that
            has gross sales in excess of one million (1,000,000) recordings 
            annually.

         b. You will receive an additional payment of fifteen thousand 
            dollars ($15,000) if any album released under this agreement
            is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.(Recording Industry 
            Association of America).

         c. You will receive an additional payment of twenty thousand 
            dollars($20,000) above the previously mentioned payment if 
            any album released under this agreement is certified Platinum 
            by the R.I.A.A.

   II. If, as a result of your efforts, I enter into a contract with a major
       management or booking concern, I agree to pay you one and one half 
       percent (1.5%) of the gross income earned in the first two years of
       said agreement.

         a. A major management or booking concern is herein defined as a 
            business which generates gross sales in excess of one million 
            dollars ($1,000,000) annually.

 III.  If, as a result of your efforts, a major recording artist or company 
       releases to the general public, one of my songs, I agree to assign 
       FIFTY PERCENT (50%) of all publishing and copyrights to either 
       ___(Publisher Name)__ ASCAP. or___(Publisher Name)___ BMI. 
       I will retain all artist and writer credits and royalties.

         a. A major recording artist is herein defined as an artist under 
            contract to a recording concern which sells in excess of one 
            million (1,000,000) units annually.

IV.    If none of the conditions in sections I, II, and III, come into being
         by ________________, 199_, this agreement may be made void by my 
         written notification to you of such notification.


     I, hereby agree to and am bound by these terms.  I set my name to this 
     Letter the ____________ day of________, 199_.




                 ________________________________________
                 ARTIST


STATE OF ______     )
                    )
COUNTY OF ______    )



      I, ____________________________________. a Notary Public, do hereby 
      certify that on this __day of ___________________, 199_, personally 
      appeared before me ___________, known to me to be the person whose 
      name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument,and swore and 
      acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and in 
      the capacity therein expressed, and that the statements contained 
      therein are true and correct.

                  

                  _______________________________________________
                  Notary Public, State of ________


Name, Typed or Printed:__________________________________________


      My Commission Expires:___________________________



This is one of many different examples of a management agreement. The kind
of relationship started with this document is very important and not to be
entered into hastily.  This is one of the management documents from the 
Entertainment Source Library Text File Software published by Cumberland 
Music Group, Inc. Nashville, TN

Used by permission

(Always seek the advice of an attorney before signing anything that you don't
thoroughly understand)