Included in this course
Estimated Length: 8h
50 modules across 5 lessons
6 animated videos
8 interactive learning checks
Certificate of Completion
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About this Course
Whether you’re a new manager building your first roster or an artist evaluating your first deal, understanding the artist management agreement is critical to your career. This course gives you the legal and practical knowledge to confidently manage—or be managed—without getting burned.
Taught by top entertainment attorneys, this course demystifies the artist-manager relationship, revealing how to protect your rights, avoid common pitfalls, and build partnerships that actually work.
Taught by top entertainment attorneys, this course demystifies the artist-manager relationship, revealing how to protect your rights, avoid common pitfalls, and build partnerships that actually work.
What This Course Covers
This in-depth course breaks down the legal and business structure of artist management contracts—with real-world examples, plain English explanations, and expert insights you won’t find on YouTube or TikTok.
By the end, you’ll be able to:
- ✅ Understand the Manager’s Role
Learn the real responsibilities of an artist manager—and which tasks often fall to other team members (lawyers, agents, publicists, etc.) - ✅ Decode the 7 Key Clauses in Management Contracts
We’ll walk you through the most important provisions in any deal: term, territory, compensation, exclusivity, rights, obligations, and termination. - ✅ Know What’s Negotiable (and What’s Not)
Discover which terms can be customized—and how to spot red flags before signing. - ✅ Master the Money Flow
Understand how management commissions work, how expenses are handled, and how revenue is tracked and paid. - ✅ Protect Yourself Legally and Professionally
Learn how to build a strong, fair artist-manager relationship—and how to walk away if it turns sour.
Course Breakdown
Introduction: The Course
Lesson 1: Featured Artist Agreement, The Basics
Lesson 2: Breaking Down the Featured Artist Agreement
Lesson 3: Deal Terms of the Featured Artist Agreement
Lesson 4: Boilerplate Terms of the Featured Artist Agreement
Lesson 5: Between the Lines of the Featured Artist Agreement [Clause Explainer]
The End
Featured Testimonial
"Unlock your music career's fullest potential with the Creative Intell Academy. Avoid costly legal mistakes, sign smart contracts, and maximize your revenue. As a manager of platinum-selling artists, I confidently endorse the CI Academy. They've got you covered."
Dana Biondi
Manager of $uicideboy$
Inside This Course
Meet the Intells
The music industry has never been so easy to learn! The Intells is an animated series that teaches the real business of music through storytelling. Each episode breaks industry topics down into fun, easy-to-digest segments that can be watched individually or as part of the course content. Follow along as Cristaal and Cairo negotiate their own featured artist agreement with rock icon Dorkaay Qwest.
Level Up Your Understanding with Interactive Learning Checks
Solidify your knowledge of featured artist agreements with multiple-choice quizzes and drag-and-drop puzzles to help you remember what you've learned in a fun, engaging way.
Never Miss A Beat
Label waivers, synch rights, copyright ownership, restrictions...the better you understand the business of having guest artists appear on your music, the less likely you’ll run into any unpleasant surprises along the way – or once you’ve released the tracks. Everything concerning featured guest artists is covered in this course.
Contracts You Can Trust
All of our Industry Agreement courses come with downloadable, high quality sample agreements you can download and customize for your own deals. Creative Intell agreements are drafted by a Braintrust of top music business attorneys and guaranteed to be first class and current.
Inside the Real Music Industry
True stories of artists in real-life scenarios, often based on our own personal dealings with them, are peppered throughout this course.
Trusted By
Songwriters, Producers, Managers, Industry Executives and Lawyers
“For anyone wanting to get into the music industry, the Creative Intell Academy courses are the best to take. If you’re an artist, writer, producer or manager, this will change the game and the way you operate.”
Austin Rosen
co-manager of Post Malone
" The more informed the producer is on how the business works, the easier it is to manage their career. Creative Intell Academy takes complex legal concepts, breaks them down, and makes them easy to understand. We recommend all of our clients take these courses now."
Lucas Keller
President/Founder of Milk & Honey
"Unlock your music career's fullest potential with the Creative Intell Academy. Avoid costly legal mistakes, sign smart contracts, and maximize your revenue. As a manager of platinum-selling artists, I confidently endorse the CI Academy. They've got you covered."
Dana Biondi
manager of $uicideboy$
