You can go directly to them, ask for a meetings (pester them until they say yes), perform in their offices, and hope they give you a contract. This article is an examination of a few selected clauses from a standard recording industry agreement, better known as a "record deal."Well for starters, build a local fanbase and have a good online presence. I'm going to explain how I got a meeting with a major label, and why nothing happened. We examine the Artist Development Deal in the music industry, and how it can effect musicians in the modern music business. We now start our initial examination of a few selected clauses from a standard recording industry agreement, better known as a "record deal." The All-In-One contract pack has every contract template you will ever need to protect your music, label, artists, production, venue, and more. A 360 recording contract is known simply as a "360 deal" and is now standard in the music industry for almost all record deals for developing artists. Recording Agreement : This document is signed between the record label and a recording act. The act can either be an artist or a performance group.