An artist manageent agreement is the contract between the artist and the person or company they choose to manage their career. In addition to this cut, your manager will also receive compensation for expenses.We offer artist management contracts that you can download and modify. Get your management contract for recording artists and live performance artists now. One of the most important documents in the talent industry is the agreement that governs the artist (talent) and personal manager relationship. Very accomplished music manager told me that aspiring artists should not release to DSPs. Please help me make some sense of this. They fly me out to Los Angeles to meet with them. A contract that only benefits the music manager will leave you without compensation for your hard work. As Ms. Koslyn pointed out, terminating a record contract can be difficult and expensive.