The services offerred to musicians on this site are restricted to persons 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18, then someone over 18 must enter into a services agreement in their name and your name jointly. For more information on how to do this, please contact us at . We will send you instructions right away and you'll be able to continue with your registration immediately!

GENERAL CONTRACT BETWEEN SONICAWARENESS & MUSICIANS

This agreement describes the legal relationship between Sonic Awareness Inc. (hereafter referred to as "us or we") and you (an individual musical artist or an individual acting as the legal representative of your band and hereafter referred to as "you"). These terms have been drafted to help protect the interests and rights of the bands, individual artists and their representatives. Please read the following text carefully. By completing the Artist Registration form, you are telling us that you agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this agreement and by submitting music or other content to us by any means, you indicate that you agree to be bound by this agreement.

1. License Program. The terms and agreement on the submission of music and content to Sonicawareness.com ("agreement") outlined below apply if you provide us with such material in the form of sound recordings (of any format) and/or any other material or medium of any kind whatsoever. Material shall mean music files, recording (digital or otherwise), pictures, videos, song lyrics, music charts or notation, band descriptions, appearance information etc., or any and all other information submitted to us by you. By the act of delivering material to us you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to create and use samples of the material for the purpose of demonstrating or promoting your products or services.

2. CD Sales Program. Your participation in the CD Program is optional. If you are participating in the submission of music and content, you may participate in the CD Program by using the links available in the Artist Account or "Musical Products and Services" section, and the tools available in these sections to designate one or more sound recordings of musical compositions or other audio content ("CD Content") for sale by us in the form of compact discs that we manufacture and sell ("CDs"). You will also provide us with other material related to your CD Content (such as CD artwork, liner notes, credits, illustrations, etc.) for our use in connection with the CD Program ("CD Content"). For the complete agreement, read the CD Sales Program Agreement below.

3. Membership Fees. In consideration for receiving access to the Full Member Service for the period of one year (365 days), you shall pay us by credit card the sum of seventy dollars U.S. ($70.00). In consideration for receiving access to the Full Member Service for the period of six months only (180 days...Six 30 day periods), you shall pay us by credit card the sum of thirty nine dollars and ninety nine cents U.S. ($39.99). In consideration for receiving access to the Full Member Service for the period of 3 months (90 days...three 30 day periods), you shall pay us by credit card the sum of twenty four dollars and ninety nine cents U.S. ($24.99). In consideration for receiving access to the Full Member Service for the period of one month only (30 days), you shall pay us by credit card the sum of nine dollars and ninety nine cents U.S. ($9.99). By providing credit card billing information, you shall be authorizing SonicAwareness.com to charge the applicable membership fee to that credit card in accordance with the payment program you have chosen. We have the right to immediately discontinue your ability to use the Service once the amount of time you have paid for has elapsed. Service will only be continued if additional payments are made for subsequent months of service as outlined above.

Basic Membership is the only form of service that does not require payment. There is currently no time limit on Basic Membership privileges.

4. Royalties. With respect to your musical content, you will be eligible to receive royalties by becoming a Full Member.  You will be paid US$0.02 for each unique download of your material during the time you are a registered Full Member on SonicAwareness.  Royalties will be paid out on a quarterly basis if you have aggregated more than $2.00. For the complete agreement of the royalties program, read the SonicAwareness Royalties Program Terms and Conditions below.

5. Termination By You.  You have the right to terminate this agreement at any time by notifying us in writing (for the purpose of this agreement, e-mail is considered as "in writing")by emailing us at . We agree to terminate this agreement within five business days of our actual receipt of this notice. At that time, we shall refund any “unused” portion of fees paid to us (refunds will be given at the discretion of the company management) minus any earned and/or paid royalties. For example, if you cancel, and have $20 worth of pre-paid months that will go unused, and have accumulated or been paid $15 in royalties, you will receive $5 in return for the months that will go unused ($20-$15=$5). If your royalties exceed the amount of money pre-paid for months that will go unused, you will not be refunded any portion of the fees you paid us previously. Please note, that once you join, 1 month of service will be considered "used". Moreover, the 1^st day of each 30 day period constitutes one month’s use of services.  Therefore, if you terminate this agreement on the 1^st day of any 30 day period, you will not be refunded for that period's services.  Refunds are calculated according to the monthly payments derived from the annual fee, which in this case is US$5.83 ($70/12 months).  Therefore, if you purchase membership for longer than 1 month (30 days), but terminate your agreement prior to the end of its paid duration, you shall be refunded $5.83 for each unused month.  Termination By Us.  We may terminate this Agreement at any time by so notifying you after sending notice of termination to the email address you supply to us. In the event we terminate this Agreement upon determination you are attempting to manipulate our Royalty program, we shall not refund you any portion of the annual membership. In the event we terminate this Agreement for any other reason, we shall refund you for pre-paid months that will go unused. Again, the amount for each unused month is based on the Annual Fee of $70, which equals a monthly fee of $5.83. Rights on Termination.  Upon termination of this agreement, the License Program, CD Sales Program and Royalties program shall be terminated as well, except for any Royalties already earned, CDs already burned or CD Sales already booked. Earned royalties, resulting from unique downloads of your music, will be forfeited though if you have signed up for 1 full year and decide to terminate your membershp and take advantage of the 60 day, money back, special cancellation agreement.

6. Copyrights.  You retain the rights of ownership of any and all copyrights owned by you, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted to us under this agreement. You are free to grant similar rights to us or others during and after the term of this agreement.

7. Error Correction.  We will implement and maintain business practices which enable us to accurately categorize content that you deliver to us. If we make an error in good faith, your sole exclusive remedy will be for us take all reasonable steps to promptly correct the error as soon as we become aware of the error.

8. Ownership Warranty.  You represent and warrant that the material is your or your band's own original work, and contains no sampled material, that you have full right and power to enter into and perform this agreement, have the right to grant the rights and licenses described in paragraph 1, and have secured all third party consents necessary to enter into this agreement, that the material does not and will not infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights, rights of publicity or privacy, or moral rights, the material does not and will not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, the material is not and will not be defamatory, trade libelous, pornographic or obscene, and the material does not and will not contain any viruses or other programming routines that detrimentally interfere with the computer systems or data. All factual assertions that you have made and make to us are true and complete. You agree to indemnify and hold us and our customers harmless from any and all damages and costs, including reasonable attorney fees, arising out of or related to your breach of the representations and warranties described in this section. You agree to execute and deliver documents to us, upon our reasonable request, that evidence or effectuate our rights under this agreement.

9. Liability Matters.  In the event of a breach of this agreement, then all costs and expenses including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the prevailing party therein shall be paid by you. The obligation on the part of the other party shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the commencement of such action and shall be enforceable whether or not the action is prosecuted to judgment. Should Sonic Awareness Inc. be named as a defendant in any suit brought by or against you in connection with or arising out of your songs or recordings, you shall pay to Sonic Awareness Inc. its costs and expenses incurred in such suit including reasonable attorney fees.

11. No Warranty.  We provide our products and services related to this agreement "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, including but not limited to warranty of compatibility, warranty of  merchantability, or warranty of fitness for any particular purpose.

12. Governing Law.  This agreement will be governed by Ontario law, excluding conflict of law principles. Any action or proceeding arising out of the related to this agreement must be brought in Provincial or Federal or competent jurisdiction located in Toronto, Ontario and we both irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. All notices, requests and other communications under this agreement must be in writing (e-mail messages shall be deemed writings). This agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties as to this agreement's subject matter and supersedes all prior proposals, discussions or agreements with respect to such subject matter. It may be changed only by a writing signed by both parties (e-mail headers and/or plain text signatures on e-mail messages shall be deemed signatures).

13.Force Majeure.  If performance of this agreement by either party or any obligation hereunder (other than the payment of money) is prevented, restricted or interfered with by causes beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to acts of God, fire, explosion, vandalism, cable cut, storm or other similar occurrence, any law, order, regulation, direction, action or request of any federal, state, provincial or local governments, or of any national, provincial or local department, agency, commission, court, bureau, corporation or other government instrumentality, or of any civil or military authority, or by national emergencies, insurrections, riots, wars, strikes, lockouts or work stoppages or other labor difficulties, supplier failures or shortages, then such party shall be excused from such performance on a day-to-day basis to the extent of such prevention, restriction or interference. The party claiming force majeure shall notify the other party and shall use reasonable efforts under the circumstances to avoid or remove such force majeure. If the force majeure lasts for more than thirty (30) days, either party may terminate this agreement on written notice.

14.  Exclusion of Our Liability: WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY PERSON CLAIMING ON YOUR BEHALF OR UNDER YOUR RIGHTS FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, ECONOMIC OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR OTHER ECONOMIC DAMAGES, AS A RESULT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY WARRANTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OR OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES.

15. Limitation of Our Liability: NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, OUR MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY YOU OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AS A RESULT OF ANY DEFAULT BY US SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM SUM EQUAL TO THE MONIES ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO US UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP FEES PLUS ANY ACCRUED BY UNPAID ROYALTIES.

CD PROGRAM CONTRACT ("Ready to Go" Program)

General Contract Provisions.  The provisions of the General Contract Between Sonicawareness & Musicians set out above are incorporated into and form part of this CD Program Contract, including but not limited to the provisions regarding CD Sales Program, Termination, Copyrights, Ownership Warranty, Liability Matters, No Warranty, Governing Law, Force Majeure, Exclusion of Our Liability and Limitation of Our Liability.

ROYALTIES CONTRACT

Set forth below are the terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") of Sonic Awareness  Inc.'s (the "Sponsor") "Royalties" program (the "Program"), pursuant to which Qualified Artists (as defined below) may earn cash payments when users of the SonicAwareness.com web site download the music and/or other content the Qualified posted on the Sonicawareness.com web site. As used herein, the term "Sponsor" refers to Sonic Awareness Inc. The term "you" refers to an eligible Artist.

CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. BY POSTING MUSIC AND/OR OTHER CONTENT ON THE SONICAWARENESS.COM WEB SITE AND/OR CONTINUING TO HAVE MUSIC AND/OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SONICAWARENESS.COM WEB SITE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Eligibility: Subject to the additional restrictions listed below, any artist/band: (i) who completes the “Full Membership Registration” process on the SonicAwareness.com web site ; (ii) whose music and/or other content is approved by Sonic Awareness for posting; and (iii) whose music and/or other content is "live" on the SonicAwarenenss.com web site at the beginning of each "Tracking Period" (as defined below), is considered a "Qualified Artist" and is eligible to participate in the Program for the length of each such Tracking Period. The terms and conditions of the "Full Membership Registration" process on the SonicAwareness.com web site, including the terms and conditions of Sponsor's Disclaimer (see General Contract Between SonicAwareness & Musicians) apply and are incorporated herein by reference. Sponsor is not responsible for electronic failures in transmission of music and/or other content to the SonicAwareness.com web site. Certain artists/bands with whom/which Sponsor has a special personal relationship will not be eligible to participate in the Program. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, its parent companies, corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, program, and fulfillment agencies, their immediate family members and persons living in their same household as such persons, are not eligible to participate in the Program. Participation in the Program is void where prohibited by law.

Earning Cash Payments:  During the Program, Sponsor will pay the Artist US$0.02 for each unique download of the full length Mp3 file posted in the Artist's Listening Room. Visitors to the SonicAwareness.com web site will be able to download each song multiple times, however, only one download per visitor will count towards the royalty payment no matter how many times they visit the site or download the song. Only mp3 audio file types are eligible for the Program. Any other audio file types of the original song are not eligible for the Program. Payment amounts will be calculated, for each 24-hour period commencing on 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and ending at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time each day (each a "Tracking Period"). Sponsor reserves the right to promote artists/bands on the SonicAwareness.com web site at its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, program of artists/bands via featured artists and songs sections of the SonicAwareness.com web site.

Tracking Cash Payments Earned: You will be able to access information about your participation in the Program only by emailing us at . Once this request is received, we will email you an estimate. Estimated Earnings figures are estimates only and are subject to change upon audit/verification by Sponsor. Please be sure to include your artist login username and password in all correspondence.  Failure to do so will result in your correspondence being disregarded. 

Distribution of Cash Payments: Estimated Earnings for each Tracking Period are not finalized until Program records are audited by Sponsor or an entity designated by Sponsor to perform such activity. As a result, actual cash payments made to a Qualified Artist may be different than those reported by SonicAwareness via email. Payments to Qualified Artists entitled to receive such payments will be made in the form of an online distribution via PayPal to the order of the "Band Contact" for such Qualified Artist, as provided to Sponsor during the "Full Membership Registration" process on the SonicAwareness.com web site. Sponsor will determine the amount owed to the Qualified Artist on a quarterly basis. Within 60 days of the close of each quarter Sponsor will send you a detailed accounting statement and an amount payable in U.S. Dollars in the appropriate amount, except if the amount Sponsor owes Qualified Artist is less than $2.00 (the "Payment Floor"). Sponsor will hold the money until either (i) the total cumulative amount Sponsor owes you at the end of any particular quarter is at least equal to the Payment Floor, or (ii) this agreement terminates. Sponsor agrees to keep accurate books and records covering all transactions related to this agreement. The Payment Floor is subject to change at any time or from time to time, at Sponsor's sole discretion. Payments to musicians will be made via PayPal. Money will be sent to the person each band or artist designates as the primary contact. Musicians and band members receiving royalty payments are responsible for any tax implications that may arise from receiving payment.

General Contract Provisions.  The provisions of the General Contract Between SonicAwareness & Musicians set out above are incorporated into and form part of this CD Program Contract, including but not limited to the provisions regarding CD Sales Program, Termination, Copyrights, Ownership Warranty, Liability Matters, No Warranty, Governing Law, Force Majeure, Exclusion of Our Liability and Limitation of Our Liability.

Contacting Sponsor: You may contact Sponsor by email at: or by sending a letter to Royalty Program  c/o SonicAwareness Inc., 155 East Beaver Creek Rd., Unit 24, Suite 121, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4B 2N1.