Free beat licence maker
Selling or leasing a beat? Pick the kind of licence, fill in the details, and download a licence in plain English for you and the artist to sign.
- Free, no account
- Lease, unlimited or exclusive
- Plain English, works in most countries
- Step 1
Pick the licence
A lease with limits, an unlimited lease, or an exclusive.
- Step 2
Fill in the deal
Price, limits, credit, who owns the master and the songwriting share.
- Step 3
Download and both sign
A licence counts once the producer and the artist have both signed.
What kind of licence?
Who and what
Limits
How far the song can go before the artist needs a bigger licence. Leave a box empty for no limit.
Selling the beat to others
Ownership and credit
This is a template, not legal advice. It uses neutral wording that works in most countries, but laws differ, so for bigger deals have a music lawyer look it over.
Made a song together rather than selling a beat? Use the free split sheet maker, and send it to everyone to sign online.
Beat licence questions
- What is the difference between a beat lease and an exclusive licence?
- A lease lets an artist release a song on the beat, usually with limits on streams, sales and videos, while the producer keeps selling the same beat to other people. An exclusive licence means only that artist can use the beat from then on, and the producer stops selling it. Leases are cheap; exclusives usually cost much more.
- What happens to existing leases when someone buys the exclusive?
- Normally they carry on. A producer can stop selling new leases, but cannot cancel leases already sold, so those artists can keep their songs out until their lease ends or hits its limits. A fair exclusive licence says this plainly, which is why this maker asks whether the beat was leased before.
- Who owns the master on a beat lease?
- It depends on what the licence says, which is why it should say it. The producer keeps ownership of the beat itself. Many leases let the artist own their new recording (the master, with their vocals on it) within the licence limits; others say the producer keeps it and the artist just has permission to release it. Pick one in the maker so there is no argument later.
- Why does a signed licence matter?
- Because an unsigned one may not count. On 6 November 2026 a US federal judge threw out a copyright case over Flo Milli's song "Never Lose Me". The artist suing said he had bought a $200 exclusive licence to the beat, but the producer had never signed it, and in the US an exclusive licence has to be in writing and signed by the owner. Rules differ between countries, but a licence both sides signed is the clearest proof everywhere. Read about the ruling.
- Do I keep a share of the songwriting as the producer?
- Usually, yes. The beat is part of how the song is written, so producers commonly keep a share of the songwriting (publishing) royalties, often 50% of the song with the artist and other writers sharing the rest. Set the number in the maker.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. It is a plain-English template that works in most countries, not legal advice, and laws differ from place to place. For a big exclusive deal, have a music lawyer look it over.
- Do you keep my licence?
- No. The licence is built in your browser and the PDF is made by your own device. Nothing you type is sent to Tonivo.
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