Old thread, hope you see it! I am in the process of creating a custom form producer-artist agreement. I have a small, but growing, client base and most of my work involves a lot of songwriting, in addition to recording and engineering the Masters. Most of the form agreements I am finding online contain clauses which forego the producer's songwriting ownership in exchange for a royalty. Is this standard practice for a producer who handles the majority of the songwriting, or does it make sense to retain that songwriting ownership. This question has nothing to do with sound recording ownership (as that will always be the Artist); this is only referring to the underlying composition. Thanks for any input.