Editing an Agreement
By John Cleary and David Slitzky Last updated
Who this is for
You have a draft and want to read it, change something, or make a copy.
Reading it
The document has three views. Annotated is for reading: tap a numbered heading for a plain-language summary of that section, and tap any underlined term for its definition. The definition links through to the full glossary. Preview shows the agreement as it will print. Edit shows the text itself.
The summaries and definitions are explanations, not the agreement. Where a summary and the legal text differ, the legal text is what everyone signs.
Two ways to change it
Change the details. Edit details reopens the guided form with your answers filled in: fees, , dates, , tracks. When you save, keysig writes the document again from the new answers.
Change the words. Switch to the Edit view and type. keysig then marks the agreement as customized. If you later use Edit details, keysig warns you first, because rewriting from the form replaces your custom text.
What happens next, either way: the agreement stays a draft, saves itself, and nothing is charged.
Once it is sent, the text is locked and the Edit view goes away. Take the request back to make changes, or duplicate it once it is signed.
Renaming a party
Names and emails are corrected in the send step, in the list of . Fix a name there and keysig rewrites it inside the document text too, so the signature block and the body agree. A party that should not be there can be removed from the same list. Adding a party is a change to the document, so that goes through Edit details.
The title, dates and tracks
- The title is how you find the agreement later. keysig suggests one; rename it from the agreement page whenever you like, even after it is sent.
- Dates such as the are answers in the form. Change them through Edit details.
- Tracks are linked on the track step, right after the parties. Edit details lets you link or unlink them; the agreement then appears on each linked track's page, and the agreement's own page names its tracks under the title, each a link to the track.
Saving and versions
Edits save themselves a moment after you stop typing. keysig also records a version when the agreement is created, each time you finish Edit details, and when you send it. Version history, under Actions, lists those versions and can restore one on a draft; restoring replaces the current text.
Duplicating
Duplicate, under Actions, makes a new agreement from this one. keysig asks for the new parties and a new title and writes the document again with the new names, rather than copying the old ones. The copy keeps the original's label-or-personal choice. Duplicating is free.
Pending or signed
An agreement that is out for signature is not editable as it stands. Edit details offers to take back the signing request first; the links already sent stop working and you send again after your changes. A signed agreement never changes: Duplicate & edit is the way to start from it.
Deleting
Delete agreement, under Actions, is permanent. Deleting an agreement that is out for signature takes back the signing request as well.
If something goes wrong: see Troubleshooting, or email hello@keysig.co with the agreement title and what you were trying to change.
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About the authors
John Cleary Co-Founder, keysig
A classically trained musician and producer who spent 15 years building A&R, sync, and music strategy for labels and brands like Atlantic Records, Audiomack, and Epidemic Sound.
David Slitzky Co-Founder, keysig
GRAMMY-nominated audio engineer who spent over a decade in the studio with artists like The Roots, Usher, and Travis Scott before spending eight years running music strategy and A&R at Epidemic Sound.
keysig is not a law firm and this is not legal advice. This guide explains how the keysig product works. It does not tell you what your agreement should say. Have agreements reviewed by qualified counsel before signing.