Terms and conditions

1. Scope

These terms and conditions apply to all contracts between Nis Leander Karstens (FADE), Eißendorfer Grenzweg 32b, 21077 Hamburg, Germany ("FADE", "we") and you as a customer for the services offered on this website, in particular the Artist Session, Artist Partnership and Vocal Mix & Master. Your own terms only apply if we expressly agree to them in text form.

A consumer is any natural person who concludes a contract for purposes that are predominantly outside their trade, business or profession (§ 13 German Civil Code, BGB). A business is anyone acting in the exercise of their trade, business or profession when concluding the contract (§ 14 BGB).

2. Services

The scope of each offer follows from the service description on this website and from our individual offer. Where they differ, the individual offer prevails.

• Artist Session: one beat from the FADE catalog with a non-exclusive licence and trackouts, a 60-minute live session via Sessionwire with vocal recording and feedback, and a premix of the song from the session.
• Artist Partnership: a collaboration over three contract months with the monthly services listed in the service description, including a beat produced exclusively for you, a 90-minute live session and one Vocal Mix & Master.
• Vocal Mix & Master: mixing your vocal recordings with the original tracks of a FADE beat and mastering the song, including two revision rounds. We only offer this service for songs on FADE beats.

Artistic decisions rest with FADE. We agree the direction with you and take your input into account, but we do not owe any particular artistic or commercial success.

3. Conclusion of the contract

The services shown on this website are not yet a binding offer. With the request form or an email you send a non-binding request. We then send you an individual offer in text form (for example by email) with the scope of services, price, date and the terms for the usage rights. The contract is concluded when you accept this offer in text form.

The contract language is German; on request we also communicate in English. We send you the contract text (offer, acceptance, these terms and the withdrawal policy) by email. You can view and save these terms on this page at any time.

4. Prices and payment

All prices are final prices and include statutory VAT. The invoice shows VAT separately for each part of the service.

The price for the Artist Session and Vocal Mix & Master is due after the contract is concluded and before the service begins. For the Artist Partnership, the monthly price is due at the start of each contract month. We state the available payment methods (for example bank transfer or card payment via a payment link) in the offer.

5. Dates

We agree dates for live sessions together. You can move an agreed date free of charge up to 48 hours in advance. If we have to cancel a date, we will promptly offer you a new one.

6. Your cooperation

For live sessions you provide the technical requirements: a computer with a supported browser, headphones, a recording microphone, a stable internet connection and a Sessionwire account. For Mix & Master you deliver your recordings in the agreed format.

You ensure that you hold the necessary rights to the lyrics, recordings and other content you contribute and that they do not infringe third-party rights. Please keep your own copies of all files you send us.

7. Usage rights and credits

FADE remains the author of the beats and productions. Which usage rights you receive in beats, trackouts and productions (for example exclusive or non-exclusive, scope, term, shares) is governed by the licence agreement that forms part of our offer. The licence agreement takes precedence over these terms.

The usage rights only pass to you once the respective service has been paid in full. In releases, you credit FADE as producer ("Prod. by FADE") unless the licence agreement provides otherwise.

8. Revisions and defects

Vocal Mix & Master includes two revision rounds. Further revisions are possible by agreement for an additional fee. Your statutory rights in the event of defects remain unaffected.

9. Term and exit for the Artist Partnership

The Artist Partnership runs for three contract months from the agreed start and then ends automatically, without you having to cancel. You can end the partnership at the end of the first contract month; your notice must reach us in text form at least seven days before the end of the first contract month, for example by email or via the "Cancel contracts here" function. You then only pay for the first month; services and usage rights from the first month remain yours under the licence agreement.

Both parties' right to terminate for good cause remains unaffected.

10. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act and to the extent of any guarantee given.

For slightly negligent breach of an essential contractual obligation, our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract. Essential contractual obligations are those whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely. Otherwise, liability for slight negligence is excluded. These rules also apply to our vicarious agents.

11. Right of withdrawal

As a consumer you have a statutory right of withdrawal. The details are set out in the withdrawal policy. You can also declare your withdrawal online via the "Withdraw from contract" function.

12. Dispute resolution

We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

13. Final provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, this choice of law only applies insofar as it does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence.

If you are a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from the contract is Hamburg.

Should any provision of these terms be invalid, the rest of the contract remains valid; the statutory provisions replace the invalid provision.