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How To Get To The Orchard/FUGA

I want to ask you guys how I can distribute my music with Orchard/FUGA. I'm tired of everyone saying "You need to be a label" and "You need a lot of followers"

I need an actual way to get into The Orchard/FUGA like other small labels like Voyage Entertainment Records. I do not want to hear questions like "How do you think this will help you? Don't you know about the things currently going on?" My guy, I asked for help. Not questions. Is there ANYONE kind enough to invite me into The Orchard/FUGA? Is there any FREE sub-distributors that use Orchard? I would appreciate if you invite me into AWAL/The Orchard/FUGA/Symphonic (For FREE ofcourse, if you do have it)

PLEASE Help me with this.

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u/SoftStrawberry9175 — 3 days ago
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Hi there, perhaps anyone knows further advice?

I have placed an order on the turtle pals website (mostly game soundtracks distribution) in November 2024 (!)

Was originally set to ship around March, following year. So after any withdrawal period would be expired.

I have thereafter contacted them several times during the year and got more or less standardized responses that due to production delays all items will be postponed to as soon as possible. You know the typ. However, after June/July, they halted giving any response.

Also their website has been out of reach for a while now. The store mail has also seized to work, their service mail is fortunately working. On Instagram there has been no activity, but neither a note of abscence.

What bothers me most is that I have successfully ordered there in the past; otherwise, I would not have taken the risk. Also changing orders has been no issue in the past.

How probable is it to receive my order or at least a refund? What would you say.

Thanks for providing any information.

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u/Titanic21 — 5 days ago
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How to get accepted to the orchard

Hello everyone! Recently, I've seen many posts from people wanting to obtain an Orchard account. Unfortunately, some individuals have fallen victim to scams, and there are others asking for money in exchange for an account. Please do not give them any money. Here’s a simple and free way to get an Orchard account:

You should be quite well-known; your social presence should be strong.

Email the appropriate country office, introducing yourself, sharing your earnings, and outlining your future projects.

Connect with people on LinkedIn (this is the most effective method). There’s a high chance you will get the account if you find individuals working at Orchard in positions like Client Relationship Manager. Reach out to them via message or email tell about yourself and your future projects. They can assist you and contact their team, and you will most likely secure a direct contract with them.

I hope this helps many people!

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u/Signal_Run_6050 — 3 days ago

Have no clue what I'm doing. the label currently promoting music of my husband (hardcore and traditional balkan klezmer clarinet player) and myself (indie singer songwriter). the purpose is the join all our household music work related stuff under one roof. I'm currently just trying to post reels on a regular base so the artist pages will get exposure. Any tip (about anything!) will be happily received here:)

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u/TalEvenTzur — 13 days ago
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How many independent artists do you know who've been hit by fraud and never really figured out what to do about it?

Because the more I look (esp on Reddit), the more I see it happening.

Some of what I keep seeing:

- Release hijacking. An unreleased track gets uploaded by someone else through a dodgy distributor before the real artist can get it out.

- Counter-claim takedowns. A fraudulent ownership pulls the real release down by sumbitting a fake claim. Sorting it out can take weeks.

- Artist impersonation. Fake profiles or near-identical artist names used to upload music and gain streams in someone else's name.

- Royalty redirection. Payee details or splits get changed. Money ends up with the bad actor not to the person who made the music.

- Streaming manipulation. Bot farms inflate a release, then DSPs claw back royalties months later from artists who had nothing to do with it.

- Fake or shady distributors. Outfits that take ownership of masters under murky terms, then disappear or refuse to release rights back.

Most of it just gets swallowed and the artist eats the loss. I'm trying to build a clearer picture of how often this is actually happening and what shape it takes.

If you've been hit by fraud, or you've seen it happen to someone you work with, I'd genuinely like to hear about it.

Drop it in the comments if you're comfortable, or there's a tip form here you can use anonymously: https://groovian.com/tip

Full disclosure: I work on fraud detection for music distribution and DSPs, so yes, this is connected to what I do. But this post isn't a pitch. There's no email required on this form, no follow-up unless you ask for one. I'm not going to DM you selling a service. I'm just trying to understand the fraud patterns better so we can help distro's prevent it and the people closest to it are the ones who actually know.

What have you seen?

u/Petec4llaghans — 8 days ago

strongly advise against working with UMW Recordings. After 5–6 months, no payments were made despite earnings being due. Multiple attempts to contact them received no response, and toward the end my account was disabled without any explanation. Based on my experience, this company is unreliable and unprofessional. I even put my whole catalogue on takendown like 2 months ago and it's still live and they still get money for my music.

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u/Glittering_Ear5578 — 8 days ago