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Fruitbeat Records

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IMPORTANT:

Fruitbeat Records requires that this contract be printed out and signed by Artist/s, scanned and sent back to us together with scan/s of their ID, Passport, or other proof of identity.

Fruitbeat Distribution Contract

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Artist or Band Name*
Contact person (First & Last name)*
E-mail*
Telephone number*
Upload Contracts*
Drop files here or
Upload ID or Passport Scans*
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Pay-out Details
Please provide the necessary details of the bank account where you would like us to send your royalty earned.
Account Name*
Account Number*
Name of Bank*
Bank Swift Code
Please ask your bank what their swift code is.
Bank Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Frequently Asked Questions

Preparing your Songs for Upload

Fruitbeat’s standard audio spec is:

WAV (.wav) Format
16-bit or 24-bit
44.1 kHz
Microsoft PCM codec
Stereo

Our full list of accepted formats is:

WAV (.wav) and FLAC (.flac):
16-bit: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
24-bit: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz

Apple Lossless (.m4a):

16-bit/44.1 kHz only

Please do not upload mixed bit depth releases (a combination of 16-bit and 24-bit tracks on the same release).

To ensure proper quality, please source your audio directly from a production master export. Audio files created from a compressed format (e.g. MP3, AAC, or WMA) will have an inferior sound quality, and therefore should not be uploaded into our system.

An International Standard Recording Code, or ISRC, is a 12 character alphanumeric code that identifies a unique sound recording or music video. An ISRC should never change once assigned. If a master sound recording or music video has been distributed before by another record label or service, then you must re-use the previously-assigned ISRC. This is very important for rights management and royalty collections.

Yes. You can choose to have us assign an ISRC to a track if it’s the first time the track is being made available commercially. You should not use this feature if the underlying master sound recording for your track was assigned an ISRC previously, regardless of whether it was assigned to you or another party. Once a product has been delivered, its ISRCs can be referenced in the Products page in Catalog.

Uploading Tracks

Besides upgrading your internet speed, you can reduce your upload time almost in half by exporting your audio as an Apple Lossless .M4A file, which is almost half the size of a standard WAV file. If using this approach, please note that the encoder must be set to Apple Lossless (not AAC). Both encoders can be saved with an .M4A extension, but The Orchard only accepts 16-bit, 44.1kHz Apple Lossless .M4A files.

First, try re-uploading the track in one of these two ways:

Delete the track and start a new upload
Click the track you want to edit and use the re-upload button

If the error persists, please visit our Common Audio Upload Error and Solutions. Should further assistance be needed, please contact us at records@globalmusicgarden.com specifying:

The issue
Your operating system
Your audio specs

Two tracks cannot have the exact same combination of track name and version. If you’ve accidentally uploaded the same track twice, this duplication error helps you flag it. Otherwise, if the tracks are different versions, you need to differentiate them in the metadata. For example, add a description in the Version field like “Come Together” vs. “Come Together (Instrumental)” or add the name of a featuring artist or remixer.

Pricing

Yes you can. The pricing in Product Builder provides options for pricing tiers which map to the comparable price settings across various stores. Your default pricing tier can be managed in your account under the Defaults section of the Admin page. In Product Builder, you can also set individual track pricing.

You can view specific price code mappings in the following Orchard Pricing Tier rate cards:

Getting Paid