Artists that signed directly to The Orchard are being paid based on the royalty rate in their contracts.
Sony says that The Orchard did not have any equity in the Sony Spotify deal, which was executed before Sony Music owned 100 percent of the company.
Starting August 2018, Sony Music will begin sending checks; sharing its $750 million windfall from the sales of Spotify stock with the independent artist’s it distributes through its Orchard subsidiary!
