How It Works

Step 1: New Artist Discovery
NEW ARTIST DISCOVERY
If it's the latest piece of awesome you've found on the web or the amazing local buzz band in your hometown, you just might have been one of the first fans to discover the next big thing.
 
Step 2: Submit Your Find to The Guard
SUMBIT YOUR FIND TO THE GUARD
So why not claim your new discovery and share it with our audience? Submit your discovery to The Guard, along with an artist link and 2 song selections. If your new find isn't already in our system, your submission goes in our queue to review.
 
Step 3: We Listen to Everything
WE LISTEN TO EVERYTHING
Yes! The Guard isn't just "some" algorithm that churns through social media or blog data. We are actual humans, passionate and crazy enough to listen to and filter the web! We want to find the next significant artist with 100 Facebook likes... not 100,000. Help us do it!
 
Step 4: Currator Status
GUARD STATUS
If we LOVE your discovery AND you're the first to submit the artist and songs, we'll create your The Guard custom profile (there are only a couple hundred Guards in the world)! We then match your discovery to YOU and give you credit on our home page along with some cool and nifty rewards below.
 

 
REWARDS
 
 
If we sign your find
If we sign your find
20% of what we make for that signing
 
Rewards: 1 Artist Find
Rewards: Guard Status
Rewards: 5 Artist Finds
Reward: Scout Badge + Contribute to Weekly Best of Posts
Rewards: 10 Artist Finds
Reward: A&R Badge + Unlock Blog Credentials
Rewards: 25 Artist Finds
Reward: Executive Badge + Get Your Own Column on The Guard
Plus
END OF YEAR PRIZES FOR TOP 3 GUARDS