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How eligibility, feedback, and Guild membership work — and what we expect in return for the access artists' credits give you.
Curator access requires your playlist(s) to have at least 100 followers. We track follower counts on an ongoing basis rather than taking a one-time number at face value — this protects both you (a stale number never locks you out of growth) and artists (a curator's standing reflects reality). If a count can't be confirmed or jumps in a way that looks statistically implausible, it's flagged for review instead of being applied automatically — you won't be wrongly deactivated over a data hiccup, but you also won't be activated on an unverified spike.
Pitches land in your Inbox and must be reviewed within 7 days of submission. If a pitch sits unreviewed beyond 7 days, it automatically times out and the artist receives a full 100% credit refund. Artists spend real credits for your timely attention — clearing your Inbox promptly builds your response rate reputation across the platform.
Every approval or rejection asks for a rating across four dimensions — mix quality, arrangement, originality, and commercial viability — plus constructive written feedback. This isn't busywork: it's what artists are actually paying for, and it directly builds your feedback quality reputation shown on your public profile.
You earn your full review fee on every completed pitch whether you accept or decline the track. Adding a song to your playlist must always remain 100% voluntary, free, and based solely on your independent editorial judgment. Never sell playlist placement or guarantee additions — this protects your Spotify account and playlists from being flagged or banned under Spotify's Anti-Payola User Guidelines.
Artists must disclose whether a track is AI-generated on every pitch. Set your own profile preference — accept, don't accept, or no preference — from your dashboard; it's shown to artists before they pitch, and enforced automatically if you've marked “don't accept.”
If you suspect an UNDISCLOSED submission is AI-generated, use the “Flag as AI Generated” button on the pitch card — separate from the artist's own disclosure. It's immediately removed from your inbox and routed to admin review; you don't need to confront the artist yourself. Confirmed violations result in the artist being banned and forfeiting their remaining credits.
Any active curator with at least 10,000 combined followers can found a Guild; anyone else can request to join one, subject to leader approval. Guild rank — Novice through Master — is calculated automatically from members, playlists, and combined followers, and caps how much the Guild can charge per raid pitch. Raid pitches split 50/50: 50% goes directly to the curators who review or accept the song, and 50% goes into the Guild Bank for the Guild leader to divvy up to top-performing active members. Leaders can promote trusted members to Officer.
Incoming raid pitches land with the leader, who accepts a pitch for their own playlist, passes it to the Guild Pool for any member to independently pick up, or rejects it. Leaders can delegate pass-to-pool authority to up to two Officers.
If you publish a Marketplace listing, keep pricing current and only include an estimated streams range if you can reasonably back it with your own Track Record. Listings are explicitly labeled as estimates, never guarantees — don't word your description in a way that implies otherwise.
The Song Board is an organic talent discovery engine for Curator Guilds. Leaders and Officers browse unsolicited releases and pull promising songs into your Guild's shared A&R room. Guild members can listen, leave structured A&R Vibe Checks (verdicts, fit & production ratings, and constructive feedback), and optionally commit their registered playlists to place music they believe in.
Placements made from the Song Board are always 100% free editorial additions — zero credits are charged to the artist. This keeps curation strictly compliant with Spotify's Anti-Payola rules, increases your Guild's public “Songs Scouted” metric, and delivers a valuable temperature check to the artist — turning them into high-intent inbound leads for your future Paid Guild Raids.
Artists can report a submitted result or a review for abuse. Reports go to the same admin queue used for AI-flagged pitches — a person reviews each one, not an algorithm. Confirmed violations on your side (falsified data, abusive conduct) can result in content removal, account restrictions, or a ban depending on severity.
Questions? Ask in the Community or see Artist Guidelines.