Someone asked on my music how to get music on GD, this was my response, since people keep asking I've made this post. I would just like to clarify that I don't 100% understand it, but I understand most of it, so I might not be 100% accurate. However this should be pretty close to the truth...
Any music you upload with allow downloads on can also be downloaded from GD, but I'm guessing you're asking because that didn't work for you, in which case you must not be scouted. If you didn't know all the music from GD comes from "Scouted" composers and performers on Newgrounds, unscouted users' content cannot be downloaded because members of NG don't yet know if your content is of good quality or if it is suitable, as in we don't know if you have broken any rules with your content yet so you have to be "checked" first to confirm you make good, clean content.
If you are unscouted then you're probably asking how to get scouted, well, it's quite simple. Someone who is scouted already needs to scout you, easier said than done, but that's what you need to do. How long could that take? I don't know, it could be a couple days, or it could be a couple months. For me it took 7 months! However, I've never heard of anyone else taking longer than 1 month to be scouted, I think it just took so long for me 'cause I was uploading MMJ content which isn't exactly against the rules but it's kinda frowned upon in the NG audio community, but I don't know for sure. Wish I'd known sooner that MMJ was frowned upon so I didn't go for longer unscouted.
Since I'm scouted I could scout you right now, but of course if I do it for you everyone will want me to do it for them. So I do have to treat everyone like everyone else and only scout you if I genuinely think your music is good and complies with the rules of NG.
Finally, I want to explain some smaller questions you might have:
Q: What does being scouted by someone who is unscouted do for me?
A: Scouted users can view a list of unscouted users to view their content and see if they deserve to be scouted. The list is sorted to put the better users at the top in different orders, the first one being most to least recommendations. Each time you are scouted by an unscouted user you move higher up the list and you become more likely to be noticed.
Q: If I've been unscouted for a long time, am I more likely to be scouted in the near future?
A: Technically, yes. It more depends on your upload frequency so dead profiles don't rise to the top and clog up the list. The second column puts unscouted users with more uploads to the top.
Q: I have already been scouted by someone that is scouted why am I not scouted yet?
A: I think being scouted has a bit of a delay to it, I don't completely get how the system works but I've noticed sometimes it's been a couple hours to a couple days since someone's been scouted but they're not scouted yet, but it should happen soon after being scouted by a scouted user. I don't know if admins get informed when someone's scouted by a scouted user or if the website takes care of it, all I know is it's your ticket to getting scouted.
Q: I have been scouted by multiple scouted and unscouted users but I'm still not scouted, what's going on?
A: Either you are a banned user, or someone has made a mistake.
