As one third of Harrisburg hip hop greats, Artists Over Industry, Gard's walk with music began at a young age. At the age of 13, Gard began self-taught lessons on his father's guitar strumming covers of classic rock songs to the explosive alternative grunge scene harbored by groups like Nirvana. While honing his guitar skills within the garage band scene, Gard stumbled upon this new phenomenon known as hip hop. Influenced by the golden era of early 90s boom bap, he became infatuated with the culture as a whole.