Consider this as a sort of Overall Vibes Winners' Newsletter, which helps to keep the judging process transparent and fair. Everyone can use and access this compiled information, which also helps everyone to vote more intelligently and responsibly.
I will post it always before the Top 10 List is shared to the Community for the Community Voting process, and this is all before each Week's Winners Announcements is shared on the weekly Spaces on X.com once the Community Voting has ended and the votes are calculated and applied to the Final Top 6 Winner's List for each completed Week. Click here and follow Vibes' Official X (Twitter) Account where Spaces are held for Winners' Announcements. Our goal is to grow, expand and inspire more of both listeners and musicians/performers alike.
Just want to give a shout out recognition of praise, respect and acknowledgement to my Vibes Team Members @lordbutterfly who is the Founder of the Vibes Web3 Music Competition. He organizes and does a lot of the ground work, behind the scenes developments, marketing campaigns, and an overall overview and expansion of the Vibes Web3 Music Competition and @silentscreamer, aka Marica, who is also Co-Founder and an Official Vibes Judge, an extremely gifted singer and master violinist, previous 1st place winner of the Steemit Open Mic Contest and now, current Host of the X Spaces for the Vibes Weekly Winner's Announcement with me. You both are awesome and amazing!
So to continue...Not only will this list Highlight the Best of the Best from our Music Community within the Hive, but it will also grant full transparency in one place for us Judges and the Community alike to be able to quicken and enhance the efficiency and fairness of the voting and judging process when deciding the winners together for the future weeks. Now anything can happen :)
The List, in non-alphabetical order, provides to the community WHO has won the Vibes Web3 Music Competition so far, WHICH places they have won, and HOW MANY times they have won each placement for their performances.
In the VIBES Competition, everyone is indeed a Winner, but there is a special acknowledgement to our All Time 1st Place Winners. Scroll down to see the Top 1st Place Winner's List in Pure Gold.
FUN FACTS & DETAILS TO PONDER OVER:
How long (Time Duration) should a Winning Entry actually be?
The first ever Vibes 1st Place winning entry by @attabotty with his Native American Flute Playing over a backing track that he produced was a nearly 3 Minute long entry, with 2 Minutes and 34 Seconds of actual Music Play Time.
So the recommended Time Length of your Video Entry, IF we, Judges, were to consider your Entry to be a winner of one of the Top 6 Prizes, would have to be a Minimum of 2 Minutes of play time, EXCLUDING Introduction.
@attabotty's introduction was a brief and effective 15 seconds long, Please try and keep your intros short and to the point please, some 1st place winners even gave a very short 3-5 second intro and went straight into the music, which is also SUPER effective.
@isbelhiv02 Has the shortest 1st place winning entry at a bare minimum of 1:49, just under 2 minutes, excluding his 9 second intro, and a 2 second outro, but this entry is STILL one of my all time favorite performances- It is just a top quality, epic and amazing Live Singing Performance with Live Guitar playing, and it is a Cover Song done Extremely Well with lots of dynamic vocal range shown and overall skill displayed.
@sekani & @bobbydones were clever and during their longer 22 second Intro for their 1st place Winning Entry in Week 10, they played the instrumental from the very beginning of their video to help pass the time. Some intros can be drawn out, too long and dry, but adding some music to the background is a great idea, as long as we can Hear and understand you!
@fondew has the longest 1st place winning entry with over 4:45 Minutes of pure skill, entertainment and musicianship, please remember, if you plan to do a longer song, keep the quality and control of the music at a high consistency throughout with little to no weak spots where you lose focus, emotion, tonality or rhythm like he clearly shows in his performance.
There have been many amazing entries that Could Have Won, but they were simply too short! The shortest entry we have received that was fantastic but couldn't be nominated to win was around 25-30 seconds! Don't tease our Vibes listeners! Give them want they want to hear, a true listening experience!
General Wins Statistics. Cover Songs or Original Music?
How Many 1st Place Wins Have Won So Far For Original Music Compositions & Or Original Songs?
Out of 12 Total Weeks So Far: 7 Winning Entries were Original Songs
with 1 of the Original Songs being an Original Cover Remix/Rendition by @fondew of Eminem's famous hit "Real Slim Shady"
It is still considered an original because of how drastically he changed it into an acoustic singing live performance.
How Many 1st Place Wins Have Won So Far Using Cover Songs?
Out of 12 Total Weeks So Far: 5 Winning Entries were Cover Songs
& 1 of the 4 was a Duo Performance
ORIGINALS versus COVERS: @ORIGINALS win
How Many 1st Place Wins Won With a Live Performance - With Either Live Singing, Live Rapping or A Live Instrument Being Played?
Out of 12 Total Weeks So Far: 11 Winning Entries had some element of Live Performance in them, which is a main key to winning!
How Many 1st Place Wins Have Been Won By A Musician/Performer Playing A Live Instrument?
Out of 12 Total Weeks So Far: 7 Winning Entries have involved the playing of a Live Instrument, which is an extremely important factor to consider for judging skillsets and difficulty levels of the performances submitted. It is a talent not to be undervalued or overlooked!
Our 1st Place Winners who played live instruments in their winning entries are @attaboy, @edenmichelle, @vessymink, @fondew, @obaro, @isbelhiv02 & @joseacabrerav
How Many 1st Place Wins Won With a Produced Singing Performance?
Out of 12 Total Weeks So Far: 2 Winning Entries, both @edenmichelle and @moses08 have produced vocal performances in their entries, which weren't sung live. However, when listening to the production of their entries, clearly both of them have amazing, highly capable singing voices and possess the skillset and ability to perform live singing if they wished. @edenmichelle did perform live for two of her entries in Week 8 and, currently, Week 13, both, which are beautiful and sentimental. Although produced singing isn't technically against the rules, Live performance singing will always be preferred over produced singing entries, which also helps to making judging easier and keep the overall authenticity intact of the music of the entries being accepted into the competition.
Most Winning Places Won goes to @fondew who has been with us since the very beginning, competing at an extremely high level since Week 1, and has won in Weeks 1, 2, 5, 9 & 11!
That's 5 Weeks so far in total out of 12 Completed Weeks! Shout out to him and his amazing artistry.
@thetroublenotes Both extremely talented musicians & @edenmichelle, the producer, dj, songstress, and now @ddsb, an amazing guitarist and original songwriter singer are all following close behind @fondew with 3 Wins each! Congrats to them, be sure to go check out their music and follow them and their journey on Vibes.
Duo 1st Place Wins go to @bobbydones in Week 10 for a duo performance with the very beautifully talented @sekani. Some of the best silk-sound-serenading and wide-ranged vocalists we have come across so far.
Most Solo Same Place Wins goes to @melitzamusic a fantastic singer who is the only person to win the same place multiple times with two 2nd place wins without collaborating with others, and those entries were no joke, they could have easily won first place. She deserves also recognition for her high quality consistency so shout out to her and her amazing performances.
Plus, @fondew now has two 3rd place wins, since Week 11's Winner's Announcement and is missing only 4th and 6th place wins to have grabbed all places, creating a new achievement.
LINKS TO ALL WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE VIBES WEB3 MUSIC COMPETITION:
Go Check Them Out Yourself, Play, Watch and Listen to the Best of the Best of the VIBES Experience!
& Don't forget to drop them a comment and share the love through feedback, (artists love feedback, especially for an original song that they worked so hard on!)
Week 1 Winners
Week 2 Winners
Week 3 Winners
Week 4 Winners
Week 5 Winners
Week 6 Winners
Week 7 Winners
Week 8 Winners
Week 9 Winners
Week 10 Winners
Week 11 Winners
Week 12 Winners
ONLY 1st Place Videos From ALL Weeks
@attabotty - Week 1 First Place Entry - "Played Instrument Live + Produced Performance" Original Song
@Verbal-D - Week 2 First Place Entry - "Rapping Live Performance" Original Hip Hop Song
@vessymink - Week 4 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song
@mariag.lucena - Week 6 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song
@obaro - Week 7 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song
@isbelhiv02 - Week 8 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Cover Song
@sekani & @bobbydones - Week 10 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song
@moses08 - Week 11 First Place Entry - "Produced Singing Performance" Cover Song
@ibukundeborah - Week 12 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song
Thank You All For Your Continued Time & Support
I hope you enjoyed my Lists and the updates about the Competition
It definitely makes things more interesting now!
...Until Next Week's Winner Announcement...
Best of Skills to All of You Musicians, Singers & Performers!
See You Soon...
-@Verbal-D: Gospel Musician/Rapper/Singer/Songwriter & Official Vibes Judge
Vibes is a wonderful and most rhythmic platform for talent around the world. Hopefully I will also participate in it soon.
Sending Love and Ecency Vote!
Thank you for chiming in, you are welcome to have fun and join us in the competition anytime.
This is a very beautiful put together, I so much appreciate this, I hope to make the list someday
Thank you, glad you can appreciate it, all things are possible through Christ, don't stop practicing and learning your voice, and knowing its limits and its range where you can sing the strongest with skillful control, and also knowing which song to perform at which times, which is also an artform. Best of skill to you. Singing can be learned, trained and mastered
Oh thank you for the prompt reply, I will work more on myself
Wow! This was so beautiful to read. Congratulations to all the past winners. I’m so grateful for the platform and the opportunity to have been crowned a winner. Hoping for more wins in the future.
Thank you @moses08, this hopefully benefits anyone who reads this and wants to aim for the top of the best entries. And see the inner layers and details of the judging process.
This is super dope, and was interesting to read. Well done
Thank you very much bro, glad you enjoyed the read, appreciate you
Thanks for putting in the time and effort to create this detailed post every week! I really appreciate the insights and stats you share. Your passion for music and commitment to transparency in the Vibes competition is impressive. Well done Verbal D.
It is my pleasure as well to create such a list for all of us to grow and benefit from, I am seeing overall improvements from participants with this information being available and shared. A good competition has to have set expectations, guidelines and positive influence in an expanding outreach of people being onboarded along with day one supporters, various beginners and intermediate artists and veteran performers.
I definitely do have a passion for this, that I cannot deny, I give what I can when I can, the best way I can. Thank you Jessica I really appreciate you
I totally agree.
Well done to you and thank you too😊
Excellent analysis. @verbal-d Well done👏👍.
Don't know when but I'm eyeing the list 😉
https://ecency.com/hive-140169/@samiwrites/zwdddqln
Enjoy the rest of the day 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you very much, I have a lot more to say on the matter
That will benefit everyone as a whole.
Glad you are eyeing the list. It is a place to gather inspiration and guidance from.
Enjoy your day too
Nice to hear there's more to come 🙂👍
Congratulations to the winners. Your community is cool. I wish to join but I don't have the talent in music. I'll just enjoy listening to you guys. Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you for your kind words, you can join us as a listener, commentator, curator, join us for the Community Voting and then the X spaces where we announce the winners live, where anyone can jump in and perform live and chime in their comments to the community.
Thank you for taking the time to compile this very interesting list @verbal-d - it's truly commendable the time and effort you put into this competition. God bless you.
You are always welcome @christinepoulos, whenever I wake up in the early hours of the morning, I feel renewed and inspired to give more to the community. God bless you too
Muy bueno este boletín pues puedes llegar fácil y ver la calidad de los participantes y muy buena las recomendaciones, para seguir aprendiendo y mejorando gracias @verbal-d
You are very welcome, I am grateful for yours and the rest of the community's feedback. It is great that it has been well received, and I hope and aim to continue to improve it as time goes along
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I know my voice isn't the best but i hope to be among this wondeful winners someday . Congrats to all those that have won 🏆
All things are possible through Jesus Christ, keep practicing, keep performing, keep pushing your limits and growing and knowing your craft and skillsets, and experiment with sound and volume and strength and energy and genre. Main thing is to not give up, and you can only improve with consistency. Best of skill to you, you don't need luck, Never ever ever. Music can be learned, singing and rapping and playing are skills that can be trained and mastered to a certain degree. Just go for it.
Thanks brother, i will continue giving my possible best and i know you will be here to witness my growth in the future . GOD bless
You're very welcome, I'm looking forward to it. God Bless
Keeping tabs and giving these reports, in addition to going through about 500 entries. Wow! You're doing a lot ma man.... Keep the fire burning sir
Thanks man, I won't say it is super easy, but with the experience I have gained over the years as Steemit Open Mic Judge and now this contest, it definitely helps and is manageable for me, plus still being able to perform a brand new entry each week keeps things interesting and shows musical companionship that I am still with all of you with the themes and showing the musicality what I can share to help push everyone up in inspiration motivation and positive energy. Appreciate you man.
So epic!!!! Thank you for being amazing everyone!!!!
Thank you Vessy, you are awesome and amazing yourself