Welcome to the first official Open Mic Songwriters Challenge where one lucky winner gets a new guitar!
Open Mic Songwriters Challenge
Thanks to some generous sponsorship from @meno we are hosting the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge and the winner will win a free guitar with hard case.
Do you like to write songs?
Can you write a song a week for 8 weeks?
We will provide 8 different weekly themes
Enter the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge
Give a high five to @meno
Make some great music and you may win a new guitar!
This is the first week in this 8-week challenge.
The theme for week 1 is:
Broken Mirror
To enter week one you need to write a song that is about or involves a broken mirror.
It can be a metaphor or a lyric in the song as long as the song somehow relates to a broken mirror
To qualify as an entry to this week's challenge all the rules listed below must be followed and it must be a new song written for specifically for this challenge.
The first tag of your post must be: openmic
The second tag of your post music be: openmicsongwriters
Recommended tags:
openmic openmicsongwriters music contest challenge
openmic openmicsongwriters music contest challenge
Each of the following 8-weeks, the challenge will begin on Wednesday and end on Monday of each week
The deadline to submit your entrythis week is Monday. 27th of November 2017. Please have the song posted by then so we have time to review them all.
@meno graciously offered to sponsor this fantastic, music-making, creativity-sparking, songwriting challenge by providing a new guitar with hard case to one, lucky winner!
The contest will run for 8-weeks and each week we will provide a theme. You will write a new song about or related to that theme.
This challenge will require you to write up to 8 new songs, one per week. This is the challenge.
We will provide the theme each week and make it a bit uncommon so songwriters will not be able to pull previously written songs from their repertoire.
They will actually have to write a song based on the theme we provide and have about a week to write each song.
So, are you up for the challenge? A shot to win that guitar?
Keep reading to discover how it works.
Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Rules
Following these rules is very important so your posts can get curated, upvoted, and seen by the Open Mic community.
The contest will run for 8 weeks. Each week will have a new theme. Songwriters will write one new song each week using the theme we provide.
Songwriters can join at any time, but the sooner you join the more points you'll accumulate, making your chances to win a little better.
Submit Original Music Written For This Challenge Only and related to each week's theme that we'll provide.
You can enter Steemit Open Mic and the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge with the same entry. Just say it is for both at the start of your video. Ad a link to your post to both contests.
No covers, no parodies, or no cover versions will be considered as a valid entry.
You can sing in any language but the lyrics must be posted on your post in the language it is sung in plus in English using Google Translate.
OpenMic Songwriters Challenge Week # (current week number) must be the start of the title of the post, this is key so that judges can easily find the entries.
You must say the words “OpenMic Songwriters Challenge Week #” at the beginning of your video so we know you are really playing live for us for this contest (Adding an edit to a prerecorded video just to add the words is not good enough. It must be said out loud by the person performing the song just prior to performing it. Recording the words and editing it to the beginning of a video still does not prove it was really you.)
Live performances only. No studio recorded tracks.
openmic & openmicsongwriters should be your first and second tag respectively. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
Add a link to your entry post to the comments of this post
Lyrics must be included in your post If the song is sung in another language, the lyrics must be posted in both English and the language it is sung in.
Upvote the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge weekly post posted by @luzcypher
Give a high five to @meno because this is SO COOL!
All songs must be about the week’s theme, entries not related to the theme will not be considered as valid.
What About The Prizes?
All rules must be followed to qualify for the prize.
Winner of the contest takes home a brand new Grace Harbor Acoustic/Electric Guitar with a hard case. You can have a look and a listen to this beautiful guitar in this video.
Grace Harbor Guitars GHD-100CE
Body: Dreadnought Cutaway
Top: Lam Spruce 3.1mm
Back & Sides: African Sapele (Lam)
Neck: Nato Hardwood
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 300R (12")
Rosette: Herringbone
Inlay: Mother of Pearl
Scale Length: 646 mm (25.4")
Truss Rod: 428mm TX Bi-directional
Neck Joint: 14F
Can I Use The Same Video To Enter Open Mic And The Open Mic Songwriters Challenge?
Yes! You can use the same video performance to enter both contests for that week. Just say that's what you're doing at the beginning of the video.
Say something like: "This song is for Steemit Open Mic Week # and the OpenMic Songwriters Challenge Week #" (fill in the current week numbers).
Then use the same video but make two different posts on your blog, one for each contest.
Title the Open Mic contest post "Steemit Open Mic Week #".
Title the songwriters challenge post "Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week #"
Then add the link to your two posts to the comments of each contest. The SteemitOpen Mic post to that contest's comments and the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge to that contest's comments.
Follow these instructions and your post will be considered valid for both contests!
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Get ready to enter and win that guitar!
If you have any questions please add them to the comments below and we'll respond as soon as possible.
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Question!
Are these two separate entries. Or could you for example say " steemit openmic week 60 and openmic songwriters challenge week 1" and be valid for both?
Or... would people be able to make two separate performances of the same song for both competitions?
I'm just trying to fill in some ambiguities that some other participants might also be bouncing around in their heads ;)
You can enter Steemit Open Mic and the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge with the same entry. Just say it is for both at the start of your video. Add a link to your post to both contests.
You could also make two separate performances and two separate posts with the same performance. The important thing is to have the titles for each post follow the rules for that contest.
For example:
Steemit Open Mic Week 60
Open MIc Songwriters Challenge Week 1
I have edited this post to explain how to enter both contests, Please read toward the bottom of the post.
Btw.. I'm already working on Broken Mirror ;)
I want to see if I can write a "good" song 8 weeks in a row, about a random topic! I like this challenge...
I'm glad you're having fun with it and thanks for pointing out the clarification.
It's a great challenge so glad to see everyone taking part ... count me in
Awesome! I'm actually secretly looking forward to seeing how the judges fair while listing to 20 something odd songs about broken records...ooops I mean mirrors ;)
Right on man, will do. I feel like it was a question many ppl were going to have so I thought I'd bring it up.
I believe we decided to have both be valid entries, so our current open micers don't have too much extra strain and have to miss out on this awesome opportunity - I believe that you just have to do both intros and title requirements though - so your intro will be more wordy but it should cover you for both.
I will have a chat with the other judges and get this clarified for you - Cheers :D
Thanks Krystle for the info, I think everyone will appreciate the clarification.
This is my entry, thanks to @meno and @luzchyper for making this awesome challenge
https://steemit.com/openmic/@wahyunahrul/steemit-openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-the-broken-mirror-20171127t12459513z
Thanks @meno @luzcypher @passion-ground @soundlegion @krystle @verbal-d @jessamyorchard @pfunk and all of the other supporters of musicians on Steemit !
https://steemit.com/openmic/@onetruebrother/steemit-openmic-songwriters-challenge-week1-broken-mirror
Here is my entry for this week. So thrilled this contest is actually happening.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@geenaizzy/open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-1
Thanks to the open mic team @Luzcypher, @passion-ground, @Kryztle, @verbal-d, @pfunk, @jessamynorchard and a high five to @meno for sponsoring this kind of contest. Love & Peace!
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@g10a/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-scars-or-original-composition-by-g10a-or-20171126t01516778z
Thanks. Sounds real good.
Nice job @g10a!
DONE https://steemit.com/openmic/@basilmarples/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-7-years-bad-luck This was surprisingly stressful, but Im glad I finally did it! I can't wait to scroll through and check out everyones entries, just don't have time right now. Massive love everybody! Peace and JOY x
You dun good, man! :-)
@basilmarples ... I'm guessing as well that it may be preferable if you put your lyrics on your actual post vs. here on the post-entries comment thread... After all, your post - in its entirety - is the actual official entry... All we need here on the comment thread is a link to that entry, and perhaps the video if you so wish... Again - Really great job, man... I totally enjoyed your week #1 contribution!
@basilmarples... Sorry dude... this reply about the "Lyrics" was intended for @swilkinstunes. My bad...
haha, no worries man!
Hey guys,
Here is my first entry in to the songwriters challenge!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lucybanks/open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-open-mic-week-61-lucybanks-original
Enjoy
X
Woohoo! I got my entry in just before midnight: https://steemit.com/openmic/@cabelindsay/steemit-open-mic-week-61-open-mic-songwriters-week-1-broken-mirror-original-song. Much love!
Awww, your voices sound so sweet together, seems you guys are the perfect match ;)
Thanks for seeing that in us. Feels that way to me too. "Sweet" is just the right word, yeah, and life keeps getting sweeter as we sing together.
Here is my entry "Broken Mirror Sacrifice"
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-broken-mirror-sacrifice
ENJOY!
Cool, brotha!
Awesome!
Hello everyone! here is my entry for this week :) .
https://steemit.com/openmic/@pechichemena/open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-broken-mirror-la-rambla-original-song
As always... i write in spanish.. but i included the translation on my post.
Cheers!
Beautiful song. I love it!
Exquisite, my friend!
Alright! Got in at the nick of time! 1 down..8 more to go...
https://steemit.com/openmicsongwriters/@jaybird/steemit-openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-original-song-broken-mirrors
Hell yeah! your song had be bopping my head along to the rhythm, I like the drive this song has! Cool!😎
Can’t wait to smash a mirror on the floor and see what comes to mind!
👍🏻
Hahahaha.
lmao - Can I just say I am stoked to hear you're intending to enter, this contest is going to be amazing - I can't wait to hear what you create for us! :D
Yeah I think it is a great idea for sure! I am so busy lately I hardly have any time to write music so I am hoping I can come up with something and jump in.. I need a duplicate me to help me out with everything!
Hi Five to @meno :]
Maybe bot will try to enter and invade the contest ;]
You definitely should! I'd love to hear your entry :D
let's participate @lisamalletart ?
Yes, go for it!
Yes please, I love your guys work and think any entry you perform will be fantastic - I look forward to hearing what you make for us! Cheers :D
https://steemit.com/openmic/@fitzgibbon/open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-entry
@fitzgibbon ... Great entry, guys! Thank you!! Hey, just a thought - with just a little tweaking or an added on announcement spliced in at the intro, you guys could also enter this into the regular Open-Mic week #61 contest..... Why not? :-)
Hey! This is my entry for this week! :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@melavie/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-and-steemit-open-mic-week-61-broken-mirrors-original
Fiiuuurrrrsst!!! Hehehe omg im so pumped and have too many ideas!!!! I kinda wish we already had a chord proggression so i could atleast narrow something down but-- eh--- its not mcds nugs here. Or is it?? Lololol
you know I'm all about the nugs, but this song ain't about the nugs... ;) looking forward to hearing your entry!
I'm pumped that you're pumped!
Coming up with a chord progression is a big part of what songwriting is. I wish you the most creativity raining upon you. Good luck.
Ah! The great chord progression debate. Did you know that you cant copyright a chord progression with out a melody? Intersting thoughts indeed...
Yes, I did know that. That's why so many songs are the same chords.
Hey! you stay away from my E G C D lol
LOL
Damn there goes my song ;(
Lol an awesome comedy group in Aus created this to point it out to the masses, just how often songs use the same four chords -
I've seen this video and was thinking of responding to the comment with a link to it. Great minds think alike.
Hahaha I love it Luz! :P
Wow, this is awesome 😁 😁 😁,,, something keeps telling me, I'm gone win, 😁 😀 😀 😀 😀 crazy me,,, great competition.
👍👍👍👍🦄🦄🦄🦄
That's the spirit! Good luck.
The power is Strong.
Wao! This is wonderful @luzcypher and @meno
You just proof your committment towards keeping this community growing by providing an avenue to motivate and reward the talented.
Your effort is fully appreciated.
Let me quickly start lunching into inspiration for the contest.
Regards @maintain4real-eu
May your creativity flow like a river.
Can i sing in spanish?
claro que si, puede ser en cualquier idioma... pero para que sea justo incluye una traduccion en tu post.
Puedes leer sobre las reglas del concurso aqui https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/coming-soon-steemit-open-mic-songwriters-challenge-and-a-chance-to-win-a-new-guitar-sponsored-by-meno
Yes, you can sing in Spanish.
spanish songs will probably go viral way more often than english so this is a time to shine :P
Go for it.
I will probably end up with something like salsa tequila corason track of that swedish dj nilson or something, sadly don't speak it im from NL so but that guy did a track with random spanish words just because it is spanish because he wanted to proof that whatever is spanish has summerhit potential.. and gues what the summer hit was that year ;) his track :D
haha, nice one!
GHD 100 Grace Harbor Guitar sounds awesome
It really does sound beautiful.
YAY! ITs happening for REELZ!!! Some crazy songwriting machine is genna get themselves a sweet geetarrr!!! I'll see if I can come up with something but I am horribly inconsistent so 8 weeks in a row might be a big ask. Loving the theme and CANNOT wait to see what people come up with...
Good luck!
WOA this is ittttt!!!
I sat down to work on this and wrote a completely unrelated song. So I have a new song, which is great, but I still have to write one for the contest.
Awesome!
The contest start today?
I believe it has, Joe...
:O ok thanks
I have to comment my post for the challenge here ?
Yes.
Yes, Each week for this challenge will start on Wednesday and entries should be submitted by Monday.
My song is done, recorded, and about to upload
Awesome! That's fast.
I really want to participate. I'll start writing tonight. The thing is that I will be on an island without internet for a month from the middle of December on. So I guess I am not able to take part in the whole contest. But I will see what's coming out of the challenges for me. The inspiration for a few new original songs is also a great price i guess! Thanks so much for doing this!
What island are you going to?
La Gomera
Do I post a video on this page to enter?
Yes. Please read the rules in this post
Hi peopleee, enjoy!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@joedukeg/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-etereo
That was a nice song. Thanks
Beautiful, Joe!
thanks thanks!!! @passion-ground and @luzchyper
nice post
Hey sorry for more questions, but the staggered time periods for entry has me a bit confused. Since the songwriter challenge starts on Wed and the openmic ends on Fri, can I enter my songwriter entry for the following week openmic ? Ie-week 1 for songwriter and week 61 for openmic? Or does tthis week have to be week1 and week 60 only? Otherwise we have only two days to write a song and enter into both.
I am just confusing myself more now...
Since week #61 Open-Mic doesn't officially start until Sunday, this is a very good question "one-true." I'm guessing one could to do both as you allude to in your first scenario above, but simply wait until Sunday to enter "one's second entry" into the open-mic side of the equation. In fact, if I were entering the songwriters contest, that's what I would do.
...In doing so, as sort of a bonus, ones cross-over entry would get a bit of a double bang for ones efforts since that same entry would get exposure to both contests albeit in the staggered nature described above.
Hope that helps, and I'm certain that @luzcypher and @meno will correct me if I'm wrong in my interpretative answer to this very valid question.
Thanks man. I decided to just roll with it I think as long as I title and tag correctly it will be cool.peace
I think so too... just drop the link both here under this 1st songwriter contest announcement, and then again on Sunday under the Open-Mic announcement for week 61 when it comes out... :-)
if you're absent for one week are you out already sir?
no, that is not how it works.. .we will be keeping a ledger of all entries.. at the end of 8 weeks those with the most points would be selected and from them we would pick a winner.... so somebody with more entries has more chances of winning the guitar, but someone who misses a week or two is not automatically out... granted their entries would have to be pretty excellent to make up for the week they missed.
Here's my entry for week 1 of the open mic contest!
I can see this totally be a hardcore/punk piece, I can practically hear the drums banging in the background and minimum of three electric guitars!
I might actually have to flesh it out in Logic, thanks for listening!
Great idea!
Even if time is real tight these days for me, I managed to write, play and record a song for this first week!
Having a theme to work on is inspiring, I look forward to week 2. Warm thanks to @luzcypher and @meno!
Here's my entry:
And a link to the post:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@muphy/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-steemit-openmic-week-61-broken-mirror-original
Thanks for sharing your music.
No way - you mean we're gonna get to see your face! Ha! Hey @guitarlots, do you have a link to your official post? It would be good to edit it into your entry here... Can't wait to listen and see your submission! :-)
Thanks @passion_ground ... I put the song link to my steemit blog in the comment
Cool, brotha... You're lookin' good, man! :-)
Here's my entry for open mic songwriters challenge week#1
https://steemit.com/openmic/@luisferchav/open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-broken-mirror
Thank you very much to @luzcypher and @meno for hosting and sponsoring this contest!!!
Hi everyone. This is it, i hope you like it.
Hyugo - Broken Mirror
https://steemit.com/openmic/@hugo.exe/open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-hyugo-broken-mirror
Well, let's give it a try! :) Thanks to @luzcyphzer and @meno. Great Idea!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@senzenfrenz/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-broken-mirrors-by-senzenfrenz
Okay, so here goes. It's an interesting topic, but I went for comedy, as usual :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tarotbyfergus/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-pretty-gorgon
I've been really excited about this challenge, but I've been traveling this week and wasn't sure I'd be able to make it. Nonetheless, here I am. Hopefully the deadline included all of Monday :S
https://steemit.com/openmic/@ausxen/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-austen-ballard
Nice man!... Are instrumental compositions allowed?... I do not sing a shit LOL... although i can do lyrics...
https://steemit.com/openmic/@limabeing/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-1-limabeing-cyborg-heart