Open Mic Week 36 - Record Your Performance On Your Phone, Enter And Win Steem - Sponsored By @pfunk And @luzcypher

[luzcypher]

Join Open Mic Night Week 36 and win Steem. Just Record, Post, Win! Come play or sing a song for Steemit.

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Prizes

• 200 Steem from @pfunk
• 100 Steem from @luzcypher

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

Open Mic Week 36

Thanks for supporting, upvoting, Resteeming and entering Open Mic, a community of music lovers for music lovers and musicians.

2 Votes = Win Win

You can help support Open Mic by making sure to vote two times.

• Once on this post so the payouts for the winners will make this contest self-supporting. We're very grateful @pfunk is helping out right now, but helping this post with upvotes gives more rewards to the winners and the contest will be self supporting.

• And vote a 2nd time on the link of your favorite entry's post found in the comments below. This will help support all the musicians that entered, even if they didn't win the contest.

• In fact, some entries earned very well, even though they didn't win. And that's good because musicians need to eat.

Winners from week 35 will be announced tomorrow, Monday, June 5th, 2017 so be sure to follow @luzcypher for updates and thanks for everyone that entered, upvoted and resteemed Open Mic.

Open Mic Process

Keeping it short and sweet, here is the flow of considerations for the Open Mic contest:-

• Need to promote community participation in spirit of Open Mic night.

• So.. Open Mic submissions in comments, community voting and reblogging is encouraged.

• However, we need to avoid public vote abuse and keep a certain standard for Open Mic night.

• So.. community voting as first filter, before internal voting.

• Another problem: late submissions are usually disadvantaged as they get less attention on the contest post.

• So.. we've tried to mitigate such a problem by including unique votes of Open Mic submissions in their own blog posts.

• IT IS CRUCIAL WHEN YOU RECORD YOUR VIDEO THAT YOU SAY OPEN MIC WEEK 36 AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR VIDEO We're looking for real live performances for this contest. Some people have posted old videos from YouTube and it's difficult to verify that it's really them performing. In the future they will be disqualified from the contest.

• You can still post an older video if you want and enter so you can earn on your post, but prize money will not be paid out for those posts. If you want to earn the prize, make a new video and say OPEN MIC Week 36 at the start of it. If you just want to enter and don't care about the prize money, then you still can.

• You can sing acapella if you don't play an instrument or sing to a recording if you want and still enter Open Mic.

How To Enter Open Mic Night

• In a well lit quiet room, use your cell phone to record your performance. See recording tips here and here

• SAY THE WORDS OPEN MIC WEEK 36 AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR VIDEO

• Upload your performance to YouTube or other video hosting site.

• Create a post on your own Steemit account pasting the URL of your uploaded video.

• IMPORTANT: THE FIRST WORDS IN YOUR POST MUST READ: OPEN MIC WEEK 36 before any other text in the title.

For example: Open Mic Week 36 - Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot

• You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say OPEN MIC WEEK 36.

• VERY IMPORTANT: THE FIRST TAG ON YOUR POST MUST BE openmic All one word. No spaces.

• POST THE LINK TO YOUR POST IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS POST. This will increase your exposure and votes while increasing the amount of prize money AND WILL LET US KNOW YOU HAVE ENTERED

Judging, and Contest Prize

• Submit your performance in the comment / reply section by 12.00 PM UTC Time (Sunday 11th JUNE 2017). Find your UTC time here.

• You may submit as many performances as you like.

• Performances are not judged on production value, only on performance and entertainment value.

• Open Mic judges will deliberate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place based on the selected performances.

• Each week the prizes will be paid as follows:
• 1st place: 50% of Steem Prize.
• 2nd place: 25% of Steem Prize.
• 3rd place: 25% of Steem Prize.

ANY ADDITION PRIZES DONATED TO OPEN MIC WILL BE SPLIT WITH THE SAME PERCENTAGES LISTED ABOVE

300 Steem Prize

• All SBD's generated on your own post are yours to keep of course.
• You may also post your entry and comments on https://steemit.chat/channel/openmic

Images

You can use any images you want on your blog when you enter Open Mic. If you would like to help promote a common theme for the Open Mic Contest you may also use this image below.

Just copy and paste this code as the first image on your blog post.

[![open mic 36.png](https://s4.postimg.org/iu9n4a3r1/open_mic_36.png)](https://steemit.com/@luzcypher)

Disclaimer

• Make sure performances are your performance.

• The song does not have to be original, only your performance of the song.

• The Open Mic judges reserve the right to forfeit submissions that are misleading.

New Music Category Communities

Music Category communities are coming together on Steemit and if you're a music lover, please show support and join in the fun. Here's a few new places to find great music.

• @music-trail team is part of the SteemTrail project, curating good music you can find here.

• Steemsongs Com Update 1 --- by @thisisbenbrick
  

• Steemit Artist Music Compilation
  Submit your QUALITY ORIGINAL AUDIO TRACK today! Music Artists On Steemit Submit For Soundlegion Steemit Music Artists Compilation V 1 --- by @soundlegion
  

Suggestion: openmic must be the first tag to enter open mic, but adding other music related tags (such as music, music-trail) may help your post get more attention and perhaps even get curated by those music curators.

If your song is an original song, you may want to add orginalmusic as your 2nd tag.

Thank you all for the participation!

Thank you for the positive support from the Steemit community and a special thanks to @kevinwong for his guidance, encouragement and support and @verbal-d for writing a song that inspired the idea and @pfunk for helping and supporting Open Mic.

Please contact @luzcypher in SteemitChat for any further questions you may have. https://steemit.chat/channel/openmic

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Translation courtesy of @lizanomadsoul

We would like to thank you all for your spirited participation in making this a big part of the Steemit music community!

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Comments

[luzcypher]

I was just thinking...

pfunk and luzcypher sounds like a good name for a band.

[passion-ground]

Agreed! either one works for me... :)

[luzcypher]

I was thinking the whole name as in Pfunk N Luzcypher

[passion-ground]

Yeah, that works too... Do you guys play? If so, you should collaborate and go for it!

[luzcypher]

Pfunk does not play but has been sponsoring and supporting Open Mic since the first weeks. I do play but since I'm a judge and also running the contest I have not entered. But here is a little something for you of me playing jus for your enjoyment.

[passion-ground]

NICE @luzcypher … That was intense… Good to know more about you, and see you at the helm! I thoroughly enjoyed the nuanced complexity and the driving rhythms of your chord progressions! Thanks for sharing Brotha... 

[luzcypher]

The pleasure is mine. Here is something a little different

[yakuhi]

Nice. i like your style a lot

[andybets]

Thanks for arranging this! Here's my song:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@andybets/open-mic-week-36-washed-away-original-song

[luzcypher]

Cool. Thanks for playing

[dreamrafa]

My first entry this week! https://steemit.com/openmic/@dreamrafa/open-mic-week-36-dark-steemian-guitar-original-demo

[luzcypher]

Sounds good. Thanks

[dreamrafa]

Thanks my friend!

[passion-ground]

Dude... You ROCK! Love your guitar man!

[dreamrafa]

Thanks man!

[passion-ground]

Every day - all the time... keep on rockin' it baby!

[orrslaw]

So clean! Nice!

[dreamrafa]

Thanks my friend!

[alchemage]

Very impressive!

[dreamrafa]

Thanks a lot!

[chrisgoans]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@chrisgoans/open-mic-week-36-train-original-song

Check out my newest submission to open mic and THANK YOU to everyone who upvoted my post from last week!

[luzcypher]

Got it. Thanks

[rgeddes]

This is my entry - singing and playing a classic - https://steemit.com/openmic/@rgeddes/i-shall-be-released-bob-dylan-openmic-36

[luzcypher]

Thank you

[jessamynorchard]

I'm back!! :D

https://steemit.com/openmic/@jessamynorchard/open-mic-week-36-16-bucks-original-acoustic-song

[luzcypher]

Good to see you back and good song

[jessamynorchard]

Thank you. It's good to be back.

[trillex]

My entry💃https://steemit.com/openmic/@trillex/open-mic-week-36-d-r-u-g-s-a-drug-induced-track-201766t0244571z

[luzcypher]

Got it

[steemitcitizen]

This is my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@steemitcitizen/openmic-week-36-norwegian-wood-the-beatles-cover

[buzzbeergeek]

Massive upvote! Great work!

[yakuhi]

Here goes nothing! My entry https://steemit.com/openmic/@yakuhi/open-mic-entry-accomplice-original-song

[luzcypher]

Thanks

[lk666]

Here's my entry this week. Hope you all enjoy, and I look forward to everyone's entries for this week :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/open-mic-week-36-morktra-performing-original-song-don-t-waste-your-love

[ranma187]

Here's my entry! https://steemit.com/steemitopnemic/@ranma187/steemit-open-mic-week-36-careless-whisper-on-guitar

[luzcypher]

Awesome

[eurekaj]

Thanks for the opportunity for Open MIc! Here is the link to my submission for Open Mic Week 36: https://steemit.com/openmic/@eurekaj/open-mic-week-36-original-song-little-green-men

Give it a listen, and I hope it makes you tap your feet! :)

[luzcypher]

Thank you

[tfeldman]

My entry.....Woody Guthrie, baby!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@tfeldman/open-mic-week-36-two-good-men

[awesomenyl]

Hello hihi, first timer here. 👋👋👋 heres my entry!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@awesomenyl/open-mic-week-36-say-you-won-t-let-go-by-awesomenyl

[luzcypher]

Thank you

[thepinkbyhamann]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@thepinkbyhamann/open-mic-week-36-say-something-by-thepinkbyhamann my entry for open mic week!

[luzcypher]

Thanks

[clevercreator]

[dewallenband]

Check out our entry for week 36. https://steemit.com/openmic/@dewallenband/open-mic-week-36-de-wallen-means-to-an-end

[luzcypher]

Thank you

[clintjunior]

Ohhh I only just realised I'm supposed to post a link here! So hopefully now someone will actually watch it? :o
Haha, I am so new to this..
Anyway, here is my first entry to the Steemit Open Mic.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@clintjunior/open-mic-week-36-lovesick-blues-cover

[aaronmda]

I'm a little excited about this one. I borrowed the tune from Kenny Rogers The Gambler but wrote my own lyrics for Bitcoin. Let me know what you think. It's meant to be funny but it also gives sound trading advice. :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@aaronmda/open-mic-week-36-the-trader-original-lyrics-by-aaron-m-daley

[luzcypher]

Very creative

[tombalistreri]

Hello!
I'm back for another chance to sing for everyone.
Thank you for this opportunity.
Here is my entry for week 36.
"I've Got the World On A String"
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tombalistreri/open-mic-week-36-i-ve-got-the-world-on-a-string-by-tombalistreri

[luzcypher]

Thanks for singing. That was really good.

[tombalistreri]

Thank you for the opportunity!
:)

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[jenyakuc]

excellent

[passion-ground]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@passion-ground/open-mic-week-36-satisfaction-cover-by-passion-ground

A little somethin' from me and my elder brother...

[luzcypher]

Thanks for playing, This is really cool. To qualify though you have to say Open Mic at the intro. I can see these videos you're adding have been uploaded prior to the contest. Unfortunately, we have the rule of saying Open Mic Week (whatever week it is) to prevent people from grabbing videos that are not theirs and passing them off as their own. You may want to consider making some new videos for each Open Mic so you can qualify for the prize money

[passion-ground]

Thank You! I appreciate and realize that @luzcypher, not really in it for the prize money though, more so just contribute to the community... Perhaps in the future I'll say "open mic week #etc..." in my future productions. Thanks again!

[luzcypher]

Cool. I really like that you like to contribute and you're very welcome to continue doing so. I like what you're doing.

[steemthinking]

Looking forward to entering this !

[thepinkbyhamann]

heres my entry ! i thought i posted it but it's not showing up :/ https://steemit.com/openmic/@thepinkbyhamann/open-mic-week-36-say-something-by-thepinkbyhamann

[raddog]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@raddog/open-mic-week-36-steem-meme-raddog-tell-em
Just havin fun and thought I'd leave this one here. <3

[steevc]

Another cover from me https://steemit.com/openmic/@steevc/open-mic-week-36-a-bit-of-supertramp

[luzcypher]

Thanks @steevc

[steevc]

My video got taken down :( It seems Supertramp songs get targeted by some legal company. I'll be back with something else some time

[steemthinking]

Here goes lol my entry https://steemit.com/openmictalentmusic/@steemthinking/open-mic-week-36-mario-let-me-love-you

[luzcypher]

Thank you. Got it

[dewallenband]

Checked it out now and on the way to our vocalist to do the recording!!! Thanks for the opportunity guys.

[gweigster]

Hey there, do I have to be a singer to join or can I just play the guitar? You honestly don't want to hear me sing ;)

[luzcypher]

You can just play guitar

[davidcowan]

Hey guys,

Here is my entry for week 36. Love this contest, awesome idea!

Dave

https://steemit.com/openmic/@davidcowan/open-mic-week-36-mama-said-know-you-out

[luzcypher]

Thank you

[brimax]

An oldie but goodie:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@brimax/openmic-week-36-annie-s-song

[heymattsokol]

Whoops, almost forgot to post my link here this week

here it is! a very progressive tune: https://steemit.com/openmic/@heymattsokol/open-mic-week-36-matt-sokol-cruisin-original-song-more-splitscreen-action

[orrslaw]

Alittle late this time but heres my entry. :D
https://steemit.com/openmic/@orrslaw/steemit-open-mic-week-36-as-a-tropical-island-adventure-time

[anarchrysalis]

good lord there's a lot of people doing this now! way to be

https://steemit.com/openmic/@anarchrysalis/open-mic-week-36-free-improv-an-original-contextual-creation-by-andy-loughney

[luzcypher]

It is picking up.

[thearcanebear]

Oh great work, we would love to start joining the open mic, we play so many different instruments, we should do a digital jam from across the world... haha all work on the same song to the exact same tempo and tuning! will start joining soon

[luzcypher]

Look forward to hearing you play.

[thearcanebear]

Thank you excited to join in.i will try and catch the next one properly. For the mean time here is a little peice I wrote last week. https://steemit.com/music/@thearcanebear/have-you-ever-found-permanent-success-steemit-morning-music

[alchemage]

My first time entering your contest. Great idea! Thank you all for coming together to make this a possibility. :)

https://steemit.com/openmic/@alchemage/open-mic-week-36-kibbles-and-chimera-original-song

[luzcypher]

Welcome to Steemit Open Mic. Thanks for playing

[verbal-d]

bam
https://steemit.com/openmic/@verbal-d/darthnava-a-gift-for-you-open-mic-night-wk-36-entry-live-life-today-part-3-original-song