Steemit Open Mic 37 - Record Your Performance On Your Phone, Enter And Win Steem - Sponsored By @pfunk And @luzcypher

[luzcypher]

Join Open Mic Night Week 37 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 37

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 36 will be announced tomorrow, Monday, June 12th, 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 37 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 37 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 37 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 37 before any other text in the title.

For example: Open Mic Week 37 - Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot

• You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say OPEN MIC WEEK 37.

• 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 18th 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 37.png](https://s3.postimg.org/sasrzz6nn/open_mic_37.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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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

[clayford08]

Here is this weeks entry for me! https://steemit.com/openmic/@clayford08/openmic-week-37-paramore-only-exception-cover

[heymattsokol]

Hope y'all are ready for some way progressive music, hah. this one is my most convoluted composition yet for the open mic. https://steemit.com/openmic/@heymattsokol/open-mic-week-37-matt-sokol-kill-the-stranger-original-song

[brimax]

Back in the game...original this week called Steemit Country!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@brimax/openmic-week-37-original-called-steemit-country

[ray.luv.music]

This open mic you have going is a great idea. Thank you for giving me a chance to show off some of my music.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@ray.luv.music/open-mic-week-37-ray-ray-singing-a-sad-song

[lloyddavis]

Wow! so much good music to listen to, I hardly had time to record myself! :)

nah. here you go https://steemit.com/openmic/@lloyddavis/openmic-week-37-doctor-jazz-oliver-1927

[steemitcitizen]

Here is my entry for week 37
https://steemit.com/openmic/@steemitcitizen/openmic-37-people-are-strange-the-doors-cover

[rgeddes]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@rgeddes/openmic-original-week37

[rgeddes]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@rgeddes/being-a-songwritter-openmic-37-7-o-clock-blues

[tata.lucette]

@luzcypher,
Thanks you for the tremendous work you are doing here along the road with your "OpenMic Contest".

An honor to practise and participate at the "Steemit Open Mic 37".

Tata Lucette.

[luzcypher]

Hahahaha! Sam I Am and the Sloths

[carface]

Hi what does this mean in the rules section 'So.. community voting as first filter, before internal voting'? Thanks

[luzcypher]

It means we look at the number of upvotes a post receives as one factor but not the only factor of the selection process. This way new users that do not have a lot of followers have a chance to win too. And also people who enter later in the week and do not have as much time to gather votes still have a chance to win.

[carface]

Brilliant nice to see things as fair as possible!

[gktown]

Thanks for having me :)

[deveerei]

Cool entry! Best of luck!

[melodyrussell]

Here's my entry!! hope you enjoy!!! https://steemit.com/openmic/@melodyrussell/steemit-open-mic-37-into-june-by-sideways-geoffrey-original-song

[luzcypher]

That was a great take guys. Nailed it and great song.

[rockchickjen]

Hey guys! Here's my Open Mic Week 37 entry! I did an original song this week. Hope you enjoy! https://steemit.com/openmic/@rockchickjen/open-mic-week-37-original-song-don-t-sway-by-jen

[jessamynorchard]

Love Open Mic! Tried out some new stuff on this one. :D

https://steemit.com/openmic/@jessamynorchard/steemit-open-mic-week-37-be-satisfied-original-music-acoustic-looping-piano-guitar-and-voice

[dreamrafa]

[dewallenband]

Checking tonight to see how our video was doing only to realize we never posted it hahaha, well now we are going to, OPENMIC Week 37 - De Wallen entry - Dirty Deals, enjoy!!!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@dewallenband/open-mic-week-37-de-wallen-dirty-deals-full-band-teamaustralia

[isaria]

Hi, here is my Open Mic Week 37 entry! Thanks for the opportunity and thanks for listening! :-)

https://steemit.com/openmic/@isaria/open-mic-week-37-take-five-dave-brubeck

[deveerei]

I like it! Great work!

[isaria]

Thank you @deveerei!

[deveerei]

You're welcome.

[luzcypher]

Thanks for playing for Steemit Open Mic. Nice one.

[isaria]

Thank you!

[redfishpclef]

Oh yes

[jaybird]

Here's a little teaser - https://steemit.com/openmic/@jaybird/openmic-week-37-the-calling-original-piano-music

[passion-ground]

Oops... forgot to put this weeks contribution in this comment thread....
https://steemit.com/openmic/@passion-ground/open-mic-37-drive-my-car-by-passion-ground

[tombalistreri]

Hello again.
I must say i really enjoy this thread and the opportunity not only to sing for everyone, but the chance to watch and hear so many talented musicians.
I'm back yest again for week 37.
Here is my entry for this week, "Summer Wind">
Thanks again.
For me, this is fun.
:)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tombalistreri/summer-wind-performed-by-tom-balistreri

[luzcypher]

Wow! Nailed it again. Great voice! Thanks for bringing it home on Steemit Open Mic

[tombalistreri]

Thank you!
It's my pleasure to participate here.
:)

[soundlegion]

looking forward to joining up again, been on my travels and without my guitar so its been hard, itchin for some new entires. huge support guys ! openmic rocks... Should see some entries from me again by end of the month.

[luzcypher]

Cool, you're always a welcomed treat here. Last week was the busiest week yet.

[clintjunior]

Hey all, so this is my second week, second entry. I wrote this today and thought I'd just put it straight out there when I saw this week's open mic open up it's doors!
It's quite a personal song about how I'm feeling in my life at the moment, I hope a few people will listen to this one and let me know what they think. That would be great, thanks all. And looking forward to hearing what everyone else is busy at this time!
X

https://steemit.com/openmic/@clintjunior/open-mic-week-37-there-s-nothing-here-for-me-original-song-recorded-in-my-bathroom

[lk666]

Here's mine this week https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/open-mic-week-37-morktra-performing-original-song-thaw-me-out
Good luck and have fun everyone!

[lk666]

This week I'm doing two, here's number two :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/open-mic-week-37-original-guitar-looper-improv

[aneblueberry]

hi guys, I uploaded my entry for this week :D
as promised, some Bach https://steemit.com/openmic/@aneblueberry/open-mic-week-37-allemande-from-bach-s-partita-ii-for-violin-in-d-minor

[tfeldman]

My Week 37: The legendary "Car Song" by Woody Guthrie. Click the link below if you want to know what I'm talking about!!!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@tfeldman/open-mic-week-37-car-song-a-good-laugh-for-a-lonely-sunday

[luzcypher]

Some classic stuff. Good songs never die.

[tfeldman]

Yes indeed!

[rgeddes]

Looking forward to listening!

[luzcypher]

Me too.

[tamersilver]

Hi everybody! This is the cover of "snow" by RedHotChilliPeppers that i made with a friend of mine. Hope you enjoy it !!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@tamersilver/open-mic-week-37-snow-cover

[ranma187]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@ranma187/steemit-open-mic-week-37-46-and-2-tool-karaoke-cover Here's one of my entries this week.

[luzcypher]

Thanks for singing

[ranma187]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@ranma187/bjork-hyperballad-vocal-cover

Here's my second entry!

[aaronmda]

Here we go with my late in the week entry. Hope you like. :) Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen as covered by Rufus Wainwright

https://steemit.com/openmic/@aaronmda/open-mic-week-37-hallelujah-rufus-wainwright-leonard-cohen

[clevercreator]

[obeg]

hey guys. How long of a song does it have to be? I have a original song im just finnishing up but its not super long?

[luzcypher]

As long or short as you want. Makes no difference.

[igsamuel]

didn't know about a steem open mic, interesting. upvoted, thanks for sharing :)

[luzcypher]

Thank you for upvoting. This is who entered last week. Would you like to join in with us?

[dreamrafa]

Getting ready for my entry this week! :D

[luzcypher]

Awesome!

[andybets]

Here's my song for this week - hope you like it!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@andybets/open-mic-week-37-we-can-but-hope-original-song

[luzcypher]

Thanks for playing again.

[rahul.stan]

Can I upload an audio with someone else I collaborated?

[luzcypher]

Read the rules. To qualify it has to be live and you have to say Open Mic Week 37 at the beginning. You can still upload a live performance without saying that but it will not qualify for the prizes.

If you have a recording that is not live there is a project in the works for that coming soon.

[rahul.stan]

Can I upload an audio if I say open mic 37 in the beginning and collaborate with someone else?

[luzcypher]

Is it live? Or prerecorded. The reason we want a live performance with the words Open Mic Week 37 said at the beginning is to stop people from ripping off other people's performances and calling it their own. A prerecorded audio track can easily be edited with those words at the beginning and we would not know if it was really you or not. You can add it if you would like to share it with the community but I can't say for sure it would qualify for the prizes although it may earn rewards anyway just from upvotes.

[rahul.stan]

I understand. Video it is then!

[arcaneinfo]

Will be joining week 37..great job @luzcypher very inspiring and motivational!

[luzcypher]

Thanks. This is who entered last week.

[aneblueberry]

yess!! finally gonna record something and upload it here! can be classical too? I'm planning to upload some Bach :D

[luzcypher]

Yes. Any genre you want really. Even spoken word, poetry, just go for it.

[dreamrafa]

That sounds sweet!, i am waiting for it :D

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[greensky]

That you win that habian already mic 37 :) :) This is growing very fast and making many happy.
How lucky to be able to live it ;)
Thanks...

[luzcypher]

We're just having fun here.

[greensky]

A lot ;)

[dreamrafa]

[tribedownsouth]

This looks like fun!
Here's my first submission for steemit's open mic🤘

https://steemit.com/openmic/@tribedownsouth/open-mic-week-37-troublr-by-cage-the-elephant-cover-i-s-a-a-c

[jaybird]

HERE IT IS: Steembirds Original Music STEEMIT Theme song!
ft. @dan-atstarlite & @jaybird.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@jaybird/openmic-week-37-gaining-steem-ft-dan-atstarlite-and-jaybird-original-steem-music-theme-by-steembirds

[bilbop]

Hi guys! Within the last few weeks the increase in the number of players on Open Mic with amazing talent, has been wonderful. A big thank you to everyone involved.
Being a session bassist, enduring a creeping FOMO is becoming brutal.
So my Open Mic 37 entry is a multi pronged approach.
Spanning 4 posts to raise steemian music interest to a frenzy:
My first video -

In addition to Open Mic 37, add in Weekly-My Melody Challenge @arsenal49, JamSessionPro @destinysaid. Also included is the Steem Collaborative Music- SteemJam @souchi888
I have played live and recorded many genres' but my forte is with singer songwriters moving their songs harmonically through the changes. Pushing the envelope when ever the producer allows or is distracted...he he

[bilbop]

Here's my entry: https://steemit.com/openmic/@bilbop/open-mic-week-37-bilbop-original-bass-melody

[xerxes612]

This is an amazing idea. Never heard of anything like this.

Gosh I wish I had musical talents. Definitely going to look for another group like this to participate in. Envious... ;)

And i'll come back to check out the entries and see what kind of talent is out here in SteemIt land.

[warsam]

nice keep going with this level of great articles

[californicajun]

Just submitted!

https://steemit.com/music/@californicajun/steemit-open-mic-37-beneath-the-piano-cover-vocals-and-guitar

[verbal-d]

here is my entry bro
https://steemit.com/openmic/@verbal-d/open-mic-night-wk-37-entry-where-we-are-part-3-original-song

[improv]

By the way! You can also join the all-performances open mic post (incl. comedy, music, storytelling &c!) You could win money! https://steemit.com/contest/@improv/official-open-mic-call-for-entries-1-50-sbd-in-prizes-this-is-the-official-post-for-the-contest-i-ve-been-talking-about-all