Join Open Mic Night Week 42 and win Steem. Just Record, Post, Win! Come play or sing a song for Steemit.
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Steemit Open Mic Rules
- The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 21st of July.
- Only 1 entry per person per week.
- Steemit Open Mic Week 42 must the beginning of the post title.
- Say the words** "Steemit Open Mic Week 42"** at the beginning of your video.
- Live performances only specifically made for this contest.
- openmic must be the first tag.
- You must upvote this post.
- If your song is an original song then add the word "Original" somewhere in your title
Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes. For more in-depth understanding of the rules read, What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways
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
It is very important to say the words "Steemit Open Mic Week 42" at the beginning of your recorded video and as the first words of your post title. Posts without that at the beginning of the title are hard to find in the feed and we may miss your post. Posts without those words spoken in the beginning of your live, recorded video do not qualify for prizes.
If your song is an original song by you it is very important you put the word "original" in the title and "originalmusic" as the second tag of your post####
Here is an example of a correctly titled post.
These requirements make it easier for judges and curators to find your posts and reward you for original songs. Ignoring these requirements only hurt your chances of earning rewards.
Steemit Open Mic News
@jessamynorchard started a new Facebook page for Steemit Musicians to post their stuff for Steemit Open Mic and other music related projects on Steemit. Let's use the group to lure people away from Facebook and on to Steemit.
You can also post your Steemit Open Mic link to Steemit Open Mic Post Promotion channel by join us at the Steemit Local Musicians Society on Discord and get more upvotes for your entry. Here is the invite code
There are more developments taking shape to kickstart Steemit Open Mic into the next phase of promotion that will be announced soon. I'm biting my tongue to keep from spilling the beans but you're going to love what we have in store next.
Open Mic Week 42
Thanks for supporting, upvoting, Resteeming and entering Steemit Open Mic, a community of music lovers for music lovers and musicians.
2 Votes = Win Win
You can help support Steemit 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 41 will be announced tomorrow, Monday, July 17th, 2017 so be sure to follow @luzcypher for updates and thanks for everyone that entered, upvoted and resteemed Steemit Open Mic.
Steemit Open Mic Process
Keeping it short and sweet, here is the flow of considerations for the Steemit Open Mic contest:-
Need to promote community participation in spirit of Steemit Open Mic night.
So.. Steemit 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 Steemit 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 Steemit Open Mic submissions in their own blog posts.
IT IS CRUCIAL WHEN YOU RECORD YOUR VIDEO THAT YOU SAY "STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 42" 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 STEEMIT OPEN MIC Week 42 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 Steemit 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 "STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 42" 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: STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 42 before any other text in the title.
For example: STEEMIT Open Mic Week 42 - Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot
You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 42.
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 (Friday 21st JULY 2017). Find your UTC time here.
You may only submit 1 (one) entry per week.
Performances are not judged on production value, only on performance and entertainment value.
- Steemit 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 STEEMIT 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 Steemit Open Mic. If you would like to help promote a common theme for the Steemit Open Mic Contest you may also use this image below.
Just copy and paste this code as the first image on your blog post.
[](https://steemit.com/@luzcypher)
How To Get More Views To Your Entry
You can help get more views to your Steemit Open Mic entry and help grow the contest by Tweeting your blog post. You can also:
- Add it to Steemit Musicians on Facebook
- Add it to Steemit Open Mic on Steemit chat
- Add it to Post Promotion in Steemit chat
- Steemit Open Mic Post Promotion on Discord
- Join and add it to these Facebook groups:
Disclaimer
Make sure performances are your performance.
The song does not have to be original, only your performance of the song.
The Steemit Open Mic judges reserve the right to forfeit submissions that are misleading.
Remember to follow these rules so we can find and reward your post.
- The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 21st of July
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- Steemit Open Mic Week 42 must the beginning of the post title.
- Steemit Open Mic Week 42 must be said at the beginning of your video
- Live performances only specifically made for this contest
- openmic must be the first tag
- You must upvote this post.
- If your song is an original song then add the word "Original" somewhere in your title
For a fuller understanding of the rules read, What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways
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.
Huge Post Alert Steemit Artist Music Compilation Volume 1 Release Is Here 51 Multi Genre Original Songs From 55 Music Artists On --- 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, add orginalmusic as your 2nd tag. This will help curators know it is an original song which currently pays a Steem bonus to you.
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 and you can post your entry there too. 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!
Here is my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@hardikv/steemit-open-mic-week-42-zinda-hoon-yaar-cover
Thank you for jumping in again and sharing your music.
Awesome
Yes. Beautiful.
Sorry I got in late but here is my week 42 Steemit Open Mic Night Original!
I tried to trump my last entry and played this one live while frying Eden Eggs, in the outdoor kitchen, on my hand made rocket stove!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@quinneaker/open-mic-night-week-42-didgeridoo-and-fried-eggs-simultaneous-live-jam-and-rocket-stove-cooking
I tried to get in early this week as well but I was asleep when the open mic opened its doors last night!
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@clintjunior/open-mic-week-42-angeles-elliott-smith-cover-bathroom-sessions
Thanks for playing
Thanks for doing this man! Just entered. https://steemit.com/openmic/@evoman1/steemit-open-mic-week-42-nathaniel-rateliff-cover
You have a great voice. Thanks for singing and playing for us.
Great tunes ma man, keep it up 🎵
Really appreciate it and will do!
Here is our contribution to this week open mic competition. Hope you like it, we did our best covering Eric Claptons classic - Tears in Heaven.
Thank you @luzcypher and @pfunk for making this happen!
You can check our attempt here:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@mrjl/open-mic-week-42-tears-in-heaven-song-by-eric-clapton-with-a-special-guest-appearence#comments
Thank you
Thanks for sharing Clapton vibes. It was great 🎵
Here's my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jaredwood/steemit-open-mic-week-42-original-music-solo-piano-ima
Big thanks for putting this on, @luzcypher & @pfunk !
I wasn't expecting to feel as much performance nerves recording on a camera, it's great practice. Looking forward to checking out other entries :)
You're most welcome and thanks for playing for us.
My submission for Open Mic Week 42: Piano improvisation based on 'Pachelbel's Canon'.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@flexifriday/steemit-open-mic-week-42-original-improvisation-on-pachelbel-s-canon-on-the-piano
Thanks for playing for us.
Nice work @flexifriday! 🎵
DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS POST! IF YOU HAVE aLREADY, PLEASE REMOVE IT. I'M SORRY. I should have read the updated rules. https://steemit.com/openmic/@aaronmda/steemit-open-mic-week-42-entry-2-i-m-your-s
Only one entry per week, please.
The updated rules are very clear.
The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 21st of July.
Only 1 entry per person per week.
Steemit Open Mic Week 42 must the beginning of the post title.
Say the words** "Steemit Open Mic Week 42"** at the beginning of your video.
Live performances only specifically made for this contest.
openmic must be the first tag.
You must upvote this post.
Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes.
ya i'm sorry if i could delete this i would. i apologize profusely. it will not happen again. PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS POST!! IF YOU HAVE ALREADY THEN PLEASE REMOVE THE VOTE. I AM SOOOO SORRY!
Don't be too hard on yourself buddy. It's only a post. Everything is going to be alright. Remember the Three Little Birds.
wow both of them...................cause i wasn't depressed enough already....jesus the whole freaking world is against me literally. WTF?!?!?
Hey @luzcypher! Here is my entry for this week. :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@uriell/open-mic-42-esoterico-uriel-luano-gilberto-gil-cover
Thanks for playing Steemit Open Mic.
:) Thank You!
This was so chill! Nice job man.
Thanks man
Love your music brother. Resteemed & following you! Keep playing!!!! 🎵
Here is my entry for this week, for I didn't match the rules with the other one. This time with my cello. So please check it out and if you like, please upvote and resteem:) Thank you!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@senzenfrenz/steemit-open-mic-week-42-bach-solosuite-g-major-for-violoncello-prelude
Thanks for playing Steemit Open Mic.
Thanks for hosting!
Well played, sir. Cheers! 🎵
Here is my entry for openmic week 42.
I sing a classic song this week about a guy in the early hours of the morning,
who is thinking of love and what could be.
I hope you enjoy my version of the song,
"In The Wee Small Hours."
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tombalistreri/open-mic-week-42-in-the-wee-small-hours-tombalistreri
Wow, you added this 30 seconds after I posted this. That's fast. Guess you were ready.
You may want to have a look at the post to see some changes in the rules and cut off date. Thanks
LOL Sorry. I was ready.
I was tardy last week and I guess I overcompensated.
I think as far as I can tell I've complied to the new rules.
It's a pleasure and honor to be part of this wonderful event no matter where I place in the lineup.
Thank you for hosting it.
😃
Over achiever! hah :)
I'm glad you're enjoying it as much as I am enjoying your music. Thanks for your continued support.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lloyddavis/open-mic-week-42-i-wonder-who-s-kissing-her-now
loving all the entries so far!
Thanks for playing for us. This week sounds really good, right?
really strong, it just keeps getting better - new people all the time, old stalwarts sticking around and the new chart page really helps me listen to more because so much less clicking!
I'm loving the Steem Chart. Makes life SO much easier but I still go to every post and comment and upvote it.
Check out this original song I wrote for the Steemit Open Mic. Cheers! 🎵
https://steemit.com/openmic/@steemusician/steemit-opemmic-week-42-scriptwriters-original-song-by-the-steemusician
Got it. Thanks for playing.
My pleasure @luzcypher. Cheers 🎵
https://steemit.com/openmic/@mikedynamo/the-99-boys-play-lenny-kravitz-fly-away-w-freestyle-from-mike-dynamo-steemit-open-mic-42
Hahah I had no idea I was supposed to be posting these in here. Oh Steemit... When will I learn all your secrets.
Me neither :) Now we know!
It is clearly stated in the rules of the contest to post your link here.
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic. Cambodia is somewhere I want to go check out soon.
It is clearly stated in the rules of the contest to post your link here.
haha Oh yeah, it's totally my fault. I just glazed right over it.
Great song and love the twist you've givin it. Cheers sir!! 🎵
Time goes so fast, openmic 42 already! Thanks for the great job, making this happen! :)
Here is my this week's submission, really went all in on this one!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@nicklovesdrums/open-mic-week-42-shape-of-you-ed-sheeran-cover-or-or-version-you-did-not-expect
Peace and Love,
Nick J.
Very cool! Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic.
Very nice cover @nicklovesdrums! Keep it coming ma man. 🎵
Been looking for a drummer on the west coast
"Seasons" is a song I wrote following the funeral of my Aunt Carol. I had been doing some deep thinking about how fragile our lives are and how in a lot of ways they are similar to the changing of the seasons, as leaves were falling down all around. Life goes in cycles, birth and death, and we are all a part of this massive event. We never know when our time is up, but the day is coming for ALL of us. Hope you guys enjoy this original song, and as always, THANK YOU to @luzcypher and @pfunk for contributing to this amazing music contest every week.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chrisgoans/6otx5e-open-mic-week-42-original-song-titled-seasons
Thanks for playing us this very personal song. The mood was deep.
Time rolls on indeed. 🎵
Hello!
Here is my performance for the open mic this week :)
I did a musical interpretation by a poem written by Pablo Neruda. I hope you enjoy it!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@matisotoaguilar/open-mic-week-42-original-composition-or-mogati-poema-xv-or-indo-chilean-fusion
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic. You have a beautiful voice.
Lovely jam @matisotoaguitar 🎵
This is my entry for openmic week 42 , Guns'n Roses - Patience (Vocal)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@davidfar/steemit-open-mic-week-42-guns-n-roses-patience
Thank you for entering
Resteemed! Will read this all right now. Thanks.
Thank you.
An original by @hendrix22 and I, a little more ARTivism to get off our chests :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lyndsaybowes/steemit-open-mic-week-42-original-song-this-is-not-a-joke
Awesome you guys.
Thank you <3 <3 <3
Hi here's my entry thanks!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@isaria/open-mic-week-42-malevolence-my-original-song
Thanks for playing Steemit Open Mic.
This is an original song I wrote for my girlfriend while I was livng in Korea and she was living in the States.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@sixexgames/open-mic-week-42-original-song-kelsey-from-michigan
Nice song. Thank you.
Nice song @sixexgames 🎵
Thanks @luzcypher & @steemusician :)
Decided to do an original piano piece this week, hope you enjoy!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@morodiene/openmic-week-42-original-song-trovador-for-piano
Very nice piano playing. Thanks for sharing your song.
This is awesome! I'm going to enter this week.
Great. Have a close look at the rules of the contest before posting.
Btw, love your posts. Great stuff.
Thank you so much, that means a lot. I appreciate it.
Keep up the good work
You made by day bro, I was already working on one steem anthem song
I'll post it ASAP....:)
Cool, make sure you read the rules first
I upvoted this and also resteemed :)
Thanks
I share this weeks open mic entry with you.
It's about love. An original song.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@atulmittal/open-mic-week-42-more-original-song
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic.
Darn missed week 41, was pretty busy... But i will catch up this week...
Look forward to it. Please read the post as there were some updates to the rules and cut off date.
Yeah i just saw the changes, i figured this was necessary due to the big amount of entries, it would almost be impossible to check all of them out (pretty sure i cant lol)...
Have you thought on splitting the contest in categories?... Such: Covers , Originals, Vocal Performance, Instrumental Performance etc?... That could help to judge and keep track of the entries in an organized way... (just an idea)
Cheers!
We're working on something like that which is why the rules ask for the word 'Original" to be added to the title for original songs and why we ask for the second tag to be originalmusic if it is an original song. There are good reasons for the rules. Also, we changed the title and verbal intro to "Steemit Open Mic Week 42" so that the videos on YouTube promote Steemit and the Google search engine will promote Steemit and the contest. There's a method to the madness.
Wow thats cool!... THis is getting really huge, i didnt realized about the search thing, but suddenly, if i type "dreamrafa" in google search, all my steemit post drops out, and that is so cool, steemit is dominating google search :D
That's right. If you search 'steemit open mic" in google many results come up. By saying the words at the beginning if a video not only does it verify the entry, it also shows up in search results and potentially attracts more musicians who may google search it when they see a video on YouTube.
Yep, hopefully more people will come!... I also use to put the steemit logo in the thumbnail image :D
Hope to get in on this one!! Had two songs ready for last week, just couldn't get a freakin' good take!
Missed you last week. Look forward to hearing more.
Thanks once again for putting this together every week @luzcypher and for sponsoring the open mic @pfunk we absolutely love it
I hope you're enjoying it as much as I enjoy hearing your music.
I upvoted this and also resteemed.
Please follow and upvote me.
I was going to thank you for resteeming but you did not resteem this. Lying on Steemit is not going to work very well for you. And begging for followers is annoying as hell and does not give you good results.
Sorry.Thanks
Open Mic Week 42: Well, I ain't gonna swim with the fishes, I'll tell ya that much.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@passion-ground/open-mic-week-42-well-i-ain-t-gonna-go-sleep-with-the-fishes
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic. I raise my glass of wine to you. It's an Italian thing.
This is my first ORIGINAL contribution the open mic. I wrote this back in the nineties for a mate after he suggested that a young guy getting wet on a motorbike will dry out later, whereas we older blokes in the dry (van) would still be old! Hope you like. 😊
https://steemit.com/openmic/@steelygeoff/open-mic-week-42
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic. You sound really good.
And I like big butts.
And I like big butts.
Looks like there's a small typo in the instructions, it still says 41 here!
These come so fast, I should really record mine the day before so I don't slack!
Thanks for pointing that out. Will fix it.
No prob!
Here's my offering to you fine folk this week
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/open-mic-week-42-a-cover-of-amon-amarth-s-raise-your-horns
ENJOY!
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic.
When will the winners of the openmic week 41 will be announced?
Today, as stated in the rules
Here is my entry for week 42
https://steemit.com/openmic/@brimax/open-mic-week-42-one-of-us
Classic song. Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic.
entry number 1. im entering a couple videos i made this week cause times is hard
https://steemit.com/openmic/@aaronmda/steemit-open-mic-week-42-the-rose
Thank you
Here is my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@drewley/steemit-open-mic-week-42-shadows-original-piano-piece
Thank you
Here is my entry this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tamersilver/open-mic-week-42-pennyroyal-tea-nirvana-cover
Thanks for playing
Fantastic job
Here's my entry for this week!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@wiseworld/open-mic-week-42-plush-stone-temple-pilots-piano-and-vocals
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic
Here is my entry for OpenMic Week 42! Upvoted and Resteemed!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@inkatieskitchen/open-mic-week-42-summertime-gershwin-style
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic.
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic. You sound really good and would love to hear more from you. Please read the rules very carefully.
The updated rules are very clear.
The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 21st of July.
Only 1 entry per person per week.
Steemit Open Mic Week 42 must the beginning of the post title.
Say the words** "Steemit Open Mic Week 42"** at the beginning of your video.
Live performances only specifically made for this contest.
openmic must be the first tag.
You must upvote this post.
Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes.
Check out my entry for this week herr
https://steemit.com/openmic/@charusaid/openmic-week-42-guns-n-roses
Thank you.
Here's my entry for the week - A cover of Hamilton's 'You'll be Back' written by Lin Manuel Miranda.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@giftedgaia/steemit-open-mic-week-42-you-ll-be-back-from-the-musical-hamilton-written-by-lin-manuel-miranda
Thank you SO much
My entry for this week! An attempt to cover Creep by Radiohead.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@calum/steemit-open-mic-week-42-creep-radiohead-cover
I love Raidohead. Thanks for playing
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tarotbyfergus/steemit-open-mic-week-42-donald-where-s-your-trousers
Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic
Here's my entry for week 42:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@melodyrussell/open-mic-week-42-entry-january-original-song
Awesome! Thank you for playing Steemit Open Mic