Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 115. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.
@pfunk has been sponsoring Steemit Open Mic since I first started it and I want to give a big thank you to him and all the people who support and take part in Steemit Open Mic.
@pfunk is a Steemit witness and helps keep the platform working and you can vote for him here Please go vote for him right now. This post will show you how.
@ausbitbank is a top 20 witness on Steemit involved in more supporting projects on the Steem blockchain than I can list. He is a big part of the minnowsupportproject.org, the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty network on Discord, and delegates to many good causes on Steemit. You can vote for him as a wtness here. He just reached out and donated 100 Steem per week to help Open Mic
@Curie helps curate new people who contribute good content and has been supporting Open Mic musicians behind the scenes since Open Mic started. They helped me and countless others get our posts seen when we first started on the platform. Many Open Mic musicians have been featured on their weekly Author's Showcase posts. They are a top 20 witness and have contributed 25 Steem per week for the next two months to help Open Mic. You can vote for them as witness here
MSP-Waves Radio in association with the Minnow Support Project and the Peace, Abundance, Liberty Network is a weekly radio program hosted by @Krystle, @swelker101, and @isaria that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform.
Big shout out to @lukestokes who delegated 5,000 SP to the @openmic account! Thanks for your support.
I just want to remind everyone that votes are only part of the selection process. Entertainment value and performance is factored in too.
The coolest thing about Open Mic is it brings the Steemit community together and that is the whole point of this project.
Meet up with the Open Mic community at Open Mic on Discord and chat with all of the people who enter Open Mic there. It's a great way to interact with the Open Mic community. Your links to your entry is automatically added to the Discord channel, so please don't add links, just come to chat with the community.
Steemit Open Mic is not about winning or losing, it's about building a connections on Steemit through music. Watching the collaborations happen online between musicians who played and met on Steemit Open Mic is very rewarding and many of the people who play and post earn some nice rewards for playing a song.
For many, it's easier to get some Steem in your tip jar by playing for Steemit Open Mic than it is to play music on the street.
NOTE:Having a trending post is not how judges pick entries for their Top 5 weekly picks. Sometimes you will trend because of a variety of reasons. Congratulations! You don't need to win Open Mic to earn rewards and build your audience. As you can see, sometimes trending posts earn more than the contest rewards! You could trend by getting curated by other curation groups like @curie for example. The judges look for entertainment value which, of course, is very subjective and varies over time. Just keep playing and engaging with the community which is the whole point of Open Mic. If you love music, we love you.
"absolutely beautiful voice. Great performance. I love your rendition of this powerful song. You have a gorgeous curl on your high lick vocal i just love" - @soundlegion
You, wonderful songstress, have done it once more. Your consistency of powerfully moving and riveting performances, never gets old. You reward our ears with beautiful music, even if your voice is not at a hundred percent. We are glad you are feeling better this week and that your health is improving. Great comeback and welcoming entry on your return. - @verbal-d
You have such a clear and vibrant tone to your vocals, it's truly breathtakingly beautiful - I just kept listening to this again and again, I just love it so much.
I like the way you've changed it, the softer sweeter version presents a different side and feel to the song - I really enjoyed it so much, you really are incredible.
The playing was again the perfect accompaniment and spot on, together the two of you are phenomenal - this is just an incredible performance and entry, thank you so much for it and I truly hope to see more soon! - @krystle
*listening to you sing is hypnotic and the music fits so well with your voice. You guys make a great duo and can't wait to hear more. Hope you're feeling better. Merry Christmas! - @luzcypher
"Very good vocal, gave me some chills. I absolutely love it. Wonderful job. Great Cover performance. I look forward to hearing more from you in the future. - @soundlegion
You truly are as gifted as Sam Smith. I can‘t wait to hear an original from you but every cover song you approach, you are knocking it out the park with seemingly effortless skill. Your entriesas of late have had high replay value and keep you continually solidifying your case and spot for top three in my book. Looking forward to your next one for sure. - @verbal-d
Wow man each week you just keep getting better and better, call me a fan cause this is bloody brilliant - you have so much skill and make it look absolutely effortless, it's just breathtaking to behold.
.Your playing seems like a second nature, just something happening with no conscious thought - your body just acting from muscle memory and absolutely nailing it.
Then of course I have to say your vocals... well they are just bloody phenomenal man, you have incredible vocal range - your falsetto is just perfection and the transitions are just next level.
Your control is absolutely faultless, you have the ability to gracefully execute any vocal gymnastics presented to you with ease - it's something I search for with musicians I like and you look like you could do it in your sleep. - @krystle
*Love your voice and your performance sounds so good. So glad you found us here on Open Mic and listening to you sing for us. - @luzcypher
You held your own this week with another winter holiday classic. This was a smooth breeze for you and your vocals were spot on with your evidently natural piano accompaniment. You are a bonafide Open Mic veteran and it clearly shows. Very nice entry this week bro. - @verbal-d
*As always @drewley you never fail to impress, what a brilliant performance man - I just loved every damned moment of this performance.>
Your playing is always perfection, it's hard to find fault with any of your performances - this one of course is included.
But I have to say you stole the show with those vocals again, just a brilliant display of control - your tone is impeccable, I just love the crystal clearness of your voice.
The depth you show with your performance was just stunning, I absolutely loved every moment of it - and as always I can't wait for more! - @krystle
@drewley it's so good to hear you sing man. All this time you've been playing piano and it's only recently you started singing and your voice is really good. Keep up the great work and Merry Christmas! - @luzcypher
"Very nice song. Really felt the delivery. Voice was soothing and beautiful I really enjoyed this performance tonight, great work." - @soundlegion
*Wow this was just so hauntingly beautiful I had to include it in my top picks for this week, just an absolutely stunning song and performance.>
Your playing is spot on and the perfect accompaniment for this song, your presentation is faultless and just draws in the listener - it's impossible to look away once you've started.
Then there's your vocals, which were just perfection in every sense of the word - you have a beautiful tone and such a clear sound it's captivating to behold, and added such a depth to the melancholy of the song.
Brilliant performance in every way, I loved hearing this and hope to keep hearing more in the coming weeks.* - @krystle
Wow! This performance was really soulful. Thanks for sharing your music with us and being part of Open Mic. You really have something special - @luzcypher
This was such a fun concert you guys gave us this week. You both are super fluent and talented with your instruments of choice and the piano and cello combination was well balanced, full of energy and passionate sounds. This interpretation was a highly entertaining and musical treat. Definitely looking forward to more like this. Great performance! - @verbal-d
**@senzenfrenz this performance fabulous! It's so good to hear you back again. The passion in this song is heartfelt and well executed. Keep the music alive my friend. We love it! - @luzcypher
Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week.
@steemcreative is a witness run by @swelker101 and @isaria and they host a weekly program with @krystle at MSP-Waves radio that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform.
Each Wednesday night 10-pm Eastern Time you can tune into mspwaves.com and hear interviews, recordings, and live performances from Steemian songwritersDrill down into the craft of songwriting and connect with the artists behind the music Get into MSP/PALNET and become part of our amazing powerful community.
Every Friday connect with musical artists on the Steem blockchain with super host @d-vine, Get into MSP/PALNET and become part of our amazing powerful community. CEST 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm UTC 07:00 pm - 09:00 pm EDT 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm PDT 11:00 am - 01:00 pm
A weekly musical contest. Are you a singer? This is the perfect place. Do you make rap? Come and participate. Are you an instrument performer? Hosted by @d-vine, Go see the latest Pitch Perfect post to get involved.
This is open to any kind of music performer in any genre. You can be original if you wish, or you can interpret a song already created, what is sought in this contest is the passion with which you make your presentation, captivate with your interpretation and of course have fun.
Cover another song by fellow musicians on Steemit. and use the tag coverasteemian and they just may cover you back. Great way to share music and build connections on the platform.
DSound is like SoundCloud only decentralized on the Steem blockchain. Artists can upload their works and hear others music, connect with other artists and earn rewards from community votes. DSound is created by @prc
To get involved click on DSound and start making music.
For those who do not know, Cards & Tokens is organizing a Steemit Openmic card contest. The winners will be chosen based exclusively on the number of votes each card received. The competitors must first claim the authorship of their card, which will generate a new POST that will leave reflected on the steem blockchain the data of the card and thus it will be enabled to receive votes.
Wow!! Again?.. This is incredible.. I dont think i've ever manage anything close to this... The openmic platform has made me a better artists and has raised my self esteem and pride... Thank you soo much for this beautiful gift @all the judges.. Your comments are always so sweet and refreshing. I also thank my fellow entrants... We all collectively make this community what it is and the energy given in us what keeps me going .. You're all just beautiful
yeeeiii !!! ... What a thrill .... Thanks to all the open mic team. extremely grateful and without words. How beautiful to see this, congratulations to all!
wow man, that was fantastic, very nice competition this week, hope to have some times to record another performance, try not to make mistakes this time, i decided that i will not have a single spliff before i finish writing the post... big hugs to all of you and let's rock :)
Felicitaciones al jurado del concurso, siempre me doy ala tarea de escuchar todos los trabajos y en verdad en las últimas han coincidido conmigo en los tres primeros puestos. Congratilation a @dianakyv y a los demás concursantes por su excelente trabajo para el público de openmic y a todos los que hacen vida en el concurso sigan adelante
Wow!! Again?.. This is incredible.. I dont think i've ever manage anything close to this... The openmic platform has made me a better artists and has raised my self esteem and pride... Thank you soo much for this beautiful gift @all the judges.. Your comments are always so sweet and refreshing. I also thank my fellow entrants... We all collectively make this community what it is and the energy given in us what keeps me going .. You're all just beautiful
Your voice is really good man. Congratulations once again.
yeeeiii !!! ... What a thrill .... Thanks to all the open mic team. extremely grateful and without words. How beautiful to see this, congratulations to all!
Congratulations @diamakyv! Very special entry this week.
wow man, that was fantastic, very nice competition this week, hope to have some times to record another performance, try not to make mistakes this time, i decided that i will not have a single spliff before i finish writing the post... big hugs to all of you and let's rock :)
Don't worry about mistakes man. We're just having fun here. Spliff away!
Wow! Thank you so much! :)
Congratulations once again @dustinseth! Loved all your performances. You sound really good.
Thanks!
Felicitaciones al jurado del concurso, siempre me doy ala tarea de escuchar todos los trabajos y en verdad en las últimas han coincidido conmigo en los tres primeros puestos. Congratilation a @dianakyv y a los demás concursantes por su excelente trabajo para el público de openmic y a todos los que hacen vida en el concurso sigan adelante
Congratulations to all the winners this week!. Thanks for Considering me into the honorable mentioned group!.