Steemit Open Mic is an online, live music venue to give musicians a chance to share their music with the Steemit community and get their music heard. It is growing larger every week thanks to all of you.
I want to thank all the talented people that have made the Open Mic contest such a joy to host. It is a pleasure listening to everyone's music and getting to know you guys. Steemit is SO cool like that.
@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
Let's Keep @pfunk In The Top 20 Witnesses By Voting For Him As A Steemit Witness
Please go vote for him right now. This post will show you how.
Vote For Pfunk For Witness And Keep Steemit Open Mic Growing Strong We Need Your Help Now
Steemit Open Mic Prizes Are Temporarily Reduced Until Further Notice
NOTE TO SCAMMERS: I have closed most of the holes scammers have found to cheat the contest except for one. Now people are stealing valid entries from the current week and entering it as their own thinking that because the person in the video says the words Steemit Open Mic Week (current week number) that I will not notice it was already entered. This is the worst form of cheating possible and I have started flagging those caught doing this.
From now on, anyone entering Open Mic must say Steemit Open Mic Week Number (current week number) and their username to have a valid entry. This is to stop scammers from stealing your video and entering it as their own.
How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher
##@@ Operation We Are The Open Mic --- by @meno
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Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher
What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways
Join Steemit Open Mic Night Week 87 and win Steem. Just Record, Post, Win! Come play or sing a song for Steemit.
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Steemit Open Mic Rules
From now on, anyone entering Open Mic must say Steemit Open Mic Week Number (current week number) and their username to have a valid entry. This is to stop scammers from stealing your video and entering it as their own.
- The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 1st
of June 2018 - Each week the contest starts on Sunday and ends on Friday. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER BEFORE SUNDAY the 27th
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- Steemit Open Mic Week 87 must the beginning of the post title.
- Steemit Open Mic Week 87 and your username must be said at the beginning of your video
- Live musical performances only specifically made for this contest. A musical instrument must be played in your performance.
- openmic must be the first tag
- Add a link to your post in the comments of this contest post.
- You must upvote this post
- Even if you use DTube a YouTube or Video embedded link must be added to your post too
Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry --- by @luzcypher
Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes. For a 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
- 100 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 87" AND YOUR USERNAME at the beginning of your recorded video. Posts without those words spoken in the beginning of your live, recorded video do not qualify for prizes.
From now on, anyone entering Open Mic must say Steemit Open Mic Week Number (current week number) and their username to have a valid entry. This is to stop scammers from stealing your video and entering it as their own.
Here is an example of a correctly titled post.
These requirements make it easier for judges and curators to find your posts and upvote it. Ignoring these requirements only hurt your chances of earning rewards.
Steemit Open Mic News
Songwriter Shop Talk With Our Very Special Guest Luzcypher --- by @meno
Steemit Open Mic Is Growing And Expanding And A Call For A Dedicated Open Mic Website --- by @luzcypher
Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 5 Entries
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
Steemit Open Mic Week 87
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 86 will be announced **, Monday, May 28t, 2018 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 the spirit of Steemit Open Mic night.
So.. Steemit Open Mic submissions in comments, community voting and reblogging are encouraged.
However, we need to avoid public vote abuse and keep a certain standard for Steemit Open Mic night.
- So.. community voting as the 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 86" AND YOUR USERNAME AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR VIDEO
We're looking for real live musical performances for this contest. Some people have posted old videos from YouTube and it's difficult to verify that it's really them performing. They will be disqualified from the contest.
If you want a chance to earn the prize, make a new video and say STEEMIT OPEN MIC Week 87 at the start of it.
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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 87" AND YOUR USERNAME 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 87 before any other text in the title.
For example: STEEMIT Open Mic Week 87- Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot*
You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 87.
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 1st JUNE 2018). Find your UTC time here.
DO NOT ENTER AFTER 12.00 PM UTC Time (Friday 1st JUNE 2018) YOUR VIDEO WILL NOT BE UPVOTED AFTER THAT TIME
You may only submit 1 (one) entry per week.
From now on, anyone entering Open Mic must say Steemit Open Mic Week Number (current week number) and their username to have a valid entry. This is to stop scammers from stealing your video and entering it as their own.
Performances are not judged on production value, only on performance and entertainment value.
- Steemit Open Mic judges will deliberate 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place based on the selected performances.
Steemit Open Mic Prizes Are Temporarily Reduced Until Further Notice
- Each week the prizes will be paid as follows:
- 1st place: 80 Steem
- 2nd place: 40 Steem
- 3rd place: 26 Steem
- 4th place: 26 Steem
- 5th place: 26 Steem
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
- or post your entries here
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.
<center>https://i.imgsafe.org/b1/b19044292a.png</center>
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:
Join The Open ic Community On Discord
Come join us and chat with musicians in the Open ic community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/UWE5P8
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.
From now on, anyone entering Open Mic must say Steemit Open Mic Week Number (current week number) and their username to have a valid entry. This is to stop scammers from stealing your video and entering it as their own.
The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 1ST of June
Each week the contest starts on Sunday and ends on Friday. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER BEFORE SUNDAY OR AFTER FRIDAY 12 UTC TIME
Only 1 entry per person per week
Steemit Open Mic Week 87 must the beginning of the post title.
Steemit Open Mic Week 87 and your username must be said at the beginning of your video
Live performances only specifically made for this contest.
openmic must be the first tag
Add a link to your post in the comments of this contest post.
You must upvote this post.
- Even if you use DTube a YouTube or Video embedded link must be added to your post too.
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 are a few new places to find great music.
How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail
Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry
Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit Not About Winning
Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 3 Entries
Steemit Open Mic Prizes Are Temporarily Reduced Until Further Notice
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!
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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Traduction gracieuseté de @roxane
We would like to thank you all for your spirited participation in making this a big part of the Steemit music community!
To those trying to scam this contest, and Steemit in general, you will be banned and flagged when I find you
These accounts, all from the same guy. He just created them and used them all to enter Open Mic Week 87 and upvoted himself with all his account. That kind of behavior is unacceptable and he is banned for good from playing Open Mic:
@clodovea
@rollingbottles
@upmey
@montana-msc
@ghost-7
@water-up
For those of you following the Open Mic Trail none of your votes were wasted upvoting any of these accounts with the exception of the 1st one in the list which the trail followed since I upvoted it before discovering all the others. I suggest you go there and remove your votes. We got your back. I see that some of you in the Open Mic community upvoted him by mistake because he actually sounds pretty good, but he's cheating and we don't want to support that here.
Check out the comment I left him LOL
https://steemit.com/openmic/@montana-msc/steemit-open-mic-week-87-or-or-cover-11-januari-gigi-1ada8eab8ce36
P.S. - I don't usually upvote my comments or posts but thought the community should see this. So I upvoted it to bring it to the top of the comments. If later, others upvote this comment to make it rise to the top, I will remove my upvote to my comment.
P.S.S. - This is the same guy too @musictime. Unfortunately, we all upvoted that one this week. Sorry guys. I have removed my vote from his post and flagged him.
Melancholic song, really liked, especially the end!
Thank you!
Good to see you back!
Thanks! Great to be back!
Hi @luzcypher
Back in the swing of things after working on tracks for my up coming EP.
Here's a different approach from me this week.
I hope you all enjoy it.
Thanks
Darren
My Blog Post
Wow, mind blown!
Excellent song Darren, I would buy that EP.
I'm hearing Levon Helm and the boys in the Band, is that one of your influences?
Anyhow, Great Job!
@wethepatsies Hey there! Thanks for your awesome comment!!! I can't say I'm a fan of Levon Helm!
Cheers for watching and listening!
Great to see you've stuck at it with regular content! I need to do the same.
Did you ever look into whether he was wrong or not?
Hi Sam! Long time no see mate! Who was wrong it not chap? I don't follow?
Sorry that didn't make much sense - I meant whether the guitar cost 15,000, whether he was wrong or not!
Great voice and solo! Really good job!
The sound is clear, really nice recording!😉
https://steemit.com/openmic/@peterkrackpotkin/steemit-open-mic-week-87-your-soul-can-break-original
Cool cool vibe, luv it!
thank you brother!
This is straight sickness. I love it. I love how you use the looping, but I also just love the space in this piece. Cool tune. 😎
thank you brother, I appreciate it!
Great use of the loop! Magic bass! Love it!
Hey thanks for voicing, my first love was bass. Stay tuned
You're welcome!
😉...I sing too..or better ti say Scream...but I never play an instrument...
Here y'all go
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/steemit-open-mic-week-87-cover-amporhis-amongst-stars
Amazing voice and guitar play! Great job guys!!!
Thx !
https://steemit.com/openmic/@addiesworld/steemit-openmic-week-87-jolene-by-dolly-parton-cover Here’s my entry for the week!:)
Good afternoon friends Steemians who make life in this great platform especially those of the family @openmic... This is my second participation in the contest and I do it again with a theme of my own authorship... accompanies me once again in the realization of the video a great friend musician, Professor Gabriel. Grateful to @luzcypher and @pfunk for the opportunity to present to this great community of creators of music and good content.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@sayury/spe5gwu4
Hi guys!
This is our participation for the OPEN MIC!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lisamalletart/open-mic-week-87-lisa-and-rhavi-or-baba-baby-kelly-key-cover
Thank you so much!!
Lisa & Rhavi
Lovely as always, good to see another post from you 2 :)
Bababababa babyyy...
Sweet :)
Hi guys, so we are back again today and we had a plus one. Her name is rachael,,,,
https://steemit.com/openmic/@klynic/steemit-openmic-week-87-1-1-cover-with-annabel-and-rachael
woah, great voices! and great mugging for the camera :) You all are hilarious.
lol, i know right?
Great vocals!
Great voices!!!! Cheers guys!!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chaifm/steemit-openmic-week-87-streets-of-your-mind-original
A bit of summer vibes in the evening sun. May we all have a great week!
Another good one :) your voice has a certain quality that i really like. I can't really describe it. Like its coming from your core or something.
I'm super stoked to be back in!
Finally done a new entry for Open Mic!
Put your chair in the upright position & buckle your seat!
You're in for some turbulence!
Blissful blessings and smilesin joyNathanNK
I posted nearly 24 hours ago via scheduled post (Steemauto), but forgot to post here! Doh! Mistakes make me smile!
That's some damn good turbulence, my man!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!!!
😃🎶🚀✈️🛩🎸
I hope everyone has a wonderful week ;9)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gibber/steemit-open-mic-week-87-alberta-standard-by-gibber
Hey Gibber I'm Loving the 12 String! Great old song and well done.
By the way I know where Alberta is, right between Saskatchewan and British Columbia (lol).
Alberta be hurting you bro 😂
She's been gone so long ... ;0(
Hello friends of openmic greetings to all!
Here I leave my participation this week I hope you like it.
Blessings!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@rosaimm/steemit-openmic-week-87-eres-mi-fortaleza-cover-by-rosaimm
Hi friends , here I leave my participation https://steemit.com/openmic/@prof.perez/steemit-openmic-week-87-so-vale-quem-tem-cover-mestre-barrao
This is so unique. I love it. 😎
thank you brother.
Esta es mi entrada para participar en la SEMANA 87 de OPEN MIC
Saludos @luzcypher y @pfunk por la iniciativa
https://steemit.com/openmic/@kantos/steemit-open-mic-week-87-el-alcaravan-cover-venezuelan-song
Excelente. Sigue adelante. Exitos
Wao que combinacion tan buena! Excelente cancion excelente voz y excelente acompañamiento! Magistral... ¡mis respetos!
Excelente participación, maravillosa voz y ejecución del cuatro, Felicidades
Excelente participación!
Que talento @kantos esta excelente. Me gusto la edición del vídeo para agregar otros sonidos y voces. La letra de la canción esta bonita. Gracias por compartirlo con toda la comunidad
Muy buen dúo, una fuerte voz con una gran compañía en el cuatro. @kantos me gusta mucho poder apreciar todo el talento que tienes y ansiosa por ver lo que traes en camino. Excelente participación y mucha suerte en el concurso.
Muchas gracias por tu comentario, lo valoro inmensamente!
Excelente hermosa voz Dios bendiga los talentos que les dio te deseo suerte amigo me gusto el dúo muy buen equipo.
Excelente mi bello!!! Exito precioso!
Happy OpenMic Week 87 fellow Steemians, this week it's time to get active and end the Criminal Fed once and for all. Please sign the petition.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@wethepatsies/steemit-openmic-week-87-right-out-loud-an-original-song-by-we-the-patsies
Petition...
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-president-congress-remove-privately-owned-federal-reserve-our-central-bank
Here's my entry for this week sir @luzcypher 😊
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jembee/steemit-open-mic-week-87-don-t-leave-me-original-song
Hi Open Mic Friends! This is my entry...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OuB_qx2t0FA
https://steemit.com/openmic/@zorajr/steemit-open-mic-semana-87-canto-a-caracas-cover
https://steemit.com/openmic/@graceleon/open-mic-week-87-amor-eterno-juan-gabriel-cover-by-graceleon
Hello friends.. Here is my entry for the week
https://steemit.com/openmic/@mcmusic/open-mic-week-87-when-we-re-together-original
mi entrada de esta semana
https://steemit.com/openmic/@natashamartinez/steemit-open-mic-week-87-una-y-otra-vez
Another great performance. Muy bien. I really want to see you fronting a punk band for some reason.
Hy friends, this is my entry!!! Enjoy!!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@diegopadilla/steemit-openmic-week-87-cover-poema-azul-polo-margariteno-diegopadilla-by-luzcypher-and-pfunk
This is so good, really awesome harmonies.
Thanks @shookriya!!!
Hey Friends 👨👩👧👦 👨👩👦👦 👨👩👧👧
Once more Im participating at the incredibly Open Mic Contest !
Let Us make some Love down here in the Comments! 📝💞
https://steemit.com/openmic/@johannesburghart/steemit-open-mic-week-87-or-jon-bellion-woke-the-f-ck-up
Very good man 👍
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lillywilton/steemit-openmic-week-87-summer-rain-original
Thank you <3
I need to ask you, do you have another account named @gup-shup? The reason I ask is I think someone plagiarized your entry this week.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gup-shup/steemit-openmic-week-87-summer-rain-original-7e966d67cf12a
That is most certainly not me but yikes! Thanks for the head’s up.
The guy even has the words Good Karma on the header in his blog and then pulls this kind of scam. Jeez!
He has been flagged, reported, and muted. Sorry, this happened. Just know we got your back.
Yikes :/ But thank you so much for doing that! ! I really appreciate it ❤️🙏
https://steemit.com/openmic/@pastorbastida/open-mic-week-87-digno-eres-de-gloria-cover-by-pastorbastida
Genial amigos, felicidades!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ed64zLOzFk
https://steemit.com/openmic/@alinares/steemit-open-mic-semana-87-brindis-cover
Great guitarwork man.
Thanks!
You are hilarious man. Love it.
Here's my entry for this week!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jumpmaster/h87e85av
Hi Guys - This is my entry for Steemit Openmic week 87. An original tune, 'Waltz 87'.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@shelbi/steemit-open-mic-week-87-original-waltz-87-shelbi
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=juF1QdmBCQ0
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jhoxiris/cipwoe9y
https://steemit.com/openmic/@oscar20/steemit-open-mic-week-87-por-un-destello-de-tu-gloria-jesus-adrian-romero-cover
Esta es mi participacion de la semana
https://steemit.com/openmic/@ddpg98/steemit-open-mic-semana-87-marinero-por-ddpg98
Hello steemians, this is my entry to the Open mic week 87 contest
https://steemit.com/openmic/@omniciente/steemit-open-mic-week-87-cover-song-perfect-by-omniciente
My entry https://steemit.com/openmic/@mayneth/steemit-open-mic-week-87-warushar-by-mayneth-original-song Thank you!
I felt a bit weird about entering this tune this week, as it is a different version of the song I uploaded last week. However, it is a very different arrangement and of course a new performance and I would really love some feedback about which version you all like better if you are inspired to share. Thanks :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@shookriya/steemit-openmic-week-87-acoustic-version-of-shook-an-original-tune
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gabrielkrupaz/steemit-open-mic-week-87-fun-fun-fun-the-beach-boys-cover-by-gabrielkrupaz
**Rock on everybody! **
For this week I have a collaboration. We put together some stuff and we hope you like it. When I say we I refer to @Carlosgu and a future steemian, bassist Cesar Augusto. Enjoy.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@siomarasalmeron/steemit-open-mic-week-87-the-only-exception-paramore-cover-by-siomara-salmeron-or-voice-guitar-and-bass
¡Greetings! Here my participation with this beautiful song and these great voices. City Of Stars from La La Land. I hope you like it :D
https://steemit.com/openmic/@amundafrank/steemit-open-mic-week-87-city-of-stars-la-la-land-juan-carlos-nathaly-and-frank-openmic-by-luzcypher-and-pfunk
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gloriana071/steemit-open-mic-week-87-eres-mi-bendicion-funky-and-alex-zurdo-cover
gracias @luzcypher por organizar este concurso
Aqui mi participación: https://steemit.com/openmic/@juanmolina/steemit-open-mic-week-87-cachos-de-vaca-cover-desorden-publico
Hi friends! This is is my entry...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FW4QmO7y5jo
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jesuslnrs/6vq1y0v5
https://steemit.com/openmic/@robertonavs/steemit-open-mic-week-87-more-than-words-by-extreme-robertonavs-cover this is my entry for this week, I apologize for the darkness, it was a problem with the camera, anyway I leave my participation here.