Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 93. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.
We had 197 valid entries this week! Awesome guys!
Support Musicians On Steemit
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
Let's Keep @pfunk In The Top 20 Witnesses By Voting For Him As A Steemit Witness
@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.
Vote For Pfunk For Witness And Keep Steemit Open Mic Growing Strong We Need Your Help Now
More Open Mic Sponsors
Over the last week Open Mic was contacted and offered some more sponsorship from:
@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.
@aggroed is a top 20 witness and is involved in the minnowsupportproject.org and the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty network on Discord. He is launching a new online card game called SteemMonsters.com. Steem Monsters is supporting Open Mic with a 50 Steem donation per week to the contest. He's also gifting a 5-card Steem Monster pack to the winner's. You can vote for him as witness here
What Is SteemMonsters.com?
And thanks to @meno's initiative the community has come together to support Open Mic. Many of you have created posts in support of the Open Mic community and have donated a portion of the rewards from those posts to @openmic so we can keep doing what we do, build a great community of musicians on Steemit. You guys are the best and we feel appreciative and inspired!
Operation We Are The Open Mic --- by @meno
Steemit Open Mic Rules
- The cutoff date for entries was Friday the 13th of June, 2018 at 12 UTC TIME Find your UTC time here.
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- "Steemit Open Mic Week 93" must the beginning of the post title.
- "Steemit Open Mic Week 93" must be said at the beginning of your video and your username.
- Live performances only specifically made for this contest.
- openmic must be the first tag
- Add a link to your post in the comments of the contest post.
- You must upvote this post.
- If your song is an original song then add the word "Original" somewhere in your title
- You can use DTube but include an embedded YouTube or Vimeo video 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.
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.
To learn more about the rules to entering the contest please read What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways
Common Questions When Entering Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher
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.
Join the Facebook page for Steemit Musicians you can read about here or go straight to the page here. A lot of players from Steemit Open Mic are there.
Steemit Open Mic Judges
@soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno
Music Creators Guide To Copyrights, Royalties, And Recording Contracts
Common Questions When Entering Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher
How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher
Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher
Official Open Mic Or Passion Ground S Top 5 Entries For Week 93 --- by @passion-ground
Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 93 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d
Open Mic Week 93 Top 5 Selection And Honorable Mentions --- by @meno
Openmic Week 93 Soundlegion Top 5 Judges Picks Honorable Mentions Top Picks List --- by @soundlegion
The Open Mic S Mega Collaboration Mash Up Update 2 --- by @passion-ground
Isaria S Weekly Music Curation Minnow Support Project Community Curation Check Out These 5 Awesome Musicians --- by @isaria
Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry --- by @luzcypher
Special thanks to @soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno for help judging the contest this week. Great job guys.
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.
Steemit Open Mic Trending Posts
Click here to see the current trending posts on Steemit Open Mic
Top 20 Trending Open Mic Posts
The openmic tag has earned a total of: 225,724.740 SBD worth $268,612 USD At Today's Prices of $1.19 SBD (Average of $2,888.30 per week in 93 weeks +plus has paid out over 26,700 Steem in prizes!
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.
The most recent top earning posts were:
This chart is provided by @carlgnash.
Congratulations to all of you who trended this week on Open Mic!
Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 93
It is not getting any easier to pick with all this talent and it is so hard picking winners every week even with 5 judges.
Honorable mentions this week in no particular order are: @andreabortone, @moderndayjester, @leomolina, @mayneth, @belenlopr, @gabrielinho, @ilazramusic, @itslobianco, @honeymoon-1611, @samidbarid, @kayclarity, @dreamrafa, @k0wsk1, @drewley, @belenlopr, @silentscreamer, @addiesworld, @coruscate, @jumpmaster, and many more on our radar. We Love You All!
and the winners are...
1st Place
You won 80 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 93 - "Come My Way" - Featuring @Pechichemena!! --- by @lillywilton
Okay, so lately I have this affinity for mash-ups and collaborations… Hmmm… I wonder where that came from… Regardless of such affinities, this gem, “Come My Way” by @lillywilton is simply stunning! It’s a song about leaping into the great wide open of life, taking risks, and letting life come to you, on your own terms, and in your own special way. The impressive audio engineering and musical artistry of @pechichemena and his associates are self-evident in this dreamy song of hope and reflection. Great collaboration guys! - @passion-ground
"Wow guys! @pechichemena is really bringing some incredible production work to us time and time again in collaboration with one talented steemian after another. @lillywilton brings beauty to the production with her fantastic voice and beautiful melody, wonderful clarity on her high notes, I love it! Nice outro as well the ending explodes fantastically guys well put together.' - @soundlegion
This song is leap years in quality of most of the tunes I could ever hear on a radio and I mean that sincerely. This to me belongs as the soundtrack of one of those movies that leaves you all emotional at the end removing your ability to enjoy breakfast the very next day. You know exactly what I'm talking about I'm sure.
Beautiful production, the buildup was the perfect touch and Lily's voice.... angelic as always. -@meno
2nd Place
You won 40 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 93 Cover Banks Gemini Feed --- by @ill-esha
Right from the way her super-professional speaking voice sounded in the intro, I immediately got the sense that I was in for something good here. Amid her intro, I thought I was listening to the mainstream radio for gosh sake! Wow, – let me tell you, @ill-esha did not let me down – at all! In fact, she blew me away with her rendition of “Gemni Feed,” a song I’ve never heard before. Alisha’s performance on the keys in concert with her outstanding vocal performance guaranteed her artistry a secure place within my top-5. Great audio production too, girlfriend… NICE! = @passion-ground
"Really like this song, never heard it before untill now and @ill-esha rocks it out with a fantastic voice. I was really feeling this performance." - @soundlegion
I remember @zipporah telling me that @ill-esha was talented. Of course I believed her. I even heard a few of her productions (talented producer here, you should check her work). But I never imagined she could sing like this, never. So of course when I heard this track I had to stop drinking my coffee, look for my headphones and get lost in the sound.
Absolutely stunning performance. Welcome to the open mic @ill-esha , please keep on sharing your talent with us. - @meno
3rd Place
You won 26 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit OpenMic Week 93 - Dos Gardenias - Buena Vista Social Club --- by @gabriel8ar
I believe this is the very first time that I’ve seen and heard from @mangobajito and @gabriel8ar. The first thing that caught my eye beyond observing a rather attractive young couple setting up their intro – was the cool black & white backdrop and setting that they created for recording this amazing performance! Seconds later, my auditory senses were lovingly stroked by such a depth and richness of guitar playing that I knew I might be in for a treat. I waited with bated breath for the vocals to commence and hopefully compliment the richness and beauty of the guitar sounds that I was hearing. … And then she began to sing… - and I was like – whoa! - They sound so perfect and beautiful together! I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this performance – it is truly outstanding in every way. The hilarious outtake was simply icing on the cake… I loved everything about this you two! - @passion-ground
So this happened. I was transported to a different time, stolen from my time line for 4 minutes of my life. Honestly unless you are not familiar with Buena Vista Club Social, you might listen to this track and be confused about it. But, this rendition is freaking beautiful, the latin jazz elements are all there, hinted by Gabriel's brilliant playing and caressed by @mangobajito's silky voice. - @meno
*"what a lovely performance. really loved the black and white and the setting. The camera work was lovely as well, captured a nice suiting feel, loved the vocals, sultry and smooth, absolutely lovely. Fantastic guitar work as well, what a beautiful sound you both created together" * - @soundlegion
4th Place
You won 26 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 93 - Connecting The Dots - Original song by Darren Claxton --- by @darrenclaxton
”Connecting the Dots” is a poetic marvel! Darren has a unique and special way of writing incredible stories in elegant poetic form. He then goes onto crafting a beautiful melodic backdrop of vocals and music to tell his story. With every bit of creative and musical dynamism that we’ve come to expect from Darren, he handily delivers the goods once again, with “Connecting the Dots.” - @passion-ground
Darren has been on fire for a while now, no sign of slowing down in the slightest. I for one, freaking love it. If he continues like this, he's going to end up with 10 EPs before the year is over. - @meno
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5th Place
You won 26 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Openmic Week 93 Original Song Who Am I --- by @kjablonski
*"I am so over the moon to see and hear Kate Jablonski back on open mic. Hearing them pipes open up with so much soul and depth brought me the goosebumps and a good pound in my chest. What a beautiful lyric and heartfelt performance, which is something kate never seems to fail at delivering everytime she jumps in with us. Fantastic" * - @soundlegion
It seems like a lifetime ago now that I first heard @kjablonski's entries for the first time. I have to say I've never seen/heard her miss the mark and we've missed her dearly. I kept on wondering "Where are you?" (pun intended, stolen from the lyrics) - But It was a beautiful surprise to see her enter this week, and it was a pleasure to listen to this talented soul once again. - @meno
Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week.
Congratulation Everyone And Thanks For Playing Steemit Open Mic. Winners can collect their Steem Monster Cards at SteemMonsters.com#
Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit, Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher
Congratulations guys! Thanks again to everyone that entered. Thanks to our sponsors @pfunk, @ausbitbank, @curie, @aggroed, @isaria, and @steemmonsters for sponsoring Open Mic!
Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 94 by Following This Link
Steemit Open Mic Week 94 Record Your Performance And Win Steem Sponsored By Pfunk And Luzcypher --- by @luzcypher
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Glad to be back again for last weeks open mic, thank you for including me in the winners circle! I will try my best to enter again very soon ;)
Woo Hoo! Good to see you back. Congrats!
Beautiful entries, everyone!! I'm so honored <3
Congratulation once again @ill-esha and welcome!
Aaaaahhhh!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is confirmation that everything @pechichemena turns to gold. ❤️
Aww, that's sweet. Congrats again @lillywilton! Great collaboration.
Whaaaa honorable mention?!? 🙀Love you guys! ♥️
Huge congrats to the top 5! So much amazing talent in that list!
And I'll be meeting you in Poland I hope. Steemfest 3! Woo Hoo!
Awesome!!! Congrats everyone! <3
@ill-esha, my dear – you've done it! Super proud friend right here. I knew everyone would love you as much as I do! WOOT!
She's very talented and hooked me in on the first note. Just like you do.
Wow, this sounds so cool. Going to play in again.
<3 - Is you is happies nuff?
Following. Best stuff on Steemit.
congratulation to the winners
Thank you so much for the mention!:) Means a lot. Great picks this week. That’s so much pressure for you judges, but you do an excellent job!
It's always a pleasure when you play here.
Congratulations to this week's winners! They did a great job of showing off their talent as artists, keep it up and give it the best :)
Excelente, y felicidades a los ganadores...
Excelente selección!
To be honest my steem power is end...
plz upvote me.
Great music as always. The figures you've given above for payouts for the openmic entries are just staggering!!
so cool
¡FUCK YEAH! And On and On.
Wou! Muchisimas gracias, estamos super contentos!!. Saludos y las mejores vibras para ti y todos los jurados. Encantados con las palabras de @passion-ground @soundlegion @meno Abrazos y saludos para todos!
Lost In Japan habla del amor a distancia al no poder para de pensar en su chica y que le echa de menos y necesita verla, pero ojo no es ¡Pero nada de dramas! es mas una canción asi como sexy, con una letra muy sensual y una melodía que seduce tal cual como esta parte