Steemit Open Mic Week 56 - Record Your Performance And Win Steem - Sponsored By @pfunk And @luzcypher

[luzcypher]

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.

Join Steemit Open Mic Night Week 56 and win Steem. Just Record, Post, Win! Come play or sing a song for Steemit.

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Translation courtesy of @lizanomadsoul

Steemit Open Mic Rules

• The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 27th of October
• Only 1 entry per person per week
• Steemit Open Mic Week 56 must the beginning of the post title.
• Steemit Open Mic Week 56 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.

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

• 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 56" 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

Creamy And Delicious 1000 Thank You S For Helping Me Win A Ticket From Quinneaker To Steemfest2 --- by @luzcypher

Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 3 Entries --- by @luzcypher

Are There Enough Songwriters On Steemit To Host A Songwriting Contest To Win A New Guitar --- by @luzcypher

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 See Who Played Open Mic And Vote For Your Favorite Steemian Musicians --- by @luzcypher

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 56

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 55 will be announced **, Monday, October 23rd, 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 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 56" 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.

• If you want a chance to earn the prize, make a new video and say STEEMIT OPEN MIC Week 56 at the start of it.

• 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 56" 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 56 before any other text in the title.

For example: STEEMIT Open Mic Week 56 - Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot

• You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 56.

• 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 27th OCTOBER 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
• 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.

https://i.imgsafe.org/cd/cdc10cf01c.png

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:

1. Steemit Group 1
2. Steemit Group 2

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 27th of October
• Only 1 entry per person per week
• Steemit Open Mic Week 56 must the beginning of the post title.
• Steemit Open Mic Week 56 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.
• 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 are a few new places to find great music.

• Creamy And Delicious 1000 Thank You S For Helping Me Win A Ticket From Quinneaker To Steemfest2 --- by @luzcypher
  

• Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 3 Entries --- by @luzcypher
  

• Are There Enough Songwriters On Steemit To Host A Songwriting Contest To Win A New Guitar --- by @luzcypher
  

• Steemit Open Mic Week 55 See Who Played Open Mic And Vote For Your Favorite Steemian Musicians --- by @luzcypher
  

• @music-trail team is part of the SteemTrail project, curating good music you can find here.

• Steemit Artists Music Compilation Volume 2 Support Over 20 Music Artists Here On Steemit Free Downloads --- by @soundlegion
  

• Competition Widens In Steemit Song Collaboration Project 100 Sbd To Be Awarded --- by @tim-rumford
  

• Karaoke Contest Week 12 Suggestion Box --- by @killerwhale
  

• Rap Challenge Week 15 Submission Thread Submit Your Videos And Win Sbd --- by @rondonson
  

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 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!

Learn more about Basic Universal Income here

Comments

[dewallenband]

First one in along time: https://steemit.com/openmic/@dewallenband/steemit-open-mic-week-56-the-hills-cover

[samstonehill]

My first ever entry to this competition. Really enjoyed recording 'We are the Babies!' with my son Esteban this morning. Who currently has Rubella.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@samstonehill/open-mic-week-56-original-song-we-are-the-babies-accompanied-by-esteban-my-son

Hope we followed all the rules right!

Enjoy 😜

[chrisroberts]

This song was stuck in my head all night! Check it out; it's pretty awesome, and there's an adorable little guy!

[samstonehill]

Thanks buddy. We were at it again this morning.

A great distraction from that darn Bob Le Train!

[carlgnash]

My entry for Open Mic Week 56:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@carlgnash/open-mic-week-56-four-directions-original-song

And if you haven't seen it yet (and you want to MELT with cuteness), check out my son as he totally unprompted says he has an original song for Steemit Open Mic Week 54. I am going to have to have a chat with him about properly citing his source material, as I am pretty sure the ABC song is not in fact original material written by him, but I think he nails the performance LOL Much love - Carl
https://steemit.com/openmic/@carlgnash/one-thing-two-songs-monster-truck-and-steemit-open-mic-week-54-abcd

[geenaizzy]

He deserves to win 😳

[cabelindsay]

I tend to think that same thing, week after week. Such an impressive singer-songwriter. Just needs a percussionist, and maybe a bassist. Heck, he might round up a full support crew like these dudes and crowds will pay to see them play.

Grateful Dead band.

[allanshrestha]

This made me smile! Looks like the little one wants to get involved as well :)

[basilmarples]

you're right, its blatant plagiarism, but damn, he plays it SO much better than the original it might as well be his now.... bringing up a little legend there gnashster :)

[jesusman12]

Hi @luzcypher, thanks for this wonderful contest, it's my first presentation. I hope you like it!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@jesusman12/steemit-open-mic-week-56-summertime-cover-standar-jazz-no-piano

[the21plus]

My oh my nicely done. One of my favorite classics of all time. You hotz brother!

[chrisroberts]

That was amazing! Your rhythm is impeccable. Well done! Followed.

[chrisroberts]

[lucybanks]

My entry for this week @luzcypher! I'm still going!!

[the21plus]

Oh very smooth and touching. Love the delivery of this song! Well done!

[senzenfrenz]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@senzenfrenz/steemit-open-mic-week-56-frederic-chopin-aeolian-harp-harfenetuede-as-dur-op-25-nr-1

[chrisroberts]

This is an amazing performance. Looks pretty effortless.

[coruscate]

Thanks @luzcypher and @pfunk for hosting another week of open mic. Can't wait to enjoy all the good music this week.

Here's my entry for week #56. Cover of Sunday Morning by Maroon 5.

[luzcypher]

So good to hear you singing Sunday morning on this Sunday morning. Thanks

[fred101]

Here's my entry for this week! :)

https://steemit.com/openmic/@fred101/steemit-openmic-week-56-haydn-trumpet-concerto-mov-1

[chrisroberts]

Very well done, sir! Your trumpeting takes me back...

[fred101]

Thanks, you're videos are always great! Well done especially with the STEEMIT song for the @talentchallenge

[umilayne]

Here's my first submission to Open Mic!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@umilayne/open-mic-week-56-come-together-beatles-cover

[the21plus]

So proud of you making your first submission. You were jammin'! Time for me to get mine in now!

[chrisroberts]

Nice job! I liked the harmonies.

[chaifm]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@chaifm/steemit-open-mic-week-56-i-do-or-original-song

Hello dear musicians, My original song, fresh from oven wrote on Monday.

[passion-ground]

Okay, so here’s the first of two consecutive family-oriented entries I put together while visiting with my brother. Hope you like the first one here in week 56.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@passion-ground/steemit-open-mic-week-56-family-affair-part-1-beatles-cover

[luzcypher]

Thanks for your entry. Love it.

[passion-ground]

Thank you, Luzcy!

[chrisroberts]

Awesome! Looks like y'all were having a fun night.

[dreamrafa]

[luzcypher]

Nice jam. Thanks

[lynnm]

Hello! Here my entry. https://steemit.com/openmic/@lynnm/steemit-open-mic-week-56-the-dwarves-and-the-doll-of-the-calenda-los-enanos-y-la-muneca-de-la-calenda

[luzcypher]

Thanks

[tombalistreri]

Hello.
Here is my entry for openmic 56.
This is an acoustic version of a song I wrote and recorded several years ago
with a band I was in called "The Hannies."
Wherever you are in life,
or whatever you are doing,
you are in the middle.

Thanks for listening.

Tom

https://steemit.com/openmic/@tombalistreri/steemit-openmic-week-56-it-s-the-middle-original-performed-by-tombalistreri

[luzcypher]

Thank you.

[chrisroberts]

Thanks for sharing. The middle is a famously overlooked topic. I'm sure all of my fellow middle children can agree.

[pearlumie]

My first entry into the open mic contest.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@pearlumie/steemit-open-mic-week-56-rhianna-ft-milky-ekko-stay

Watch it, Like it.

[wethepatsies]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@wethepatsies/steemit-openmic-week-56-avalon-blues-cover

We The Patsies do a cover of Avalon Blues for Steemit Openmic Week 56.

[meno]

Greetings and Salutations beautiful people... this is my humble entry for the week... much love and success to you all!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@meno/steemit-openmic-week-56-original-song-wait

[geenaizzy]

Your timing is what amazes me apart from your voice of course :)

[samstonehill]

Beautiful song. Beautifully performed. Thank you

[jaybird]

BaBoom!

It's been a long time since I entered Open Mic. Here's a new one!

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https://steemit.com/openmic/@jaybird/steemit-open-mic-week-56-can-t-say-goodbye-original-song-demo

[luzcypher]

Good song @jaybird

[jaybird]

Thanks mon!

[jaybird]

Thanks mon!

[nirtsfaty]

Hi guys,
This is my entry for this week's Openmic.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@nirtsfaty/steemit-open-mic-week-56-original-noria-shadows

Thank you for listening,
Nir

[luzcypher]

Thank you.

[geenaizzy]

Sweet voice 🙂

[nirtsfaty]

Thank you 😊

[joseacabrerav]

Hey! first time that i upload a video on youtube, first time i did something like this, i wrote this song a few months ago, enjoy! (:

https://steemit.com/openmic/@joseacabrerav/steemit-open-mic-semana-56-cancion-propia-me-va-mejor-jose-cabrera

[charusaid]

Here's my entry! :D

https://steemit.com/openmic/@charusaid/open-mic-week-56-hey-joe

[the21plus]

Hey good people, think I could jump in on the fun. What a ROCKING Week!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@the21plus/steemit-open-mic-week-56-or-q-u-e-e-n-cover

[umilayne]

Great work, 21 Plus!
#cof

[drewley]

Here is my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@drewley/steemit-open-mic-week-56-unattainable-original-piano-composition

[luzcypher]

Beautiful piece. Thanks.

[sublimenonsense]

This is my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@sublimenonsense/steemit-open-mic-week-56-beck-morning-cover

[scoutting]

thanks for continuing open mic 56
Thank you very much @luzcypher
I love music

[luzcypher]

Music, like love, is the universal language. Have fun.

[dilimunanzar]

@scoutting my brother teach me please, I want to learn about music !

[scoutting]

okay, let's often gather and study with music and I am still learning phase, because above me there are many others who can

[dilimunanzar]

Thank you brother, lets showtime ..

[scoutting]

Ok @dilimunanzar

[g10a]

hello @luzcypher here's my entry for open mic week 56.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@g10a/steemit-open-mic-week-56-i-ll-be-over-you-by-toto

[luzcypher]

Than you for entering.

[g10a]

Thank you for allowing me to join your weekly event.

[alejandra23]

Thanks for the opportunity <3 Este es mi video de esta semana espero les guste. https://steemit.com/openmic/@alejandra23/steemit-openmic-semana-56-one-and-only-cover

[luzcypher]

Very nice. Thank you.

[poeticsnake]

Hello @luzcypher !
Here is the link to my entry!
Slithering greetings
Snekky!

https://steemit.com/openmic/@poeticsnake/open-mic-week-56-snek-vlog-4

[soonmusic]

[luzcypher]

Nice one.

[digitalopus]

Hello! Here's my entry of this week. https://steemit.com/openmic/@digitalopus/steemit-open-mic-week-56-fly-flight-el-vuelo-de-la-mosca-cover-20171022t20482958z

[luzcypher]

Muy linda! Gracias

[lk666]

Hey guys!
Here's my entry this week
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/steemit-open-mic-week-56-original-song-i-must-bleed-out

I hope you all enjoy! :)

[luzcypher]

Nice song.

[zhusatriani]

[luzcypher]

Beautiful piece

[himshweta]

Hey, can we post our songs in any language or should it only be english?

[luzcypher]

Any language is fine.

[steamrolla]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@steamrolla/steemit-openmic-week-56-original-music-have-another-drink

[luzcypher]

Got it. Thanks

[steamrolla]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@steamrolla/steemit-openmic-week-56-original-music-have-another-drink

[queenbee]

This is my entry for this week:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@queenbee/steemit-open-mic-week-56-or-just-a-little-bit-of-your-heart-cover

[luzcypher]

Thank you. I love your voice.

[kjablonski]

I couldn’t seem to find the time to jump in last week, I felt incomplete 😔

Here’s one of my fav originals, “Saturn”
https://steemit.com/openmic/@kjablonski/steemit-openmic-week-56-original-song-saturn

Side note: been having a lot of issues with connecting, posting and upvoting lately.. anyone else having problems?!

[luzcypher]

Good to see you back. I have been having connectivity issues too but only on Steemit. All other sites seem to work fine. Steemit has been slow this last week.

[kjablonski]

Glad to be back from a week off, haha

Alright I kinda figured something was up with the site.. will wait it out 👍🏻

[sandeei]

Hi,
Here is my entry for the week 56. I hope you like it. Thanks to all.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@sandeei/open-mic-week-56-panchhi-sur-mei-gaate-hain-sirf-tum-cover

[chrisgoans]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@chrisgoans/steemit-open-mic-week-56-disarm-by-smashing-pumpkins

[luzcypher]

Good to see you back.

[nicklovesdrums]

So glad to be back!
Enjoy the monday vibes! ;)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@nicklovesdrums/steemit-open-mic-week-56-the-day-women-took-over-monday-grooves-pt-2
Peace and Love,
Nick J.

[sixexgames]

[stanhopeofficial]

[chrisroberts]

Great song! I'll follow you.

I especially like the contrast between the accented rhythm style and your elongated vocals, if that makes any sense. Anyway, nice job!

[stanhopeofficial]

Cool thanks @chrisroberts! Yes, makes sense!

[jedigeiss]

Hi @luzcypher, here is my entry for this week, dumb as i was i have mistaken the week to be 55 and not 56... maybe it was simply to late and iam to tired...

https://steemit.com/openmic/@jedigeiss/steemit-openmic-week-55-desperado-eagles-cover-by-jedigeiss
Yours
Jan

[luzcypher]

You can still edit it but if you do be sure to get a new link after you edit it to post here so the link works.

[jedigeiss]

Hi @luzcypher, here is my entry for this week, dumb as i was i have mistaken the week to be 55 and not 56... maybe it was simply to late and iam to tired...

https://steemit.com/openmic/@jedigeiss/steemit-openmic-week-55-desperado-eagles-cover-by-jedigeiss
Yours
Jan

[samstonehill]

I have been following this for so long without ever taking the time to enter. Amazing to see what it has evolved into now!

I just finished writing a new song this morning and am determined to enter this time. All I need is ten minutes and a little focus ;)

[tfeldman]

First original in awhile. Back to THE BLUES.

https://steemit.com/openmic/@tfeldman/open-mic-week-56-steem-blues-returns-original-improv

[teukurobbybinor]

https://steemit.com/openmic/@teukurobbybinor/steemit-open-mic-week-56-delay-2-original-composition-fate-20171024t142926889z

[davidfar]

Beatles - Yesterday (Vocal Cover)

https://steemit.com/openmic/@davidfar/steemit-openmic-week-56-cover-yesterday-beatles