Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 57. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.
I just got back from Steemfest2 in Lisbon, Portugal and happy to report that Open Mic is much more popular that I realized
Open Mic Winners From Week 57
Steemit Open Mic Rules
- The cutoff date for entries is Friday
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- "Steemit Open Mic Week 57" must the beginning of the post title.
- "Steemit Open Mic Week 57" 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 the contest post.
- 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.
A great big thanks to @xeldal who delegated over 20,000 Steem Power to my account in support of Steemit Open Mic. Great news for people entering the contest because now an upvote rewards you more.
When asked why they delegated Steem to my account the response was:
I've got it just sitting here and I'm thinking it does more good for everyone if I delegate it to people who bring life to the network. Plus, it makes me happy.
We all thank you for that.
A big shout out to @pfunk for sponsoring Steemit Open Mic and getting the word out with his post titled, Hey Did You Know There's A Weekly Steem Open Mic Contest --- by @pfunk
I just want to remind everyone that votes are only part of the selection process. Entertainment value and performance is factored in too.
ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAY "STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 58" AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR VIDEO ON NEXT WEEKS ENTRIES If you don't say that you will not qualify for rewards (other than what your post makes) for this contest. Very important. Some of you would have won the last few weeks if you would just remember to say those words at the beginning of your video.
Also, remember to start your post title with the words "Steemit Open Mic Week 58" so we can find your post easily in the feed.
If you are playing an original song please add the word "Original" in your title somewhere so we can find you and award you a bonus.
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
The coolest thing about Open Mic is it brings the Steemit community together and that is the whole point of this project.
Thanks to @pfunk for helping to sponsor Open Mic and he's even generously been giving Steem bonuses to participants posting original music. You can vote for @pfunk to remain a Steemit witness by clicking here and voting for @pfunk.
@jessamynorchard started a new 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. Thanks @jessamynorchard!
You can also meet up with us on Discord at The Steemit Local Musicians Society
Steemit Open Mic Judges
Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 3 Entries --- by @luzcypher
Open Mic Week 57 My Top 5 Judges Selection --- by @krystle
Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 57 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d
Special thanks to @jessamynorchard, @soundlegion, @krystle, and @verbal-d for help judging the contest this week. Great job guys.
Steemit Open Mic is not about winning or losing, it's about building a connection on Steemit through music. Watching the collaboration 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
Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 57
It was so hard picking winners every week even with 5 judges.
Honorable mentions this week in no particular order are: @kjablonski, @steembirds, @lisamalletart, @joseacabrerav, @tombalistreri, @afrao0, @zhusatriani, @nateb, @drewley, @timothympratt, @jesusman12, @lucybanks, @branhmusic,@onetruebrother, @pechichemena, @lynnm, @lisamalletart, @dreamrafa, and @sanjay91422
and the winners are...
1st Place
Steemit Open Mic Semana 57 Triste Mar Original Granaddiction --- by @granaddiction
@granaddiction's "Triste Mar" Original Song
I had to look up the lyrics in Google Translate after your performance and it is a beautiful song indeed, but aside from the well written original lyrics, that is only part of why I chose you to win. Your passionate singing and soulful performance shot you to the top of this list. On my first listen, you captivated all the way through, even though I had no idea what you were singing about. The emotions and how you carried your vocals with your strong guitar playing made this a moving and memorable entry. You have a lot of skills and I look forward to your next song. - @verbal-d
*Well damn here we go again another brand new steemian that has some insane natural talents, I am simply blown away by some of the caliber of some of our entrants - this is just so exciting.
The songs composition works perfectly, the combination of guitar and amazing vocals just leave the listener wowed - I love this sound and it just keeps getting better the longer you listen.
His vocal range and control is phenomenal, I am a massive fan of that voice and the perfect way you use it to create a unique and compelling sound.
I can't wait to hear what you have in store for us next week, you have an amazing gift and I'm honoured you shared them with our little community here - if you haven't already head on over and check him out!* - @krystle
I was amazed with your vocal range and had goosebumps all the way through the performance. Beautiful song and performance and a great addition to Steemit Open Mic. Hope to hear more from you - @luzcypher
2nd Place
Open Mic 57 Mi Vestido Azul Cover Espanol Traduccion --- by @orianaarmand
@orianaarmand's "Mi Vestido Azul" Cover Song
You sing wonderfully and your voice is silk smooth to this cover song which you did really great on. The entire video was from start to finish enjoyable and you know how to give out your positive energy smiling while you sing out your musical talents and sharing your love for music. Keep up the high quality entries, you certainly set the bar high as well for your fellow competitors and you brought your best this week. I look forward to what else you shall share with us in the future, thank you. - @verbal-d
This was a beautiful performance and I had to listen to it several times after returning to Steemfest. My neighbors knocked on my door while I was playing it and asked me who the artist was and where they could get the song. When I told them it was an entry from Open Mic they were impressed.
The performance speaks for itself and I hope to hear more from you. Any musicians looking for a female vocalist would be lucky to work with her. - @luzcypher
3rd Place
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Original Song Keep Trying --- by @meno
@meno's "Keep On Trying" Original Song
I really loved your motivation song man. It is crazy catchy and has been stuck in my head. You brought the momentum, starting off slow and quiet, and building your message and passionate feelings into a steamrolling tackle when you hit choruses. The only thing that bothered me, is that I felt once you had reached the pinnacle of your song with a powerful chorus, you didn't repeat it one or two more times to drive the message home, and you had let up on the gas pedal during the climax of the song a bit early, thus making me want to sing out Keep On Trying cause I didn't want the song to end lol So it is a good and bad thing, because you certainly have a great original song to share with us all, and I appreciate you releasing this gem here. - @verbal-d
*Again another regular Open Mic entrant that is killing it in this contest, he has some amazing skills in not only songwriting and composition - but also with his skill in playing the guitar and it's all topped off by his awesome skills as a very talented vocalist.
There's a haunting sadness in the tone of this song, I just love the way every note and word draws you into the song further and further - building as it continues and then he just slams it, when you get to the chorus it is just sublime.
I love a song that can make you feel the pain and passion behind the lyrics, his vocals are dripping with emotion and that second run through the chorus sends shivers down the spine - really can't recommend enough that you check out his work!* - @krystle
@meno plays and writes beautiful songs but what really surprises me is his voice. It really is creamy and delicious and his melodies are spot on. The dynamics are well played as well as you can hear in this song as it builds up and he really delivers the passion in the crescendo. So happy you're part of Open Mic as you're a gem. - @luzcypher
Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week.
Here are the performers this week
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Mirae Kiroro Cover By Mocin1993 20171029T193613806Z --- by @mocin1993
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 I Did It By My Self Original Words Reciting --- by @alishannoor
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Original Song You --- by @steamrolla
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Original Song Make Some Love --- by @onetruebrother
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Bamboleo By The Gipsy Kings Cover By Donatello --- by @donatello
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Heaven By Bryan Adams 20171029T225321668Z --- by @g10a
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Original Song Perder --- by @pechichemena
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Closer By The Chainsmokers Ft Halsey Cover --- by @coruscate
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Los Helechos Vals --- by @lynnm
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Family Affair Part 2 Joplin Cover --- by @passion-ground
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Obscure Storm Improvisation --- by @dreamrafa
Openmic Week 57 Chaand Chupa Baadal Mei Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Cover 20171030T42425176Z --- by @sanjay91422
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Bob Marley Mashup --- by @soonmusic
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Quejas Waltz 20171029T204429662Z --- by @digitalopus
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Original Programmed To Suffer --- by @lk666
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Hubeau Trumpet Sonata Mov 1 --- by @fred101
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Nothing S Gonna Change My Love For You By George Benson Hollowen Theme Entry --- by @long888
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Cello Suite --- by @zhusatriani
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 All My Loving Beatles Cover --- by @allanshrestha
Open Mic Week 57 Or Lisa And Rhavi Or Original Song Contemplo O Mundo --- by @lisamalletart
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Harbour Lights Original Music --- by @joetravels
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Feels Like We Only Go Backwards By Tame Impala Acoustic Cover --- by @yourdudenewt
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Adan Y Eva El Nino De La Hipoteca Version Cover --- by @joseacabrerav
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 I M Yours Jason Mraz Cover --- by @soykatonline
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Madu Tiga By Ahmad Dhani Original Song Cover By Scoutting 20171030T231415848Z --- by @scoutting
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Purple Haze --- by @charusaid
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Creep Stone Temple Pilots Cover --- by @davidfar
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 E Is A Major --- by @tamsguitar
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Frank Sinatra Luck Be A Lady Original Arrangement --- by @stanhopeofficial
Openmic Week 57 Cover With Adjusted New Lyrics For Steemfest --- by @revdocwelch
Steemit Openmic Week 57 The Spritely Maiden Original Song --- by @nateb
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Solitude Original Piano Piece --- by @drewley
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Fountain Of Life Original Song --- by @cabelindsay
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Sitting Waiting Wishing By Jack Johnson --- by @chrisgoans
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Use Somebody Kings Of Leon Cover --- by @kjablonski
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 La Catedral Preludio Saudade Agustin Barrios Mangore --- by @artashadamyan
Steemit Openmic 57 Original Great Big Lies --- by @andrewmarkmusic
Open Mic Week 57 Some Kinds Of Love --- by @tfeldman
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Original Song Trick Or Treat --- by @geenaizzy
Steemit Openmic Week 57 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place --- by @guitarlots
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Steemit Sucks Original Lyrics And Sung By Senzenfrenz And Brudaj --- by @senzenfrenz
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 West Coast Blues Cover --- by @joedukeg
Steemit Open Mic 57 Monster Mash Cover --- by @timothympratt
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 --- by @hilladigahackles
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Lagrimas Negras Or Buena Vista Social Club Cover Latin Jazz --- by @jesusman12
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Reverbdelay 3 Original Composition Fight For Life 20171031T14384068Z --- by @teukurobbybinor
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Drift Away Cover --- by @afrao0
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Covermusic Helloween Forever And One By Sabatini --- by @sabatini
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Thebigbangtheory Friend Theflashs Cover Violin --- by @rogeviolinista
Open Mic 57 A Beautiful Day --- by @mansurson
Openmic Week 57 King Of The Road --- by @brimax
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Until June Original Song --- by @tarotbyfergus
Steemit Ukulele Open Mic Halloween Special Name That Tune For 01 Sbd --- by @ukuleletutorials
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 What He Could See Or Couldn T Was Never And Excuse For Stevie --- by @umilayne
Open Mic Week 57 Original Song Chasing The Kitty --- by @wbwillie
Steemit Open Mic 57 --- by @walnut1
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Original Song Mothman In Chicago By Musicgnar Happy Halloween --- by @web-gnar
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Reverbdelay 3 Nayya24 And Music Original Videos 2017111T14146617Z --- by @novale
Steemit Open Mic Week 56 Original Noria Velvet --- by @nirtsfaty
Steemit Open Mic Week 56 Original Noria Velvet --- by @nirtsfaty
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Or Original Beatbox Music Or Past Present Future Or Prepare To Be Amazed With This Beatbox Music --- by @jaderpogi
Steemit Open Mic Week 56 Helplessly By Tatiana Manois --- by @hadebaryor
Say You Wont Let Go James Arthur Cover By Umais Or Steemit Openmic Week 57' --- by @umais
Steemit Openmic Semana 57 Zombie Cover --- by @alejandra23
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 My Head Is A Jungle Emma Louise Covered By Lucybanks --- by @lucybanks
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Shape Of You Myours S Cover --- by @myours
Openmic Week 57 Justice 4 Jfk Original Song --- by @wethepatsies
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Made It To Steemfest Original Steemit Song --- by @steembirds
Steemit Open Mic 57 Original Improvisation Feed Me --- by @vachemorte
Openmic 57 Light In The Darkness Original Song By Tom Balistreri --- by @tombalistreri
Open Mic Week 57 Just Another Woman Inlove Anne Murray Cover By Kebin --- by @kebin
Open Mic Week 57 Original Song Titlepoundcake The Freestyle --- by @fortune-inyang
Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 57 My Version Of Demi Lovato Give Your Heart A Break --- by @lucyloo
Open Mic 57 Cover Song Andra And The Backbone --- by @saftiansyah
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Cover Of Ed Sheeran She --- by @branhmusic
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Open Road Song Eve 6 Cover --- by @melodyrussell
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Entry Paulhallman Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Paul Simon Cover --- by @paulhallman
Open Mic Week 57 Freestlye Pound Cake Instrumental --- by @marshalllife
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Wedding Day Original Music --- by @papaudeme
Steemit Open Mic Week 57 Live From Steemfest Original Song --- by @steevc
Openmic Week 57 Those Were The Days --- by @perennial
Steemit Openmic Week 57 Wake Me Up Jedigeiss Cover --- by @jedigeiss
Congratulations guys! Thanks again to everyone that entered. Thank you @pfunk for sponsoring Open Mic with 320 Steem donation for each week! Very generous of you.
Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 58 by Following This Link
Open Mic Week 58 - Record Your Performance On Your Phone, Enter And Win Steem - Sponsored by @pfunk @luzcypher
Special thanks to @kevinwong for guidance and sponsoring, @verbal-d for inspiration and @pfunk for sponsoring Steemit Open Mic and all the Steemians who voted for the musicians.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE I WON SOMETHING. OMG, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUUUUUU.
Now i'm able to pay things for my band and maybe to go the studio, so I CAN'T BE HAPPIER.
Thanks for this opportunity, you're truly amazing!
♥♥♥
I wish I could get you in a studio right now. I wish you luck and congratulations. Hope to hear more from you.
I'm so grateful to everyone, not only for creating this space for us musicians, not only for working so hard week after week making this contest as big and successful as it is today, but because @luzcypher @soundlegion @krystle @verbal-d you guys manage to do so while being true to the mission and vision of Steemit.
This community embodies that sometimes forgotten idea that we can always be good alone, but we can only be great together.
Love you guys... and thank you for reviving the dreamer in me that had fallen asleep for a while now.
@meno
bravo!!! nothing else to say, you are super talented!! Congrats! <3
Well thank you for your kind words!!!
@meno, congratulations! I heard you did well on the radio show too. Nice.
Well done winners, and everyone that entered! Looking forward to week 58.
@luzcypher great contribution.some serious talent i found in above.all guys are singing well.they all are rock in my eyes.special thanks to u for share it with us
great contribution.
much appreciated content !
Happy you are enjoying this too.
Congrats to all the winners!
Oh por dios! No lo puedo creer... Muchísimas gracias a todos ustedes. @luzcypher de verdad que no me esperaba esta increíble sorpresa, que hoy me llena de mucha felicidad. Seguiré participando y compartiendo con todos ustedes. Esto es increíble. Su concurso es increíble.
Felicidades @orianaarmand!
Yet another fine week of amazing talent and performances from the Open-Mic community - we ALL ROCK - now don't we!... Congrats to the well-deserved winners as well as to all those who took part in the process to make it all happen... A big shout out to all of the judges, @pfunk, and @luzcyper, along with every last participant that makes this place what it is week in and week out....
Hey, @passion-ground are you on Discord? If so can you PM me there?
Just signed onto it now as Passion-Ground @luzcypher...
@luzcypher PM'd you, bro... At least I think I did... Ha!
thanks for the opportunity
Can I join even if it'll be my sister that sing? hehe. My voice isn't good but she has the gutz (but only a little but atleast.. hehe) but don't expect she is a diva because she can only sing low notes. hahaha. I am really intrested to join and congrats to my friend @g10a.
Yes, that would be OK. Just follow these simple rules.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/what-are-the-rules-to-enter-steemit-open-mic-and-why-do-we-have-rules-anyways
1 hour ago Receive 3.529 STEEM from luzcypher Steemit Open Mic 55 original song bonusIt says that in my history although I was not on steemit an hour ago.I thank you for it,but their are thieves in steemit.I onc tried to promote and it went to @null who pocketed the money and did nothing. Never made a post either.Once had 6k then lammed on out.Thanks anyway.You'll be happy to see I have no entry this week.