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.
What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways
New Rule For Entering Steemit Open Mic And The Open Mic Songwriters Challenge
Peraturan Baru Untuk Mengikuti Steemit Open Mic Dan Open Mic Songwriters Challenge
Join Steemit Open Mic Night Week 68 and win Steem. Just Record, Post, Win! Come play or sing a song for Steemit.
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Steemit Open Mic Rules
- The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 19th of January
- Each week the contest starts on Sunday and ends on Friday. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER BEFORE SUNDAY
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- Steemit Open Mic Week 68 must the beginning of the post title.
- Steemit Open Mic Week 68 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.
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
Dtube Does Not Work For Entering Steemit Open Mic Or The Open Mic Songwriters Challenge --- by @luzcypher
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 68" 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
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 68
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 67 will be announced **, Monday, January 15th, 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 68" 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 68 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 68" 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 68 before any other text in the title.
For example: STEEMIT Open Mic Week 68 - Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot
You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 68.
VERY IMPORTANT: THE FIRST TAG ON YOUR POST MUST BE openmic All one word. No spaces.
DO NOT USE DTUBE FOR OPEN MIC Here is why
- 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 19th JANUARY 2018). 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, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place based on the selected performances.
We Are Thinking Of Making Some Changes To The Rewards For Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher
- Each week the prizes will be paid as follows:
- 1st place: 120 Steem
- 2nd place: 60 Steem
- 3rd place: 40 of Steem
- 4th place: 40 of Steem
- 5th place: 40 of 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.
[](https://steemit.com/@luzcypher)
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:
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 19th of January
- Each week the contest starts on Sunday and ends on Friday. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER BEFORE SUNDAY
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- Steemit Open Mic Week 68 must the beginning of the post title.
- Steemit Open Mic Week 68 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.
Steemit Musicians With Krystle Isaria And Shane Episode 7 Show Notes And Audio 20 Sbd Prize Shane Saves The Day --- by @isaria
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 3 Entries --- by @luzcypher
- @music-trail team is part of the SteemTrail project, curating good music you can find here.
New Rule For Entering Steemit Open Mic And The Open Mic Songwriters Challenge --- by @luzcypher
Steemit Musicians With Krystle Isaria And Shane Our Top 4 Winners 30 Sbd Prize --- by @isaria
Auditions For Week 2 Of The Horns Up Saloon Steemit Music Venue --- by @lk666
60+ Steemians sing together "Despacito" - The first karaoke collaboration on DTube --- by @anomadsoul
Steemit Talent Contest Is Here Do You Have What It Takes --- by @donnaincancun
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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We would like to thank you all for your spirited participation in making this a big part of the Steemit music community!
Here is the entry for @danshaw accompanied by @edenmichelle. Both away in Switzerland - returning on the weekend some time
https://steemit.com/openmic/@pandamama/steemit-open-mic-week-68-super-right-original-song-by-eden-michelle
Thanks @luzcypher for an amazing competition and @pfunk for sponsorship and to the judges who put in many hours of listening and sorting through so many entries
My internet was playing up tonight so it seems I have posted two entries - this is the correct one - apologies
great entry
i really like your voices ! and the piano is marvellous bravo
Thank you @supermiaou - they really are great
Here is my entry for this week - the first song I ever wrote - thanks for the opportunity again @luzcypher
https://steemit.com/openmic/@edenmichelle/steemit-open-mic-week-68-photograph-original-song-by-eden-michelle
Oh, obviously great chance to achieve here for musician, specially thanks @pfunk and @luzcypher, steemit and blockchain make bluster opportunity for their users
Please take a listen to my Openmic week68 entry.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@branhmusic/steemit-openmic-week-68-original-song-agent
Thanks
https://steemit.com/openmic/@web-gnar/steemit-open-mic-week-68-link-wray-s-rumble-cover-by-musicgnar
That looks like an original Stratocaster, no?
Oh Yes, My Dude, a mexican stratocaster. ! i have been told by a jazz musician that is has a spirit embedded in it.
very nice. very very nice. when was it made, do you know? early 90s?
80s
Oh wow. I checked out your artwork, too, dude, very "gnar," if I may be so bold. Very very impressive.
<3 thank you
this is so loose (in the right way)! There's no denying that you guys are way cooler than I am :'D
thanks man! wow, everyone else has been commenting about how stoned they think we are. lol we didnt smoke weed before this, we are just kind of noob musicians with big hearts!
Y'ALL are royal and dubious
dubious?
You know what i mean. It's a compliment
@stevenwalkerrr ....did you mean 'doobie-ous'?.... 80)
music is a trip!
...cool video...& a stony take on a classic, rockabilly song...
...I'm curious how you created the projections...
high opacity overlay. lol im not trying for a "stoney" sound, i n eed a DRUMMER to keep us in beat lol
nice...well...it worked...lol...
Holla..
This my entry week 68
https://steemit.com/openmic/@owner99/steemit-openmic-week-68-benci-untuk-mencinta-cover-indonesian-song-s
Back again :D
https://busy.org/openmic/@orrslaw/steemit-openmic-week-68-original-song-equals
Wicked vocals man! Your dog climbing the stairs was perfect timing..haha
I wanna hear your band one day
This is amzing. This song really pulled me in and punched me right in the feels. Great job
...great lyrics & song structure...
...nice job!!...
nice voice.
Thanks for the kind words everyone :D
Me Likey!
Hey was that a Pig?
Awesome job, man. Great voice, and I love the Tele!!
Here's My Entry for Open Mic This week!
Vocals/Piano & Drums @ The Same Time (loosely improvised)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jaybird/steemit-openmic-week-68-vocals-drums-piano-the-same-time-lying-next-to-you-original-song-improvsation-demo
cool, mon
...pretty cool, broseph!!... nicely done...
Thx 😎
Has a sort of Jamiroquai feel to it. Nice job, and good ear for the tune :)
Cool, i’ve never got that camparison before, i like it tho 😎
This is my entry for Steemit Openmic week 68
Confectionery Music 'Chocolate Jesus'
A big thank you to @luzcypher and @pfunk for keeping the music live, and for all the extra effort throughout the recent tribulations. Open mic is growing, and with it - the work required to keep it all rolling.
Thank you for listening.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@shelbi/steemit-open-mic-week-68-confectionery-music-shelbi
Really enjoyed watching the video! Guitar and voice sound great!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chaifm/steemit-open-mic-week-68-walk-in-beauty-original-song
Yeah you back with another delivery.. Nice vocals
Dear music lovers
This is my entry for this week's open mic. If you can, please watch the video until the end.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@donatello/steemit-open-mic-week-68-margherita-by-riccardo-cocciante-cover-by-donatello
A big thank you to @luzcypher, @pfunk and all the judges for making this music event an enjoyable experience.
Bellissimo Mr D, I think this is the sweetest thing I have heard you play to date, guitar, voice sounds sweet :)
Thank you so much!
Hey you, stop whatever you're doing and listen to my song. This is my second entry for the open mic.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@stevenwalkerrr/hey-gang-open-mic-68-steevn-walker-drifter
Relieve the stress of living in this wondrous but horrifying world by checking out my tune "Drifter" then take a walk, cook a meal, or do literally anything else!
...I like this...
...pretty cool video angle & lighting... & the song is pretty cool too!!...
...mellow...folky, yet reminiscent of some early acoustic Pink Floyd with Roger Waters' vocals...
...nice job, bro...
Damn! I like those things! Thanks!
well crafted
You're well crafted!
man! my last open mic entry was so bad lol. @luzcypher didnt evenupvote it lol. i wont be trying to sing misfits songs anymore! although, learning the gitar chords was really fun!
Hey man, fun is 98% of it, keep up your attitude
I was surprised how deep your voice is! Your singing is like a blanket. Sounds like a cross between Bon Iver and Damon Albarn
Well damn thanks! Follow if you wanna ;)
Done and done 👌
Woooooooooo!
Nice one!
You're a nice one!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@ranma187/steemit-open-mic-week-68-vivaldi-adante-on-2-guitars Here is my entry!!! I've been away so long. I love open mic here.
This open mic has truly been such a blessing in my life. Here is my submission for this week, it's an original called 'Want You'. Thank you again so much for all the love and good vibes.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@kendramoriah/steemit-open-mic-week-68-want-you-original-song
Very Nice Voice!
Me Likey.
Hey is that a Uke in the background?
Thank you! Why yes it is :)
Hey guys. Here is my song for OpenMic week 68. Hope you like it!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@joetravels/steemit-open-mic-week-68-adventures-in-the-new-years-s-night-original-song
https://steemit.com/openmic/@alejandra23/steemit-openmic-semana-68-halo-by-beyonce-cover
This is my entry for this week i hope you like it XD
I love this platform thankyou for hosting @luzcypher
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gibber/steemit-open-mic-week-68-sweet-melissa-cover-allman-brothers-band
....not bad, brother!!....
...& you can hardly go wrong with an Allman Brothers song...& this is one of my faves...
Peace...
thank you great material like this makes my job easier now if I just keep honing my performances kinda the way you delivered "zombie"
Hello my fellow steemians ;) here’s my entry video for this contest and I hope you will like it :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@edward-ong/steemit-open-mic-week-68-drifting-fingerstyle-guitar
Big thanks to @luzcypher and @pfunk for organising this open mic :)
Nicely done man! Not an easy song to cover.. you did it really well.
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Very cool. Is that a Cort guitar I see??
Yes mate it’s cort
Happy Week 68 everybody, here's my song...
https://steemit.com/openmic/@wethepatsies/openmic-week-68-smoking-gun-original-song-by-we-the-patsies
I like this, man. Kind of reminds me of Pixies a bit.. I like
Hello. This is my very first time, guys. Share with you this original song. "distant and beautiful star" . Hope you like it. The instrument is a "cuatro" a folkloric and original music instrument from my country, Venezuela. https://steemit.com/openmic/@lecumberre/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-song-estrella-lejana-y-bella
good stuff
Hey ya'll here's ours for the week! Wrote this song after working on a farm in Iowa one summer. Met some wonderful people, did some good work, and fell in love with the place. Hope you enjoy!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@smith-house/steemit-open-mic-week-68-iowa
Here's my entry this week, an original song I produced and rapped entitled, 'Stars'. This song is about our unity as one life in the universe!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@bryandivisions/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-song-stars-produced-and-written-by-bryandivisions
Hi im sandaraclark from philippines here is my entry for this week .hope you like it ..thank you and more power!https://steemit.com/openmic/@sandaraclark/steemit-openmic-week-68-sa-aking-puso-kaye-cal-cover-by-sandaraclark
https://steemit.com/openmic/@mainam/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-zarb-piece-cascata
Hello guys! This is my original song for this week. Hope you like it! https://steemit.com/openmic/@psicologo/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-song-del-alma
Hi im sandaraclark from philippines here is my entry for this week .hope you like it ..thank you and more power!https://steemit.com/openmic/@sandaraclark/steemit-openmic-week-68-sa-aking-puso-kaye-cal-cover-by-sandaraclark
Here is my entry for the week 68
Still working on my voice .
Have fun @luczpher @pfunk
raw music. but yo! bro you gotta add the link to your steemit blog entry for the open mic so they can easily click it
https://steemit.com/openmic/@dan24/steemit-open-mic-week-68-count-your-blessings
OK thanks bro
Best wishes to @luzcypher, this is my first entry for this week... And last week i did not support from @luzcypher but it did not matter to me because tbis openmic is hobby for me
https://steemit.com/openmic/@mocin1993/steemit-open-mic-68-original-song-remember-moment-special-to-you-are-by-mocin1993
Hi Steemian music lovers...
This is my new entry for the Steemit Open Mic Week 68. In this moment, I wanna sing a best song by Mr. Big, "Wild World". Hope you enjoy, and check this one! 😀
Thanks a lot to my man @luzcypher & @pfunk for the awesome challange 👍
nice voice!
Thank you bro @web-gnar
hello! i'm back heh. this is my contribution for the week 68. hope you enjoy!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@douglasferreira/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-music-sinaleiro
https://steemit.com/openmic/@robertonavs/steemit-open-mic-week-68-say-you-wont-let-go-by-james-arthur-roberto-navs-cover
this my entry for this week!
Video did not embed in this comment so the link below is to my Steemit post. The picture link is directly to YouTube.
It’s an original song, so I posted the lyrics also.
Thanks so much!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@itsallasong/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-song-coffee
...this isn't really my musical style, but I have to give you props for writing a song that does the genre justice...
...nice job!!...
yeah, i back this, nice entry
Por aqui mi entrada espero les guste!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@marirodriguez/steemit-open-mic-week-68-por-amarte-mil-anos-brigite-y-alejandro-cover-by-marirodriguez
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chrisgoans/open-mic-week-68-original-song-titled-cleanse-me
Here's my crack from Sunday - good luck all and thanks to everyone for the inspiration.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@outoftune/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-composition-reciprocity
...nice 'crack', brotha'...
...seriously, though...nice groove...
Dude, that was fucking awesome. I never really thought much of Ibanez, but that thing screams, you produce phenomenal tone. What is your other set-up; amp, pedal, etc? Marshall amp? Hopefully I can "get some STEEM" and get my amp outta hawk :/
Just bad horsie into a 100w boss katana with a bit of delay and verb. Great amp and the guitar is 20 tonnes of alder lol, totally different from any ibanez i have owned. Tha ks for watching man.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gaborockstar/steemit-open-mic-semana-68-something-cover-by-gaborocksatr
I don't like Beatles covers
Thank you my friend... is your opinion; Greetings to you.
I like some Beatles covers lalalolo
bro you gotta try and sing it!
Hahah I wasn't watching the video at first and was like "Damn, he sounds just like George.." then I looked up :)
man, two weeks in a row, what's happening to me!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lloyddavis/openmic-week-68-for-me-and-my-gal
...pretty cool, mate!!...
...you don't hear many tunes like this anymore...way to tribute the music of the 1920's & 30's...
yes. lovely
Gracias por la oportunidad de poder participar de este evento... felicitaciones a los organizadores.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gabrielinho/steemit-open-mic-semana-68-wonderwall-cover-by-gabrielinho
Suerte hijo. Muy buena ejecución y acompañamiento de la canción. Gran COVER
Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@teukudianaulia/steemit-open-mic-week-68-kau-auraku-cover-cd405129a7d2
rocking softly
thanks dude
Here is my openmic week 68 entry. Enjoy!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@timie/steemit-open-mic-week-68-contest
my submission
https://steemit.com/openmic/@nathansackey/steemit-open-mic-week-68-original-song-i-come
Steemit Open Mic | Week 68
I'm Yours | Ukulele Version
https://steemit.com/openmic/@aricheta/steemit-open-mic-or-week-68-or-i-m-yours-or-ukulele-cover-5d78b38bd93a3