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 69 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 26th 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 69 must the beginning of the post title.
- Steemit Open Mic Week 69 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 69" 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 69
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 68 will be announced **, Monday, January 22th, 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 69" 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 69 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 69" 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 69 before any other text in the title.
For example: STEEMIT Open Mic Week 69 - Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot
You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 69.
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 26th JANUARY 2018). Find your UTC time here.
DO NOT ENTER AFTER 12.00 PM UTC Time (Friday 26th JANUARY 2018) YOUR VIDEO WILL NOT BE UPVOTED AFTER THAT TIME
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.
- 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.
<center>[](https://steemit.com/@luzcypher)</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:
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 26th of January
- 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 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.
The Horns Up Saloon Week 1 Recap Video --- by @lk666
Steemit Talent Contest Is Here Do You Have What It Takes --- by @donnaincancun
Steemit Artist Music Compilation Volume 3 Final Payout Post --- by @soundlegion
Isaria's Weekly Music Curation Minnow Support Project Community Curation Check Out These 5 Amazing Musical Women Of Steemit --- by @isaria
Introducing Nowplaying Music Earn Steem By Sharing Your Music Taste --- by @nowplaying-music
Looking For Developers To Help Build A Dedicated Open Mic Website Built On The Steem Blockchain --- by @luzcypher
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
Hablas Español? Haga Clic Aquí
Translation courtesy of @lizanomadsoul
Est-ce que tu parles Français? Cliquez ici.
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!
4 Year Old Noki Does Her First Ever Open Mic Entry and Sings In Spanish!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@noki-power/steemit-open-mic-night-week-69-noki-4-years-old-does-her-first-ever-open-mic-entery-plus-sings-in-spanish
Yay @noki-power. We're so blessed to hear this Spanish duet. Another one of your everyday blessings! Go girl!!!
QiQi Sings "Let It Go" From Frozen with her sister @noki-power and mother @truelovelives while little baby Qinoku is on the boob!
A must see for sure!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@qiqi-power/steemit-open-mic-week-69-qiqi-sings-let-it-go-from-frozen-with-her-sister-noki-power-and-mother-truelovelives
What a great contribution! We get to hear these angels sing everyday! What a joyous life--blessed by song!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@melodeons/steemit-openmic-contest-week-69-best-nigeria-s-r-and-b-mash-up
@pfunk and @luzcypher, thank you for this platform.kindly find here our entry.
hahaha great work, I love this!
Thank you @thesimpson.
HOLY COW. This is seriously incredible. I didn’t see that beatboxing coming in! A very cool surprise;) love it.
@addiesworld, thank you so much for your encouragement. We are happy you love it and we appreciate you.
really cool :)
@matisotoaguilar,thank you. We love u enjoyed it.
Love this, you guys!
@anarchrysalis, we can't thank you enough for believing in us. You are wonderful.
you guys are so good ! :D thanks for sharing this !
@missweirdy, thank you so much. We will keep trying
woww Amazing brother!!!
@rezamusic, thank you. We appreciate.
beautifully song. I hope you guys win.
@themobilewriter,thank you for the appreciation and happy wish
...Awesome!!!!...
Thank you @slimstanley.
https://steemit.com/musiclovers/@jstringz/my-reaction-when-i-hear-good-song
love ur singing and playing man,family tight men
@jstringz, we are happy you are encouraging us.. Thank you
Nice performance and great harmonies!
Thank you@jonmagnusson. We are grateful to you all.
wow such a special voice..love it!
Thanks a lot @matisotoaguilar!
...another nice one, brother...
...I'm diggin' the style...for sure...
Thanks a ton @slimstanley!
Great with blending in some jazz.
Hi guys!! Here is our entry for this week's open mic :)
Enjoy!!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@mogatiexperiment/steemit-open-mic-week-69-cambia-la-vida-original-composition-a-collaboration-between-steemians
Awesome production quality, and even better performance. Gorgeous chord progression. Well done!
your voice is magic _ !!
Nice Voice @mogatiexperiment!!
Thank you guys!!
It's raining here in Texas, so naturally I had to sing a song about a rainy day.
This is one of my favorite Jack Johnson tunes. I hope you like it :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@avesa/steemit-open-mic-week-69-banana-pancakes
ayyyy i love jack johnson ! this cover is pretty nice :D
big up !
Thanks! You're nice :3
You have a beautiful voice.
Here is the @danieldyemusic entry for open mic. Thanks for hosting this! https://steemit.com/openmic/@danieldyemusic/open-mic-week-69-original-song-angeline
Please have a listen to my Steemit Open Mic entry.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@the3metrewrap/steemit-open-mic-week-69-game-of-thrones-the-children
Valar morghulis!!
Here's my little creation for the week
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/steemit-open-mic-69-original-of-the-gorge
Much sooner this time! Acoustic Adele - totally fun to hammer out, and something a little different for me :)
xx, Kay
https://steemit.com/openmic/@kayclarity/open-mic-week-69-rolling-in-the-deep-acoustic-adele-cover
...that's pretty cool...
Please take a listen to my entry for week 69.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@branhmusic/steemit-openmic-week-69-original-song-hold
Thanks.
Hi all - this is my submission for Week 69. Dan and I are in New York at the moment embarking on an exciting adventure and singing and playing acoustic versions of her new EP that I produced for her. Thank you @luzcypher for the amazing opportunity
https://steemit.com/openmic/@edenmichelle/steemit-open-mic-week-69-special-dan-shaw-and-eden-michelle
Beautiful song girls - beautiful piano - love it
Hey girls, this is pretty disrespectful to each single contestant that joins steemit and pushes through their own challenges - health, work, personal struggles, travel, poverty, difficult political situation in their country, whatever it may be, but they still manage to get a phone and record a song from the bottom of their strengths with the real emotions they have in that moment.
Especially something like this coming from one of the best musicians and previous top entries - you should be an example to others, and not the ones who try to bend the rules.
Also, your story does not add up - on one hand you say you are on a tour and on the other hand you say you do not have instruments. (even if you did not have them, come on, a bit of creativity, I am sure you would figure it out) Something totally feels off here.
This competition is about making the best you can this week, about growing together and being on a journey. There are so many musicians who can post their best performance, and they don't because this is really not the point.
I hope you will join us on this journey, it is pretty beautiful over here.
Hey @luzcypher, I'm back!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lucybanks/steemit-open-mic-week-69-black-and-gold
This week I've posted a bit of a shoutout to anyone who cares to read it. I've been getting a few comments from people commenting on things like my guitar playing etc, so to anyone who has anything they're paranoid about, give this a read!
I hope you enjoy x
Great voice. Would love to hear you sing some original music!
@luzcypher i submitted my entry for the OpenMic week 68, i think you did not see it, pls if you do saw it, kindly tell me if i did not follow the instructions properly, thank you.
What it is Open Mic! Long time no see!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@carlgnash/steemit-open-mic-week-69-original-improv-song-gnash-family-band-roar
This one has to win or I lose all faith
Hope you like it, some Irish Gypsy Folk,
https://steemit.com/openmic/@thesimpson/steemit-openmic69-raggle-taggle-gypsy-will-simpson
https://steemit.com/openmic/@hazylogic/steemit-open-mic-week-69-original-jam-by-hazylogic
Stones inpired jam in open G, enjoy!
Very cool, tips: Look at each other, more wah, more cowbell. Next week... I shall be watching!
Hi guys, this is my contribution.
Please enjoy, https://steemit.com/openmic/@donatello/steemit-open-mic-week-69-dieci-ragazze-by-mogol-and-battisti-cover-by-donatello
This tune is really nice. Please listen to it and tell me what you think.
Here is my entry for the week. Got two awesome musicians from my production house to do this one:
https://steemit.com/openmic/@hardikv/h044jwh7
Thanks for this cool event! Here is my first ever post:
A new song from 'We The Patsies' for OpenMic Week 69
Enjoy!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@wethepatsies/steemit-openmic-week-69-soul-in-existence-original-song
https://steemit.com/openmic/@addiesworld/steemit-openmic-week-69-miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball Here’s my entry for the week!:)
I must get my guitar ready, i cant miss out on this🎼🎶🎤
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chaifm/steemit-openmic-week-69-walkin-in-the-sun-fink-cover-ukulele
Yellow guys! Walkin' in the sun
My very first Open Mic entry is a cover of “The Drugs Don’t Work” by The Verve played on my twelve string guitar, "JD".
https://steemit.com/openmic/@hammaraxx/steemit-open-mic-week-69-the-drugs-don-t-work-by-the-verve-cover
I'll be doing original songs in the future, but I had to play this one today for reasons you can read in my post. I hope you enjoy it too.
Cheers.
In honor of week 69, I thought I'd cover Hit Me Baby One More Time. It was an idea I thought you guys could get behind. 😂
https://steemit.com/openmic/@web-gnar/steemit-open-mic-week-69-hybrid-moments-misfits-cover-by-web-gnar-musicgnar
😅 alll right then kind of putting myselfout there wit this one!
...wow, you guys!!...
No way a Misfits cover! Yes!
Hey check out my bass playing and vocal accompanying Meg on the new Portugal the man song "feel it still"
https://steemit.com/openmic/@timothympratt/steemit-open-mic-69-feel-it-still-cover-by-meghan
Steemit Open miC week 69 "Hard Times" cover "Ray Charles/Eric Clapton"
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gibber/steemit-open-mic-week-69-hard-times-cover-ray-charles
...right on, brother...
thank you ;9)
😄
I'm back from 1962 with a little Highway 51!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@tfeldman/open-mic-week-69-highway-61
I'm Diggin' your Dylan!
Dunno who this "bob dylan" fella is, but i like your energy
Here is a little song I wrote that's quite dear to me, called 'Heartbeat'.
Much love to you all and thank you so much for listening :)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@kendramoriah/steemit-open-mic-week-69-heartbeat-original-song
Don't think this qualifies, but it's a Leonard Cohen cover for what it's worth
https://steemit.com/music/@stevenwalkerrr/temporary-leonard-cohen-cover
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15WgwPdfN-XAfCF6zhD79cRSi_CUD-eYb/view?usp=drivesdk
Hello guys, I'm @lecumberre This is an original song I wrote last year called "ojos chinitos". Hope you enjoy it!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lecumberre/steemit-open-mic-week-69-original-song-ojos-chinitos
https://steemit.com/openmic/@alejandra23/steemit-openmic-semana-69-agnus-dei-gospel-song-cover this is my entry :D for this week
https://steemit.com/openmic/@bennettitalia/steemit-open-mic-week-69-my-pet-spider-an-original-song-by-bennettitalia
Hello Open Mic!
Here is a song that could have multiple layers of meaning... or it might just be about a spider.
A word of warning: the video of this performance was marred by flashes of sunlight reflected off of my guitar. I did my best to make use of it with cut and paste effects, because I liked the performance, but anyone with epilepsy should probably not watch this video, just listen 😉
Also included is a "bonus track" I recorded, hope you enjoy it 😁
More originals for this week too. wink wink
https://steemit.com/openmic/@orrslaw/steemit-openmic-week-69-original-song-faust-s-wager
https://steemit.com/openmic/@jonmagnusson/steemit-open-mic-week-69-original-song-your-dreams
Here's my entry this week, better late than never, eh?
Give it a listen if you wanna, and follow me if you wanna see more.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@stevenwalkerrr/steevn-old-revolutions-leonard-cohen-cover-steemit-open-mic-week-69
Thanks @luzcypher for this great contest always. Thanks to @pfunk too.
Here is my entry: All of me by John Legend cover.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@phait/steemit-openmic-69-all-of-me-by-john-legend-cover
Hello this is my post. Thanks!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@nicolivera11/steemit-open-mic-week-69-interstate-love-song
Hi guys and friends, my interpretation of the California Hotel of Eagles.
Thanks and greetings from Venezuela. Good luck for all participants.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gabrielinho/steemit-open-mic-week-69-hotel-california-by-gabrielinho
Gran intro y gran ejecución my boy... Good look y mucho éxito. I love you; te amo.
Muy buen trabajo @gabrielinho te deseo mucha suerte en tu participación...
aw man... your vid is blocked! For copyright... that's bullshit it's a cover >:( Try uploading it to vimeo or another host and edit the new link in?
https://steemit.com/openmic/@robertonavs/steemit-open-mic-week-69
this my entry dudes!
Hello! This is my entry. https://steemit.com/openmic/@digitalopus/steemit-open-mic-week-69-cancion-para-ti-song-for-you-cover
Sweet.
:)
Hola a todos acá una versión para CUATRO de una pieza venezolana llamada "Gavilán"... Saludos y suerte a todos.
Hello everyone here a version for FOUR INSTRUMENT of a Venezuelan piece called "Gavilán" ... Greetings and good luck to all.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@gaborockstar/steemit-openmic-semana-69-el-gavilan-joropo-venezolano-by-gaborockstar
Bien profe ; lastima que yo no toco no siquiera la cuarta parte de eso... le deseo suerte.
Hi, this is my entry for open mic week 69 with an original song. Thanks !!! :-)
https://steemit.com/openmic/@edprivat/open-mic-week-69-original