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Hive Open Mic - Highlights
Week 10: June 14-20, 2020
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Spotlight
Down in The Valley (Cover) by 
@jubei333
@jubei333
This song is timely, potent, and resonant to me. It was just the right fit at the moment when I first heard it, a week ago, in the height of the #blacklivesmatter movemet. Through the medicine of this song, with its haunting melody, and the storytelling given by the song carrier, I found myself imagining the slow rhythm of plantation life, filling with emotions, feeling compassion for those struggling through racism and similar injustices. I believe it is important that we sing and hear songs of this nature at this time, taking steps toward Harmony, Love, Truth, and Justice in this world.
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More Highlights
Slow Down (Original) by 
@bryandivisions
@bryandivisions
This artist's first entry in the Hive Open Mic is an amazing wave of positivity and artistry. The flow-state he achieves is masterful to me, and I felt delighted to surf these words, riding an ocean of on-the-fly writing. This is a divine vibration, in my opinion, and I feel so lucky to witness what he's sharing here. Greatly looking forward to more music of this nature.
Uno (Cover) by 
@ylich
@ylich
English: Through these first 10 weeks of Hive Open Mic, I've grown very fond of this artist's extraordinary voice. Often, he creates his own musical accompaniment with excellence on the stringed instruments, and this time he's letting his voice stand out as a soloist. I highly admire this performance here, featuring a powerful voice with karaoke-style concert instrumentation—seems to me this man is ready for the big stage. And I feel fortunate he's here with us, sharing his terrific talents.
Español: A través de estas primeras 10 semanas de Hive Open Mic, me he encariñado mucho con la extraordinaria voz de este artista. A menudo, crea su propio acompañamiento musical con excelencia en los instrumentos de cuerda, y esta vez deja que su voz se destaque como solista. Admiro mucho esta actuación aquí, con una voz poderosa con instrumentación de concierto estilo karaoke, me parece que este hombre está listo para el gran escenario. Y me siento afortunado de que esté aquí con nosotros, compartiendo sus talentos increíbles.
Atardecer - Sunset (Cover) by 
@kantos
@kantos
English: Ah, a love song, painting a picture of a sunset romance. I'm happy to hear 
Español: Ah, una canción de amor, pintando una imagen de un romance al atardecer. Me alegra escuchar que
Generale (Original) by 
@lorenzopistolesi
@lorenzopistolesiEnglish: Such a pleasure listening to the song this artist is sharing here. Fills me with joy hearing the lady's voice at the end, cheering!
Italiano: è un vero piacere ascoltare la canzone che questo artista condivide qui. Mi riempie di gioia ascoltando la voce della signora alla fine, applaudendo!
Almas Aferradas (Original) by 
@oliverjobs
@oliverjobs
English: Last week's spotlighted artist is back again, with another original song. Here he shows his versatility as a songwriter, bringing a slow sad song that shows his dynamic energy range along with his great musicianship.
Español: El artista destacado de la semana pasada regresó nuevamente, con otra canción original. Aquí muestra su versatilidad como compositor, trayendo una canción lenta y triste que muestra su rango dinámico de energía junto con su gran musicalidad.
Indra Meong (Original) by 
@indrameong2
@indrameong2
Separuh Aku (Cover) by 
@adipatidolken
@adipatidolken
I'm glad to welcome these two newcomers here, sharing their slow, sweet songs of a loving vibration. I appreciate them for jumping in, joining us in the most important part: sharing the creative expression. I am curious to know more about who they are, where they live, what their lyrics mean... and for now I'm also glad to be kept in the dark, in the mystery, wondering.
Dear Elder (Original) by 
@cabelindsay
@cabelindsay
The song I shared this week is called "Dear Elder," exploring the many facets of patience, as a virtue, as it relates to parenthood. With this song, I am slowly learning to use a looping station, allowing me to create a percussive pattern with layers of vocal harmonies, to accompany me. This song fits the current Hive Open Mic theme: "Slow Down," with its overall laid-back pace and its line about going as slow as a turtle.
Rewards
Hive Open Mic showcases Hive's wildly imaginative and gifted artists. I appreciate these people for stepping up to the microphone with something special to say. This a true act of courage, and it deserves to be applauded, and rewarded.
This week each artist earned 1.69 HIVE as a bonus, through our tip jar, in addition to the upvotes they received individually. This week's tip jar is extra rewarding thanks to generous upvotes by 
Inspiration
Banditos is a band I hadn't heard until just today, through their "Healin' Slow" song, performed live here, and presented with a one-shot music video. Wow upon wow. It's every level of beauty—genuine gorgeousness, brilliance, and pleasant surprises with cherries on top. The vibrato is stunning. The instrumentalists are amazing, blending country banjo acoustic flavors with flashy electric strings. By the time the backing vocalists enter, I'm in awe. Ah.
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