Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 88. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.
Forgive me for getting this out a day late this week. I had to hook up with my friend @anomadsoul who was here for one day only before blasting off to Russia for the World Cup. I thought I'd get back home in time to post this yesterday but then we had some beers and our arms got twisted into drinking Tequila and, well, you know. We ended up getting completely twisted.
We had 282 entries this week of which 280 are valid and included in these weekly posts! Awesome guys!
Support Musicians On Steemit
How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher
Operation We Are The Open Mic --- by @meno
Let's Keep @pfunk In The Top 20 Witnesses By Voting For Him As A Steemit Witness
@pfunk has been sponsoring Steemit Open Mic since I first started it and I want to give a big thank you to him and all the people who support and take part in Steemit Open Mic.
@pfunk is a Steemit witness and helps keep the platform working and you can vote for him here Please go vote for him right now. This post will show you how.
Vote For Pfunk For Witness And Keep Steemit Open Mic Growing Strong We Need Your Help Now
More Open Mic Sponsors
Over the last week Open Mic was contacted and offered some more sponsorship from:
@ausbitbank is a top 20 witness on Steemit involved in more supporting projects on the Steem blockchain than I can list. He is a big part of the minnowsupportproject.org, the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty network on Discord, and delegates to many good causes on Steemit. You can vote for him as a wtness here. He just reached out and donated 100 Steem per week to help Open Mic
@Curie helps curate new people who contribute good content and has been supporting Open Mic musicians behind the scenes since Open Mic started. They helped me and countless others get our posts seen when we first started on the platform. Many Open Mic musicians have been featured on their weekly Author's Showcase posts. They are a top 20 witness and have contributed 25 Steem per week for the next two months to help Open Mic. You can vote for them as witness here
MSP-Waves Radio in association with the Minnow Support Project and the Peace, Abundance, Liberty Network is a weekly radio program hosted by @Krystle, @swelker101, and @Isaria that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they also give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform.
@aggroed is a top 20 witness and is involved in the minnowsupportproject.org and the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty network on Discord. He is launching a new online card game called SteemMonsters.com. Steem Monsters is supporting Open Mic with a 50 Steem donation per week. You can vote for him as witness here
What Is SteemMonsters.com?
And thanks to @meno's initiative the community has come together to support Open Mic. Many of you have created posts in support of the Open Mic community and have donated a portion of the rewards from those posts to @openmic so we can keep doing what we do, build a great community of musicians on Steemit. You guys are the best and we feel appreciative and inspired!
Operation We Are The Open Mic --- by @meno
Steemit Open Mic Rules
- The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 8th of June, 2018 at 12 UTC TIME Find your UTC time here.
- Only 1 entry per person per week
- "Steemit Open Mic Week 88" must the beginning of the post title.
- "Steemit Open Mic Week 88" must be said at the beginning of your video and your username.
- 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
- You can use DTube but include an embedded YouTube or Vimeo video too.
Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry --- by @luzcypher
Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes.
Big shout out to @lukestokes who recently delegated 5,000 SP to the @openmic account! Thanks for your support.
I just want to remind everyone that votes are only part of the selection process. Entertainment value and performance is factored in too.
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.
Meet up with the Open Mic community at Open Mic on Discord and chat with all of the people who enter Open Mic there. It's a great way to interact with the Open Mic community.
Join the 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.
Steemit Open Mic Judges
@soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno
How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher
Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher
Openmic Week 88 Soundlegion Top 5 Judges Pickes Honorable Mentions Top Picks List --- by @soundlegion
Official Open Mic Or Passion Ground S Top 5 Entries For Week 88 --- by @passion-ground
Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 88 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d
Open Mic Week 88 Top 5 Selection And Honorable Mentions --- by @meno
Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry --- by @luzcypher
Special thanks to @soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno for help judging the contest this week. Great job guys.
Steemit Open Mic is not about winning or losing, it's about building a connections on Steemit through music. Watching the collaborations 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
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Top 20 Trending Open Mic Posts
The openmic tag has earned a total of: 211,716 SBD worth $537,758 USD At Today's Prices (Average of $6,181 per week in 87 weeks!
The most recent top earning posts were:
Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 88
It is not getting any easier to pick with all this talent and it is so hard picking winners every week even with 5 judges.
Honorable mentions this week in no particular order are: @samidbarid, @andreabortone, @joseacabrerav, @lincolnofblood, @nathankaye, @thebugiq, @wilins, @steembirds, @melavie, @shookriya, @breakoutthecrazy, @mfxae86, @danne10, @elliotjgardner. and many more on our radar. We Love You All!
and the winners are...
1st Place
You won 80 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 88 Coco Ramos Can't See My Love Original Song --- by @lecocoramos
"What a wonderful feeling right here, this inspired me greatly, that vocal those lyrics the playing. I love love this song, and will def be going back to it later on cause this was a feeler for me, very glad to see @lecocoramos performing here openmic with us and hope she continues to bless us with gems like this one. WOOO" - @soundlegion
Coco explores the depths of pain, anger, and sorrow in her heartfelt and impassioned performance of “Can’t See My Love!” This well-crafted song not only contains an F-bomb in its lyrics but more importantly, it is filled with interweaving melodies and expressions that are simply beautiful and quite tender to the touch. - @passion-ground
I guess I could sit here and attempt to describe Coco's Talent, I could, but I would probably fail. There is a certain texture on her voice that you can't help but to get drawn into. This is not the first entry of hers that I absolutely love, not at all, this is just a continuation of her little legacy with the openmic.
If you are ready to be seduced with beauty, put on some headphones and let her take your heart for a spin. - @meno
2nd Place
You won 40 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 88 Cover Elastic Heart Sia --- by @p4ragon
"Without a doubt, this was sung even better than Sia herself. It takes a lot for a cover to hit my number 1 spot but this was so easy. I have listened now half dozen times with goosebumps up and down my arms. What a voice. One of the best vocalists we have seen on openmic. Exciting!! I hope to see and hear much more from @p4ragon" - @soundegion
I think @p4ragon might have let the cat out of the bag with her forthright honesty in clearly explaining her use of “Smule,” a popular karaoke app, in putting together her entry. Had she not been so honest in her post description, I suspect her stunning vocal performance would have gone under the radar like many other entrants. Fret not, however, as our grandmaster @luzcypher clearly noted that there are exceptions in accepting one’s voice as their artistic instrument, and @p4ragon’s outstanding rendition of “Elastic Heart” was clearly one such exception. Dang, not only can this girl can sing – but she feels it so good - and with such passion – that she simply could not be ignored! Bravo, girlfriend! - @passion-ground
So what is going on this week? Is this the week of the crazy good vocalists? I must confess up until now I had never heard this particular song or any entries from @p4ragon. So when I clicked on her video I was instantly blown away. It took 30 seconds to know she would be placing on my top list this week. - @meno
NOTE: The focus of Open Mic has always been about building a community of musicians on Steemit. Nornally we don't allow Karaoke entries and give priority to people who play musical instruments. There are exceptions, however, when someone sings exceptionally well and this is clearly one of those performances. I mean, listen to her. If you don't have goosebumps listening to her sing you don't have a pulse. Beautiful voice and can't stop listening to it over and over again. - @luzcypher
3rd Place
You won 26 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 88 Original Song Breathe By Darren Claxton --- by @darrenclaxton
Darren’s lyrical take on the old axiom, “do as I say, not as I do,” in “Breathe,” is written with his children in mind, whom he obviously loves dearly. The garden setting, the brilliant drive of his magical guitar playing, the soothing melodies, and the birds singing back-up make for quite the perfect stage! Though Darren is certainly a community favorite and is well-cast as an esteemed member within the “The Cream of the Crop,” I just couldn’t find anyplace else better suited to rank this wonderful and loving song. - @passion-ground
Another beautiful heartfelt song by Darren. At this point I don't know how many of his tunes I like, we might be talking about dozens and this is no exaggeration. I think this song spoke to me because even though I don't have children myself, I've also been one that has had many blunders and I wish I could somehow help someone else not make them.
It's that little need or desire to spare someone of the pain, all wrapped up in the vessel of a beautiful little song. - @meno
4th Place
You won 26 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 88 A Jesters Tale Original Modern Day Jester --- by @moderndayjester
This guy is inspiration gold, I love that he just randomly goes into churches and plays, that is Golden Ace of awesome in my book. What a killer piano performance and voice beatbox. I loved the outro nailed that right into my soul - @soundlegion
5th Place
You won 26 Steem and a 5-Pack of Steem Monster cards.
Steemit Open Mic Week 88 Hello Ma Baby Cover Vintage Style --- by @belenlopr
"What a fun entry for openmic. Fantastic vocals and great look that totally pulled a fun energy out and rocked it. Loved this top to bottom ;) The video edit was wonderful" - @soundlegion
Wow – this song was written in 1899 when fewer than 10% of U.S. households had a telephone! The Chordette’s released their version of the song in 1954, and though this was way before my time, through older films that included performers such as the Andrews Sisters, today, I can reminisce with utter joy in recalling this type of music throughout my early youth. @belenlopr’s creative production and rendition of this classic blast from a long-gone past is nothing short of spectacular! From costume to props, she made this entry a very special experience for all – no matter what their age! Her vocal harmonies are exquisite as are the subtle audio shifts tracking the retro black & white footage with the full-color footage. Simply wonderful! - @passion-ground
Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week.
Congratulation Everyone And Thanks For Playing Steemit Open Mic
Openmic Week 88 Soundlegion Top 5 Judges Pickes Honorable Mentions Top Picks List --- by @soundlegion
Official Open Mic Or Passion Ground S Top 5 Entries For Week 88 --- by @passion-ground
Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 88 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d
Open Mic Week 88 Top 5 Selection And Honorable Mentions --- by @meno
Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit, Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher
Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 89 by Following This Link
Steemit Open Mic Week 89 Record Your Performance And Win Steem Sponsored By Pfunk And Luzcypher --- by @luzcypher
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Thanks for all our sponsors: @pfunk, @ausbitbank, @aggroed, @isaria, @curie
