With 10 awesome reviews written in season 1, it absolutely was a blast hosting this contest. All reviews will be added to our new website next weekend :-) Today season 2 will start! You'll learn all about it in this post.

In this post:

• Rules / How to enter
• Prize pool / rewards
• Season 1 contestants
• Benefits of participating

Without further ado, we'd like to announce season 2 of Bands About Bands today. We've come up with a little different payout / reward structure this season. ALL WRITERS will earn SBD when competing this season. Thanks to @prc's (@dsound) support, the total prize pool will be 15 SBD and 50 $INDIE per entry in season 2 episode 1. On top of this, you'll also earn points for the Steemit Music League!

Rules / How to enter

• Follow this account (@ftlob)
• Resteem this post
• Write a minimum of 100 words about a Steemian band/artist song, album, EP or music video
• Include a DSound / DTube link
• Include links to other platforms (Musicoin, Spotify, Soundcloud)
• Include artwork
• Use #BandsAboutBands as tag
• Tag the artist you're writing about
• Include link to this contest
• Add link to your submissions in the comments of the announcement post (this post)

You have 10 days to enter this first episode. Contest will end on May 12th after which the Steemit community will have 2 days to vote for their favourite review.

Prize pool / rewards

10 SBD will be devided between all writers and bands/artists (75% writers / 25% bands/artists).

E.g. 5 contestants = 1,5 SBD per writer + 0,5 SBD per band/artist

First prize 5 SBD shared equally between author and band/artist

Every writer will get an additional 50 $INDIE for participating

$INDIE is the brand-agnostic reward token of The Indie Alliance - a collective of global Arts projects and blockchain awards brands. [Message us]( to partner

Season 1 contestants

In episode 1, @pechichemena wrote about @olvidesantelmo (with @luisferchav , @vera.carla , @roman.musica , @matiasmenarguez and @ivan.deiana in the band), @darrenclaxton about @jonmagnusson and visa versa, @d-vine about @jeffleinwand and @ravenmus1c about @newenx. In episode 2, @seenitallfilms wrote about @juxtamusic. In episode 3, @samprock about @juxtamusic, @plugdeux about @Shakazula and @thexreposts about @spawnband and in episode 4, @allbums wrote an awesome review about @junkfeathers

Scroll through our Steemit profile or check our website next weekend for all published reviews!

Benefits of participating

• Your post will be added to www.fortheloveofbands.com and ALL submissions will be added there to support both you and the band / artist you’re writing about;
• We’ll all be promoting Steemit on multiple platforms, as it will be posted on our website, shared on all of our socials, resteemed at @ftlob Steemit profile and hopefully shared on bands’ socials and Steemit profiles;
• As BandsAboutBands will be a Steemit-only feature from now on, it will direct more people to Steemit;
• You will give something back to the community with promoting other artists;
• Both you and the artist you’re writing about, will be added to our new ‘Bands about Bands’ Spotify playlist.

Thanks to @prc for his support of community initiatives and helping the Steemit Music League reach its potential. If you trust and support @prc like we do make sure to vote for him as a witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses

Currently the following are the nine (9) contests in the Steemit Music League which is part of the Steemit Music Alliance (SMA) [click on contest/challenge name to go to most recent related information]:

SMA	Contest Initiatives
	Steemit Music League Challenge (#smlchallenge) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): An open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers.
	Beat Battle League (#beatbattle) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): A challenge for music producers to produce an entry based off a theme or sampled material for that round.
	SMA Feedback Contest (#smafeedback) (Hosted by @inthenow): A feedback-based contest for music. Provide music for feedback and/or provide feedback and get rewarded for doing so.
	Chord Challenge (#chordchallenge) (Hosted by @antminer): A weekly challenge for music producers to create music by using the provided chord progression.
	Kill The Pad Challenge (#killthepad) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit): A weekly topic text-based rap competition for creative writers to show their prowess as a lyricist.
	Educator Showdown (#educatorshowdown) (Hosted by @novili): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music.
	Poetry Slam (#poetryslam) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit & @scuzzy): A weekly spoken word contest in the traditional poetry slam competition format.
	Pitch Perfect (#pitchperfect) (Hosted by @alejandra23): A weekly challenge for original music creators.
	Bands About Bands (#BandsAboutBands) (Hosted by @ftlob): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit.

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