Hey @firepower, I have ideas for music contests:

1. The Open Mic contest is doing great on Steemit. Every week there are hundreds of entries and I've met some wonderful musicians through the contest. Something on those lines for Indians would really help get the music community going. I wanted Steem/it to be a way for Indian musicians to express themselves while earning something to help them focus on their music and not do odd jobs. We can do this one of two ways:
   a) A separate Open Mic for Indians
   b) Indian Open mic contest within the global Open mic. Make another tag say #openmicIndia and that can be the second tag for Indian musicians. So they can participate in both open mics.

2. #mondaymixtape : This is a contest even non musicians can participate. I have been doing this for 6 weeks just as a tag.
   You can check the latest post here: https://steemit.com/mondaymixtape/@hardikv/monday-mixtape-6-favourite-songs-for-the-week
   The idea is:

1. Make a post with #mondaymixtape as your first tag
2. Post links to 5 songs you like
3. Tell us why you like them. Point out features that surprised you, stuff you learnt from the song, etc etc.

This contest helps discover new music and since it comes from recommendations, Mondays will become interesting for a lot of people :)

1. A general talent contest also would work great. Art, dance, poetry, music, magic... Any type of display of talent can be encouraged through a contest.