RE: Are There Enough Songwriters On Steemit To Host A Songwriting Contest To Win A New Guitar?
Hello, what a beautiful idea, several thoughts from me:
I love about openmic, that actually there are plenty of winners, and who is in the top3 sometimes is not the most important thing. You can get a nice reward, interaction, ideas, even if you are not the best fit for what the judges are looking for. Maybe you are a fit for someone in the audience and for them you are the top. And sometimes that matters even more.
I would love if the same friendly atmosphere could be kept in this competition. Artists are very sensitive people, even though, here we hide behind nicknames and our virtual identities. I wouldn't want to anyone to be demotivated about such a super personal thing like writing songs - because someone felt his writing was not good enough.the guitar looks beautiful! ... but maybe not everyone is a guitar player? My personal goal here on steemit is to make enough money to buy some nice piano/keyboard. Of course, I would be super grateful to win a guitar, but maybe it is not motivation for everyone to win a guitar.
it would be nice to have several categories - vote of judges, vote of people, funny songs, songs from your deepest heart, because there are so many different songwriters, and I think it is very hard to put them all in one basket.
that is all, thanks for the idea :)
... and yes I would love to participate, I like this one week length, it gives you enough time and space, but also the needed kick to actually do something ...
You got the right idea there... so far I've already received enough feedback to get a much more clearer picture of how we could make this be the best experience possible. In a way this is just the start, I mean look were the open mic was a year ago and look at it now... we could eventually get a big sponsor to join in and have different prizes that could appeal to many more people. Thank you for commenting and for being willing to participate too
You're right on point with everything you said. I don't really think of Open Mic as a competition because music is not competitive as everyone wins. The focus has always been on building community and listening to and sharing music.
Glad you get it.