Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 2 - Lost And Found
Today is the start of the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 2 where one lucky winner gets a new guitar!
The Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 1 was a smashing success.
See who played week 1 here:
See Who Played Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Week 1 The Winner Gets A $599 Usd Guitar --- by @luzcypher
Open Mic Songwriters Challenge
Thanks to some generous sponsorship from @meno we are hosting the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge and the winner will win a free guitar with hard case.
Do you like to write songs?
Can you write a song a week for 8 weeks?
We will provide 8 different weekly themes
Enter the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge
Give a high five to @meno
Make some great music and you may win a new guitar!
This is the 2nd week in this 8-week challenge.
The theme for week 2 is:
Lost And Found
To enter week one you need to write a song that is about or involves the phrase lost and found.
It can be a metaphor or a lyric in the song as long as the song somehow relates to the theme lost and found
To qualify as an entry to this week's challenge all the rules listed below must be followed and it must be a new song written for specifically for this challenge.
The first tag of your post must be: openmic
The second tag of your post music be: openmicsongwriters
Recommended tags:
openmic openmicsongwriters music contest guitar
openmic openmicsongwriters music contest guitar
The deadline to submit your entry is Monday. 4th of December 2017. Please have the song posted by then so we have time to review them all.
@meno graciously offered to sponsor this fantastic, music-making, creativity-sparking, songwriting challenge by providing a new guitar with hard case to one, lucky winner!
The contest will run for 8-weeks and each week we will provide a theme. You will write a new song about or related to that theme.
This challenge will require you to write up to 8 new songs, one per week. This is the challenge.
We will provide the theme each week and make it a bit uncommon so songwriters will not be able to pull previously written songs from their repertoire.
They will actually have to write a song based on the theme we provide and have about a week to write each song.
So, are you up for the challenge? A shot to win that guitar?
Keep reading to discover how it works.
Open Mic Songwriters Challenge Rules
Following these rules is very important so your posts can get curated, upvoted, and seen by the Open Mic community.
The contest will run for 8 weeks. Each week will have a new theme. Songwriters will write one new song each week using the theme we provide.
Songwriters can join at any time, but the sooner you join the more points you'll accumulate, making your chances to win a little better.
Submit Original Music Written For This Challenge Only and related to each week's theme that we'll provide.
You can enter Steemit Open Mic and the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge with the same entry. Just say it is for both at the start of your video. Ad a link to your post to both contests.
No covers, no parodies, or no cover versions will be considered as a valid entry.
You can sing in any language but the lyrics must be posted on your post in the language it is sung in plus in English using Google Translate.
OpenMic Songwriters Challenge Week # (current week number) must be the start of the title of the post, this is key so that judges can easily find the entries.
You must say “OpenMic Songwriters Challenge Week #” at the beginning of your video so we know you are really playing live for us for this contest (Adding an edit to a prerecorded video just to add the words is not good enough. It must be said out loud by the person performing the song just prior to performing it. Recording the words and editing it to the beginning of a video still does not prove it was really you)
Live performances only. No studio recorded tracks.
openmic & openmicsongwriters should be your first and second tag respectively. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
Add a link to your entry post to the comments of the contest post published by @luzcypher so we know you entered.
Lyrics must be included in your post If the song is sung in another language, the lyrics must be posted in both English and the language it is sung in.
Upvote the Open Mic Songwriters Challenge weekly post posted by @luzcypher
Give a high five to @meno because this is SO COOL!
All songs must be about the week’s theme, entries not related to the theme will not be considered as valid.
What About The Prizes?
All rules must be followed to qualify for the prize.
Winner of the contest takes home a brand new Grace Harbor Acoustic/Electric Guitar with a hard case. You can have a look and a listen to this beautiful guitar in this video.
Folky ramblings set to music and rhyme: Lost in the Sun
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chrisroberts/open-mic-songwriter-s-challenge-week-2-lost-and-found-lost-in-the-sun
Here he is! You know I'm a big fan of your folky ramblings :D There's that accent twang again that I like!
love it man, nice folk song
Thank you, sir!
Yeah, I like these themes. Last week's entries were solid! I imagine this week's will bring back most of the same songwriters, along with many more. I'm rooting for the continued success of the #openmic and this new #openmicsongwriters challenge, grateful for the road that brings us here, singing.
We're having fun in this community for sure. Glad you're a big part of it. Loving your music each week.
Oh man, I really appreciate you for saying that. Great timing! Feels good to be seen. And to see signs of progress in myself and others.
I love watching everyone getting better at their craft each week
My entry for week #2 is a song called "Lost Until I Found You." I'm grateful for the invitation to create it, and the platform to share it, and the audience to hear it. Thank you.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@cabelindsay/steemit-open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-2-lost-until-i-found-you-original-song
This is awesome. Your guitar playing has completely shocked, I'm not sure how your hand hasn't fallen off after that!
It is still monday, already your "lets see who plays" post is out there. I hope you still consider my entry!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@senzenfrenz/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-2-lost-and-found-original-music-splitscreen-cello-multitracking-by-senzenfrenz
https://steemit.com/openmic/@chaifm/openmic-songwriters-challenge-week-2-or-lost-and-found-or-original
I am back.
This is really truly beautiful @chaifm. I'll definitely be following more of what you do
Nice voice, i love it.
Here's my entry folks!
https://steemit.com/openmic/@lk666/steemit-open-mic-songwriter-s-challenge-week-2-lose-yourself-find-the-truth
Enjoy!
That guitar melody is absolutely stunning. Pure talent yet again @lk666
Thank you!
so. fast. :O
Yeah, I generally can write lyrics in around 10 minutes and music in around 20. I did the music to this in 15 minutes.
Im too obsessive maybe. Im soinning on a tooic because i cant even start unless i had a unique idea
There's nothing wrong with being a perfectionist. I'm the opposite of one and I don't overthink most things but perhaps that's not a good thing LOL.
What I sang about for week #2 .. Lost and Found ..
https://steemit.com/openmic/@afrao0/steemit-open-mic-songwriters-challenge-week-2-lost-and-found
It is just amazing how so many perspectives and thought poetry arises from just a few words... Thanks to the @openmic community, @meno and @luzcypher, for helping us expand our horizon with unique themes for every week. It helps me break my usual song-writing style and try new things. Certainly counts for something.
At the end of week 8, I am sure to have 8 new songs to produce and make something out of. Very excited to see what comes out of my mind.
Much Gratitude.
Keep bringing that passion, brother! It's priceless - it truly is... Take your time, and do what you do best! I'll be on the lookout... :-)
Hope this inspires people to write some songs. Seem to be working so far.
That's how I feel too, that at the end of it you'll have 8 solid songs to mess with.
One lucky winner goes with Grace Harbor Guitars GHD-100CE, yet all participants are winners because they got the talent!
Thank you @luzcypher for this great opportunity. I wish all participants well.
Writing and playing music is a gift to be shared for sure.
Thank @meno for supplying the guitar! Thanks, @meno!
@meno we thank you! You’re the best, it takes a truly giving heart to donate such valuable device for a contest.
wooahh I'm gonna find myself, I'm sure gonna get lost picking those words for a song with Lost and Found theme.. More amazing entries are coming, pretty sure!!
You better dig in deep, @g10a... The competition is stiff... No foolin' around here, brother... I'll be lookin' out for what you've got for us this week... Make it good!
I hope so sir,. this contest ain't easy for me plus musicians here are so clever and inspiring. Although any language is open but since I need to translate it when posting so better go for english, this makes me also like a crawling baby looking for those words to create the story of my song. damn Thanks for the encouragement as always sir.