It is amazing how fast the contest is growing thanks to all the wonderful musicians participating, the support of @pfunk, @verbal-d, @soundlegion, @jessamynorchard, @krystle, @passion-ground, @meno, @xeldal, @ausbitbank, @msp-waves, @rondonson, and a host of others.

Merry Christmas to you and your friends and family and to everyone who is part of the Open Mic community!

If you want to know how long it truly takes to judge this contest and it is more than a few hours, please join me and click on these two links at the bottom of this post from my friend @luzcypher and listen to every entry and prepare your own top 5 list with top 5 honourable mentions. - @verbal-d

Anyone who actually wants to take @verbal-d up on that feel free to make your own top 5 picks post for Steemit Open Mic.