Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 118. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.

Luzcypher's Announcement For Steem Witness

Creating A New Dapp For Steemit Open Mic - Talks With @prc The Creator Of DSound

If you would like to delegate to OpenMic you can do so by clicking on the following links:

50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP

Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account.

Support Musicians On Steemit

I LOVE OPEN MIC // Discover How It Works, Get Involved, Take ADVANTAGE! --- by @siomarasalmeron

How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher

Operation We Are The Open Mic --- by @meno

Let's Keep @pfunk In The Top 20 Witnesses By Voting For Him As A Steemit Witness

@pfunk has been sponsoring Steemit Open Mic since I first started it and I want to give a big thank you to him and all the people who support and take part in Steemit Open Mic.

@pfunk is a Steemit witness and helps keep the platform working and you can vote for him here Please go vote for him right now. This post will show you how.

Vote For Pfunk For Witness And Keep Steemit Open Mic Growing Strong We Need Your Help Now

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More Open Mic Sponsors

@ausbitbank is a top 20 witness on Steemit involved in more supporting projects on the Steem blockchain than I can list. He is a big part of the minnowsupportproject.org, the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty network on Discord, and delegates to many good causes on Steemit. You can vote for him as a wtness here. He just reached out and donated 100 Steem per week to help Open Mic

@Curie helps curate new people who contribute good content and has been supporting Open Mic musicians behind the scenes since Open Mic started. They helped me and countless others get our posts seen when we first started on the platform. Many Open Mic musicians have been featured on their weekly Author's Showcase posts. They are a top 20 witness and have contributed 25 Steem per week for the next two months to help Open Mic. You can vote for them as witness here

MSP-Waves Radio in association with the Minnow Support Project and the Peace, Abundance, Liberty Network is a weekly radio program hosted by @Krystle, @swelker101, and @isaria that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform.

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Big shout out to @lukestokes who delegated 5,000 SP to the @openmic account! Thanks for your support.

I just want to remind everyone that votes are only part of the selection process. Entertainment value and performance is factored in too.

To learn more about the rules to enter the contest please read What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways

Common Questions When Entering Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher

The coolest thing about Open Mic is it brings the Steemit community together and that is the whole point of this project.

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Meet up with the Open Mic community at Open Mic on Discord and chat with all of the people who enter Open Mic there. It's a great way to interact with the Open Mic community. Your links to your entry is automatically added to the Discord channel, so please don't add links, just come to chat with the community.

Join the Facebook page for Steemit Musicians you can read about here or go straight to the page here. A lot of players from Steemit Open Mic are there.

Steemit Open Mic Judges

@passion-ground, @soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, and @meno

Music Creators Guide To Copyrights, Royalties, And Recording Contracts

Common Questions When Entering Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher

How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher

Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher

Openmic Week 118 Soundlegion Top 5 Picks Honorable Mentions Top Picks List --- by @soundlegion

Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 118 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d

Open Mic Week 118 My Top 5 Judges Selection --- by @krystle

Steemit Musicians With Krystle Shane And Isaria 15 Steem Prize 25 Steem Weekly Donation To Open Mic --- by @isaria

Special thanks to @verba;-d, @soundlegion and @krystle for help judging the contest this week. Great job.

Steemit Open Mic is not about winning or losing, it's about building a connections on Steemit through music. Watching the collaborations happen online between musicians who played and met on Steemit Open Mic is very rewarding and many of the people who play and post earn some nice rewards for playing a song.

For many, it's easier to get some Steem in your tip jar by playing for Steemit Open Mic than it is to play music on the street.

Steemit Open Mic Trending Posts

Click here to see the current trending posts on Steemit Open Mic

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Top 20 Trending Open Mic Posts

NOTE: Having a trending post is not how judges pick entries for their Top 5 weekly picks. Sometimes you will trend because of a variety of reasons. Congratulations! You don't need to win Open Mic to earn rewards and build your audience. As you can see, sometimes trending posts earn more than the contest rewards! You could trend by getting curated by other curation groups like @curie for example. The judges look for entertainment value which, of course, is very subjective and varies over time. Just keep playing and engaging with the community which is the whole point of Open Mic. If you love music, we love you.

The most recent top earning posts were:

This chart is provided by @carlgnash.

@tarotbyfergus	Steemit Open Mic Week 118 : Jolene(cover) $ 12.4750
@kayclarity	Steemit Open Mic Week 118: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" $ 11.5580
@drewley	Steemit Open Mic Week 118 - “Fireflies” $ 10.3650
@adreini	Steemit Open Mic - Week 118 - Revolution $ 10.2010
@bettyamv	STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 118 | River Flows in You - Yiruma (Cover) $ 10.1520
@dearw	STEEMIT Open Mic Semana 118 – Héroe (cover) por @DearW. $ 10.1220
@maximilianoflute	Steemit OpenMic Week 188- La Negra Cachumba (Pablo Camacaro) $ 9.6740
@xxxplasticman	Steemit openmic week 118 {cover}The nobodies $ 5.6790
@tomashofficial	Steemit Open Mic Week 118 - Fix You (Cover) - Coldplay $ 4.2360
@steevc	Steemit Open Mic week 118: Pigs on the wing $ 3.5380
@anaislili09	Steemit open mic semana 118 - °Ven a mi casa esta navidad° @anaislili09 $ 2.5970
@armoniritmia	Steemit Openmic Week 118 | Martha Tiene un Marcapasos - Hombres G | Armoniritmia Ft. LeMusic JamBand | Cover (Drums View) $ 2.1030
@dreamrafa	Steemit Open Mic Week 118 - Ghost Of Perdition Intro (Opeth Cover) $ 1.4870
@futuremind	Openmic Week 118 - Gary Jules - Mad World $ 1.1510
@lk666	Steemit Open Mic Week 118 - Original Instrumental Guitar $ 0.9540
@markaustin	Steemit Openmic Week #118 - original - I'm Leavin' Town $ 0.6380
@donatello	[VIDEO] Steemit Open Mic week 118 - Original guitar composition $ 0.6040
@thesimpson	Steemit openmic week 118 - Thesimpson $ 0.3890
@skiwzz	Openmic week 118 Justin Bieber-love yourself (cover) $ 0.2780
@oliverjobs	Steemit Open Mic week 118¨( Otra triste historia ) By Oliver Original Song $ 0.2220 Congratulations to all of you who trended this week on Open Mic! Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 118 It is not getting any easier to pick with all this talent and it is so hard picking winners every week even with 5 judges. Honorable mentions this week in no particular order are: @isabelmetlige, @drewley, @k0wsk1, @katrina-ariel, @dreamrafa, @tarotbyfergus, @markaustin, @lk666, @isabelmetlige, @edmundocentenor, @exzorltg, @rhyt, @donatello, @montanacellist, @carlosrada, @kkarenmp, @aidarojaswriter, @eugelys, @chaifm, @bettyamv,@skiwzz, @oliverjobs, @futuremind, @dearw, and many more. I also want to thank all those who voted for me for Steem witness. and the winners are... 1st Place You won 80 Steem Steemit Open Mic #118: Original Song - Lakes of Fear --- by @montycashmusic " love everything about this performance, killer vocal, gave me some chills on them open up parts. the guitar is sick and the skatty crying ohhs are just amazing. Fantastic job totally vibed it. " - @soundlegion As per usual, you play the guitar wonderfully and seamlessly with a focused, intense love for perfection and the impact of music. You finally achieved your goal and learned this entire piece by ear, impressive and noteworthy. Congrats on that and thank you for sharing the fruits of your hard labor with us. It was not for naught and I am ready for your next masterpiece entry. - @verbal-d 2nd Place You won 40 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 118 Somewhere Over The Rainbow --- by @kayclarity One Question. What can't you sing? This was a butter smooth and gently breezy acoustic cover entry. You melt the listeners over and over with your intensely gratifying songbird vocals. Thanks for sharing always, looking forward to your next one. - verbal-d In this the playing is kept to an absolute minimal, but when it is there it is stunning in contrast to the vocal - you play brilliantly and as always are the perfect accompaniment to your vocals. Again you never failed to impress with your voice, it's just incredible what you manage to do week after week - I just love the tonality and the effect's you use throughout, you really have a phenomenal gift and I thank you so much for sharing it with us what an absolute honour. - @krystle 3rd Place You won 26 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 118 Fix You Cover Coldplay --- by @tomashofficial I was just hooked the moment I heard it, your playing is perfect and a brilliant accompaniment for this song - I love seeing all the layers you've used to create the sound, just really entertaining man. I really love your vocal choice's with this song, offering more of a staccato rendition in places - adding texture and emotion to the song that was a little missing at times in the original. - @krystle 4th Place You won 26 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 118 Revolution --- by @adreini "Girl can play mm. love it! great slap work flow was awesome. Always a fan of your many talents" - @soundlegion As per usual, you play the guitar wonderfully and seamlessly with a focused, intense love for perfection and the impact of music. You finally achieved your goal and learned this entire piece by ear, impressive and noteworthy. Congrats on that and thank you for sharing the fruits of your hard labor with us. It was not for naught and I am ready for your next masterpiece entry. @verbal-d 5th Place You won 26 Steem Steemit Openmic Week 118 Thesimpson --- by @thesimpson "Great song, delivered amazing my friend. Lyrics really grabbed me with that vocal delivery, I just believed you inside and out what a great piece, felt big time" - @soundlegion Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week. Luzcypher's Announcement For Steem Witness Creating A New Dapp For Steemit Open Mic - Talks With @prc The Creator Of DSound If you would like to delegate to OpenMic you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account. Congratulation Everyone And Thanks For Playing Steemit Open Mic. Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit, Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher Congratulations guys! Thanks again to everyone that entered. Thanks to our sponsors @pfunk, @ausbitbank, @curie, @isaria, and @steemcreative for sponsoring Open Mic! Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 119 by Following This Link Steemit Open Mic Week 119 Record Your Performance And Win Steem Sponsored By Pfunk And Luzcypher --- by @luzcypher Connect With The Music Community On Steemit Steemit Musicians with Krystle, Shane, and Isaria @steemcreative is a witness run by @swelker101 and @isaria and they host a weekly program with @krystle at MSP-Waves radio that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform. Songwriters Shoptalk with @meno Each Wednesday night 10-pm Eastern Time you can tune into mspwaves.com and hear interviews, recordings, and live performances from Steemian songwriters Drill down into the craft of songwriting and connect with the artists behind the music Get into MSP/PALNET and become part of our amazing powerful community. Spotlight On The Artist with @d-vine Every Friday connect with musical artists on the Steem blockchain with super host @d-vine, Get into MSP/PALNET and become part of our amazing powerful community. CEST 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm UTC 07:00 pm - 09:00 pm EDT 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm PDT 11:00 am - 01:00 pm Pitch Perfect with @alejandra23 A weekly musical contest. Are you a singer? This is the perfect place. Do you make rap? Come and participate. Are you an instrument performer? Hosted by @d-vine, Go see the latest Pitch Perfect post to get involved. This is open to any kind of music performer in any genre. You can be original if you wish, or you can interpret a song already created, what is sought in this contest is the passion with which you make your presentation, captivate with your interpretation and of course have fun. Cover A Steemian with @pechichemena Cover another song by fellow musicians on Steemit. and use the tag coverasteemian and they just may cover you back. Great way to share music and build connections on the platform. DSound, Decentralized Sound Platform DSound is like SoundCloud only decentralized on the Steem blockchain. Artists can upload their works and hear others music, connect with other artists and earn rewards from community votes. DSound is created by @prc To get involved click on DSound and start making music. Steemit Open Mic trading Cards For those who do not know, Cards & Tokens is organizing a Steemit Openmic card contest. The winners will be chosen based exclusively on the number of votes each card received. The competitors must first claim the authorship of their card, which will generate a new POST that will leave reflected on the steem blockchain the data of the card and thus it will be enabled to receive votes. Related Posts Music Creators Guide To Copyrights, Royalties, And Recording Contracts --- by @luzcypher How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways --- by @luzcypher Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 3 Entries --- by @luzcypher