O weeeeeee here comes a new round to help showcase their talent, hard work, and passions to the community from all over the globe.

With seventeen (17) high-quality entries the Popular Music theme last round was an amazing round for the #smlchallenge. So much diversity and different takes on the theme; it sure provided some refreshing "popular music." Feel very appreciative to be able to listen to such incredible music. Results here

We are excited to witness the newest creations shared in this Round #13 of Season Two of the #smlchallenge

Courtesy of Light & Love OG Tech Shaman @danyelk

The Steemit Music League Challenge is an open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers. Basically if you have a passion for music you can submit an entry every round.

It was created to provide the vocalists, rappers, musicians, & producers of Steemit who are chasing their dreams an avenue to be highlighted and earn additional recognition, feedback, and rewards.

As another way to help support Steemians chasing their dreams with music, the Steemit Music League partnered up with DSound.

DSound's support of the Steemit Music League will allow for greater recognition and rewards the Steemians who take part in the ten (10) SML's contests and challenges.

Thanks again to @prc for his support of community initiatives and helping the Steemit Music League reach its potential. If you trust and support @prc like I do make sure to vote for him as a witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses

Without further adieu here are the details of the Steemit Music League Challenge S2:R13:

This round's theme is:

Date Night

Love is in there air, especially when it's time for those date nights.

All about setting the mood, having fun, channeling good energy, and having a time to remember.

It could be that smooth jazz, something with those passionate lyrics and vocals, or an upbeat song/beat that keeps the energy flowing and gets you dancing the Date Night away.

Let's see what music the community creates and shares to be playing on their date night.

However this Date Night theme resonates with you let's hear what creativity and inspiration you use to make this music that will having you a memorable time with someone special in your life.

RULES

Upload your entry using DSound by going here: https://dsound.audio/#/upload

You log-in using your Steemit name. When you upload to DSound you content is posted to Steemit so your following can enjoy your music and reward you for doing so.

We don't want to exclude anyone so if DSound doesn't work for you please feel free to submit using the most convenient method for yourself.

If you have any questions on how to upload to DSound you can ask in the DSound Discord or SMA Discord channel or you can visit this awesome post by @prc here: https://steemit.com/music/@prc/introducing-dsound-a-decentralized-sound-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs

Just make sure it's an original entry based off of the theme of the round and use the tag #smlchallenge and/or comment the entry on any SML Challenge posts.

Any type of music passion from singing to producing and everything in between is welcome. We are looking forward to be able to help these Steemians in the music community shine and receive the recognition and feedback they deserve.

You have until June 28th at 11:59 PM EST / 4:59 AM UTC to submit your entries with winners will be announced Friday night, June 29th.

The entries are judged off of the following:

• Sound Quality: does this sound crispy, in speakers and headphones, is there cracking or recording errors? How loud can we play it before you notice quality issues?

• Technicality: what are the skills you displayed in making this entry? The technical aspects of the your craft.

• Creativity & relevance to theme: how unique your entry is. How well it revolves around the theme? O we have never heard that sound or lyrics before? Extra points for artwork and video work related to the entry.

The prize pool is as follows:

FIRST PLACE WINNER: 8 SBD + 50 Voiceshares for 58 points

SECOND PLACE WINNER: 4 SBD + 42 Voiceshares for 46 points

THIRD PLACE WINNER: 2 SBD + 34 Voiceshares for 36 points

FOURTH PLACE WINNER: 1 SBD + 28 Voiceshares for 29 points

COMMUNITY FAVORITE: 20 Voiceshares for 20 points

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The Community Favorite each week will be determined by the amount of upvotes and comments responding to their entries, upvotes on their submission comment, and total community support on post.

Round #13 of Season Two of the Steemit Music League Challenge starts today and will accept submissions until Thursday, June 28th night with winners being announced Friday night (June 29th).

The team of @chiefmappster, @beat5e8 [@beatseb], @inthenow, and @derekmiller are pumped to see what is in store for this round.

Don't forget it helps the judges and the community for you to make a post about your entry, with how you created it, the meaning behind it, how the theme came into play.

It is just another way for us Steemians to get to know you and your message.

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The Steemit Music League is a community with the goal of providing the most feedback, recognition, and rewards all while bringing Steemians together.

Currently the following are the ten (10) contests in the Steemit Music League which is part of the Steemit Music Alliance (SMA) [click on contest/challenge name to go to most recent related information]:

SMA	Contest Initiatives
	Steemit Music League Challenge (#smlchallenge) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): An open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers.
	Beat Battle League (#beatbattle) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): A challenge for music producers to produce an entry based off a theme or sampled material for that round.
	SMA Feedback Contest (#smafeedback) (Hosted by @inthenow): A feedback-based contest for music. Provide music for feedback and/or provide feedback and get rewarded for doing so.
	Chord Challenge (#chordchallenge) (Hosted by @antminer): A weekly challenge for music producers to create music by using the provided chord progression.
	Kill The Pad Challenge (#killthepad) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit): A weekly topic text-based rap competition for creative writers to show their prowess as a lyricist.
	Educator Showdown (Hosted by @novili): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music.
	Poetry Slam (#poetryslam) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit & @scuzzy): A weekly spoken word contest in the traditional poetry slam competition format.
	Pitch Perfect (#pitchperfect) (Hosted by @alejandra23): A weekly challenge for original music creators.
	Bands About Bands (#BandsAboutBands) (Hosted by @ftlob): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit.
	Sprout (#sprout) (Hosted by @playitforward): A contest with a seed as inspiration each week.

The winner of the Steemit Music League is determined by the amount of points earned through League contests and challenges.

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Another great way to connect and interact with the community is through the SMA (Steem Music Alliance) Discord channel.

You can connect and collaborate with other community members, play music live, get beats and tracks demoed, and listen to entries with others live via the SMA bot.

Live radio shows happening now with the Needle on Your Record Show by @d-vine, @onemedia and @seveaux every Wednesday at CET 8-10 PM (2PM-4PM EST). Send your tracks to @d-vine to get heard on the SMA radio.

Also, @movement19 has a radio show following the Needle on Your Record Show.

To join the Discord Channel go here: https://discord.gg/na8W5Wr

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Voiceshares are tokens on BitShares. So make sure you have a BitShares Wallet to receive them.

All you need to do to receive your Voiceshares is click here to create a Bitshares account with EasyDex here: https://exchange.easydex.net/login

Thank you as always for your time and attention. It means the world to me :)

Image Sources:

• OG Light & Love Tech Shaman @danyelk
• OG @scuzzy
• http://www.rwiairport.org/places-to-go-in-singapore-for-dating.php
• https://www.musely.com/tips/Date-Night-Music-Playlist/30640440

Namaste

@chiefmappster