Steemit Music League Challenge S2:R5 Announcement | A DSound Community Initiative

Here comes a new round, a new judge, and a new partnership to help Steemians showcase their talent, hard work, and passions to the community from all over the globe.

So many incredible 90s themed entries from all over the world displayed in last round with fourteen (14) entries submitted. That nostalgia was definitely evident last round o weeeee. Results here

@seveaux joins the judging panel this round bringing an incredibly talented ear to help in the judging process.

We are excited to witness the newest creations shared in this Round #5 of Season Two of the #smlchallenge

Courtesy of Light & Love OG Tech Shaman (& judge) @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 a result, we are excited to announce the #smlchallenge along side the other contests and challenges of the Steemit Music League have partnered with DSound, the decentralized sound platform harnessing the power of the STEEM blockchain.

Created by @prc , @dsound is a decentralized audio portal that helps musicians, vocalists, rappers, and producers get another avenue to showcase their music and earn additional recognition, feedback, and rewards.

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

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

We are very excited about this partnership and what it means for the community and look forward to inspiring more real, positive change here on the STEEM blockchain.

Without further adieu here are the details of the Steemit Music League Challenge S2:R5:

This round's theme is:

Feel Good Music

That uptempo music that creates that positive and happpy eotions that uplifts the soul. That music that makes you feel good.

Rappers, musicians, and vocalists can warm positive spirit into their entries.

Producers can create that uptempo style of beat that raises your vibrations.

However this Feel Good theme resonates with you let's hear what creativity and inspiration you use to make this music that will make you feel good.

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 March 13th at 11:59 PM EST / 4:59 AM UTC to submit your entries with winners will be announced Wednesday night, March 14th.

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: 10 STEEM + 40 Voiceshares for 50 points

SECOND PLACE WINNER: 6 STEEM + 34 Voiceshares for 40 points

THIRD PLACE WINNER: 4 STEEM + 29 Voiceshares for 33 points

FOURTH PLACE WINNER: 2 STEEM + 25 Voiceshares for 27 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 #5 of Season Two of the Steemit Music League Challenge starts today and will accept submissions until Tuesday, March 13th night with winners being announced Wednesday night (March 14th).

The team of @chiefmappster, @beatseb, @seveaux and @derekmiller are pumped to see what is in store for this week.

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 six 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 topical text-based rap competition for creative writers to show their prowess as a lyricist.
	Educator Showdown (#educatorshowdown) (Hosted by @novili): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music.

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

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

You can connect with other community members, ask questions, play music live, get feedback from community members, get beats and tracks demoed, and listen to music with others live via the SMA Discord bots.

Live radio shows by @scuzzy happening now :)

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

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Voiceshares are tokens are on BitShares. So make sure you have a BitShares Wallet to receive and send them for upvotes on your Steemit posts.

All you need to do to receive your Voiceshares is click here to create a Bitshares account here: https://wallet.bitshares.org/#/dashboard and then you are good to go : )

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

Image Sources:

• OG Light & Love Tech Shaman @danyelk
• https://steemit.com/music/@prc/introducing-dsound-a-decentralized-sound-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs
• OG @scuzzy

Namaste

@chiefmappster