**Join Open Mic Night Week 3** and win Steem. Just Record, Post, Win! Come play or sing a song for Steemit. Even if you don't play an instrument you can still show support. **Upvote your favorite performer and Reblog this post**. *If you have a friend that plays or sings, this could be a good way to introduce them to Steemit*. # Hello Steemiains, # Thanks for supporting, upvoting and entering **Open Mic Night Week 1 and 2**. Everyone is having fun playing music for the Steemit community, and @pfunk decided to sponsor Open Mic Week 3. So, be sure to thank him for his generosity. [You can see who won Open Mic Week 2 here](https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/open-mic-night-week-2-winners-see-who-won-last-week-and-link-to-open-mic-week-3). ## 2 Votes = Win Win ## **You can help support Open Mic by making sure to vote two times.** - **Once on this post** so the payouts for the winners will make this contest self-supporting. *We're very grateful @pfunk is helping out right now, but helping this post with upvotes gives more rewards to the winners and the contest will be self supporting.* - **And vote a 2nd time on the link of your favorite entry's post found in the comments below.** *This will help support all the musicians that entered, even if they didn't win the contest.* - In fact, some entries earned very well, even though they didn't win. And that's good because musicians need to eat. Winners from week 2 will be announced tomorrow, Monday, October 17th, 2016 so be sure to follow @luzcypher for updates and thanks for everyone that entered, upvoted and resteemed Open Mic. ## Open Mike Process ## Keeping it short and sweet, here is the flow of considerations for the **openmic** contest:- - Need to promote community participation in spirit of **openmic** night. - So.. **openmic** submissions in comments, community voting and reblogging is encouraged. - However, we need to avoid public vote abuse and keep a certain standard for **openmic** night. - So.. community voting as first filter, before internal voting. - Another problem: late submissions are usually disadvantaged as they get less attention on the contest post. - So.. we've tried to mitigate such a problem by including unique votes of **openmic** submissions in their own blogposts. - Right at time of contest closing, the votes from all performances submissions will be counted and winners posted the following day. ## How To Enter Open Mic Night ## - In a well lit quiet room, use your cell phone to record your performance. See recording tips [here](https://youthradio.org/apps/diy-resource-how-to-record-high-quality-sound-with-your-phone/) and [here](https://www.lynda.com/articles/great-audio-with-your-phone) ## Say The Words Open Mic Night 3 In Your Video ## - Say the words Steemit Open Mic at the intro before you record your performance so we know it's really you or you can make a sign if you like with the words Steemit Open Mic on it so we know you really are performing the song. - Upload your performance to YouTube or other video hosting site. - Create a post on your own Steemit account pasting the URL of your uploaded video. - **IMPORTANT: The first words in the title of your post must include the words:** **Open Mic Week 3** before any other text in the title. >For example: ***Open Mic Week 3*** *- Hold That Tiger by @cheetabot* - You can title your post anything you want just be sure the first words say **Open Mic Week 3**. - **Very Important: The first tag on your post must be: openmic** All one word. No spaces. - Post a link to your post in the comments section of this post. This will increase your exposure and votes while increasing the amount of prize money. - If the song you're playing is an original song written by you, please make your 2nd tag read: **originalmusic** , again all one word with no spaces. The originalmusic tag is a new tag started by @jessamyorchard for finding and curating new original music on Steemit and Open Mic is working to help her make that tag rock! Thanks. ## Judging, and Contest Prize ## - Submit your performance in the comment / reply section by 12.00 PM UTC Time (Sunday the 23rd October 2016). [Find your UTC time here](http://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/). - You may submit as many performances as you like. - Performances are not judged on production value, only on performance and entertainment value. - Top 10 performances by amount of votes (not comment payout value) will be selected. - OpenMic judges will deliberate 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place based on the selected performances. - Each week the prizes will be paid as follows:1st place: 50% of SBDs **generated by this post**. 2nd and 3rd place: 25% of SBDs each **generated by this post**. This week we will add 100 Steem to the pot, courtesy of @pfunk - All SBD's generated on your own post are your to keep of course. - You may also post your entry and comments on https://steemit.chat/channel/openmic ## Images ## You can use any images you want on your blog when you enter OpenMic. If you would like to help promote a common theme for the OpenMic Contest you may also use this image below. Just copy and paste this code as the first image on your blog post. `[![openmicoct17-23.png](https://s13.postimg.org/kcnftb2mv/openmicoct17_23.png)](https://postimg.org/image/667oy2rrn/)` [![openmicoct17-23.png](https://s13.postimg.org/kcnftb2mv/openmicoct17_23.png)](https://postimg.org/image/667oy2rrn/) ## Disclaimer ## - Make sure performances are your performance. - The song does not have to be original, only your performance of the song. - The OpenMic judges reserve the right to forfeit submissions that are misleading. ## Thank you all for the participation! ## ## Open Mic Featured On Steemit Talk Podcast ## Open Mic Night was featured on Steemit Talk Podcast thanks to all the Steemian performers making it so special. You can [listen to the full podcast here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@giftedgaia/steemit-talk-podcast-013-10-15-2016-open-mic-night-steemit-game-night-and-highly-evolved-spider-overlords). [![steemit podcast.png](https://s15.postimg.org/47ll5xjff/steemit_podcast.png)](https://postimg.org/image/oez0y8gwn/) Image credit by @giftedgaia Full post is titled [Steemit Talk Podcast - 013 - 10/15/2016 - Open Mic Night, Steemit Game Night, and Highly Evolved Spider Overlords](https://steemit.com/steemit/@giftedgaia/steemit-talk-podcast-013-10-15-2016-open-mic-night-steemit-game-night-and-highly-evolved-spider-overlords) Thank you for the positive support from the Steemit community and a special thanks to @kevinwong for his guidance, encouragement and support and @verbal-d for writing a song that inspired the idea. Please contact @luzcypher in SteemitChat for any further questions you may have. https://steemit.chat/channel/openmic We would like to thank you all for your spirited participation in making this a big part of blockchain history! 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