Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 143. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.

NOTICE TO THE OPENMIC COMMUNITY : The Minnow Support Project is launching a token called PALcoin. When you add the tag palnet to your openmic entry you will receive PalCoin for your entry as well as Steem. Please continue to use the openmic tag as the first tag, just add palnet too and get free coins that are redeemable for upvotes.

You can read more about PalCoin at PALcoin whitepaper by the Minnow Support Project

A very big special thank you to @ausbitbank, @pfunk, and @isaria for their continued support and donations to Open Mic and to everyone delegating, supporting, and playing Open Mic.

Luzcypher's Announcement For Steem Witness

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

50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP,
10000SP

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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Helpie is an invite only thriving community of Steemians supporting Steemians. They sponsor lots of different projects and initiatives. If you would like to be considered as a Helpie "minnow in training," please consider joining PALnet/MSP and participating in the community. We have scouts constantly looking for the right minnows to support, and they will reach out with a private invitation.

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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

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

Steemit's Official Open Mic Judge @Verbal-D's Top 5 Entries For Week 143

Open Mic Week 143 - My Top 5 Judges Selection

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

Special thanks to @verbal-d 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 @geekgirl. NOTE: openmic must be the first tag to show up on this chart

@edwardstobia	Steemit Open Mic Semana 143 || Despedida (original song) || by @edwardstobia $ 16.04
@joseacabrerav	Steemit Openmic Semana 143 - Pintura sobre tela - José Cabrera [Original] $ 14.98
@origen1618	Steemit Open Mic Week #143 "La Llave" -Cover by @origen1618 @paomota @cheche440 @betaniagmusic @eduardocdp @victorvzl @jonathantvzla $ 14.2
@minuetoacademy	Steemit OpenMic Week 143 | @minuetoacademy | Padre Nuestro (Cover) $ 14.04
@danieldedosd2	Steemit Openmic Week 143 "Con Te Partiró" cover interpretado por @danieldedosd2 $ 13.81
@sanami	Steemit OpenMic semana 143 | Sanami - Esclavitud mental (Cancion original) $ 2.66
@contrabourdon	Steemit Open Mic Week 143 | Rêverie (Sept Offrandes) - Denis Bédard $ 2.65
@steevc	Steemit Open Mic week 143: Summer of 69 $ 2.62
@esthersanchez	Steemit openmic week 143. Make you feel my love-Bob Dylan/ versión by @esthersanchez $ 2.05
@ricardomello	Steemit Open Mic Semana 143 - Armónica + Beatbox $ 1.97
@jubei333	Steemit open mic 143 - When The Boys Are On Parade ( Marcus Turner Cover ) $ 1.84
@ylich	Steemit Open Mic Week 143 - Samba de uma nota so (Cover) $ 1.44
@partitura	Steemit Open Mic Week 143 Le Coucou $ 1.43
@davidcentenor	Steemit Openmic week 143 - Cover Hugo Varela - Un Sabor Amargo - @davidcentenor. $ 1.08
@hugo2395	Steemit Open Mic Week 143 | Concierto nro. 3 para violín W.A. Mozart (Exposición del tema) $ 1.06
@carlosgu	Steemit Openmic Week 143 /Two Venezuelan waltzes Natalia y Juliana/ by carlosgu. $ 0.98
@jaredkhamanah	Steemit open mic week 143 | Jared Khm Cover - "Besame - Rawayana" (Version adaptada con rap) $ 0.89
@mocin1993	Steemit Open mic week 143 - Bila Nanti Kau Miliku Cover by @mocin1993 $ 0.79
@drewley	Steemit Open Mic Week 143 - “Your Song” by Elton John $ 0.3
@jhon.slowman	Steemit Openmic Week#143 - Still Got The Blues (Guitar Cover) by Jhon Slowman $ 0.23 Congratulations to all of you who trended this week on Open Mic! Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 143 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: @vanne, @drewley, @minuetoacademy, @origen1618, @sanami, @organduo, @contrabourdon, @esthersanchez, @aidarojaswriter, @yusaymon, @ylich and many more. We love you. Thanks for playing Open Mic, sharing your music, being part of the community, and supporting Open Mic. and the winners are... 1st Place You won 40 Steem Steemit Openmic Semana 143 Pintura Sobre Tela Jose Cabrera Original --- by @joseacabrerav Your sound is rich, bassy and refined, flavorful original music that we will rewind, pouring out to us your passion and spirit as wine, holding back nothing as you deliver your lines, just happiness in this time, @joseacabrerav in his prime, sublime... - @verbal-d Ahhhh Jose you never cease to amaze me, you are so amazingly talented at such a young age - it's truly incredible and you always do the most phenomenal performances, I just love it so much. Just when I think you can't shock me any more, you come and do another amazing performance of a kick ass original Jose creation - thank you so much again for being your awesome self. Your playing is just brilliant, you know I can't fault a single thing about your performance - a great mixture of emotion and casual fun, you make it all look so easy man. Then of course best until last, your voice as always is just perfection - you have this honey tone and texture, your voice is warm and inviting yet so emotional and controlled all at the same bloody time.* You're a legend man and I cannot ever convey the gift you give everyone by sharing it with the world, as always I can't wait for more* - @krystle 2nd Place You won 20 Steem Steemit Openmic Week 143 Still Got The Blues Guitar Cover By Jhon Slowman --- by @jhon.slowman Beautiful bluesy lamentations, a father's heart crying out in desperation, a sunken ship to a distant relation, pain in an instant, far from indifferent, waiting, patient, and impatient, it feels like your baby boy in a different nation, or you're working in a far away land where you are supposed to be stationed, pouring out your tears through performances and radio stations, the sadness and longing is so blatant, you just want to hold him in your arms, reality is hard to face it, the wind blows away his fragrance, as if he didn't have scent, in his absence, you're sent to earn money which is past spent, daydreaming and night wandering in the past tense, memories you had cradling him in your arms as a dad's sense. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, and this performance shows how powerful your love is as a father. Don't change, don't alter, stay strong, don't falter, push forward, don't saunter, release the love and it'll halt hurt. Reunite with your family brother in due time. - @verbal-d 3rd Place You won 13 Steem Steemit Openmic Week 143 Con Te Partiro Cover Interpretado Por Andrea Bocelli --- by @danieldedosd2 Oh man you just kicked some serious ass, holy hell what a phenomenal performance - I feel so lucky to have been gifted with seeing and hearing it, you have so much skill it's incredible. - @krystle 4th Place You won 13 Steem Steemit Openmic Week#143 - Piano Metal (Jam track) --- by @gojen.gepsol The return of the metallic masked marauder, feeds us more than fodder, guitarring quickly sprinting, no plodder, the one who shows up new at the first band practice and makes everyone feel awkward, only because his intense playing garners everyone's full attention and applauders, while the others are now hesitant to play their instruments any longer...lol - @verbal-d 5th Place You won 13 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 143 Or Jared Khm Cover Besame Rawayana Version Adaptada Con Rap --- by @jaredkhamanah *Jared wow man this is fantastic, I loved every single second of it - your voice has the stunning velvety quality I can't get enough of. This song has such a fun and lighthearted fun feel to it, your vocals are absolutely brilliant - not to mention those killer harmonies, just breathtaking. I can't praise this performance enough man, you absolutely killed it and I can't wait to hear more from you soon!* - @rystle Here's a screenshot of the rewards transferred to the winners this week. Luzcypher's Announcement For Steem Witness If you would like to delegate to OpenMic you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP, 10000SP 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, @helpie, and @steemcreative for sponsoring Open Mic! Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 144 by Following This Link Steemit Open Mic Week 144 Record Your Performance And Win Steem Sponsored By Pfunk And Luzcypher --- by @luzcypher Connect With The Music Community On Steemit Helpie Minnow Support Helpie is an invite only thriving community of Steemians supporting Steemians. They sponsor lots of different projects and initiatives. If you would like to be considered as a Helpie "minnow in training," please consider joining PALnet/MSP and participating in the community. We have scouts constantly looking for the right minnows to support, and they will reach out with a private invitation. 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. 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