Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 138. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.

A very big special thank you to @ausbitbank 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 138

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 @meno 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

@silentscreamer	You Raise Me Up // Steemit Openmic Week 138 $ 32.55
@mfxae86	--- STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 138 - Nickelback - Hero --- $ 16.26
@darrenclaxton	Steemit Open Mic week 138 - Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers - Cover Song by Darren Claxton $ 9.82
@lk666	Steemit Open Mic 138 - Cover Of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "And No More Shall We Part" $ 6.51
@ricardomello	Steemit Open Mic Semana 138 - Prisión Carnal (Canción Original) $ 5.84
@partitura	Steemit Open Mic Week 138: Gigue from Partita VI (Scheibe) $ 4.44
@ylich	Steemit Open Mic Weeek 138 - Silencio (Cover) $ 3.38
@steevc	Steemit Open Mic Week 138: Need your love so bad $ 3.12
@barski	Steemit Open Mic Week 138 - @barski - fingerstyle guitar cover - You've Got A Friend In Me - Toy Stories $ 2.53
@organduo	Castle of Trakai (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 138 $ 2.52
@drewley	Steemit Open Mic Week 138 - “This Year’s Love” by David Gray $ 2.35
@lisamalletart	Open Mic week 138 - Lisa & Rhavi | Ela Não Pode Saber [Original Song] $ 2.31
@jubei333	Steemit Open Mic 138 - Whatever you want ( Arlo Mckinley Cover ) $ 2.2
@organduo	Highway (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 31 $ 2.0
@deeanndmathews	Steemit Open Mic Week 138 -- ORIGINAL Piano Improvisation in G Flat $ 1.46
@miguelarl	Steemit Open Mic Week 138 - Dirección Opuesta - Dermis Tatú - La niña ingrávida (Cover) $ 1.19
@jesus159	STEEMIT OPEN MIC SEMANA 138 / Perderme en ti - Lola Club Cover $ 1.06
@hugo.exe	Openmic semana #138 Hyugo Sweet Child of mine (Guns And Roses Cover) by @hugo.exe $ 0.34
@wethepatsies	Steemit Openmic Week 138 - "A Hard & Bitter Peace" an Original Song by "We The Patsies" $ 0.29
@luisalbertoulloa	Steemit Open Mic Week 138 - Creo que te quiero $ 0.29 Congratulations to all of you who trended this week on Open Mic! Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 138 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: @lk666, @danieldedosd2, @ylich@edwardstobia, @deeanndmathews, @partitura, @ricardomello, @cellomusic91, @rbatan, @maximilianoflute, @jubei333, @miguelarl, @raymondelaparra, @rodrigo98, @marcosjerjes, @montycashmusic, @barski, @sayury, @wilins, @gaborockstar, @organduo, 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 Open Mic Week 138 This Year S Love By David Gray --- by @drewley Radio quality performance that just compels, a showcase talent heavy on the heart like dumbbells, or torn between emotions through those self-inflicted love spells, this song helps us to piece together beauty when we gather up the crushed shells, your singing and piano playing is discovering a safe haven in the desert with a lush well. Definitely a winning entry to cheer up, make us take out our ear plugs, on a musical journey is how you've steered us, this provides the loneliest souls with 'this year's love.' - @verbal-d 2nd Place You won 20 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 138 Nickelback Hero --- by @mfxae86 An strong artist with a great voice and guitar prowess, that's dualism. Bringing to life a fantastic cover about heroism. Many times we are trapped by our fears and skepticism. But we should take stage and present our gifts for humanism, activism, and altruism. This world is filled with hatefulness and cynicism, but we can make a difference in an instance even through resistance and criticism. Keep sharing your passion and opening the eyes of those trapped in mental prisons, your entry here is energy driven and crystal clear as displaying prisms. This playing...rhythm, the lyricism, I can hear the wisdom, and feel the intentions in your tone and the good vibrations and symbolism. - @verbal-d 3rd Place You won 13 Steem 3Qdrqe Open Mic Week 138 Lisa And Rhavi Or Ela Nao Pode Saber Original Song --- by @lisamalletart Welcome back my dear friends, what a nice surprise that it is this week you have appeared in, this fantastic original, in my ears, is a clear win, please stick around and provide us more good vibes, no disappearing. Your hopeful, uplifting music is sincere within, sharing songs that help our great days begin, when I press play I fear the end, because good things are fleeting and we are merely men. But we are happy to have you here in the Open Mic Family, where we are kin. - @verbal-d 4th Place You won 13 Steem You Raise Me Up Steemit Openmic Week 138 --- by @silentscreamer What I love about your entry is how you take on songs that are challenging, it is eloquent encouraging and dazzling. You give your very all and pour out your heart and soul, channeling, like a river flowing strong or a strong stallion galloping, some may believe this song was a risk, but it was worth gambling, you are a true artist and with voice and violin canvassing, all doubts you are canceling, haters you're vanishing, each song we are traveling, and somehow you keep managing and balancing, but it has paid off, all your practicing, I am just a judge paneling, let me quit my rambling. We're always looking forward to your next entry, what it will be, I am still imagining. - @verbal-d 5th Place You won 13 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 138 Ain T No Sunshine By Bill Withers Cover Song By Darren Claxton --- by @darrenclaxton There's definitely sunshine as you perform, good frequencies in dark places are reborn, houses are rebuilt that were so worn, old clothes are repaired that couldn't be adorned, friendships reunited that were torn, reshaping this cold world that was deformed, and bringing light and truth to those misinformed. You have an impacting voice that transforms, keep sharing your talents as many hearts you warm. - @verbal-d 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 139 by Following This Link Steemit Open Mic Week 139 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