Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 84. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.

We had 287 entries this week of which 278 are valid posts! Awesome guys!

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How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher

Open Mic Winners From Week 84

Steemit Open Mic Rules

• The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 11th of May, 2018 at 12 UTC TIME
• Only 1 entry per person per week
• "Steemit Open Mic Week 84" must the beginning of the post title.
• "Steemit Open Mic Week 84" must be said at the beginning of your video and your username.
• Live performances only specifically made for this contest
• openmic must be the first tag
• Add a link to your post in the comments of the contest post.
• You must upvote this post.
• If your song is an original song then add the word "Original" somewhere in your title
• You can use DTube but include an embedded YouTube or Vimeo video too.

Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes.

Thank you SO much @ausbitbank for creating the @openmic account and helping to get it funded with 20,000 Steem Power in under 24-hours! Awesome accomplishment that really helps us reward people who enter Open Mic.

A big shout out to @pfunk for sponsoring Steemit Open Mic.

Vote For Pfunk For Witness And Keep Steemit Open Mic Growing Strong We Need Your Help Now --- by @luzcypher

Big shout out to @lukestokes who recently delegated 5,000 SP to the @openmic account! Thanks for your support.

Calling All Open Mic People Check This Out --- by @passion-ground

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 entering the contest please read What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways

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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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. Thanks @jessamynorchard!

You can also meet up with us 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.

Steemit Open Mic Judges

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

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

Looking For Developers To Help Build A Dedicated Open Mic Website Built On The Steem Blockchain --- by @luzcypher

Openmic Week 84 Soundlegion Top 5 Judges Picks Honorable Mentions Top Picks List --- by @soundlegion

Official Open Mic Or Passion Ground S Top 5 Entries For Week 84 --- by @passion-ground

Open Mic Week 84 Meno Top 5 Picks And Honorable Mentions --- by @meno

Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 84 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d

Open Mic Week 84 My Top 5 Judges Selection --- by @krystle

Isaria's Weekly Music Curation Minnow Support Project Community Curation Check Out These 5 Amazing Musicians --- by @isaria

Unofficial Bonus Prizes For Original Songs In Steemit Open Mic Week 84 --- by @tcpolymath

Special thanks to @soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno for help judging the contest this week. Great job guys.

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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Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 84

It is so hard picking winners every week even with 5 judges.

Honorable mentions this week in no particular order are: @etemi, @moccamonica, @paintingangels, @novumorganon, @lauriane, @kayclarity, @ilazramusic, @andreabortone, @diegopadilla, @yenibe, @moderndayjester, @tomashofficial, @vera.carla, @samidbarid, @cesaralejandro, @pechichemena, @ingridkornelia, @k0wks1, @melavie, @williamsreinoso, @jons0318, and many more. We Love You All!

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and the winners are...

1st Place

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Steemit Open Mic Week 84 Paper Thin Original Song --- by @luisferchav

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I couldn't stop playing this song and picked up my guitar to play along. I was hooked. Love the layering and vocal harmonies. Keep it up bro! - @luzcypher

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This song has been stuck in my head since yesterday. Coming from a songwriter that already has a big list of original tunes I absolutely love, this one just showed up in the middle of the night and took over the carefully arranged list. You might listen to it, get entangled in the melodies or even be impressed by the amazing performance but, if you don't pay attention to the lyrics, if you just lalalala along you will be robing yourself from some of the best lyrics @luisferchav has come up with.*

I'm always talking about how we all need to learn to abandon our fears, stop hiding, stop being afraid of failure... this song is @luisferchav's journey down that path... we are just lucky to be along for the musical ride. - @meno

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The complexities you have weaved throughout this performance are just next level and an absolute auditory treat, I cannot image how long it took to figure out the ideal timing to pull this off - but mate you did it and you created something that just keeps building and building as it continues.

It's so interesting to watch you craft the entire sound, during the performance - each new layer added, branched and morphed the overall tone creating a true masterpiece! - @krystle

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2nd Place

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Steemit Openmic Week 84 The Burn I Ve Learned To Love Original --- by @lillywilton

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It is instantly apparent in listening to and viewing “The Burn I’ve Learned to Love” that Lilly has got it all going on every which way from Sunday! Not only is she quite charming and rather beautiful, but she is one extremely badass singer-songwriter, performer, poet, and composer! This week I was clearly smitten by her talents and charm. I simply fell head over heels for Lilly, her song, and her performance, and I suspect you will too! - @passion-ground

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What a deep and precious well of sweet music we have discovered in the inner layers of your soul's flowing and precious creativity. You have filled us with memorable content woven with a poetic intention to depict how the pain of adversity and the trying experiences that life has us endure is more meaningful than the oulook of superficial values and vain surfaces that have no true place to judge us who are seen beneath their temporary and broken standards. Death is not the only thing that lies six feet beneath for it is us also who are beneath the soil, rooted and anchored contently, seeded in position to grow and blossom when the time is right. The best part about poetically sung literature such as your song is that it can be interpreted openly in a various number of ways and evokes many reflective thoughts. Thank you for this gift of music you have shared with us and I look forward to what you release from your safe of musical treasures next. - @verbal-d

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This brand new account, this tiny red fish entered the #openmic for the first time last week and I remember thinking to myself that @lillywilton is an entry or two away from attacking my emotional integrity. This week, she went nuclear... and of course, I melted. This song is just beautiful in every way I can possibly attempt to describe. - @meno

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Just a truly stunning entry this week Lilly, I had no option but to place you with such a masterpiece - and in all honesty an absolute pleasure, there's nothing quite like finding a new brilliant voice to listen to and follow.

What's more this week you showed us a new side of yourself with an original entry and man did you deliver! - @krystle

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It like an angel moved into my ear and made itself at home. Can't wait to hear what you do next. - @luzcypher

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3rd Place

Open Mic Week 84 Lisa And Rhavi Or Enrola Bola Original Song --- by @lisamalletart

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Gosh, the girl who Lisa explains inspired this song, must be a super special person because wow, what an extraordinarily beautiful song emerged from their acquaintance with her! Typically full of fun, frolic, and laughter, this performance is somewhat of a slight departure for Lisa and @rhavi in that it’s a song of love, internal struggles, sorrow, joy, and pain. Despite the lyrical content, one still can’t help but feel happy listening to them both. It’s quite beautiful, Rhavi’s performance is terrific, and Lisa’s voice is simply divine. Their entry rolled me up in a ball of ecstasy from which there is no clear escape! - @passion-ground

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You guys just kill it with every single entry, it feels as though the music is an extension of yourselves - like it all comes so easily and naturally to you, it is always such a joy to hear your brilliant music.

8I have been drawn to your performances since I first heard you on Open Mic and you never let me down, you prove that not every song needs to be smashed out with sheer intense passion - but rather music can capture your attention with the subtleties and complexities you mix with expert precision.* - @krystle

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Definitely an emotional departure from what you usually play and I loved it. Feels like I'm in Brazil. Good to hear you again and to see your musical range expanding. - @luzcypher

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What can I say that hasn't already been said about your mastery in creating and performing your beautiful and culturally enriched music? You both bring it everytime with your uncanny and extremely effortless chemistry and @lisamalletart's sweet singing voice backed by @rhavi's warm tenor vocals creates a flavorful and balanced blend of tones. The melodies and harmonies are tightly packed nicely together and the fun within your entries is contagious as it is entertaining. You both are so professionally talented and provide a natural soundtrack for travel and adventure out in nature. Your music brings so much joy and positivity that it urges me to go an explore old and new places. Thank you once again for another original, classic gem. Please keep up the inspiration and we are awaiting your next song. - @verbal-d

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4th Place

Steemit Openmic Week 84 Funk Media Ft Coco And Nano Cover Special Affair The Internet --- by @funkmedia

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This might be the best cover I've heard on the #openmic since I started judging. I won't lie I was not familiar with the band "The Internet", so in order be able to have a good grip on what I was listening to, I had to go look them up. I'm of the opinion that Coco Ramos (the guest star) not only did an amazing job, she stole the show completely. I feel like I was being seduced the whole time and I think that is exactly the intention of this song and its performer. - @meno

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You all are such an amazing group of musicians whose friendships and close bonds exuberate clear and unshakable chemistry. Your intro was very lighthearted, humorous and warming to the soul. This entry is of the upmost quality and a treat for the ears. Sounds just like a polished professional billboards chart track. Coco, with her leading main vocals, adds a silky and enticing texture, taking full advatange of her womanly qualities and characteristics to lure in her listeners, and that is writing and describing this as eloquently as possible lol. She embodies her role extremely well and puts on a display of both attitude and artistic body language to match her bold and confident approach. This entire song has a very chill, laid back, relaxed and grooving vibe that sets the tone for complete immersion in its world of fantasy. From the accenting guitar, to the leading bass, and the effective and resounding percussions, the layers are very well balanced and the chorus is quite catchy. Thank you once again for raising the bar in sound quality, visual presentation, and musical acuity and sharing this hit with us. Looking forward to what you perform for us next. - @verbal-d

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I love the groovyish groove of your groove man. It's so groovy. - @luzcypher

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5th Place

Expensive Wine Or Daily Musings Original Song Or Steemit Open Mic Week 84 --- by @daily-musings

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Wow! What a maiden Open-Mic entry! All I can say is that I can’t wait to see and hear a whole lot more from @daily-musings. Her composition, “Expensive Wine” is most awesome, poetic, beautifully sung, and brilliantly performed. We now have yet another outstanding singer-songwriter poet to welcome to the Open-Mic. This one is a sleeper that went mostly under the radar, check it out, you’re gonna love it! - @passion-ground

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Welcome to Open Mic. You seemed a little shy at the start but your voice really opened up as you started playing the song. You have a beautiful voice and I hope to hear more of it soon. - @luzcyher

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Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week.

Congratulation Everyone And Thanks For Playing Steemit Open Mic

Openmic Week 84 Soundlegion Top 5 Judges Picks Honorable Mentions Top Picks List --- by @soundlegion

Official Open Mic Or Passion Ground S Top 5 Entries For Week 84 --- by @passion-ground

Open Mic Week 84 Meno Top 5 Picks And Honorable Mentions --- by @meno

Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 84 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d

Open Mic Week 84 My Top 5 Judges Selection --- by @krystle

Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit, Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher

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Congratulations guys! Thanks again to everyone that entered. Thank you @pfunk for sponsoring Open Mic with 200 Steem donation for each week! Very generous of you.

Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 85 by Following This Link

Steemit Open Mic Week 85 Record Your Performance And Win Steem Sponsored By Pfunk And Luzcypher --- by @luzcypher

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