Official Cut Off Time Post For VIBES Week 28 Entries CEST 10 AM JANUARY 26th 2025 (Includes My Judge’s Thoughts & The Entry Guidelines For New Participants)
Any further entries posted Beyond This Post will not be considered for the Top 6 Winning Prize Rewards.
Please remember to get your entries on time within the allotted time slots for each VIBES Week and Remember to...
Make sure your 5% beneficiary is set properly, which can easily be done by just posting through Peakd.com within the Vibes Community click this link here to learn how.
If you still find it confusing I have also made a very thorough post about it here on how to set the 5% beneficiary as a lot of people need reminding to follow this very important rule.
@verbal-d/5percent-beneficiary-rule-for-vibes-how-to-know-if-your-post-entry-is-correct
And add a promo video to earn more than 10$ on your Vibes entry. A promo video is an extra video inside your post of you promoting vibes to attract new musicians to our contest. Here is why they are important and how to make one.
@jessicaossom/the-extreme-importance-of-vibes-promo-video
Also Remember
1) Double check the quality of your video entry, and PLEASE REMEMBER, ONLY ONE ENTRY Per Participant/Contestant/Person Per Each Vibes Week, unless it is a legitimate Collaboration, for example @username1A enters once by themselves Solo and then, @username1A enters again with a friend or family member on that other person’s account in Collaboration for a different song performance, which counts towards @username2B’s account. (Although abuse of this gray area rule, Or multiple entries posted within a single Vibes Week, Will result in either very reduced Post Reward Upvotes, no support at all, or at the very extreme, disqualification from all future Vibes Competition Weeks)
2) That you didn't forget the very important Intro Stating/Saying the actual Current Vibes Week Number LOUDLY and clearly enough, and your Intro is the same recording as your actual entry with preferably no cuts (keep your intros effectively short) and you didn’t just edit in a new intro into an old video (which is against the rules). Unless otherwise cleared and clarified with an Official Judge.
3) That your video actually plays, is not set to Private, but actually viewable with Unlisted Link or Public, and the video actually plays with Sound with at least 2 minutes of play/performance time with music (or acapella), and that the Sound matches the Visuals in real time perfectly...( avoid latency, lagging sounds or bad editing when matching up vocals to visuals, which is why live performance is the best and preferred to avoid these issues)
Some entries have singing before their mouths are actually open and moving, or instruments played without any hand movements, etc...
4) That the sound quality is good, no distortions or high frequency feedback noise (listen to your own entry with headphones before you post it, get a second or third opinion from someone non biased who will tell you the truth if it's good enough to post or not)
Also, make sure that if you are using a wired or wireless microphone that's attached to your t-shirt or other clothing item, that the microphone is not picking up all the sounds of ruffled movements from your body language and you moving around the mic as you perform.
5) That you performed live and we can visually see your face with decent lighting (if you're playing an instrument, please show your face, hands and instrument) Unfortunately some people pretend and fake their playing...
Also Please Keep in Mind of the Camera Angle that it is Not directed too closely to your face and or angled Up to your nostrils/nose. PRESENTATION IS KEY!
6) That you recorded in a relatively quiet place without wind or distracting loud noises
7) That your backing track instrumental is loud enough for us to hear it, but low enough that it doesn't overpower or block out your singing/rapping voice and or the instrument you are playing
8) Provide lyrics for your listeners whether it is a Cover or an Original and especially if it is in another language, also, translations are a nice consideration too for the community to enjoy
9) Remember that this is a competition with opportunities and prizes and hundreds of participants involved and that you should always give it your very best effort, continue to improve, experiment, grow and not give up
10) That you performed with Passion and No Fear, and didn't hold back anything
11) That this is a welcoming, caring music community to connect with others, collaborate, and to have fun! And while you're having fun, don't forget to tell other talented musician family members and friends to join.
REMEMBER, IT IS BEST OF SKILL, LUCK IS NEVER NEEDED!
Community Voting Poll will begin soon, us Judges are preparing the Top 10 list now. Thank you for your support, participation, respect for the guidelines and understanding.
Judge‘s Thoughts for Week 28:
Week 28 was jam packed with new faces and skillsets and talented people. There was a lot of fire 🔥 being displayed this week and it is inspiring to hear and see.
One of the most repeated Cover songs I have had to listen to in the Vibes Contest are “Hallelujah”, “All Of Me” by John Legend, and a few others that are starting to annoy me slowly but surely lol. Only people who truly have an amazing and wonderful voice can help me to enjoy these repeatedly covered songs and I also think people who have been in the contest for awhile should try showcasing more variety. I know not everyone is an original songwriter, but I find it strange that somehow the winners from previous top 6 winner’s announcement, get their songs covered in the following weeks. But if you know you don’t sound better than the ones who did it before you, just pick something you are more comfortable with.
Sometimes I feel like people think they will be upvoted more or considered more for covering the Winning songs from the more recent weeks but it actually has the opposite effect. I understand that in some cases some people just pick whatever song they like and they didn’t choose it because of the top 6, maybe they didn’t even see or update themselves of who won the past 1-3 weeks, but I would say to you, do your due diligence and pick something fresh and new.
Either way, I think we are making big progress on growing and expanding the contest and the level of competition, and week 28 has shown more originality, and diversity.
Let’s keep it going, and please people, some comments on some entries look kind of crazy. Someone will give a really bad performance , hit all kinds of crazy off key notes, and either sing half heartedly or the audio is just absolutely terrible. And then I see their friends and family saying it was an amazing or fantastic performance and they are in love with their voice. Often times I see these comments coming from people who have won before and I don’t think there is anything wrong with encouraging someone but we don’t have to lie to anyone because we don’t want to hurt their feelings.
People seem to respect it more when you tell them what they can improve on rather than to just tell them they did a fantastic job. Because then they won’t aim to get better. This is still a competition.
They will be content and complacent if they received unwarranted praise and compliments for a performance that was clearly a disaster to listen to. I would hope many of you focus on improving your sound quality and recording quality, improve your presentation skills, and focus on delivering the music in Live Performance style, with no playback, lip syncing or editing of your voice to appear as live performance.
Just be natural and show your real true talent, I respect that the most, Marica also respects that the most, we are live performance judges and anyone can sound good with autotune and some pre-production editing. Performing live will always be a top priority for this contest, especially as we continue to grow it will make the judging process that much easier. I would take a natural live skilled performer over a crazy epic music video lip sync performance any week.
Anyway, these are my thoughts for Week 28. I really appreciate all of you who participate and follow all the rules. If you see someone is missing something, like they forgot to say the Vibes Week Number (which shows it is a current new video) or maybe they forgot to set the 5% or they are missing a valid promo video less than 1 month and they are not a newcomer, please remind them, we are all a community, and we want to see everyone elevate and succeed, plus it saves me time from reminding as I am judging through the few hundred entries now. Thanks in advance.”
I am glad and thankful to be apart of the best online music competition on Web3. I wish this were a full time position. I could truly do this job as a passion. My favorite part is performing alongside with you all and rewarding the winners in multiple ways possible. With Vibes, everyone is a winner 😎
@Verbal-D Gospel Musician/Rapper/Singer/Songwriter & Official Vibes Judge