Official Cut Off Time Post For VIBES Week 29 Entries CEST 10 AM FEBRUARY 14th 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 29:
Week 29 has easily been one of my favorite weeks to date so far. The 90s Music Era theme is just hard to top for me given that that is a literal gold
mine of legendary classic songs, and there are simply too many to cover. But with that said, there were a good amount of repeated songs, as well as some hidden gems among people’s song cover choices. I saw some more original artists come out of the musicworks, which is always a joy for me. I always tell artists that you can be a fantastic cover artist but who will perform the songs you are capable of creating? It can only be you… so I encourage everyone to focus on attempting original song writing. You will only get better at it with time. Then you can formulate and structure songs like it is second nature, a second language.
We had quite a few entries coming from the Vibes Talent Scout event held in Nigeria due to @obaro, @iyedrumz007, @horlargold01 and @starstrings01 organizing the success of it and onboarding new talented faces and personalities into our music communities, so thank you and recognition go to them for making that a reality and expanding the competition to a healthier level.
Overall I would say we had a very good turn out this week. Over 311 Entries flowed in and that doesn’t include the written blogs that we are seeing of all the song and performance reviews which show artists love and appreciation, as well as, blog posts on following the rules and keeping the community informed to guide others to be successful in our contest and on this platform. It is a beautiful thing.
Things to improve upon, it is the same as always, make sure your intros are short and to the point, some are telling their whole lifestories before they are singing lol and it is a shame when you listen through all that and the vocals and live performance wasn’t worth the wait, but normally I skip ahead to the performance if it is not interesting to listen to. Also, make sure the backing tracks are balanced with your voices and instrument playing, no playback or latency, and many people are still having issues with just the overall volume with their performance. The louder the better as long as their is no distortion and the live performance of your vocals or your instrument is the main focus of the loudest part of the performance, there still has to be balance and general aesthetics that make the listening experience enjoyable. And lastly, there were some entries that made me just outright laugh, and even though some people aren’t musically talented, at least they are having fun and participating and being a positive energy in the community and that is also okay, but at the end of the day, it is still a competition and we are all our own best competitors and we should constantly aim to be better than the last version of ourselves that we have shared in our previous entries. It is always best of skill and never luck. This week 29 will be one of the hardest weeks for me and Marica (aka @silentscreamer) to judge from because of the classic music selection and level of talent that has been shared and showed this week. See you all in the Voting Polls post soon enough.
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