Steemit Open Mic is an online, live music venue to give musicians a chance to share their music with the Steemit community and get their music heard. It is growing larger every week thanks to all of you.

@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

Special thanks to @curie for selecting and supporting musicians who have entered Steemit Open Mic.

Help me win a ticket to SteemFest 2

You can help me win a ticket to Steemfest to by going to this post and voting for me. Near the top of the comments on that post you will see my name. Just click on the upvote button next to that comment. Those who already voted for me thank you SO much for your support.

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My Steemfest2 Ticket Giveaway Finalists I Have A Very Difficult Decision And Need Your Input --- by @quinneaker

Steemit Musicians News

New Idea For Steemian's Original Musicians --- by @meno

Are There Enough Songwriters On Steemit To Host A Songwriting Contest To Win A New Guitar? --- by @luzcypher

Entries So Far In The Sscp Steemit Theme Song Contest Win 100 Sbd 7 More Days To Go --- by @tim-rumford

Announcement Steemit Open Mic Official Judges Panel --- by @luzcypher

Steemit Open Mic Gains Momentum With New Judges 420 Steem A Week In Prizes And A Venue For The Next Bob Dylan And Carole King --- by @futurehuman

Steemit Open Mic is growing so fast that a lot of people are entering without really reading the rules so I want to do a little house cleaning for those entering the contest.

The bigger this grows the easier it is to miss someone's entry post so following these rules makes us see you have entered so we can upvote you.

For more on the rules read, What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways?

Steemit Open Mic is a live music contest and we need to know that you are really playing or singing us a song for this contest in particular. That's why to qualify for prizes you must say "Steemit Open Mic" (next week number) at the beginning of your video just before you play or sing the song. If you don't or if you edit in later onto a prerecorded performance you will not qualify for prizes.

If your song is an original song then you MUST put the word "original" in your title. Original songs get a small bonus right now and it is easier to find all the original songs with the word added in the title.

The next thing that is very important it to begin your title with "Steemit Open Mic Week (the current week number)" and place that as the first words of your title or I may not be able to find your post at all.

Here is a perfect example of a correctly titled post to enter Steemit Open Mic for an original song.

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This would be a perfectly titled post for a cover song entering the contest.

properly titled post for a cover song on Steeit .png

Theses posts are really easy to find in the feed and upvote them. They can easily be spotted so none of them get missed.

Also, @andybets from steemreports.com is working on a chart that is targeting those keywords to sort all entries by originals and covers.

It is SO cool and you can check it out with this sneak peak of the Steemit Open Mic Chart

NOTE: The order this chart lists the performances has no bearing on choosing the finalists. Just because a video is at the top doesn't mean they will win the contest.

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 performances are in and there's still time to vote for your favorites.

Great songs and performances this week. Have a listen to them below and be sure to show your support and upvote your favorites.

It's all in good fun and community spirit and I want to thank everyone for their enthusiastic support.

300 In Steem Prizes

There's still time to vote and enter.
Thanks to everyone who entered, upvoted, resteemed and helped support Steemit Open Mic.

Last Chance To Vote

There's still time to cast your vote until Sunday for this week's Open Mic Night entries.

The cutoff date to enter however is 12.00 PM UTC Time (Friday, 13th SEPTEMBER 2017). Find your UTC time here.

Winners will be announced Monday, the 16th of October.

Two ways To Vote

You can vote by clicking on this week's contest page, scrolling down to the comments to find each performers link and vote for your favorite entry.

This weeks contest page is:

Steemit Open Mic Night Week 54 - Record Your Performance On Your Phone, Enter And Win Steem - Sponsored by @pfunk @luzcypher

Vote On Each Contestant Page

Below are blog links to contestants who entered this week in the order they were entered There are always a few more that enter a little late and I'll add them in as they straggle in so keep a look out for a few more entries later.

Steemit Openmic Week 54 More Than Words Cover Featuring Lynnette Lee --- by @zhusatriani

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Rasa Yang Tertinggal Ukulele Cover By Mocin1993 --- by @mocin1993

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Another Day In Paradise Phil Collins --- by @soonmusic

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Moonlight Serenade Cover Performed By Tombalistreri --- by @tombalistreri

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 In My Life The Beatles Cover --- by @nuedareniel

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Entry Paulhallman Walls Tom Petty Cover --- by @paulhallman

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 The Same Original Song --- by @andybets

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 I Dreamed A Dream By Les Miserables Cover My Les Mis Theatre Photos --- by @coruscate

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town Cover --- by @raised2b

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Outcast Original --- by @artashadamyan

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Somewhere Over The Rainbow By Harold Arlen Arr By Bill Tyers --- by @oliverwaterman

Open Mic Week 54 Bryan Divisions Original Song Let Go --- by @bryandivisions

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Colours Of The Wind Pocahontas Cover --- by @fred101

Live At Dreamship Performance Of Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings Father John Misty Cover --- by @stanhopeofficial

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 2017108T2096327Z --- by @cessarespinozaa

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Learning To Fly Tom Petty Cover Song --- by @cabelindsay

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 My Baby Don T Feel Like A Man Today Revisted Original --- by @passion-ground

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Scape Route Improvisation --- by @dreamrafa

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Cascade Of Sound Original Piano Piece --- by @drewley

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Dik By Mocin1993 2017109T115743775Z --- by @mocin1993

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Original Song When I Look Into The Mirror By Bobby Ray Koch --- by @steamrolla

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Kita Indonesian Song Cover Song By Owner99 2017109T14326269Z --- by @owner99

Steemit Open Mic 54 Manusia Setengah Dewa Original Song By Scoutting --- by @scoutting

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Original Song Lie To Me --- by @meno

Steemit Open Mic Semana 54 Mi Mayor Venganza Cover --- by @alejandra23

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 --- by @melbookermusic

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Isn T She Lovely Guitar Cover Fingerstyle --- by @annyguitar

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Howling By Ry X Cover By Lucybanks --- by @lucybanks

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Chris Isaak Wicked Game Cover --- by @allanshrestha

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Don T Drink And Steem Original Steemit Song --- by @steembirds

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Richie Kotzen Change Cover --- by @sublimenonsense

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Czardas 2017109T153321798Z --- by @digitalopus

Steemit Open Mic Semana 54 Me Robaste El Corazon --- by @jessalin

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Taking It Easy Cover --- by @steevc

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Original Song Let It Go --- by @kjablonski

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Pipeline Early 60 S Surf Music Instrumental Retro Classic --- by @billsurf

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 April Original Composition By Donatello --- by @donatello

Steemit Open Mic 54 Original Song Life In Vain --- by @lk666

Too Good At Goodbyes Sam Smith Cover --- by @tafio

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Seroja Original By Mocin1993 --- by @mocin1993

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Unforgiven Metallica On Guitar --- by @ranma187

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Like I M Gonna Lose You Meghan Trainor Ft John Legend --- by @lucyloo

Steemit Openmic Week 54 Stay By Rihanna Cover --- by @krazykrista

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Debussy L Isle Joyeuse Played By Senzenfrenz Me --- by @senzenfrenz

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Evan Devries Best Part Daniel Caesar Cover --- by @evandeevee

Steemit Open Mic Night Original Week 54 An Ode To Fall A Didgeridoo Instrumental --- by @quinneaker

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Original Song Contains Swearing And Mistakes --- by @basilmarples

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 The Stupid Song By Bri Bri --- by @hilladigahackles

Openmic Week 54 The Last Rebel Cover By Jedigeiss --- by @jedigeiss

Steemit Openmic 54 Original Fire In The Night Sky --- by @andrewmarkmusic

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 9 Crimes Cover Melavie And Chaifm --- by @chaifm

Steemit Open Mic 54 Original Mandolin Composition Cadaver Dance --- by @vachemorte

Steemit Open Mic 54 Ibu Iwan Fals By Scoutting --- by @scoutting

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Desperado By The Eagles Ukulele Cover --- by @chrisroberts

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Train To Come Original Music --- by @joetravels

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Reverbdelay 1 Original Composition Original Song 20171011T20359454Z --- by @teukurobbybinor

Open Mic Week 54 Cover Of James Bay Hold Back The River --- by @wishmaiden

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Seeds Of Consciousness Original --- by @cosmosteve

Steemit Openmic Week 54 The False Flag Rag Original Song --- by @wethepatsies

Openmic Week 54 Original Song Funeral Train For Lady Planet Earth --- by @revdocwelch

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Cover Wonder Wall --- by @iamhbros

Steemit Openmic 54 Cover Song Nazareth Love Hurt By Guitar --- by @sabatini

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Agam Pungoe Aceh Language Cover R Puloe By Scoutting --- by @scoutting

Open Mic Week 54 I M Gonna Sit Right Down And Right Myself A Letter Young Ahlert 1935 --- by @lloyddavis

Steemit Open Mic Semana 54 Desconocida Original Ft Grillo --- by @disclaimerhffmn

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Scars Papa Roach Spanish Version --- by @orbital753

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Original Mash Up --- by @walnut1

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Original Song Holiday --- by @onetruebrother

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 --- by @mickeymic

Steemit Open Mic Week 54 Fusion Blues In A Guitar Improvisation 20171013T235851626Z --- by @tamsguitar

Open Mic Week 54 Shift Enter Original Digital Freestyle Unofficial Entry --- by @carlgnash

Help me win a ticket to SteemFest 2

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My Steemfest2 Ticket Giveaway Finalists I Have A Very Difficult Decision And Need Your Input --- by @quinneaker

Special thanks to @pfunk for his loyal support, @verbal-d, @jessamynorchard, @soundlegion, and @krystle for helping with judging the entries and spreading the word.