Consider this as a sort of Overall Vibes Winners' Newsletter, which helps to keep the judging process transparent and fair. Everyone can use and access this compiled information, which also helps everyone to vote more intelligently and responsibly.
I will post it always before the Top 10 List is shared to the Community for the Community Voting process for the following week to help you all make a balanced decision when community voting for the New Winners of Week 24
Just want to give a shout out recognition of praise, respect and acknowledgement to my Vibes Team Members @lordbutterfly who is the Founder of the Vibes Web3 Music Competition. He organizes and does a lot of the ground work, behind the scenes developments, marketing campaigns, and an overall overview and expansion of the Vibes Web3 Music Competition and @silentscreamer, aka Marica, who is also Co-Founder and an Official Vibes Judge, an extremely gifted singer and master violinist, previous 1st place winner of the Steemit Open Mic Contest and now, current Host of the X Spaces for the Vibes Weekly Winner's Announcement with me. You both are awesome and amazing!
So to continue...Not only will this list Highlight the Best of the Best from our Music Community within the Hive, but it will also grant full transparency in one place for us Judges and the Community alike to be able to quicken and enhance the efficiency and fairness of the voting and judging process when deciding the winners together for the future weeks. Now anything can happen :)
The List, WHICH IS NOW IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, provides to the community WHO has won the Vibes Web3 Music Competition so far, WHICH PLACES they have won, and HOW MANY times they have won each placement for their performances.
In the VIBES Competition, everyone is indeed a Winner, but there is a special acknowledgement to our All Time 1st Place Winners. Scroll down to see the Top 1st Place Winners' List in Pure Gold.
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FUN FACTS & DETAILS TO PONDER OVER:
How long (Time Duration) should a Winning Entry actually be?
The first ever Vibes 1st Place winning entry by @attabotty with his Native American Flute Playing over a backing track that he produced was a nearly 3 Minute long entry, with 2 Minutes and 34 Seconds of actual Music Play Time.
So the recommended Time Length of your Video Entry, IF we, Judges, were to consider your Entry to be a winner of one of the Top 6 Prizes, would have to be a Minimum of 2 Minutes of play time, EXCLUDING Introduction.
@attabotty's introduction was a brief and effective 15 seconds long, Please try and keep your intros short and to the point please, some 1st place winners even gave a very short 3-5 second intro and went straight into the music, which is also SUPER effective.
@isbelhiv02 Has the shortest 1st place winning entry at a bare minimum of 1:49, just under 2 minutes, excluding his 9 second intro, and a 2 second outro, but this entry is STILL one of my all time favorite performances- It is just a top quality, epic and amazing Live Singing Performance with Live Guitar playing, and it is a Cover Song done Extremely Well with lots of dynamic vocal range shown and overall skill displayed.
@sekani & @bobbydones were clever and during their longer 22 second Intro for their 1st place Winning Entry in Week 10, they played the instrumental from the very beginning of their video to help pass the time. Some intros can be drawn out, too long and dry, but adding some music to the background is a great idea, as long as we can Hear and understand you!
@fondew has the longest 1st place winning entry with over 4:45 Minutes of pure skill, creative entertainment and technical musicianship. Please remember, if you plan to do a longer song, keep the quality and control of the music at a high consistency throughout with little to no weak spots where you lose focus, emotion, tonality and rhythm like he clearly shows full control and ability in his performance.
There have been many amazing entries that Could Have Won, but they were simply too short! The shortest entry we have received that was fantastic, but couldn't be nominated to win was around 25-30 seconds! Don't tease our Vibes listeners! Give them want they want to hear, a true listening experience! Give us at least 2 Minutes of singing or play/performance time, which doesn't include your introduction, for a valid winnable entry.
General Wins Statistics: Cover Songs or Original Music?
How Many 1st Place Wins Have Won So Far With Original Music Compositions & Or Original Songs?
Out of 24 Total Weeks So Far: 11 Winning Entries were Original Songs
How Many 1st Place Wins Have Won So Far Using Cover Songs?
Out of 24 Total Weeks So Far: 13 Winning Entries were Cover Songs
& 1 of the 10 was a Duo Performance
ORIGINALS versus COVERS: Covers are in the Lead by TWO!
How Many 1st Place Wins Won With an Element of Live Performance - With Either Live Singing, Live Rapping, Live Beatboxing or A Live Instrument Being Played?
Out of 24 Total Weeks So Far: 22 Winning Entries had some element of Live Performance in them, which is a main key to winning!
How Many 1st Place Wins Have Been Won By A Musician/Performer Playing A Live Instrument?
Out of 24 Total Weeks So Far: 10 Winning Entries have involved the playing of a Live Instrument, which is an extremely important factor to consider for judging skillsets and difficulty levels of the performances submitted. It is a talent not to be undervalued or overlooked!
Our 1st Place Winners who played live instruments in their winning entries are @attaboy, @edenmichelle, @eliezerboyer, @ezemann, @fondew, @isbelhiv02, @joseacabrerav, @obaro, @sunsethunter & @vessymink
How Many 1st Place Wins Won With a Produced Singing Performance?
Out of 24 Total Weeks So Far: 3 Winning Entries, @edenmichelle, @moses08, and @sunsethunter have produced vocal performances in their entries, which weren't sung live. However, when listening to the production of their entries, clearly all of them have amazing, highly capable singing voices and possess the skillset and ability to perform live singing if they wished. And all have performed live many times in other entries. Although produced singing isn't technically against the rules, Live performance singing will always be preferred over produced singing entries, which also helps to make the judging easier and keep the overall authenticity intact of the music of the entries being accepted into the competition.
LINKS TO ALL WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE VIBES WEB3 MUSIC COMPETITION:
Go Check Them Out Yourself, Play, Watch and Listen to the Best of the Best of the VIBES Experience!
& Don't forget to drop them a comment and share the love through feedback, (artists love feedback, especially for an original song that they worked so hard on!)
Week 1 Winners
Week 2 Winners
Week 3 Winners
Week 4 Winners
Week 5 Winners
Week 6 Winners
Week 7 Winners
Week 8 Winners
Week 9 Winners
Week 10 Winners
Week 11 Winners
Week 12 Winners
Week 13 Winners
Week 14 Winners
Week 15 Winners
Week 16 Winners
Week 17 Winners
Week 18 Winners
Week 19 Winners
Week 20 Winners
Week 21 Winners
Week 22 Winners
Week 23 Winners
Week 24 Winners
OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS IN GOLD
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ONLY 1st Place Videos From ALL Weeks
https://twitter.com/AttaBotty/status/1759774935591887271
- AttaBotty
@attabotty - Week 1 First Place Entry - "Played Instrument Live + Produced Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
https://x.com/VerbalDmusic/status/1763672857945452912
@Verbal-D - Week 2 First Place Entry - "Rapping Live Performance" Original Hip Hop Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
https://t.co/igTpNkYmQG
@edenmichelle - Week 3 First Place Entry - "Produced Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
https://twitter.com/vessymink/status/1767610709414650077
- vessymink
@vessymink - Week 4 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
https://twitter.com/ColoradoFonDew/status/1769047246417678493
- ColoradoFonDew
@fondew - Week 5 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Cover Rendition Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@mariag.lucena - Week 6 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@obaro - Week 7 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
https://twitter.com/isbel_e/status/1780809320898216204
- isbel_e
@isbelhiv02 - Week 8 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Cover Song (THEME: 60's Music)
@joseacabrerav - Week 9 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@sekani & @bobbydones - Week 10 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (THEME: EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2024)
https://x.com/leslie_J7/status/1793709452753022993
@moses08 - Week 11 First Place Entry - "Produced Singing Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@ibukundeborah - Week 12 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@ezemann - Week 13 First Place Entry - "Played Instrument Live Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@jessicaossom - Week 14 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song during (Special Theme for Special Guest & Celebrity Judge @SamFeldt)
@dimeilaz - Week 15 First Place Entry - "Singing Live/Rap Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@suanetmusic - Week 16 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Original Song (THEME: CHILDHOOD & MUSICAL ROOTS)
https://twitter.com/bennyriff/status/1816630565757436255
- bennyriff
@benriffs - Week 17 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@itzchemaya - Week 19 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@sunsethunter - Week 20 First Place Entry - "Singing + Played Instrument Live Performance" Original Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@tenesha - Week 21 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
@noah45 - Week 22 First Place Entry - "Singing Live Performance" Cover Song (THEME: 70s Era Music)
@eniolaformula - Week 24 First Place Entry - “Singing Live Performance” Cover Song (NO WEEKLY THEME)
Thank You All For Your Continued Time & Support
I hope you enjoyed my Lists and the updates about the Competition
It definitely makes things more interesting now!
...Until Next Week's Winner Announcement...
Best of Skills to All of You Musicians, Singers & Performers!
See You Soon...
-@Verbal-D: Gospel Musician/Rapper/Singer/Songwriter & Official Vibes Judge