Vocalists, musicians, rappers, and producers of all kinds there is still time to get your entries in for this round of the #smlchallenge.
You have until Thursday night, May 3rd at 11:59 PM EST / 4:59 AM UTC to submit your entries with the winners being announced Friday, May 4th.
With three (3) awesome entries in this round so far created by Steemians from all over the world, the Music of Africa theme is challenging the Steemians in this round of the #smlchallenge .
Here are the details of the Steemit Music League Challenge Season Two Round #9:
All you have to do is submit an original entry based off of the theme of the round using the tag #smlchallenge and/or comment the entry on any SML Challenge posts.
This week's theme is:
Music of Africa
Some of the most ancient and spiritual music is from the continent of Africa and still has major influence and inspiration in music worldwide.
It is filled with much diversity and characterized by highly rhythms music usually with a core rhythm and the inclusion of a variety of instruments.
Some instruments prevalent in African music are the djembes, drums, xylophones, and tone-producing instruments such as the mbira (as well as others seen in image below).
Anything from Afro funk, the hypnotic rhythms and "gritty guitars" of African Desert Blues, to Afro pop, to anything that includes those highly rhythmic influenced music. So many styles of African Music to be inspired by.
Rappers, musicians, and vocalists can create that uptempo African-influenced tracks from the genres mentioned above or however this theme resonates with you. Rappers there is that African rap genre that has become so popular across the continent
Producers can use those commonly found instruments in African music as inspiration and/or include those highly rhythmic flair.
However this Music of Africa theme resonates with you let's hear what creativity and inspiration you use to make this music that will having you upbeat and dancing.
RULES
Upload your entry using DSound by going here: https://dsound.audio/#/upload
You log-in using your Steemit name. When you upload to DSound you content is posted to Steemit so your following can enjoy your music and reward you for doing so.
We don't want to exclude anyone so if DSound doesn't work for you please feel free to submit using the most convenient method for yourself.
If you have any questions on how to upload to DSound you can ask in the DSound Discord or SMA Discord channel or you can visit this awesome post by @prc here: https://steemit.com/music/@prc/introducing-dsound-a-decentralized-sound-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs
Just make sure it's an original entry based off of the theme of the round and use the tag #smlchallenge and/or comment the entry on any SML Challenge posts.
Any type of music passion from singing to producing and everything in between is welcome. We are looking forward to be able to help these Steemians in the music community shine and receive the recognition and feedback they deserve.
You have until Thursday night, May 3rd to submit your entries with winners will be announced Friday, May 4th.
Here are the three (3) incredible entries so far for the Steemit Music League (SML) Challenge. Don't forget to support your favorites entries so they have a better chance on becoming the Community Favorite.
ENTRY ONE: @darrenclaxton
https://dsound.audio/#!/@darrenclaxton/20180424t151101586z-dragonfly-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r9
Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: https://steemit.com/dsound/@darrenclaxton/20180424t151101586z-dragonfly-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r9
ENTRY TWO: @d-vine
http://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r9-announcement-or-dsound-community-initiative
Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: https://steemit.com/dsound/@d-vine/20180430t135332986z-too-late-by-d-vine-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r9-dsound-community-initiative
ENTRY THREE: @guifaquetti
https://dsound.audio/#!/@guifaquetti/vasco-martins-flutuante-gesto
Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: https://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@guifaquetti/steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r9-flutuante-gesto-by-vasco-martins
And for a recap of the amazing eleven (11) entries of Round #8 of Season Two go here: https://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-round-s2-r8-results
The entries are judged off of the following:
- Sound Quality,
- Technicality,
- Creativity, and
- Relevance to theme
The prize pool is as follows:
FIRST PLACE WINNER: 8 STEEM + 50 Voiceshares for 58 points
SECOND PLACE WINNER: 4 STEEM + 34 Voiceshares for 38 points
THIRD PLACE WINNER: 2 STEEM + 29 Voiceshares for 31 points
FOURTH PLACE WINNER: 1 STEEM + 25 Voiceshares for 26 points
COMMUNITY FAVORITE: 20 Voiceshares for 20 points
The Community Favorite each week will be determined by the amount of upvotes, comments, views, and community support on their entry.
Round #9 of Season Two of the Steemit Music League Challenge will accept submissions until this Thursday (May 3rd) at 11:59 PM CDT / 4:59AM UTC with winners being announced Friday night (May 4th).
Thank you for all the time, resources, and effort put into creating the amazing entries submitted so far. And we cannot wait to see what else Steemians have for the #smlchallenge.
The #smlchallenge is part of the Steemit Music League which is a community with the goal of providing the most feedback, recognition, and rewards and possible all while bringing Steemians together.
Currently the following are the nine (9) contests in the Steemit Music League which is part of the Steemit Music Alliance (SMA) [click on contest/challenge name to go to most recent related information]:
| SMA | Contest Initiatives |
|---|---|
 | Steemit Music League Challenge (#smlchallenge) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): An open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers. |
 | Beat Battle League (#beatbattle) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): A challenge for music producers to produce an entry based off a theme or sampled material for that round. |
 | SMA Feedback Contest (#smafeedback) (Hosted by @inthenow): A feedback-based contest for music. Provide music for feedback and/or provide feedback and get rewarded for doing so. |
 | Chord Challenge (#chordchallenge) (Hosted by @antminer): A weekly challenge for music producers to create music by using the provided chord progression. |
 | Kill The Pad Challenge (#killthepad) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit): A weekly topic text-based rap competition for creative writers to show their prowess as a lyricist. |
 | Educator Showdown (Hosted by @novili): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music. |
 | Poetry Slam (#poetryslam) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit & @scuzzy): A weekly spoken word contest in the traditional poetry slam competition format. |
| Pitch Perfect (#pitchperfect) (Hosted by @alejandra23): A weekly challenge for original music creators. |
| Bands About Bands (#BandsAboutBands) (Hosted by @ftlob): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit. |
The winner of the Steemit Music League is determined by the amount of points earned through League contests and challenges.
Another great way to connect and interact with the community is through the SMA (Steem Music Alliance) Discord channel.
You can connect with other community members, ask questions, play music live, get feedback from community members, get beats and tracks demoed, and listen to music with others live via the SMA Discord bots.
Live radio shows, Get a Needle on Your Record with @d-vine, @onemedia, & @seveaux, and @themovement9 happening now.
Thanks again @prc and @dsound for helping inspire that real, positive change by supporting and helping the music community achieve its dreams.
If you support and trust @prc as a witness like I do you can vote for him as a witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses
If you want to know the information about his witness information this post describes it wonderfully: https://steemit.com/witness-category/@prc/witness-prc-update-2-february-5th-2018
