Do we have some awesome news for you lovely Steemians!
#BandsAboutBands is now A @DSound Community Initiative!!! That's really awesome and enables us to move forward, reward engagement even more and really shows we're on the right track.
Having said that, a huge shoutout to of Steemit Music Alliance (SMA)
for integrating #BandsAboutBands into Steemit Music League enabling you to earn points for SML while participating in Bands About Bands.
Thanks to for his support of community initiatives and helping the Steemit Music League reach its potential. If you trust and support
like I do make sure to vote for him as a witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses
Episode 3 of #BandsAboutBands is now live and you'll have until April 18th to submit your entry. 18 - 21 April, the Steemit community will have 4 days to pick their top 3 in the VOTE post. Winners will be announced on April 22nd.
already wrote a wonderful, thoughtful extended review of
(yeah Roel's biased) including bio, background and his own thoughts. Go check out the entry here.
Current leaderboard:
| Rank | Points | Writer | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 106 | 6 STEEM + 100 $INDIE | |
| 1 | 106 | 6 STEEM + 100 $INDIE | |
| 3 | 53 | 3 STEEM + 50 $INDIE | |
| 4 | 26 | 1 STEEM + 25 $INDIE | |
| 4 | 26 | 1 STEEM + 25 $INDIE | |
| 4 | 26 | 1 STEEM + 25 $INDIE |
@ current leaderboard: comment with your Bitshares address sign up here to receive your additional rewards!
In earlier episodes, wrote about
(with
,
,
,
and
in the band),
about
and visa versa,
about
and
about
. In episode 2,
wrote about
.
Prize pool / rewards episode 3
First place winner: 6 STEEM shared equally between author and band/artist + 100 $INDIE
Second place winner: 3 STEEM shared equally between author and band/artist + 50 $INDIE
Third place winner: 1 STEEM shared equally between author and band/artist + 25 $INDIE
Every participant* will receive 10 $INDIE just because you're awesome
*If you meet the required rules / how to enter.
Winner of season 1 will also be rewarded with 100 extra $INDIE
You have until April 18th to enter this third episode. Contest will end on April 18th after which the Steemit community will have 4 days to pick their top 3 in the VOTE post. Winners will be announced on April 22nd.
Rules / how to enter
- Upvote this post 100%
- Resteem this post
- Follow our account (
)
- Write a minimum of 100 words about a Steemian band/artist song, album, EP or music video
- Include a DSound / DTube link and links to other platforms (Musicoin, Spotify, Soundcloud)
- Include artwork
- Use #BandsAboutBands as tag
- Tag the artist you’re writing about
- Include link to this contest
- Add link to your submission in the comments below
First season will have 4 episodes. Not a musician but want to write about a track you love? Go ahead, participate and feel/be awesome!
How winners are selected:
The team at will read all contributions, check if all rules are followed and:
- Steemit community votes for top 3 (50%)
- ForTheLoveOfBands selects their top 3(50%)
Benefits of participating:
- Your post will be added to www.fortheloveofbands.com and ALL submissions will be added there to support both you and the band / artist you’re writing about;
- We’ll all be promoting Steemit on multiple platforms, as it will be posted on our website, shared on all of our socials, resteemed at
Steemit profile and hopefully shared on bands’ socials and Steemit profiles;
- As BandsAboutBands will be a Steemit-only feature from now on, it will direct more people to Steemit;
- You will give something back to the community by promoting other artists;
- Both you and the artist you’re writing about, will be added to our ‘Bands about Bands’ Spotify and Soundcloud playlists at the end of this season.