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🎵 Community Concert
Hive Open Mic 92
The 92nd Hive Open Mic event ran from January 9-15, 2022, with the theme: Love of My Life. This theme was chosen by our recent Spotlight Artist , who plays piano and recorder, primarily, with excellent talents and taste. Let's begin today's Hive Open Mic community concert with a song he shared this week.
A Thousand Years (Cover) by 
Dany's recorder sounds as bright as ever playing this song. We're thankful to him for shining in the spotlight. His choice of a theme: "Love of My Life" gave our community a common ground to unify us musically across the world.
"Amigoo muy buena tu presentación 👏👏✨ tocas hermoso la flauta 🥺🤩 me gustó mucho, muchas felicidades para tí. Y Dios te bendiga más" 😃 -
"Buena ejecución bro. De verdad pocos flautistas de flauta dulce conozco que ejecuten bien este instrumento" -
🌟 New Spotlight Artist
We are pleased to announce as this week's Spotlight Artist. As a token of appreciation, we invite this artist to choose a new theme to inspire musicians for our 97th week (February 13-19, 2022).
, please choose a theme that will guide us as we explore new territory as artists. Just name it in the comments below, and we're good to go!
Love of my life (Cover) by 
This musician took the weekly theme and ran with it with total professionalism. Here we see and hear a perfect rendition of the "Love of My Life" song, by Queen, given in various voice tracks and put together. What an awesome achievement. Our community is lucky to include a recording artist as studious and sophisticated as you are. Just think of all the other musicians you inspire by sharing your gifts here. Wow. Thank you. Congratulations.
"This really is amazingly beautiful. I sincerely wanna thank you for taking out time to record this beautiful song." -
"Debo decir que esto es una obra maestra no solo el nivel de voz, el balance y por supuesto el trabajo de edición definitivamente una pieza magistral y la canción brutal excelente post 🔥😎🥰🤩 éxitos y bendiciones" -
💛 Pillar of the Community
joined our community recently and he is showing impressive audience engagement, just as he is also showing awesome artistry. This week, David helped to light up his fellow musicians from around the world with encouraging comments. We all know the importance of listening, commenting, building relationships... This is what a community is all about. For his efforts in audience engagement, we are pinning his post at the top of our community page all week.
Quien Soy Junto a Ti (Original) by 
David is relatively new to this community, but he is an instant star among us. His musicianship is off-the-charts awesome, as we see in his videos. This one, for example, shows him playing several instruments and singing too in this all-original song. Brilliant.
"Que belleza de la canción 😍 Me encanta todo, tu vibra positiva sobre todo. Y que edición, que trabajo! Excelente" -
"Sin duda tienes un gran talento, que deber llevar por este mundo. La letra es una maravilla y tú eres un gran artista. Éxitos con estas bellas composiciones. Bravo!!" -
🔥 Bright Newcomers
Creo En Ti / I Believe In You (Cover) by 
This week we welcomed to our community two great musicians who stole our hearts and surprised us with their incredible voices and talent. They are Mirelbis and her husband who sang an acoustic and very heartfelt version of Creo en Ti by the Mexican band Reik. We are thankful to these artists for joining this great family, and taking the time to meet the rest of the participants. We are very happy to have such excellent musicians gracing our space on Hive.
"Delightful. There is much to admire in this music you're making here. The two of you together offer such a fine musical expression. I love your voices alternating lines, supporting each other with such sweet accompaniment and harmony. Thank you for sharing your gifts with the Hive Open Mic community. I'm glad to begin knowing you." -
"Bienvenida a Hive y a esta gran familia que es Hive Open Mic, la pasarás genial sin duda alguna" 🙌😀💛!!! Elegiste una canción muy bonita y para ser la 1era presentación llegaste con todo, tu esposo toca y canta genial y ambas voces armonizando la melodía, ufff sonaron muy compactos y bonito, los felicito, de todo corazón te deseo éxitos, será genial verte y escucharte semanalmente, un abrazo y que sigan los éxitos" 👊😎🔥🎙️🎸🎶❤️🌟🥂💥💫💯 -
Si tuviera que elegir / If I had to choose (Cover) by 
This musician demonstrates superb singing. It's a real gift he brings to us, offering his musical talents with a song so meaningful for this moment.
"¡Bravo hermano!. Maravillosa interpretación. Es la segunda vez que te veo y ya soy gran admirador. Que sigan los éxitos y gracias por sumarte a la familia Hive Open Mic..." -
Mi razón de ser (Cover) by 
This artist's cover song reveals much about her values, her personality, and her musical talents. We're happy to introduce this singer to the Hive Open Mic community.
"Keale me encantó esta canción, nunca la había escuchado y gracias por hacerme escucharla de tu dulce voz." -
💎 Radiant Gems
Love for Life (Original) by 
Fantastic! Check out all the wide array of instruments showcased here: acoustic, electric, digital... and she plays each one with excellence. Plus, she loops the tracks and layers them as a multi-instrumental composition, made entirely on the fly. So rad. This artist continues to amaze us.
"Oh wow - and beatboxing thrown into the mix! Your videos continue to awe and inspire me! Thanks so much for sharing!" -
Beggin (Cover) by
Passionate and fired-up singing coming from Jared this week proves what power love has. He went to Rock genre to express his feelings and covered the song Beggin.
"Well done brother, thanks for the shout out!!! It's a really cool song, I actually was supposed to sing that song with Madcon in 2008! I like what you did with it, nice!" -
Romantic Pieces No. 1 Opus 75 (Cover) by 
The excellent performance of this beautiful musical piece by Antonin Dvorak is coming from the violin of . It is wonderful when our community members surprise us by revealing their hidden talents. This artist, who we know well as an accomplished champion of the Venezuelan cuatro, romances us on the violin this week. It is a lovely classical music gem.
"As I already mentioned in the post of your son, I congratulate you for your leadership and for showing him the paths of classical music! You are a great musician and father!" -
"Nos estamos volviéndose fans de sus entradas tocándome Violin maestro, es un instrumento tan interesante y a la vez plasma sentimentalismo. Gracias por traernos esta maravillosa pieza. Bendiciones." -
U B U Me B Me (Original) by
Super vibes, love, and laughter! What more we could wish for this week's topic? Gorgeous songs and performers shining as they share their love!
"Ow, first of all, an interesting topic of the song. Falling in love without intention, sharing some cool activity like playing music together...hm, cool" :)) -
Bésame mucho (Cover) by 
A freshly shaven Ylich brings us a beautiful bolero, being one of the most worldwide known and extraordinarily beautiful songs. The song is directly associated with love and the longing for a kiss from that loved one.
"Recuerdo que desde niña la cantaba con mucha pasión . Me encantó tu entusiasmo al cantarla, tu interpretación es bellísima. Saludos." -
"Que hermoso cambio de look, me encanta, ahora te ves más ruso. La canción , hermosa. Súper romántica y llena de amor. No conocía la historia, siempre aprendiendo de ti. Gracias por darnos esa bella interpretación. Te abrazo." -
Love of my life (Original) by
Original song from Ebingo, wondering about some past moments spent in love and concerns if he will find his love of the life. Well done.
"I really got carried away by your song bro! I like the LO LO LO LO LOVE section it's so cool" -
"Being alone is also love of life Bro, after living love disappointments we learn to value loneliness more and that comforts us to continue betting on love, when we least expect it we will not be so alone" -
"I hope you can find a person you can be happy with and have that awesome life journey with the love of your life" :) -
"Take this to the studio bro!!!! Has a great sound!!! The progression on the keyboard is lovely !!!" -
Por Siempre (Original) by 
This song and the message of it are excellent! How difficult is it sometimes to overcome the pain and instead of having emptiness and negative emotions, turn them into forgiveness and peace? Love, another kind of love, like love towards all the people, living creatures are more. Fernando is doing very well with all his songs and wise thoughts that is sharing with us. We are all fortunate to have this musician with us in the community!
"The energy, the vibe, the word, the flows, what have you.... they're all incredible. I love everything about this music. Much respect" -
"Excelente interpretación hermano, muy bien manejo del tiempo, esos instrumentos estan es calidad para hacer bastante bulla tocando unas buenas rolas jaja, saludos" -
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hermano, saludos y abrazos para ti! Me vacile el tema tanto en su producción como en tu interpretación actual y me pareció realmente hermoso, me gusta como compones." -
My Heart Will Go On (Cover) by
Definitely a song that represents love and a person that can be a love of life. Although it has a tragic end, we all can relate to this song as one of the most romantic ones. This beautiful instrumental cover brings it through the playing of Draysax.
"I've heard this song played on many instruments and it's just splendid each time. It's just one of those songs that will live forever! Awesome song choice. And as usual, your rendition of it is just awesome." -
"Man I like how you play the sax, and the video edition that you make is simple but great. Keep going on." -
"Man! This is awesome. I got goosebumps listening to you. I think I need to follow you up. I love your video make up, great background, sweet music; instrumental and mixing. Great talent my friend!" -
El amor de mi vida/Tierra santa (Cover) by 
These two musicians bring youthful vibrancy with a mature musical technique that is well beyond their years. Fabulous collaborative performance.
"Wow, tu compañero también es excelente músico, felicitaciones a ambos, son un dúo explosivo. Espero sigan colaborando a futuro y compartiéndolo por acá por supuesto. Lograste robrme 5 minutos de mi vida, porque lo ví hasta el final de lo bueno que es. Un abrazo hermano, feliz inicio de semana..." -
"That is the voice!! Your acoustic guitar makes a super match with the playing of
on his eclectic guitar. You two nailed this performance." -
"Que hermoso tema, me gustó mucho la interpretación 😊 Dios les bendiga más" -
Presagio / Presage (Cover) by 
Maestro Rodnell Matos gave us an excellent version of the Venezuelan song Presagio, majestically interpreted with his mandolin. His passion for playing the instrument feeds our souls and harmonizes with us. Thank you for giving your best week after week.
"muy buena interpretación y resaltando nuestra cultura venezolana por medio de la música saludos" 👏👏👏 -
Mi Pesadilla / My Nightmare (Cover) by 
Karla Quintana gave us her musical essence through her excellent singing and perfect violin accompaniment in a double screen video. Her talent is as huge as her personality. Definitely a gem of our community, congratulations friend.
"Hermosa canción, hermosa voz, que te, puedo decir, gracias po la hermosa música." 👏💪💥😎💯🙏🙌 -
"Guao!!! Que letra me encanto y tu interpretación es muy buena y emotiva amiga felicitaciones" 👏👏👏💞 -
La Puerta / The Door (Cover) by 
Soraya Blohm gave us a total surrender of her talent and soul through her incredible interpretation of La Puerta. We all fell in love with her grace in singing and the feeling she transmitted to us, highlighting beauty and peace. Thank you very much for this gift and congratulations for your greatness.
"Siempre me sentiré feliz viendo tus videos madre bella, que Dios te bendiga, felicidades por esta presentación, lo hiciste muy hermoso. Te amo." -
"Bonita canción y muy buena interpretación. Me gustaría ver un poco de movimiento en cuanto a escenas en el vídeo pero el audio esta muy bien. Saludos" -
⭐ Acknowledgements
Today's curated concert presents a small selection of outstanding songs. Numerous other live music performances can be enjoyed, beyond this little list of newcomers and gems. Our intention is to celebrate the excellent artistry, the supportive community involvement, and above all else: Global Harmony—this is what our community stands for.
Behind the scenes, Hive Open Mic moderators devote extraordinary energy each week to listening, commenting, curating, and creating for this community. The moderation task is a big undertaking, led this week by ,
, and
. This week, our community sees 2,330 subscribers and 267 active users, with 1,929 interactions and 4,692 pending rewards.
Thanks goes to the OCD Community Incubation Program, who rewards our musicians with generous upvotes. Gratitude goes to every musician who expressed, plus every listener who connected through comments, upvotes, claps, and finger snaps. Thanks to all music lovers. And may the harmonizing power of music generate peace around the world. So be it.
🌞 Invitation
Hive Open Mic - Week 93 is underway now.
This week's invitation is: “Amor a Escondidas.”