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.

Hive account@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.

Hive account@pfunk is a Steemit witness and helps keep the platform working and you can vote for him here

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

Steemit Musicians News

Steemit Rap Challenge Week 7 Submission Thread Submit Your Videos --- by Hive account@rondonson

Steemian Idol Heat 2 Winners Check Out Who Is Through To The Top 50 --- by Hive account@vocalists-trail

Be A Cool Kid Join The Steemit Local Music Society On Discord --- by Hive account@jessamynorchard

Huge Post Alert Steemit Artist Music Compilation Volume 1 Release Is Here 51 Multi Genre Original Songs From 55 Music Artists On --- by Hive account@soundlegion

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 "Open Mic Week 44" (next week) 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 42" 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.

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

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, Hive account@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.

They are listed in the order they were submitted

Steemit Open Mic Week 43 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 for this week's Open Mic Night entries. The cutoff date is 12.00 PM UTC Time (Friday, 28th JULY 2017). Find your UTC time here.

Winners will be announced Monday, the 29th of July.

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 43 - 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

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Stumbleine Acoustic Cover --- by Hive account@quanahjayhicks

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Open Mic Week 43 Higher Original Song --- by Hive account@atulmittal

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Open Mic Week 43 I Played In The Middle Of A Beautifully Flowing Waterfall --- by Hive account@indrameong

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Open Mic Week 43 Original Song Illuminate By Bryan Divisions --- by Hive account@bryandivisions

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Some Old Clarinet Playing --- by Hive account@andrewlarson

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Purple Rain My Tribute To Prince --- by Hive account@isaria

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Steemit Open Mic Week 42 My Original Song For Open Mic --- by Hive account@marcelo182

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Open Mic Week 43 City Or Town Original Song --- by Hive account@andybets

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Fast Freight Train Wife Beater De Jour And No Glasses Nuthin --- by Hive account@passion-ground

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Steemit Open Mic 43 Rise To Me The Decembrists Cover By Tim --- by Hive account@timothympratt

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Open Mic Week 43 Violinist Destroys Despacito Reggaeton By Jeanramos --- by Hive account@jeanramos

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 The Lady Is A Tramp Tombalistreri --- by Hive account@tombalistreri

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Game Of Thrones Theme --- by Hive account@the3metrewrap

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Don T Think Twice --- by Hive account@aaronmda

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 My Friends In Syria Original Song --- by Hive account@lyndsaybowes

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Original Song Introverted --- by Hive account@branhmusic

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Open Mic Week 43 My Tune --- by Hive account@donatello

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Song Of The Wind Original Piano Piece --- by Hive account@drewley

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Rachmaninoff Musical Moment --- by Hive account@morodiene

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Here Is Another Entry For Openmic Week 43 --- by Hive account@hangrydwarf

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Open Mic Week 43 Performing Original Song Sorrow In Suffering --- by Hive account@lk666

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Glitter In The Air --- by Hive account@inkatieskitchen

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Shelbi Original Arrangement --- by Hive account@shelbi

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Open Mic Week 43 Original Song 911 Emotional Rollercoaster Composed On The 15Th Anniversary Of The 9 11 Attacks --- by Hive account@nicklovesdrums

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Cover Of An Iranian Song Silent City Or In Farsi Shahre Sokut --- by Hive account@davidfar

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Agradece Faowna Cover --- by Hive account@faowna

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Hesitation Blues Cover --- by Hive account@steelygeoff

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Open Mic Week 43 Original Song --- by Hive account@casvnova

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Open Mic Week 43 Wicked Game By Chris Isaak Cover --- by Hive account@lina08

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Original Song Zelda By Open Sorcerer Sax Keys Drums Trio From Oakland Ca --- by Hive account@jaredwood

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Open Mic Week 43 Matt Nathanson Come On Get Higher Cover --- by Hive account@elliotjgardner

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Open Mic Week 43 Linkin Park Acoustic Cover --- by Hive account@chrisgoans

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 I Am Not The Only One Sam Smith --- by Hive account@dixonloveart

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 J S Bach Lute Suite 1 Bwv 996 Allemande --- by Hive account@oliverwaterman

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 A Short Steemit And Steemchatjingle Original Song --- by Hive account@flexifriday

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Original Guitar Improv Gypsy Love --- by Hive account@vachemorte

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Openmic Week 43 Tribute To Chester Bennington Of Linkin Park Crawling Covered By Danny Jewkes --- by Hive account@sk8music

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Lucero Cover --- by Hive account@evoman1

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Open Mic Week 43 Cover Murder In The City By The Avett Brothers --- by Hive account@tim-rumford

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Haul Away Joe --- by Hive account@tarotbyfergus

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Is It Love By Binor 2017725T15223393Z --- by Hive account@teukurobbybinor

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Open Mic Week 43 The Rain Song --- by Hive account@charusaid

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Open Mic Week 43 Or Fuego Sagrado Lisa Mallet Or Original Song --- by Hive account@lisamalletart

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Independent Singersongwriter 2017725T104738198Z --- by Hive account@kjablonski

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Maria Maria Cover Carlos Santana Open Mic 43 Arcaneinfo --- by Hive account@arcaneinfo

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Steemit Open Mic Night Week 43 Sunset Didgeridoo In The Trees Steemit Original --- by Hive account@quinneaker

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Original Song Aviator By My Band Burn Fuse --- by Hive account@mrjl

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 American Classic Cold Frosty Morning On The Banjo --- by Hive account@mamalena

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Openmic Week 43 Happy Om Covers Something A George Harrison Beatles Classic --- by Hive account@happyom

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 With Or Without You By U2 --- by Hive account@calum

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Steemit Open Mic Night Week 43 Entry Down Part 3 Original Song --- by Hive account@verbal-d

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Nightrain Solo Guitar Cover --- by Hive account@captaincanary

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Honeymoon Avenue --- by Hive account@queenbee

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Leon Der Profi Soundtrack Sting Shape Of My Heart Cover By Senzenfrenz Brudaj --- by Hive account@senzenfrenz

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Hallelujah 2017726T191915759Z --- by Hive account@asimplewriter

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Or O Poder Do Ceu Or Santo Daime Hymn --- by Hive account@augusrg

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Open Mic Week 43 Original Song Sugar --- by Hive account@theflorescents

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Open Mic Week 43 Part 2 Cover Song Yellow Goodplay --- by Hive account@indrameong

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Or The Climb Miley Cyrus Acoustic Guitar Cover By Gracia Desnita --- by Hive account@aomine

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Open Mic Week 43 Guitar Improvisation Blues In A 2017728T1361045Z --- by Hive account@tamsguitar

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Indian Classical Music On Violin --- by Hive account@musiccircle

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Open Mic Week 43 Be My Sugar Original --- by Hive account@addiesworld

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Steemit Openmic Week 43 Skinny Love Cover 2017727T17275114Z --- by Hive account@kjablonski

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Openmic Week 43 Sheet Lightening Original Song --- by Hive account@wethepatsies

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Or San Antone Blues --- by Hive account@melbookermusic

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 After The Storm Original --- by Hive account@dreamrafa

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Stemmit Open Mic Week 43 Instrumental Girl From Ipanema --- by Hive account@cryptoted

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Steemit Open Mic Week 43 Alkaline Trio Cover Blue In The Face --- by Hive account@johnbutler

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Open Mic Week Original Classical Guitar Piece --- by Hive account@domedward

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Open Mic Week 43 In Your Eyes Cover --- by Hive account@cryptastic

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Open Mic Week 43 Let Her Go Passenger Cover By Tamar And Netanel --- by Hive account@leoandbell

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Open Mic Week 43 Terrible Thumbnail Don T Care Alanis Morissette Cover By Kay Clarity --- by Hive account@kayclarity

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Open Mic Week 43 Untitled Original Song By Andy Loughney --- by Hive account@anarchrysalis

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Steemit Rap Challenge Week 7 Submission Thread Submit Your Videos --- by Hive account@rondonson

What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways

Steemian Idol Heat 2 Winners Check Out Who Is Through To The Top 50 --- by Hive account@vocalists-trail

Be A Cool Kid Join The Steemit Local Music Society On Discord --- by Hive account@jessamynorchard

Huge Post Alert Steemit Artist Music Compilation Volume 1 Release Is Here 51 Multi Genre Original Songs From 55 Music Artists On --- by Hive account@soundlegion

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