<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:13:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/openmiccontest/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 56: Gressus meos (Organ Improvisation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Check out my Secrets of Organ Playing books:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@organduo/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-56-gressus-meos-organ-improvisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@organduo/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-56-gressus-meos-organ-improvisation</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:16:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHwVdhvDgtVbTwuiwa7G9YitCx2JUZziAXY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 55:  Suscepimus, Deus (Organ Improvisation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Luckily, the light of the organ was switched off this morning when I came to my church to practice. First, I improvised my entry to Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 55. It's based on the Gradual of Gregorian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@organduo/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-55-suscepimus-deus-organ-improvisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@organduo/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-55-suscepimus-deus-organ-improvisation</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 07:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vpzMuaGcyF2dJmceJpu3g37XcbCxfYizb7Fz35m93abdk1t5FU3MToVPSMVgag9CGEsP1anX7kagyWkUwnuxGCutg67fJ2UHiM9vagz8nM5vVdkpXGYLQSmFHJZkpenX8RqY9BZtoenrfG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Requiem aeternam (Organ Improvisation): Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 53]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 53. I'm improvising "Requiem aeternam" before today's funeral Mass at my church. Check out my Secrets of Organ Playing books: I'm co-owner]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@organduo/requiem-aeternam-organ-improvisation-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@organduo/requiem-aeternam-organ-improvisation-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-53</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtCdSei3sHLY3rHkSWrB3sUtVSfrvtS7mTt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 52: Exaltent eum in Ecclesia plebis (Organ Improvisation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi guys, this is Vidas! I'm in my church right now and I'm ready to play for you my entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 52. Entry word is "Leaves" and my Whaleshares username is @organduo.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palnet/@organduo/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-52-exaltent-eum-in-ecclesia-plebis-organ-improvisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palnet/@organduo/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-52-exaltent-eum-in-ecclesia-plebis-organ-improvisation</guid><category><![CDATA[palnet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2FK8StNYrzzB8XEJjhTi75tTWe95Kv41LJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quasi lento in Eb Major by Cesar Franck - My entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 143]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi guys! This is Vidas and this is my entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 143. My username is @organduo and I'm going to play Quasi lento in Eb Major by Cesar Franck. Let me put the camera above the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/quasi-lento-in-eb-major-by-cesar-franck-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-143</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/quasi-lento-in-eb-major-by-cesar-franck-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-143</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e76XnFaLPKAyE71Xn9hukE2Uf4JsKr3bfiv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andantino poco allegretto Eb Major by Cesar Franck - My Entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 36]]></title><description><![CDATA[My entry for this week's open mic contest on Whaleshare's is a piece from L'Organiste by Cesar Franck - Andantino poco allegretto. I played it before the graduation ceremony started today in my church]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/andantino-poco-allegretto-eb-major-by-cesar-franck-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/andantino-poco-allegretto-eb-major-by-cesar-franck-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-36</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3WhUS2hEpnQDSnXNLx8JZ2jeepGZurBYLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organ Improvisation - my entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 35]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 35. I'm improvising it as part of my performance during the graduation ceremony of Master's degree at Physics Department of Vilnius University. Here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-35-henodqbi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-35-henodqbi</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAHF4edAzK5TnDPm9PbbJf9qdKWzDox21CJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Jay (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 141]]></title><description><![CDATA[My second improvisation for today is Blue Jay which is my entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 141. To create an effect of bird song I used high-pitched mutation stops in the manuals. I'm not sure how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@organduo/blue-jay-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-141-qe06u5yy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@organduo/blue-jay-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-141-qe06u5yy</guid><category><![CDATA[classical-music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6HwwidCRL7bUjNiRsyPGbNwSrnpPq8qvP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vikings (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 139]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this improvisation I wanted to demonstrate northern sounds and landscapes in the time when vikings ruled the region. With their ships they even came across the Baltic Sea down to Lithuania as well.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/vikings-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-139-brztc0dp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/vikings-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-139-brztc0dp</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 06:57:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e77ehcBHErRA9UuYtmhRfrPSfcQsbGzsYkE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aladdin (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 32]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I'd like to share with you my newest improvisation for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 32. It's called "Aladdin" and it has some middle Eastern flavor because of double harmonic scale]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/aladdin-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-32-g8iywnd4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/aladdin-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-32-g8iywnd4</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 06:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45durMY6BgRn7JgWsp9m7gvnr54JN1oE8k6qC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Openmic week 139 Cover "Motivos" by @danieldedosd2]]></title><description><![CDATA[       Amigos, es un placer para mí, presentar una canción tan emblemática para los amigos de habla hispana. En éste concurso ("Openmic" en su semana 139), ya que es]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@danieldedosd2/steemit-openmic-week-139-cover-motivos-by-danieldedosd2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@danieldedosd2/steemit-openmic-week-139-cover-motivos-by-danieldedosd2</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danieldedosd2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 05:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8gSuu2de5o9jgoacFX2tkBiawb3UeQk7ee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castle of Trakai (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 138]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I discovered that I hadn't recorded my entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest yet. So I sat down on the organ bench and thought about the possible theme. Last Monday I have visited medieval castle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/castle-of-trakai-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-138-fml8l2m9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/castle-of-trakai-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-138-fml8l2m9</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 08:49:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMXAjBsUCkiN2d33sfxF37qzig7eyWLU7j4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organ Improvisation - My entry for Steemit Open Mic Week 137]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have started this improvisation on the organ as trying out some nice sounding flute stops on different divisions. I then gradually added more stops until I reached mixture sounds. Then I reversed the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-week-137-prxk7njy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-week-137-prxk7njy</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 08:51:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLor9F6na1cDZJQnb4ZCzdp1vaA4uAP7rAA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring Rains (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 30]]></title><description><![CDATA[After reading a few posts, writing a couple of posts of my own, commenting and chatting with @contrabourdon the time came for me to record my organ improvisation video for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/spring-rains-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-30-15klvn2g</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@organduo/spring-rains-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-30-15klvn2g</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 08:39:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKCKA9LawxV4L18Dj2LaYB658759UdcfpeA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whaleshares Open Mic Contest week #28]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am playing Prelude in C major, BWV 553, attributed to J. S. Bach, but probably written by his student Ludwig Krebs ( I think that that is the right name).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@andyradtrad/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@andyradtrad/whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-28</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andyradtrad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 19:11:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4F6Bs69UhhPUjAPCHFxhGeQNiPHUw3tYwx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My entry for Steemit Open Mic Week 135 (Organ Improvisation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[After I improvised a piece for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest, I was in the mood to play some more for Steemit Open Mic Contest too. It appears that my friend @pauliakaz is fixing the coffee machine so I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-week-135-organ-improvisation-ysr7o1an</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-week-135-organ-improvisation-ysr7o1an</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:23:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGoUmkiCcL8vABN8NssM8LtsjQHWF29xiDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swan (Organ Improvisation), my entry to Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 28]]></title><description><![CDATA[My friend @pauliakaz was busy filing reports in his church, coffee machine didn't want to make me coffee, so I sat down on the organ bench and improvised this piece.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/swan-organ-improvisation-my-entry-to-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-28-tdzdd3fl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/swan-organ-improvisation-my-entry-to-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-28-tdzdd3fl</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAKLL1jg1kangQN2FhLdgshR8MdJReizVQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Entry For Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 134 Three Lilies (Organ Improvisation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is my entry for Steemit Open Mic Contest Week 134. It's an organ improvisation called "Three Lilies". Let me know what you think.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-134-three-lilies-organ-improvisation-1yeqonyd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/my-entry-for-steemit-open-mic-contest-week-134-three-lilies-organ-improvisation-1yeqonyd</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:35:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e9v1bVZzv7GZVLHas6bTQLavx7h3Rz7GZ7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robin (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 27]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is my entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 27. It's an organ improvisation "Robin", like the bird. Let me know what you think.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/robin-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-27-xzncfxnl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/robin-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-27-xzncfxnl</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBu9aDiGYmdq1ycpMDZrnYDLqnJCLWZFizi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Jay (Organ Improvisation) - My entry for Whaleshares Open Mic Contest Week 24]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I started my day at the organ bench in my church where I put the camera above the keyboards and recorded my improvisation called Blue Jay. I used all 3 manuals and high-pitched stops with mutations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/blue-jay-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-24-yrskeb5j</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmiccontest/@organduo/blue-jay-organ-improvisation-my-entry-for-whaleshares-open-mic-contest-week-24-yrskeb5j</guid><category><![CDATA[openmiccontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[organduo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 04:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJMvbjRte4K1CoUgYLmyDT5i3Gd63rtdeHc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>