Hive Open Mic ( #openmic ) is a global community working for world peace through a love of live music. Each week is a new invitation to express and connect.
🎵 Community Concert
Hive Open Mic 101
The 101st Hive Open Mic event ran from March 13-19, 2022. This week will be remembered for the sense of brotherhood that continues to build through our generous listening, and encouraging words, along with the awesome musicianship. It is exciting to witness the growth in artistic talent. Even more impressive is the improvement in our written comments, connecting as a true community that reaches around the world.
We make a stand for Global Harmony by showing up, expressing, and connecting.
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Moment of Silence
This is for the life passage of our friend,
, of Venezuela.Wonderful singer, mother, and grandmother.
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Our 101st community concert reflects upon the weekly theme: "Freedom of Expression," chosen by our recent Spotlight Artist: 
Journey of Life (Original) by
"Ohh my my.. I will never give up. I will keep going no matter what.. Your guitar speaks truth to my heart and my burden are lifted from me.. I received hope for a brighter future in every area i desire. You are indeed the guitar boss
"Hola amigo Galih, guao que bien tocas la guitarra, me encanta su sonido quiero una igual que esa! Je je... Felicitaciones!! Que idea tan maravillosa esta temática "Libertad de expresión en la musica" dónde nuestro espíritu, instrumentos, pensamientos y sentimientos hablan solos en un solo lenguaje para expresar con nuestro talento y nuestra música la unión y la paz que en estos momentos necesita el mundo entero. Gracias Galih por compartir tu hermosa melodía en esta comunidad openmic, desde aquí persibo la belleza de tu corazón 💓 Dios te bendiga y que abunde en ti la alegría, la salud y los éxitos. Un abrazo" -
"Majestic! Besides great technique on the guitar, now you show us your skills as a composer, the truth is that I am delighted with this piece that you have brought us today, all perfectly executed! Congratulations!" -
🌟 New Spotlight Artist
We are pleased to announce this week's new Spotlight Artist: 
In Pain (Original) by
Our dear and talented friend stands out week after week with his impeccable voice and great charisma on stage. This time he surprised us with an original song fresh out of the oven and lovingly dedicated to our weekly theme. Thank you very much for being such a radiant gem in our musical event.
"What a great luxury voice you have brother. You're very talented. Greetings and Blessings" -
"what a beautiful voice you have brother. This song is very nice for you. 💕" -
🔥 Bright Newcomers
Hipnotize (Cover) by 
J'kalthor delivers a ton of talent in this rad performance. His work on the stringed instruments is admirable, and the voices he brings are very nice. We wish him a warm welcome, happy he is here.
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"Tu cover está genial hijito, te admiro muchísimo. Modo #mamáorgullosa. Sigue con constancia que tienes mucho para dar. Te amo." -
"Berro qué bonita versión! Me encantó hermanito! Y tienes un color de voz genial!!!! El cuatro, magistral." -
Canción del Elegido / Song of the Chosen by 
We welcome another great artist to the Linares Family. This is Keily Beltran who has come to our community sharing her impressive voice and charisma. This has been her second participation and we have been very pleased with her delivery in both interpretations. We offer our congratulations, and we hope she makes herself at home in this community.
"Tienes una voz preciosa, donde estabas todo este tiempo amiga, se nota la herencia musical! hermosa interpretación y esa tesitura que posees sin dudas viene de la querida dealtokilate. Por favor esperamos verte mas. Éxitos!" -
"Waaaaooo ! Qué lindo cantas! Qué bueno que te animas a compartir tu hermosa voz por acá. Felicitaciones 🎉 cantas hermoso 😊 tienes una voz de artista y transmites cosas bonitas con ella 😊 Saludos 🙋🏻♀️" -
Redemption Song (Cover) by 
Here's an outstanding a cappella performance, voicing the legendary Bob Marley in his prominent freedom song. She carries the melody with excellent artistry, and her nice articulation of the words really emphasizes the meaning.
"Oh my, this is beautiful! You make me proud 😌😄 I love the way you freestyle the song. You sing beautifully. I love Bob Marley songs too. Meaningful and inspiring lyrics." -
"God has given you a beautiful voice (very beautiful), it is up to you to share it since what He gives us is to give it in turn. Listening to you was receiving a gift, I just hope it keeps repeating itself. Beautiful song. Success in the contest." -
💎 Radiant Gems
Fly High (Original) by 
This artist and his saxophone adding rich textures to an electronic soundscape, giving it a pronounced melody that really goes places.
"Love your track and those ambient sounds you combined with sax! Also liked the art work, very inspiring. Great job!" -
"This was such a beautiful performance. I enjoyed every bit of it. From the choice of song to how in sync you and your magic tool (Sax) are to how real and passionate you carried this song. You are indeed a gifted instrumentalist, I must add. Continue to shine forth 😊😊😊 Thank you for blessing me with this amazing gift of yours." -
Freedom of Expression (Original) by 
This guitarist's playing is seriously mind-blowing. It seems as if he is opening up new exploratory zones in his listeners' brains as we listen. His high-level of skill and innovation is incredible.
"Visiting you will always be a reason for celebration and joy for me, because I love your art, your freedom of expression 🔥🔥🔥🔥... your guitar speaks through calm and passion; Brother, thanks for this, I am really proud of you, my admiration and respect always for you... You Rock 👊😎🔥🎸🎶❤️🌟🍻💥💫💯" -
"Wow .. !! what a magic guitar playing ! That's so cool my friend.. I like your guitar playing style, You really enjoy every note you play on your guitar. And it's true what you say, this is Freedom of Expression ! Congratulations bro ! 👊😎🎉💥🤘👍👌🤗🔥✨🎶🍻🎸💯👏👏👏" -
Yellow River (Cover) by 
One of the best works of the week was shared by our friend José Corvo with his fabulous cover of Yellow River, a Christie song dating back to the 60s. We highlight it for its amazing video and great atmosphere that revives the golden era of classic rock. Congratulations my friend, it has been a great entry.
"Dude, this rocks! Your four recording tracks are a lot of fun to see and hear. You bring a broad array of excellent artistry here. Beautiful." -
"Este tipo de videos hechos con tanta pasión son precisamente el motivo por el cual elegí a la comunidad Hive Open Mic como mi hogar en la blockchain... Wow Maestro, de verdad lo he visto ya tres veces y no dejo de disfrutarlo. Felicitaciones por este magnífico trabajo 👍" -
Oh Señor (Cover) by 
Zully Scott wows us with this performance. She carrying the song beautifully, with accompaniment by two other artists. This entry stands out as one of this week's greatest collaborations.
"Está letra es muy hermosa de verdad, y la forma en que la cantas me emociono mucho, sabes tienes una hermosa voz que me cautiva mucho; cada ves que creas este tipo de contenido lo disfruto mucho." -
"Bravo zully, llegué esperando esperando escucharte a ti sola y resulta que me sorprendiste gratamente con estos chicos que pienso que tú tienen un talento increíble, cuando tú hijo hizo la segundo voz me encantó." -
"Vaya vaya si por aquí me conseguí una nueva cantante y esos chicos que te acompañan son talentosos, tocan muy bien y la armonía de las voces siempre se mantuvo, excelente, saludos amiga, vine por aquí luego de que me dijeras tu nombre en el telegram de espavlog, si gustas pasa por mi blog hago música igual que tú :3 éxitos!" -
Eres / You Are Cover by 
Our great and faithful friend Juan Molina presented a great song of freedom of expression. Since his first appearance in our weekly event he has been rising like the foam sharing his genius and great talent while gaining the attention of the Hive Open Mic audience. Congratulations for being one of the most solid artists in this new stage of our Global Harmony.
"¡Que buena interpretación! Me gusta tu versión, es como un poco más intima por decirlo así a la original. Esta chevere tu sonido y me gusta tu fondo así oscuro. Un buen trabajo el que hiciste. ¡Saludos!" -
"Esta canción... Aaaah... Qué bien te ha quedado. Gracias por no defraudarme hermanito. Por cierto, qué agradable escucharte! :)" -
Ideologías (Original) by 
"Que manera tan cool tienes de tocar la guitarra, ojala yo pudiera hacerlo así! Creo que tienes un estilo particular valiosísimo, tu letra contiene una gran poesía, es polémica pero entiendo tu punto. Fue todo un gusto escucharte. ¡¡Saludos!!" -
"Guaoooo Elison por favorrrr!!!! Que bárbaro eres! Ese es mi pana! Me encantó. Que letra tan profunda y controversial, pero es que así es como se hacen las cosas, debemos desafiar los paradigmas de la vida." -
"Hermano te felicito, tremenda pieza, tremendo estilo, tremenda lírica y tu voz Bro, naguara es demasiado genial y única 🔥🔥🔥🔥; ciertamente la letra se puede prestar para interpretaciones ambiguas, pero esa es la esencia de poder expresarnos libremente, los debates van pa otro lado jajajaja, aquí hacemos es música y eso no se debate solo se escucha, se aprecia y se disfruta.. un abrazo man, me gustó full tu presentación de pana" -
"Ohoho, que letra, esto es libertad de expresión, total! 😎
Sabes, no importa que si alguien va a estar de acuerdo contigo o no, lo que sí que vale es tu opinión, y como lo has hecho, y no solamente con palabras :)
La música tiene un poder adicional :))" -
Turquoise Freedom (Original) by 
"Oye tocas muy bien la guitarra c: el color turquesa es uno de los colores favoritos de mi novio, me gustó el juego de voces que hiciste y cuando metiste las vocecitas agudas en una parte c: felicitaciones por tu composición!" -
"My favourite colour, turquoise 💙 Well, blue too and a bit of green, so yes, the combination sounds perfect! As your entry too. Two of you, double perfection :D" -
"Impressive vocals, the harmonies are 👌 and so is the falsetto" -
"cool song, you did a great job
Lo que los labios no pronuncian lo comunica la música. Muy bien dicho amigo👏👏👏así mismo es, con la música podemos comunicar hasta nuestros sentimientos más profundo que tenemos, con ella tenemos la capacidad hasta de sanar almas y cuerpo , me encanto tu entrada y tú creatividad, éxitos y bendiciones para ti" -
This Freedom Song (Original) by 
"Beautiful!! I love your original song, my friend. Your clean guitar sound always gives me goosebumps man. Yeah, this freedom song. Much love man" -
"MY RESPECTS Brother, wow what a song man 🙌😃💛 you have written a beautiful song
"Oh, what a beautiful song, beautiful thoughts! Congrats on this excellent work
"No temas" (Cover) by 
"Hermosa canción amiga y tu la cantas muy lindo 🥺❤️✨si Dios está con nosotros quien contra nosotros 🥰🤩✨ me encantó, Felicidades quedó precioso. Dios te bendiga 🥰✨💞" -
"Siempre tan perfecta. Y esta letra llegó a mi corazón Mirelbis. Gracias por este momento de entrega total. Atrapas a todo el que te visite. Estoy seguro que esta canción le encantará a
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What's Up | Cover by 
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Ft. "This is AMAZING 🔥🔥🔥🔥 the sound, the editing, your voice Jesus, brother you sang EPIC 💖!!!!
"I love this song, I could listen to it all day long! What a joy to listen to this cover by you guys,
"Que belleza, verte en un estilo totalmente diferente, me fascino todo el performance, ambos son unos músicos increíbles. Amazing, Maravillso. Bravíssimooo" -
"¡Te la comiste con esta versión! Felicitaciones a ambos, tremenda versión." -
Genuine (Original) - Live Music for Hive Open Mic 101 by 
"I love your stratocaster brother. And this production is absolute magic...how could it not be coming from you. Man, that voice is ready to sign a contract with a record company and everything. Greetings and infinite blessings my brother" -
"Brother, how beautiful the sound you give in this song with your whistles and those arpeggios like those chords. How beautiful is the edition of this video with those snow copies! A hug brother." ----
"My eyes see an excellent guitar, no doubt it complements and maximizes the level of your great compositions, its sound is magical. The lyrics of your song are direct and important, it is true that there is inspiration from your visit to that enigmatic place." -
"Your artistic level is genuine, your love for the music is genuine, your love for us is genuine and everything you stand for is genuine 🙌😀💛... I loved the high level of reverb on the guitar and your voice man, they resonate with the video editing and the lyrics" -
⭐ Acknowledgements
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 
Thanks goes to the OCD Community Incubation Program, who rewards our musicians with valuable 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. May the harmonizing power of music generate peace around the world. So be it.
🌞 Invitation
Hive Open Mic - Week 102 is underway now.
This week's invitation is: “Tocando Almas” (Touching Souls).