With fifty-six (56) incredible entries it was an incredible round in the nine (9) contests and challenges of the Steemit Music League.
The Steemit Music League is a community built with the goal of providing the most feedback, recognition, and rewards all while bringing Steemians together and encouraging collaboration.
As a result the Steemit Music League and the decentralized audio portal 
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Currently the following are the nine (9) contests in the Steemit Music League which is part of the Steemit Music Alliance (SMA) [click on contest/challenge name to go to most recent related information]:
| SMA | Contest Initiatives |
|---|---|
Steemit Music League Challenge (#smlchallenge) (Hosted by  ): An open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers. | |
| Beat Battle League (#beatbattle) (Hosted by ): A challenge for music producers to produce an entry based off a theme or sampled material for that round. | |
SMA Feedback Contest (#smafeedback) (Hosted by  ): A feedback-based contest for music. Provide music for feedback and/or provide feedback and get rewarded for doing so. | |
Chord Challenge (#chordchallenge) (Hosted by  ): A weekly challenge for music producers to create music by using the provided chord progression. | |
Kill The Pad Challenge (#killthepad) (Hosted by  ): A weekly topic text-based rap competition for creative writers to show their prowess as a lyricist. | |
Educator Showdown (Hosted by  ): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music. | |
Poetry Slam (#poetryslam) (Hosted by &  ): A weekly spoken word contest in the traditional poetry slam competition format. | |
Pitch Perfect (#pitchperfect) (Hosted by  ): A weekly challenge for original music creators. | |
Bands About Bands (#BandsAboutBands) (Hosted by  ): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit. |
The winner of the Steemit Music League is determined by the amount of points earned through League contests and challenges.
The points earned in Round Eight are added up for this seventh release of the Steemit Music League leaderboard for Season Two.
We have had one hundred thirty (130) different Steemians apart of the Steemit Music League in the seven rounds so far. We thank you all for making such an amazing impact on the community.
Below are the updated standings of the Steemit Music League Season #2 as of today
As you can see we have a lot of Steemians participating in more than one contest increasing their League point total.
With 144+ Steemians already taking part in the Steemit Music League, this is shaping up to be one awesome Season Two of the Steemit Music League o weeeee.
The Steemit Music League Challenge is an open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, and producers. Basically if you have a passion for music you can submit an entry every round.
Each round's theme changes to include as many from the Steemit Universe as possible. The prize pool is 15 STEEM and other cryptocurrencies such as SMOKE, Whaleshares, and Voiceshares.
The #smlchallenge is in Round Nine of Season Two currently with the theme being Music of Africa.
Round Nine of Season Two of the Steemit Music League Challenge is accepting submissions until Thursday night, May 3rd with the results being announced on May 4th.
For more information on this current round of the #smlchallenge go here: https://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r9-announcement-or-dsound-community-initiative
We had an incredible Round #8 of the Latin Music theme of the Steemit Music League Challenge with eleven (11) high-quality entries from Steemians all over the globe.
Here are the top three of S2:R8 of the #smlchallenge:
WINNER ONE: with an average of 4.77 from the judging panel with "Tu Mirada" winning 8 STEEM and 50 Voiceshares for 58 points.
https://dsound.audio/#!/@funkmedia/20180412t172128379z-tu-mirada-funk-media-original-song--steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8
Post here: https://steemit.com/dsound/@funkmedia/20180412t172128379z-tu-mirada-funk-media-original-song--steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8
WINNER TWO: 
with an average of 4.75 from the judging panel with "Nesecito La Playa" winning 4 STEEM and 40 Voiceshares for 44 points.
https://dsound.audio/#!/@darrenclaxton/20180415t213617317z-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-original-music-by-darren-claxton-nesecito-la-playa
Post here: https://steemit.com/dsound/@darrenclaxton/20180415t213617317z-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-original-music-by-darren-claxton-nesecito-la-playa
WINNER THREE: with an average of 4.70 from the judging panel with "Bassa Nova" winning 2 STEEM and 32 Voiceshares for 34 points.
https://dsound.audio/#!/@jeffleinwand/20180421t143539764z-jeff-leinwand-bassa-nova
Post here: https://steemit.com/dsound/@jeffleinwand/20180421t143539764z-jeff-leinwand-bassa-nova
For incredible music from Round Seven of Season Two go here: https://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r7-results
The Beat Battle League is in Round #9 of Season Two and is a Beat Battle challenge that the music producers of Steemit can produce an entry based off a theme or sampled material for that round.
This week's theme is Sounds of Summer. Prize pool is 15 STEEM and other cryptocurrencies such as Voiceshares, Whaleshares, and SMOKE.
Round Nine of the Beat Battle League is accepting submissions until Tuesday night, May 8th with the results being announced Wednesday evening (May 9th).
For more information about the live Round #9 of the #beatbattle go here: https://steemit.com/beatbattle/@chiefmappster/beat-battle-league-s2-r9-announcement-or-dsound-community-initiative
In last round, we had nineteen (12) amazing entries for the Workout Music inspired theme.
Here are the top three entries from S2: R8:
FIRST WINNER: with an average of 4.67 from the judging panel winning 8 STEEM and 45 SMOKE for 53 points.
Post here: https://steemit.com/dsound/@paradigmprospect/20180426t045047303z-paradigm-prospector-queens-of-the-gym--beatbattle-s2r8-workout-music
SECOND WINNER: with an average of 4.60 from the judging panel winning 4 STEEM and 38 SMOKE for 42 points.
https://dsound.audio/#!/@d-vine/20180423t145424257z-tic-tec-ho--re-worked--by-d-vine-beat-battle-league-s2r8-a-dsound-community-initiative
Post here: https://steemit.com/dsound/@d-vine/20180423t145424257z-tic-tec-ho--re-worked--by-d-vine-beat-battle-league-s2r8-a-dsound-community-initiative
THIRD WINNER: 
with an average of 4.55 from the judging panel winning 2 STEEM and 31 SMOKE for 33 points.
https://dsound.audio/#!/@sunra/20180420t213045038z-beat-challenge-s2-r8-workout-music
Post here: https://steemit.com/dsound/@sunra/20180420t213045038z-beat-challenge-s2-r8-workout-music
For more of the music created in Round Eight of the Beat Battle League go here: https://steemit.com/beatbattle/@chiefmappster/beat-battle-league-s2-r8-results
The third contest is the Steemit Music Alliance Feedback contest hosted by .
The SMA Feedback Contest hosted by
The prize pool is 30 SBD and other cryptocurrencies like Whaleshares and Voiceshares.
The results of Round Six are below with Round Seven live right now with three (3) songs submitted for feedback so far. Plenty of time to submit tracks for feedback and to provide feedback as Round 7 is accepting entries until mighnight EST on May 3rd.
For more information about the live Round #7 of the SMA Feedback Contest go here: https://steemit.com/smafeedback/@inthenow/sma-feedback-contest-a-dsound-community-initiative-round-7-update
Here are the results for Round Six of the SMA Feedback Contest:
FIRST WINNERS: 
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SECOND WINNERS: 
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THIRD WINNERS: 
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For more information about the results for Round Six of the SMA Feedback Contest go here: https://steemit.com/smafeedback/@inthenow/sma-feedback-contest-a-dsound-community-initiative-round-6-winners
The fourth challenge in the Steemit Music League is the Kill the Pad Challenge hosted by
The Kill the Pad Challenge hosted by
The prize pool is 10+ SBD and you can earn points towards the Steemit Music League.
Week #12 is live now with the theme Persistence and will accept submissions until Saturday night (May 5th).
For more information about the live Kill the Pad Challenge go here: https://steemit.com/killthepad/@jamesgetsit/kill-the-pad-challenge-week-12-sponsored-by-sma-this-is-a-dsound-community-initiative
Here are the results for Week #11 of the Kill the Pad Challenge:
FIRST WINNER: 
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SECOND WINNER: 
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THIRD WINNER: 
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For more information on Week #11 go here: https://steemit.com/killthepad/@jamesgetsit/kill-the-pad-winners-week-11-sponsored-by-steem-music-alliance
The fifth challenge in the Steemit Music League is the Chord Challenge hosted by
The Chord Challenge hosted by
The prize pool is 15+ SBD and you can earn points towards the Steemit Music League.
Round #5 is live now and will accept submissions until Saturday night (May 5th).
For more information about the live Chord Challenge #5 go here: https://steemit.com/dsound-contest/@antminer/chordchallenge-5-make-music-and-win-prizes-dsound-community-initiative
Here are the results for Round #4 of the Chord Challenge:
FIRST WINNER: 
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SECOND WINNER: 
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THIRD WINNER: 
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For more information about Week #4 of the Chord Challenge go here: https://steemit.com/smldsound/@antminer/chordchallenge-3-winners-announcement
The sixth challenge in the Steemit Music League is the Educator Showdown hosted by
The Educator Showdown hosted by
The prize pool is 10 STEEM and you can earn points towards the Steemit Music League.
Round #5 is live now with 7 entries entered so far and will accept submissions until Tuesday night (May 1st).
For more information about the live Educator Showdown go here: https://steemit.com/educatorshowdown/@novili/educator-showdown-round-5-week-1-recap
Here are the results for Round #4 of the Educator Showdown:
FIRST WINNER: 
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SECOND WINNER: 
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THIRD WINNER: 
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For more information about Round #4 of the Educator Showdown go here: https://steemit.com/educatorshowdown/@novili/educator-showdown-round-4-winner-announcement
And the seventh challenge in the Steemit Music League is the Poetry Slam.
The Poetry Slam hosted by
The prize pool is 10 SBD and you can earn points towards the Steemit Music League.
Round #8 is live now will accept submissions until Sunday night (April 29th).
For more information about the live Poetry Slam go here: https://steemit.com/contest/@scuzzy/poetry-slam-contest-week-8-or-week-7-winners-week-8-theme-or-spoken-word-challenge-a-dsound-community-initiative
Here are the results for Week #7 of the Poetry Slam:
FIRST WINNER: 
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SECOND WINNER: 
winning 4 SBD Listen here
For more information about the results of Week #6 and the live Round #7 of the Poetry Slam go here: https://steemit.com/contest/@scuzzy/poetry-slam-contest-week-7-or-week-6-winners-week-7-theme-or-spoken-word-challenge-a-dsound-community-initiative
The eighth challenge in the Steemit Music League is Pitch Perfect.
Pitch Perfect is hosted by
The prize pool is 10+ SBD and you can earn points towards the Steemit Music League.
Round #13 is being judged right now.
For more information about the live Pitch Perfect go here: https://steemit.com/pitchperfect/@alejandra23/pitchperfect-week-13-win-votes-and-sbd-with-your-musical-ability-a-dsound-community-initiative
Here are the results for Week #12 of Pitch Perfect:
FIRST WINNER: 
winning 5 SBD
SECOND WINNER: 
winning 3 SBD
THIRD WINNER: 
winning 2 SBD
For more information about Week #12 of Pitch Perfect go here: https://steemit.com/pitchperfect/@alejandra23/pitchperfect-ganadores-semana-12-winners-week-12
And the ninth challenge in the Steemit Music League is Bands About Bands.
Bands About Bands is hosted by
The prize pool is 10+ STEEM and you can earn points towards the Steemit Music League.
Episode #4 is live now will accept submissions until Monday night (May 1st).
For more information about the live Bands About Bands go here: https://steemit.com/bandsaboutbands/@ftlob/reminder-or-bands-about-bands-s01-e04-or-ends-may-1st-or-a-dsound-community-initiative
Here are the results for Round #4 of the Educator Showdown:
FIRST WINNER: 
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THIRD WINNER: 
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For more information about Episode #3 of the Bands About Bands go here: https://steemit.com/bandsaboutbands/@ftlob/bands-about-bands-results-or-s01-e04-announcement-or-a-dsound-community-initiative
The Steemit Music League is a community built with the goal of providing the most feedback, recognition, and rewards and possible all while bringing Steemians together.
As a result the Steemit Music Alliance Discord channel was born.
You can connect and collaborate with other community members, play music live, get beats and tracks demoed, and listen to entries with others live via the SMA bot.
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