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

You can help send Steemit Open Mic to SteemFest 2! How?

Read this posts to see you can help.

Announcement Steemit Open Mic Official Judges Panel --- by Hive account@luzcypher

A Tribute To Steemit Open Mic Night 1 Year Anniversary I Was In The Very First Contest And I Give You The Best Of 1 Year Of --- by Hive account@quinneaker

Why Will Steemfest Be Better Because You Are There Quinneaker S Giving Away A Ticket To Steemfest2 --- by Hive account@luzcypher

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 "Steemit Open Mic" (next week number) 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 is to begin your title with "Steemit Open Mic Week (the current week number)" 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.

These 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 peek 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.

Steemit Open Mic Week 53 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 until Sunday for this week's Open Mic Night entries.

The cutoff date to enter however is 12.00 PM UTC Time (Friday, 6th SEPTEMBER 2017). Find your UTC time here.

Winners will be announced Monday, the 9th of October.

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 53 - 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 There are always a few more that enter a little late and I'll add them in as they straggle in so keep a look out for a few more entries later.

Steemit Open Mic Week 53 - See Who Played Open Mic And Vote For Your Favorite Steemian Musicians

Steemit Musicians News

300 In Steem Prizes

Last Chance To Vote

Two ways To Vote

Vote On Each Contestant Page

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

Announcement Steemit Open Mic Official Judges Panel --- by Hive account@luzcypher

Steemit Artists Music Compilation Volume 2 Support Over 20 Music Artists Here On Steemit Free Downloads --- by Hive account@soundlegion

Last Chance To Enter The Karaoke Contest Week 9 --- by Hive account@killerwhale

Calling All Emcees Wheres The Rap Challenge Big Things Dont Happen Overnight Adsactly Records Rap Challenge Tokens --- by Hive account@rondonson