Steemit Open Mic is an online, live music venue where musicians can 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.

Special thanks to Hive account@xeldal for generously delegating Steem to the project.

Steemit Musicians News

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

Read this posts to see you you can help.

How Many Musicians On Steemit Would Participate In Steemit Geartalk --- by Hive account@iamhbros

New Idea For Steemian's Original Musicians --- by Hive account@meno

Are There Enough Songwriters On Steemit To Host A Songwriting Contest To Win A New Guitar? --- by Hive account@luzcypher

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

Steemit Open Mic Gains Momentum With New Judges 420 Steem A Week In Prizes And A Venue For The Next Bob Dylan And Carole King --- by Hive account@futurehuman

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 it 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.

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.

Steemit Open Mic Week 55 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, 20th OCTOBER 2017). Find your UTC time here.

Winners will be announced Monday, the 23rd 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 55 - 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 55 - 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

How Many Musicians On Steemit Would Participate In Steemit Geartalk --- by Hive account@iamhbros

New Idea For Steemian's Original Musicians --- by Hive account@meno

Are There Enough Songwriters On Steemit To Host A Songwriting Contest To Win A New Guitar --- by Hive account@luzcypher

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

Karaoke Week 11 Winner Takes All - 1000 Delegated Sp --- by Hive account@killerwhale

Rap Challenge Week 15 Submission Thread - Submit Your Videos And Win Sbd --- by Hive account@rondonson