Hey Hive account@meno and Hive account@luzcypher,

and all contestiants and interested people on the openmic somgwriters challange,

today I want to make a statement on the contest, on the one hand to give a conclusion what it means to me, on the other hand I want to ask for some more time and expanding the deadline for entering songs to the contest and, at last, a break during the holidays (christmas and new years eve) just to take a breath;).

Conclusion

First of all, that is such a great contest! Those themes that Hive account@luzcypher comes out with every week are absolutely inspiring and motivating, a great mind opener to begin songwriting. It is thrilling to have the challenge of a new theme every week and it is also a pleasure to have a look on all the other entries and compare them between each other. There is somehow a great feel of humanity and love sharing among all those people.
For all who are not into this: Openmic Songwriting Challenge is a contest here on steemit where you can win a guitar. Therefore you have to write a song every week, for eight weeks alltogether, each week the song has somehow to be relatet to one motto/theme, that is announced by Hive account@luzcypher, the host of the contest (you may at least know him from openmic regular contest).

Originally this idea was brought in by Hive account@meno and he is also the one that provides the guitar! He seems to be a very smart and nice guy, as far as I can tell by reading his posts and his very motivating comments on my entries.

So at this point I want to thank both of you Hive account@luzcypher and Hive account@meno for all the impact on my musical life through those contests. It is so motivating to do songs every week, there can't be even a better thing. It brings structure into and enriches my everyday life!

So far I did three songs in three weeks. It makes me proud that I was able to deal with the songwriting, it makes me proud that I was able to perform them, and it is an honor to have them viewed, commented and rewarded by the community. It strengthens my self-confidence and my workflow increased since I take part in the contests, I appreciate it so much.

Asking for more time

Besides the fact that I like the impact on my life, esp. the structural one, I have to abmit, that sometimes it is really a little bit strict and tight and the amount of time for the songwriting can be really struggeling.
The new theme comes up on wednesday evening, so until mondays deadline there are only 5 days for writing, composing, arranging, performing, uploadind etc.

That is not much time.

As we going to face the christmas feast and new years eve, there will be even less time for participating in the contest.

So what I ask for is a break on the contest during christmas and new years eve, and afterwards a real seven day period of writing. I know that you will have to review them songs, but you could still announce the new theme little bit earlier and review the songs in the meantime, while all contestiants can just begin there songwriting.

I love the contest, but it will give me pressure when it comes to holidays.

So perhaps you might consider even a break during the holidays!

Thank you so much for those opportunities you are creating through your contests for us artists. And thank you very much for your understanding!

Kind regards, @Senzenfrenz