Hey awesome Steemians! Today a new episode of Bands About Bands is starting and we invite all of you to give a proper shoutout to a band or artist you discovered on Steemit. 9 (nine) awesome reviews have been written in season 2 already so this is turning into an awesome season already!

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We’ll announce the winner of previous episode (two) in this post an announce episode 3 😎
19 amazing reviews have now been written and it’s really great to see this much engagement on Steemit 😊

In this post:

Winner season 2, episode 2
Rules / How to enter
Prize pool / rewards
Leaderboard season 2
Bands About Bands contestants

Without further ado, we'd like to announce season 2 episode 3 of Bands About Bands today. We've come up with a reward structure that rewards all writers. ALL WRITERS will earn SBD when competing this season. Thanks to @prc's (@dsound) support, the total prize pool will be 15 STEEM in season 2 episode 1.

Winner season 2, episode 2

With 5 community votes, @ylich is the winner of Bands About Bands season 2, episode 2. 10 SBD is shared equally between all participants with 75% for writers (numbers you see below) and 25% (2,50 SBD) for the artists written about.

Writer	About	Article	Votes	Prize
@ylich	@yidneth	Priscilla Hernandez Music from a magic world	5	7,50 SBD + 50 $INDIE
@jonmagnusson	@nakedverse	Jon Magnusson about Nakedverse (Deggsy) – Bands About Bands S02:E02	3	2,50 SBD + 50 $INDIE
@allbums	@jeffandhisguitar	Jeff and His "Peace, Love and Sillyness" Bands About Bands Review S02:E02	3	2,50 SBD + 50 $INDIE

7.50 SBD to @ylich and 0.85 SBD to @yidneth
2.50 SBD to @jonmagnusson and 0.85 to @nakedverse
2.50 SBD to @allbums and 0.85 to @jeffandhisguitar

Rules / How to enter

Follow this account (@ftlob)
Resteem this post
Write a minimum of 100 words about a Steemian band/artist’s song, album, EP or music video
Include a DSound / DTube link
Include links to other platforms (Musicoin, Spotify, Soundcloud)
Include artwork
Use #BandsAboutBands as tag
Tag the artist you're writing about
Include link to this contest
Add link to your submissions in the comments of the announcement post (this post)

You have 10 days to enter this first episode. Contest will end on June 4th after which the Steemit community will have 24 hours to vote for their favourite review.

Prize pool / rewards

10 SBD will be devided between all writers and bands/artists (75% writers / 25% bands/artists).

E.g. 5 contestants = 1,5 SBD per writer + 0,5 SBD per band/artist

First prize 5 SBD shared equally between author and band/artist

On top of this, we’ll reward every entry (that qualifies) with 50 $INDIE.

$INDIE is the brand-agnostic reward token of The Indie Alliance - a collective of global Arts projects and blockchain awards brands. Sign up to Bitshares to be able to receive them.

Leaderboard season 2

Rank	Steemian	Article	Points	Rewards
1	@ylich	Link	7.5	7.50 SBD + 50 $INDIE
1	@d-vine	Link	7.5	6.25 SBD + 50 $INDIE
3	@allbums	Link 1 Link 2	5	3.75 SBD + 100 $INDIE
4	@jonmagnusson	Link	2.5	2.50 SBD + 50 $INDIE
4	@davenavarro	Link	2.5	1.25 SBD + 50 $INDIE
4	@grizzle	Link	2.5	1.25 SBD + 50 $INDIE
4	@that.bass.guy	Link	2.5	1.25 SBD + 50 $INDIE

Winner of season 2 will receive an additional 5 SBD + 100 $INDIE

Bands About Bands contestants

In episode 1, @pechichemena wrote about @olvidesantelmo (with @luisferchav , @vera.carla , @roman.musica , @matiasmenarguez and @ivan.deiana in the band), @darrenclaxton about @jonmagnusson and visa versa, @d-vine about @jeffleinwand and @ravenmus1c about @newenx. In episode 2, @seenitallfilms wrote about @juxtamusic. In episode 3, @samprock about @juxtamusic, @plugdeux about @Shakazula and @thexreposts about @spawnband and in episode 4, @allbums wrote an awesome review about @junkfeathers. In season 2, @davenavarro wrote about @spawnband, @grizzle wrote about @theturtleproject, @d-vine wrote about @edprivat, @allbums wrote about @ko-may, @ando79 wrote about @tonesbeach @that.bass.guy wrote about #ScaleTheSummit @jonmagnusson about @nakedverse @ylich about @yidneth and @allbums about @jeffandhisguitar.

Thanks to @prc for his support of community initiatives and helping the Steemit Music League reach its potential. If you trust and support @prc like we do make sure to vote for him as a witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses

Currently the following are the ten (10) 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 @chiefmappster): An open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers.
	Beat Battle League (#beatbattle) (Hosted by @chiefmappster): 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 @inthenow): 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 @antminer): A weekly challenge for music producers to create music by using the provided chord progression.
	Kill The Pad Challenge (#killthepad) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit): A weekly topic text-based rap competition for creative writers to show their prowess as a lyricist.
	Educator Showdown (#educatorshowdown) (Hosted by @novili): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music.
	Poetry Slam (#poetryslam) (Hosted by @jamesgetsit & @scuzzy): A weekly spoken word contest in the traditional poetry slam competition format.
	Pitch Perfect (#pitchperfect) (Hosted by @alejandra23): A weekly challenge for original music creators.
	Bands About Bands (#BandsAboutBands) (Hosted by @ftlob): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit.
	Sprout (#sprout) (Hosted by @playitforward): A contest with a seed as inspiration each week.

15 SBD Prize Pool | Bands About Bands S02:E03 | A DSound Community Initiative