Now, without further ado:

Results S01:E03

Votes were cast and combined with ForTheLoveOBands' judging panel we'd like to announce the following winners:

#1 @samprock about @juxtamusic - link to entry

@samprock wrote a wonderfully thoughtful review about @juxtamusic. A great personal touch and cool build up which made this one very enjoyable and easy to read.

…. THE POINT IS - JUXTA is the one of the dudes making you feel like you part of the band you never had.

Samprock won 6 STEEM (shared 50/50 with Juxta) and 100 $INDIE.

#2 @plugdeux about @Shakazula - link to entry

@plugdeux introduced us to a whole new, at that point still unknown to us, art form 'finger drumming'. It's so awesome discovering new art forms like this through Bands About Bands so thanks a lot @plugdeux for your amazing effort!
Plugdeux won 3 STEEM (shared 50/50 with Shakazula) and 50 $INDIE.

#3 @thexreposts about @spawnband - link to entry

@newenx aka @thexreposts wrote about @spawnband in his very cool 'no borders artist review' series. Besides an awexome DJ, NewenX is also a great promoter of the independent music scene so make sure to read his other reviews as well!
TheXreposts won 1 STEEM (shared 50/50 with SPAWN) and 25 $INDIE.

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Season 1 - Episode 4 Announcement

You have 10 days to enter this second episode. Contest will end on May 1st after which the Steemit community will have 2 days to pick their top 3 in the VOTE post. Winners will be announced on May 3rd.

Rules / how to enter

• Upvote this post 100%
• Resteem this post
• Follow this account(@ftlob)
• Write a minimum of 100 words about a Steemian band/artist song, album, EP or music video
• Include a DSound / DTube link and 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 submission in the comments below

First season will have 4 episodes. Not a musician but want to write about a track you love? Go ahead and participate!

How winners are selected:

The team at @ftlob will read all contributions, check if all rules are followed and:

• Steemit community votes for top 3 (50%)
• ForTheLoveOfBands selects their top 3(50%)

Prize pool / rewards episode 4

First place winner: 6 STEEM shared equally between author and band/artist + 100 $INDIE

Second place winner: 3 STEEM shared equally between author and band/artist + 50 $INDIE

Third place winner: 1 STEEM shared equally between author and band/artist + 25 $INDIE

Every participant* will receive 10 $INDIE just because you're awesome
*If you meet the required rules / how to enter.

Winner of season 1 will also be rewarded with 100 extra $INDIE

$INDIE is the brand-agnostic reward token of The Indie Alliance - a collective of global arts projects and blockchain awards brands. Message us on Discord to partner.

Benefits of participating:

• Your post will be added to www.fortheloveofbands.com and ALL submissions will be added there to support both you and the band / artist you’re writing about;
• We’ll all be promoting Steemit on multiple platforms, as it will be posted on our website, shared on all of our socials, resteemed at @ftlob Steemit profile and hopefully shared on bands’ socials and Steemit profiles;
• As BandsAboutBands will be a Steemit-only feature from now on, it will direct more people to Steemit;
• You will give something back to the community by promoting other artists;
• Both you and the artist you’re writing about, will be added to our ‘Bands about Bands’ Spotify and Soundcloud playlists at the end of this season.

So far, 9 awesome reviews were written by Steemian bands and artists about each other. 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. Episode 3 entries you can read above.

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 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 @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.