O weeeee here comes a new round to help Steemians showcase their talent, hard work, and passions to the community from all over the globe.
We had sixteen (16) Steemit music producers take part in Round Five of Season Two of the #beatbattle . Such an amazing collection of souls creating content each round and helping each other with feedback. Looking forward to hearing what the Steemit Universe can come up with this round's theme.
For the results of Round 5 go here: @chiefmappster/beat-battle-league-s2-r5-results
The Beat Battle League is a Beat Battle challenge every 10 days that the music producers of the world can produce an entry based off a theme or sampled material for that round.
Round #6 of the Beat Battle League starts today and will accept submissions until April 1st at 11:59PM EST/ 4:59 AM UTC with winners being announced Monday evening (April 2nd).
The judging panel of: @chiefmappster, @beatseb, @seveaux, and @derekmiller are looking forward to your creations this Round #6 of Season Two of the #beatbattle.
Thank you again for all the time, effort, and resources you put into creating your art.
And another update we have been giving out SMOKE tokens since last fall in support of the Smoke.Network mission (https://smoke.network/about).
The Smoke.Network is a censorship-resistant portal that rewards the cannabis community and currently has a Minimum Viable Product built on the STEEM blockchain.
The SMOKE team has some epic new as they announced a free airdrop as they get ready for their ICO on April 20th.
So not only can you earn SMOKE by competing in the #beatbattle but you can get free SMOKE in the form of the airdrop and other community activities.
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Looking forward to seeing the real, positive change the Smoke.Networks inspires this year with their community.
Without further adieu the theme of Round #6 of Season Two is:
Tropical Paradise
The sounds of tropical paradises are so incredible and bring you sense of warmth and closeness to nature and the water.
This round is for those beats that encompass that tropical paradise feeling whether it include beach related sounds as inspiration or a beat that makes you feel like you are in a tropical paradise.
Whether it be reggae sounds that get you in the beach mood or bird call and/or ocean sounds that take you to your favorite tropical paradise.
However you feel this round resonates with you let's hear your take on this Tropical Paradise theme.
Looking forward to hearing the creations from the incredible producers in the Steemit Universe
RULES
Upload your entry using DSound by going here: https://dsound.audio/#/upload
You log-in using your Steemit name. When you upload to DSound you content is posted to Steemit so your following can enjoy your music and reward you for doing so.
If you have any questions on how to upload to DSound you can ask in the DSound Discord or SMA Discord channel or you can visit this awesome post by @prc here: @prc/introducing-dsound-a-decentralized-sound-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs
We don't want to exclude anyone so if you can't use DSound feel free to submit your entry as you wish.
Just make sure it's an original entry based off of the theme of the round and use the tag #beatbattle and/or comment the entry on any #beatbattle posts.
We are looking forward to be able to help these music producers shine and receive the recognition and feedback they deserve.
You have until April 1st at 11:59 PM EST/ 4:59 AM UTC to submit your entries with winners will be announced Monday evening, April 2nd.
Remember the entries for the Beat Battle League are judged on:
Sound Quality: does the beat sound crispy, in speakers and headphones, is there cracking or recording errors? How loud can we play it before you notice quality issues? etc
Technicality: what are the skills you displayed in making this beat? The technical aspects of the your craft. The layers and sounds do they match? How many? etc
Creativity: how unique your entry is. How well it revolves around the universal theme? Holy smokes we have never heard that sound before? A creative video and/or artwork o yeahhhhh.
Also, sharing the story about the creation of your art in your Steemit post helps the judging panel and community gain perspective and knowledge on yourself and the message you are sharing.
The prize pool is as follows:
(Will be increased to reflect community support and updated in the Beat Battle Update that comes out later this round)
FIRST PLACE WINNER: 42 SMOKE+ 25 Whaleshares + 8 STEEM for a total of 75 Points
SECOND PLACE WINNER: 36 SMOKE + 20 Whaleshares + 4 STEEM for a total of 60 Points
THIRD PLACE WINNER: 31 SMOKE + 15 Whaleshares + 2 STEEM for a total of 48 Points
FOURTH PLACE WINNER: 26 SMOKE + 10 Whaleshares + 1 STEEM for a total of 37 Points
CROWD FAVORITE: 20 SMOKE + 10 Whaleshares for a total of 31 Points
The Community Favorite each week will be determined by the amount of upvotes and comments responding to their entries, upvotes on their submission comment, and total community support on post.
Round #6 of the Beat Battle League starts today and will accept submissions until April 1st night with winners being announced Monday evening (April 2nd).
The team of @chiefmappster, @beatseb, @seveaux, and @derekmiller are pumped to see what is in store for this week.
Don't forget it helps the judges and the community for you to make a post about your entry, with how you created it, the meaning behind it, how the theme came into play.
It is just another way for us Steemians to get to know you and your message.
The #beatbattle is part of the Steemit Music League which is a community with the goal of providing the most feedback, recognition, and rewards and possible all while bringing Steemians together.
Currently the following are the seven 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 topical 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. |
The winner of the Steemit Music League is determined by the amount of points earned through League contests and challenges.
Another great way to connect and interact with the community is through the SMA (Steem Music Alliance) Discord channel.
You can connect with other community members, ask questions, play music live, get feedback from community members, get beats and tracks demoed, and listen to music with others live via the SMA Discord bots.
Live music shows by @seveaux and @scuzzy happening in the channel as well.
To join the Steemit Music Alliance Discord channel go here: https://discord.gg/na8W5Wr
Thanks again @prc and @dsound for helping inspire that real, positive change by supporting and helping the music community achieve its dreams.
If you support and trust @prc as a witness like I do you can vote for him as a witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses
If you want to know the information about his witness information this post describes it wonderfully: @prc/witness-prc-update-2-february-5th-2018
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Thank you as always for your time and attention. Really appreciate it :)
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- OG Tech Shaman @nicnas
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