Holy smokes what an epic Week Nine with eight (8) incredible entries. Week Ten is poised to keep the producers on Steemit on their toes.
The judging panel of: @chiefmappster, @vandigital, @danyelk, and @instrumentals are so excited for the switch-up for Week Ten of the League. Thank you to OG Tech Shaman @jphenderson for his continual support of the League.
The Beat Battle League will be accepting submissions for Week Ten until October 25 at 11:59PM CDT / 4:59 UTC with the winners being announced on Thursday, October 26.
Without further adieu, here are the details for Week Ten of the Beat Battle League:
The rules are simple in the Beat Battle League.
Just make an original Grime submission and use the #beatbattle tag and/or comment your submission on any Beat Battle post.
Grime is a style of music from the U.K. and mixes electronic music, hip-hop, and dance hall (among many other influences). It is blowing up in the United Kingdom and Europe with Wiley, Skepta, and JME being brand names. Drake is signed to JME and Skepta's label BBK (Boy Better Know).
The music brings such energy and is usually around 130-140 BPM.
Below are a couple videos for inspiration.
Here is an example Grime instrumental provided for more perspective into Grime. It also provides an awesome example of a video for an instrumental.
Here is one of my favorite Grime tracks by epic producer and Grime superstar JME (not to mention how epic this video is):
Remember the entries are judged on:
Sound Quality: does this shit 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? O shit we have never heard that sound before? Stuff like that.
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 Beat Battle League will be accepting submissions for Week Ten until October 25 at 11:59PM CDT / 4:59 UTC with the winners being announced on Thursday, October 26.
The prize pool is as follows:
FIRST PLACE WINNER: 65 Whaleshares + 20 SBD for a total of 85 Points
SECOND PLACE WINNER: 50 Whaleshares + 10 SBD for a total of 60 Points
THIRD PLACE WINNER: 40 Whaleshares + 6 SBD for a total of 46 Points
FOURTH PLACE WINNER: 30 Whaleshares + 4 SBD for a total of 34 Points
CROWD FAVORITE: 15 Whaleshares + 10 SBD + 5 SMOKE for a total of 30 Points
The crowd favorite can be awarded to any Steemian with any entry this week. So the first place winner could win additional rewards or it could be another Steemian. All depends on you the Steemit community :)
Thank you to all the members of the League so far and we appreciate all the time, effort, and resources you put into your entries each week.
For the results of Week Nine of the League go here: @chiefmappster/beat-battle-league-week-nine-results
Remember all points earned in the League’s leaderboard at http://www.beatbattleleague.com/ are part of the Steemit Music League.
The goal of the Steemit Music League is to create an avenue for real, positive change for Steemians with dreams in the music industry.
The Steemit Music League aims to provide long-term recognition, feedback, and rewards for Steemians with the ultimate goal of creating synergy among its members so that they can help each other achieve their dreams.
We are so excited to see what this community and epic Steemians can create this week. Thank you again for all you do and we appreciate the opportunity to enjoy your music each week.
