Steemit Music League Challenge S2:R8 Update

Vocalists, musicians, rappers, and producers of all kinds there is still time to get your entries in for this round of the #smlchallenge.

You have until Saturday night, April 21st at 11:59 PM EST / 4:59 AM UTC to submit your entries with the winners being announced Sunday, April 22nd.

With seven (7) awesome entries in this round so far created by Steemians from all over the world, this is shaping up to be awesome round in the #smlchallenge .

Here are the details of the Steemit Music League Challenge Season Two Round #8:

Courtesy of OG Light & Love Shaman @danyelk

All you have to do is submit an original entry based off of the theme of the round using the tag #smlchallenge and/or comment the entry on any SML Challenge posts.

This week's theme is:

Latin Music

What a genre of music to be inspired and influenced by. That uptempo, get you moving Latin Music.

Anything from Latin ballads, Bolero music, Latin pop, reggaeton, Bachata music, to anything that includes those uptempo rhythms. So many styles of Latin Music to be influenced by.

Rappers, musicians, and vocalists can create that uptempo Latin-influenced tracks from the genres mentioned above or however this theme resonates with you. Rappers there is that Latin trap that is rapidly becoming more popular as well.

Producers can use those commonly found instruments in Latin music as inspiration and/or include those uptempo rhythms.

However this Latin Music theme resonates with you let's hear what creativity and inspiration you use to make this music that will having you upbeat and dancing.

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.

We don't want to exclude anyone so if DSound doesn't work for you please feel free to submit using the most convenient method for yourself.

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

Just make sure it's an original entry based off of the theme of the round and use the tag #smlchallenge and/or comment the entry on any SML Challenge posts.

Any type of music passion from singing to producing and everything in between is welcome. We are looking forward to be able to help these Steemians in the music community shine and receive the recognition and feedback they deserve.

You have until Saturday night, April 21st to submit your entries with winners will be announced Sunday, April 22nd.

Here are the seven (7) incredible entries so far for the Steemit Music League (SML) Challenge. Don't forget to support your favorites entries so they have a better chance on becoming the Community Favorite.

ENTRY ONE: @funkmedia

https://dsound.audio/#!/@funkmedia/20180412t172128379z-tu-mirada-funk-media-original-song--steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @funkmedia/20180412t172128379z-tu-mirada-funk-media-original-song--steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8

ENTRY TWO: @darrenclaxton

https://dsound.audio/#!/@darrenclaxton/20180415t213617317z-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-original-music-by-darren-claxton-nesecito-la-playa

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @darrenclaxton/20180415t213617317z-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-original-music-by-darren-claxton-nesecito-la-playa

ENTRY THREE: @onemedia

https://musicoin.org/nav/track/0x53b7da2cbe7db68ea0d048c03694594246059603

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @onemedia/bossa-doce-by-nowhere-near-latin-jazz-with-lite-electronica-streaming-mp3

ENTRY FOUR: @hilladigahackles

https://dsound.audio/#!/@hilladigahackles/20180416t205238302z-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-first-of-the-gang-to-die

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @hilladigahackles/20180416t205238302z-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-first-of-the-gang-to-die

ENTRY FIVE: @jonmagnusson

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @jonmagnusson/steemit-open-mic-week-81-jon-magnusson-el-mayor-cover-of-silvio-rodriguez-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r8-latin-theme

ENTRY SIX: @nakedverse

https://dsound.audio/#!/@nakedverse/20180419t161605182z-sma-latin-comp-deggsy

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @nakedverse/20180419t161605182z-sma-latin-comp-deggsy

ENTRY SEVEN: @d-vine

https://dsound.audio/#!/@d-vine/20180418t161945146z-l-t-h-by-d-vine-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-a-dsound-community-initiative

Support this Steemian here to increase their chance to win the Community Favorite prize: @d-vine/20180418t161945146z-l-t-h-by-d-vine-steemit-music-league-challenge-s2r8-a-dsound-community-initiative

And for a recap of the amazing twenty-two (22) entries of Round #7 of Season Two go here: @chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r7-results

The entries are judged off of the following:

Sound Quality,
Technicality,
Creativity, and
Relevance to theme

The prize pool is as follows:

FIRST PLACE WINNER: 8 STEEM + 50 Voiceshares for 58 points

SECOND PLACE WINNER: 4 STEEM + 34 Voiceshares for 38 points

THIRD PLACE WINNER: 2 STEEM + 29 Voiceshares for 31 points

FOURTH PLACE WINNER: 1 STEEM + 25 Voiceshares for 26 points

COMMUNITY FAVORITE: 20 Voiceshares for 20 points

The Community Favorite each week will be determined by the amount of upvotes, comments, views, and community support on their entry.

Round #8 of Season Two of the Steemit Music League Challenge will accept submissions until this Saturday (April 21st) at 11:59 PM CDT / 4:59AM UTC with winners being announced Sunday night (April 2nd).

Thank you for all the time, resources, and effort put into creating the amazing entries submitted so far. And we cannot wait to see what else Steemians have for the #smlchallenge.

The #smlchallenge 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 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 (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.

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 radio shows, Get a Needle on Your Record with @d-vine, @onemedia, & @seveaux and Manic Metal Mondays by @inthenow happening now.

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

Voiceshares and Whaleshares are tokens are on BitShares. So make sure you have a BitShares Wallet to receive.

All you need to do to receive your Voiceshares and Whaleshares is click here to create a Bitshares account here: https://wallet.bitshares.org/#/dashboard : )