Hey there! Hope you're having an awesome week :-) 8 days ago S02E02 of Bands About Bands started and today we want to kindly remind you that you'll have until May 24th to submit your awesome piece of writing.

Link to announcement post

Use our contest to give a proper shoutout to a band or artist you discovered on Steemit (or at least is on Steemit). Two awesome reviews have already been written this episode:

@ylich wrote a wonderful and extensive article about the lovely @yidneth. Click the post above to read this masterpiece!

@allbums wrote about the awesome steemian @jeffandhisguitar. Check it out by clicking the post above.

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 second episode. Contest will end on May 24th after which the Steemit community will have 1 day (May 25th) to vote for their favourite review.

Prize pool / rewards

15 SBD total prize pool. 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 for winning author

Every writer will get an additional 50 $INDIE for participating

$INDIE is the brand-agnostic reward token on Bitshares of The Indie Alliance - a collective of global Arts projects and blockchain awards brands.

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 and @that.bass.guy wrote about #ScaleTheSummit.

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.