My Week Of Thoughts - Day 6 - Should we celebrate milestones? A little STEEM musical journey.
This is a series of automated posts since I'm out of town for a week , I'll be catching up with comments whenever I can get my hands on some WI-FI but my interaction will be limited
Finally I got some connection to post though it is really bad.. so I hope I am able to post this by the time I am done writing it ..hahaha .. I'm currently on the south of Argentina , on the surroundings of Bariloche on some sort of tour , which actually feels a lot like vacation :D . I'll be playing a couple venues around here but in the meantime I get to enjoy some nature and be a bit of a tourist :P
I have never been too much of a fan of celebrating milestones as I sometimes feel like it's like putting a ''stop'' and an ''I made it'' sign on front of myself and I've always been a person who just likes to keep moving.. I think I am slowly learning to stop and enjoy a little more , as life in general is not a race and there is not really a place to arrive but more of what we make of the journey.
I only think I did another milestone post in my whole time on Steemit and it was also while being outside of the city , while I was taking some time off in Ecuador .. It seems that traveling outside of my usual routine lets me freshen up and stop to ''enjoy the view'' a bit better.
So , getting out of my ''comfort zone'' , here's my milestone:
- I have now participated 46 times on the Steemit Open Mic Contest!
It's a crazy number for me ! Thinking of how I was so reluctant to participate the very first time because I though no one would care about any one of my songs , I entered because @meno insisted over and over .. so I just went for it .. to my surprise at the very next day I saw I had gotten a $100 + @curie upvote and flooded with supportive and welcoming comments .. I was completely mind-blown! One of the very first ones that commented on my music was @passion-ground who wasn't even a judge at that time , that incentive kicked me to try for a 2nd entry and so on ... I'm still here ..46 entries later .. it's crazy for me at all levels. Also it kicked my desire to record an album.. which is finally on it's last stages.. So I can really say both the @openmic family and @curie changed my whole direction as an artist and musician .. so , I can only give them my most sincere and biggest thank you! from the heart.
When I reached 21 entries I did the first Open Mic milestone and I shared my story a bit better :
Also , my last open mic entry "El Molino'' won first place! though I never entered to ''fight for the prize'' I am so honored I got this recognition and also it happened on the 2-year anniversary of the Open Mic! So ... I'm happy :) .. Life is good! All the love to the whole family @luzcypher , @soundlegion , @verbal-d , @krystle , @passion-ground and fakenews @meno . All the cookies!
The contest has kept me practicing and trying new things and I can really see a different artist 46 entries later.. so I can only thank you for that and.. well... I hope at some point I am writing another milestone post like this one :D
Not to make this post too long.. Here is the 2nd part of my Open Mic Journey so far:
Open Mic Entries - 2nd part
22.Steemit Open Mic week #70 - Mi sueño de hoy (Luis Alberto Spinetta) Cover song.
23.Steemit Open Mic Week #71 - Ambar Violeta (Fito Paez) cover song
24.Steemit Open Mic Week #72 - Bossa di somewhere- Original Song
25.Steemit Open Mic week 73- I want you back ( Jackson 5 ) Cover song.
26.Steemit Open Mic Week 74 - Unaware ( Allen Stone ) Cover song.
27.Steemit Open Mic Week 75 - Sendas del Pasado
28.Steemit Open Mic Week 77 - Pensamiento de caracol(Gustavo Pena)
29. Steemit Open Mic Week 78 - El Balcon
30.Steemit Open Mic Week 79 - Moon Hanging low (@paintingangels - Serena Matthews ) Cover song.
31. Steemit Open Mic Week 81 - Las Cosas Tienen Movimiento (Fito Paez)
32. Steemit Open Mic Week 82 - Al otro lado del rio (Jorge Drexler)
33.Steemit Open mic week 84 - Momentos
34. Steemit Open Mic week 86 - Don't you worry about a thing (Stevie Wonder)
35. Steemit Open Mic week 87 - Sea (Jorge Drexler)
36. Steemit Open Mic week 91 - Lejos
37. Steemit Open Mic week 94 - 12 segundos de oscuridad
38. Steemit Open Mic week 96 - Reflejos
39. Steemit Open Mic week 100 - El Balcon
40. Steemit Open Mic week 101 - Otro Tren
41. Steemit Open Mic week 102 - El Faro
42. Steemit Open Mic week 103 - Alas de Polvo
43. Steemit Open Mic week 104 - El Molino
Bonus :
44. Steemit Open Mic Week 85 - Moving On - Song Written and produced in collaboration with @silentscreamer
45. Steemit Open Mic Week 104 - @passionground Mega Mash up!
46. Steemit Open Mic Week 93 - Come my Way - produced for @lillywilton
We celebrate when we have so many lambos we need another garage.
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hahahah I'm working towards a bicycle for now :p
Wowwwwww - 46 times is HUGE and it's a whole part of Steemit I know exists but I'm not really a part of. Amazing. I'm listening your first entry now and it sounds awesome. Glad you are engaged in such a beautiful and supportive community on Steem <3
Thank you so much @soyrosa ! maybe i'll do another milestone when I hit 100 ? who knows ;) ! for what I can say it has given me a reason to keep practicing and sharing music , before this I was just producing ( I still do.. I love it ) but having such a nice community to share it with makes me want to continue . Thanks for dropping by and sorry for the late response! catching up.. was out of town :P ! <3<3
Drinking mate! :P
i loved hearing how your voice and confidence has progressed, and seeing your hair grow past your shoulders! i especially liked the stevie wonder song. fun post!
Thank you Tori :) ! hahahah.. definitely you can see the pass of time through the hair :P ! I need a haircut soon ! Thank you for dropping by for a listen ! I'm back in town finally :) . $cookie
WE love you Pechi ;) Smile
its amazing to see how often you get in there and its good to know you will get in same amount again ;)
Im so happy to have you in my list which is named as FRIENDS
awww thank you bembel for the words :) .. you are also on my list of good friends .. you have a good heart and I'm always glad and grateful to have you around for a chat . will be catching up.. finally back at home!
I know you will be back, but its YOUR time and not STEEMITS TIME... Im really proud about you to see, your steps which you go....
Im happy to have some FRIENDS like YOU all around this world... It shows me up again me hit 10 Billion People on this Earth how it could be possible to meet the right ones at the next door ;)
I always knew we re more than germany americans or what ever... We are Earthlings and opur politics need to start to understand this same way...
Im always say who build up Borders to hold people out there dont lock em out we set us self into a jail... jep a big one but at least we re all locked in , into this systems... and its good to see... there loads of people around this world and it shows me up we re MISTER X and MISSES Y thinking same but the system do it another way...
Im proud to meet people like you your brother and lot of others, its time for a change... i hope we all will get it