You too can do what I do for Open Mic.

in #ilovetheopenmic6 years ago (edited)

Five weeks. Just five weeks ago I discovered Open Mic, listened to all the songs, and decided I would make a post featuring some of my favorite ones. There weren't any prizes then, and I wasn't expecting any upvotes. I got some, and I don't even think they were on purpose, but the point of that post was never to be profitable, so I gave out some prizes. 1 SBD/song isn't much of a tip, but it's something. I kept doing it. And somehow it kept growing.

I never asked permission, I never even told anyone from Open Mic I was doing it. That's kind of my thing; eighteen years ago doing something very similar I ended up in a fight with Harlan Ellison. I'd say I'm glad Harlan isn't on Steemit but given his attitude toward technology that was never much of a risk.

There are people out there who like to complain that Open Mic doesn't reward people the way they wish it would. And I want to say to those people: you can be the change you want to see. I don't know that I had a real feeling that Open Mic wasn't rewarding people the way I thought it should; I thought then (and still do) that the rewards are kind of top-heavy, but I'm sure the people running the contest have reasons for doing it that way.

What I did think was that I wanted songwriting that fits my taste to be rewarded more than it was, not because Open Mic was doing it wrong, but because I want more of it here. I put a lot of work into continually finding new music in the outside world, and it's nice to have a place where it essentially comes to me.

Eventually some people started noticing, and in each of the fourth and fifth weeks I did this I was able to give out 27 SBD to the featured songwriters. Not because I'm rich, but because I'm dedicated to the post not making a profit, and people keep voting it. Going forward my goal is to have the combination of my Open Mic entry and my curation entry essentially break even, so I'm funding it a little with my rewards from playing the game, but I don't have to bring in any money from outside.

That not only means that it should be sustainable, it means anyone can do the same if they want to. You don't even necessarily have to include your own entry or even make one. Make a curation post. Distribute the rewards from the curation posts to the musicians you're featuring. Look for the qualities that you want to see get rewarded more.

I'm fortunate enough to have some autovote support, and first-mover advantage on this may mean it's harder for you to get some of the votes I've been getting. But when I started doing this I had no expectation that it was going to become anything more than me appreciating a few songwriters, and five weeks later it has become a significant reward on top of the regular prizes the official Open Mic crew put out.

Give it a try. See how it grows. I'll pledge a 100% upvote to any independent Open Mic curation post that operates on the non-profit principle, and every week you make one I'll buy you a @steembasicincome share. I'm a lot smaller than @pfunk but I'm a place to start.

Added later: SBI created a special room on their Discord just for this, if anyone wants to talk about it or post their curation posts there. Joseph chose the tag #openmicsupport for the room and I like it and it's unused, so I'm making it the tag for the challenge here too.

100% of the SBD rewards from this post will go to Open Mic.

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This really touched me to so extent, the desire to feed you want supersede your gain, I believe if a lot of people could emulate you on this note it would be more cool since promoting people has been your watchword, by so doing you are actually getting people attention. I'm going to try and put this into practice.

It's been getting me a fair amount of attention at the same time. Some of those same people have been voting my other posts. It's a great example of how supporting others can be beneficial here.

Brilliant, thanks for sharing with me

There are people out there who like to complain that Open Mic doesn't reward people the way they wish it would. And I want to say to those people: you can be the change you want to see.

BOOOM!

Thanks for being part o the community. We appreciate your contributions to musicians and your support.

P.S. - I thought you should know this guy just plagiarized your post word for word.

https://steemit.com/ilovetheopenmic/@udokon/you-too-can-do-what-i-do-for-open-mic

Thanks. For some reason that's been happening to me a fair bit. I'm not as nice as you are, I just went ahead and made a SteemCleaners report.

Good and you should.

Yaaasss!! I loooove this so much! It's like creating a play list from all the open mic entries. I can not express how much I support this. Re-steeming now.

I don't follow #openmic, but I love this idea and I fully support this initiative.

It's the thing where you're giving out shares to the featured authors on @thedailysneak that made me think of doing it this way.

Oh, cool, it's good to hear the ripples are spreading...

All my initiatives are based on the idea that I should do what I can about what I think is broken, instead of just complaining about it. As you said:

And I want to say to those people: you can be the change you want to see.

Wow. This is such a great initiative and inspiring at the same time. When you expect nothing then circumstances surprise you in the best way possible. I can see how that can make one desire to be associated with people who are out here for the passion. Passion first, money second. Rooting for your success.
Xo

Good one brother, appreciate the good work you do here on Steemit!

excelente bro sigue asi, me encata tu post

EXCELLENT REASONING FRIEND, OPEN MIC NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

enjoying what you do with open mic is more important than the recollection you can get, when you do it with love it happens as it happened to you