Yidneth Music and Art and Curation Post + engagement mini-contest (comments rewards)
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Spreading more love thanks to @msp-makeaminnow
Most of you know me (I hope) because of my music, photography and illustrations... (or the girl obsessed with rats). I consider myself an artist (good or bad doesn't matter) and that is something you feel inside your spirit... the need to create and share... Still, I would be lying if not telling that we artists share because we long to reach, to touch a heart, to make the strings of the souls vibrate, to provoke thoughts, to inspire, to be inspired back with your love... And we all wish not to echo on silent halls... we want our art mean something to others...
So this post is not about my art...
I am doing this curation posts thanks to a temporary delegation from @msp-makeaminnow (thanks)
Here you can check previous one about high quality posting
Engagement mini-contest. I'll reward three of the comments with 1 STEEM (Read guidelines)
I will give 3 STEEM (1 Steem each) to the most engaging comments/reviews. The idea is that you find a Steemian musician or visual artist that you like and you leave a meaningful review/comment about the piece of art they're sharing on their profile (wether if you upvote them or not is up to you, but at least leave your opinion and encouragement). You can come here and drop in comments your review and of course a link to the post where you leave it. I'll check most meaningful feedback (good post, nice, etc will be discarded, comment has to show you have listened/watched or read what you are reviewing) and aware 1 steem each to the 3 I find more successful in engagement.
- Leave a in depth comment/review to your favourite artist (musician, visual artist, writer). Leave the feedback on their profile (upvote them if you can)
- Post your comment here in the comments with a link to the artist you reviewed so I can check previous step was done.
- I will review 3 more engaging reviews and gift 1 steem to the best comments after this post expires. I will announce it in forthcoming curation posts.
So go and make your favourite artists happy
This is an reminder that sometimes we do appreciate fellow artists but we FORGET to leave a comment here on blockchain so it stays and encourages them.
Music Curation
@Pechichemena - Alas de Polvo (Wings of Dust) for Open MIC week 103
@Pechichemena is on fire... for the last four weeks in a row he has been among my favourites in @openmic contest... I can't recall how many times we have seen him participating... but did you know he's never known so far? He is so humble, so talented, and the level of production of the last four weeks has been levelled up so professionally featuring beautiful harmonies and of course his live singing. He has a very unusual high range voice that can go from low to very high, and the heart of a poet. He sings in Spanish but ALWAYS provide the lyrics translation into English, so even if I think his voice and skills are able by themselves to convey the vibe and feeling of the song... do not miss his words, because he is a storyteller and a master of metaphors... In a time where mainstream music takes you to "I love you, babe", "take my breath away" "close your eyes" uuh and aaahhhs, here there are songs of further depth and open to different interpretations.
You took flight only your new wings made of Dust...
So go and vote on @pechichemena entry and leave your feedback there :)
@darrenclaxton and @davidfar Epic collaboration project Broken Ocean
What can I say... It's EPIC. That's the word right in capitals. My favourite genre is film music and I tend to listen to lots of fantasy and epic, I simply loved the production values, and we all know Darren is a talented singer-songwriter, with seriously gifted vocals but the collaboration brought the song to an entire new level... almost a mainstream level.
The song is called "Stay where you fall" and has also moody soaring lyrics
you can listen to it on Choon
https://choon.co/tracks/0qziubtdfxf/stay-where-you-fall/
But do not forget to visit the steemit post and drop your feedback on their post about it:
Serena Matthews aka @paintingangels
She does it again and she does always, her haunting voice is smooth and soft but never frail... always vulnerable, raw, open... the spirit of a poet always seeping through simple songs that stay with you. Here she talks about beauty and the insecurities as we, women grow old... I can see always your beautiful, your gown is not faded anyway... but even when we get all worn and haggard... I hope the one that loves me always can see beyond it. We should never miss the fact true beauty lies inside... yet you are beautiful inside and outside, Serena. But I loved the song... I face as a middle aged woman those kind of insecurities...
She always hits my soul in the right places...
This song is best listened with a cup of tea, perfect for moody rainy days....
-https://steemit.com/dsound/@paintingangels/20180914t145422771z-beautys-colors
ART CURATION
Peter Gric @gric is a painter... that's the simple quote under his profile... but really there is no need of words to express the quality of his work... evocative and thought provoking... open to many interpretations... For me it speaks of the contamination of Earth. The earthy feminine figure, like a seed underground... it reminds me to life on earth, and then the industrials elements of our poisoning to it... of course there may be other interpretations and I'd be glad to see the artist joining us to express his ideas... but this is what I felt when I saw it and felt moved and I'm indeed a Nature lover. I also liked her muted colour palette, it gives the piece the air of an old painting from centuries ago but at the same time including industrial elements and that adds a new almost dystopian sci-fi dimension to it.
@maysi-art
Sculptor maisy-art is bringing to life fantasy beings
https://steemit.com/sculpture/@maysi-art/my-miniature-witch-is-done
It is true the whole account would benefit better of longer posts with more works in progress pictures (she usually shares pictures of the process as she works through) but we are also here to advice on that. Despite the short post the work offered speaks by itself...
Witches, fairies, fantasy beings... all brought to life at petite scale with delicious delicacy and detail.
So we'd recommend Maysi-art maybe to make her posts longer and compile the step by step she shares with us compiling them together along with the final piece. But I could not help but to include it here because I feel it's a talent that's been a bit under the radar
POETRY and WRITING CURATION
@katrina-ariel posted Knots in the Weaving
We are hold by fraying bonds but also tangled by them. We are all connected, and she writes beautifully about this fabric, this weft, this loom... Life is a tapestry like she says, woven of light and time, emotions and memories.
here an excerpt of Katrina's poem go to her post to read it in full
The tapestry is knotted, scarred,
Gnarled like a tree,
Each tangle an echo of tumbles
As I’ve learned how to be me.
But it grows, this field of experience,
This living, quilt-like trance.
The more I let the goddess lead,
The easier it is to dance
@Snook and Little Blue Heron
Snook has a gift for storytelling... and also for narrating her own words which she usually does, but this short story made me feel the time to take flight has come, that sometimes we must take a leap and just go for the sky... even if we are aware we might not make it... It requires faith and hope. A compelling little story. It will take you a couple of minutes as its short but intense
The day had finally come. It was time. His time. Time leave the nest but not like the rest. He knew deep in his bones he was made different than all the rest. Today was his. His time to fly. Places unknown, waiting just for him.
Curations of the curators
As I said in my previous curation post, we are all curators... and we're grateful of course to the big initiatives but also to the individuals taking the time and effort to shout out about others... It doesn't matter if you're a plankton or a dolphin, you have a voice.
I will do a forthcoming post about this particular topic, but as this is a curation of Music and Art post I have to remind everybody of someone that has been doing this work on a weekly basis
Curation of curation.... cura-inception?
Above: the lovely and talented @isaria
So here my curation of curator pick though there will be more of it in a forthcoming post as I say:
Above and featured you can see @isaria featured as singer-songwriter, but she is not only a talented musician but also a compromised curator and Steemit patron that has supported musicians and artists. Ever since I joined myself Steemit she has been there every week to encourage through her curation shows and curatin contests. So inmensely grateful not only because of her own music she shares with us but her will always to help others.
Snibby the cat has a curation music and and art contest EVERY WEEK.
https://steemit.com/contest/@isaria/msp-music-and-art-curation-contest-brought-to-you-by-snibby-the-cat-week-30-25-steem-prize
(Note: every Monday there is a new post so if this post is expired by the time you read this please upvote ANY of the MANY curation initiatives) on @isaria profile. I willt try to edit this post tomorrow with the new week round as well as fully upvote it of course.
And I highly recommend her last dlive, because we all have moments where we need encouragement and this lady deserves precisely that. And because besides being an ARTIST and an CURATOR she proves once more Steemit is about PEOPLE and she opens there to talk spirit to spirit, openly and honestly.
And do not miss her last song "Shroud"
https://steemit.com/dsound/@isaria/20180915t185831451z-shroud--my-original-song
Other curations of the day I've fully upvoted:
@juliakponsford offers a selection of highlighted artists on a regular basis:
- @tcpolymath curates his favourite open mic entries every week sending rewards to his selected artists
https://steemit.com/openmicsupport/@tcpolymath/unoffical-bonus-prizes-for-original-songs-in-english-instrumentals-for-open-mic-week-102
- @poeticsnake and the @yougotsnekked team are doing true goodness on steemit... every couple of days she and their curators team upload a selection of curated posts... They also opened a discord channel in which the values of manual curation are tried to be spread. I will talk more indepth about Snekky's project on my special CURATION OF CURATORS forthcoming post. But here the last "you got snekked" we fully upvoted too:
- https://steemit.com/curation/@yougotsnekked/you-got-snekked-curation-compilation-32
Contests of the day
Another good example to get creative minds work on something fun and artistic. Post is expired but the deadline of the contest is active until early october, so feel free to upvote any other post by her instead, but I link though to the guidelines of the contest... The idea is super FUN you need to sample 5 common objects (pans, spoons, glasses, your dog barking... WHATEVER) and sing on top. It can be HILARIOUSLY fun or it can be SERIOUSLY EXPERIMENTAL... I'm a bit against deadlines but I absolutely love the idea... so do not miss this one! :)
Above: me tuning glass cups... yes, I don't know if I'm meeting deadline or not but I'm totally going to give a go to this! :)
And if you are a musician or artist keep an eye to participate on next round of biweekly I-talent hosted by @ivan.atman and sposores by @gtg and @curie and the weekly @openmic hosted by @luzcypher and sponsored by @pfunk.
Plenty of chances for your music and art to find a way to be seen and hopelly even a reward.
Charities of the Day
@Lindahas has shared with us another week to collect funds for healthy snacks for A the @SchoolForSDG4 project but the STEEM
And once more thanks very much to @msp-makeaminnow for this opportunity of being a "bigger minnow" for a month so I can spread more love to you all.
Priscilla Hernandez
singer-songwriter & illustrator
http://yidneth.com
This is such a wonderful curation post....amazing picks!
And thank you so much for your kind and supportive words, it means so much to me Pris.❤️
Aww that's cos you're the best... How could I do a CURATION OF MUSIC AND ART and not mention you... you're absolutely the beacon for this. And I am well aware you were among the first if not the first who spot me out when I barely joined as wee plankton here. You know I do admire your music a lot (in fact I'm up for a collaboration when things get less hectic). Eerie and haunting fantasy is my favourite thing so :) right there! But your work as curator is not unnoticed, I think manual curation (in such rigged game times) is the goodess of this platform... so yes... Expect more tagging cos I have this extra delegation for four weeks, and next topic around is CURATION OF CURATIONS, I want to list all initiatives as yours and snekky and c-square, photomag and many others the small teams with maybe not that much power of vote but enormous encouragement... My time to say thanks back!
I was waiting to have the time to properly respond to this :)
Thank you so much Pris for the feature in this post .. I'm deeply flattered by it , that you like my music and think ''i'm on fire'' too :P hahaha!
It always feels good to have a friend recognize you and specially one that I also respect a lot as a fellow musician and composer ( and coffee lover ) Thank you so much for your attention to the lyrics .. I really try and put some brain into those .. finding the words is not always easy and I really want the message of a particular song to convey the story . Lyrics go so overlooked these days and I find that to be sad.. You can easily lose me if the lyrics are meh..
I know you are big into stories , I always admire good story tellers .. the music is just a vessel for that :D
Much love and cookies
Pechi
Awww Pechi, this comment just made my day, these past few days I've not been much around because I have some friends visiting, so trying my best to keep up, but just arrived, I read this and I go to bed with a big smile on my face. :)
By the way there is a mini contest in the curation post :) that I think I'll continue if people participate, it's just going to ANY artist you admire and leave a meaningful feedback, then come here and give me a link, I'll reward with 1 steem the 3 best "review/feedbacks" and on the other hand you get a lucky artist reviewed
I have to be honest here and say you are the best person to have gotten this delegation. I am beyond impressed with how you have taken to heart the honor that was bestowed on you.
Once again you show your beautiful spirit of giving even when I know you are so busy doing all you do for each song you create.
I don't know how you do it!! but a sweeter person, that somehow made me Like Rats I have never met.
Thank You also for picking my story. It was fun to write and it makes my heart happy to know it touched you in some way as everything you do does me
Please don't forget to rest. You ARE needed in this world and many more like YOU!
Awwww you're very sweet, your comment says the same thing about you moon haired raspy giggling fellow fairy sister :). I really meant it, it was a lovely piece, and I enjoy your tales for children (with deeper layers of interpreation). I've got used to your voice too and well I thought that usually art curations are forgetting poets and writers... and though I don't have the time to review super long things I can at least make the discipline show. There will be more rounds, I have this extra delegation for four weeks, so I'll be doing some love rounds.
oh my you can tell.. hectic is not the word, hell busy it is... balancing to rest, having visits, two concerts to prepare, a wealth of doctor appointments... resting and posting here is changelling at least until mid October, but I'll try my best to make the best of this "boosting power" I've got for the month... It cannot be "unused" it was an award I was given to give love to others, and thus I'll do.
I did nothing but highlight your talent... and I did cos I meant it.
On the other hand there is a little challenge in this post, if you go to ANY artist and leave a comment of feedback about a piece of their work, music, art or writing that is meaningful, youcan come here and share the link to the "interation" and if I see it's meaningful (not, a nice post, dude) you will enter in the selection of best comments, best three are awarded 1 steem each, it's to encourage people to leave feedback to the artists (not here, but in their profile) I just need the link or a repost here of the comment to make sure I read it.
Happy to see you spreading the love to artists and musicians with the delegation <3
My pleasure. Next is curate curation initiatives and zero-land (severely underrated content) and I hope to do a few rounds. There is a previous post and poll about high quality posting.
You are using your 'new power' so well @yidneth. I often make far too long comments, so I never thought of sharing them in a contest, that'd be fun. You should check out @ddschteinn he does wonderfully humourous things, and we are always joking about how we leave novel length comments to people :)
Drop me a link here to any of your comments and you are in. Yes i thought a good comment can make our day as artists and wanted to reward that. You can win 1 steem making someone else happy.
This week is super hectic for me but will catch up a plenty next. Still trying to be around when I can doing my best
@mayneth, An integral musician
An integral musician can surprise you by playing his guitar, his piano, his drums or any other instrument, this is the case of @mayneth. A this great talent has done very well in steemit and it's not a matter of luck, it's a matter of talent and quality, I was perpelejo when I met him because he is very versatile, although i had known integral musicians I had never met one with so much talent and dexterity.
I had the opportunity to compete with him and other friends in the "sing it" contest in his 7th week (by @betamusic), and I was placed behind him, that ... for anyone, it's a pride.
being as good as he is ... I had to invite you to visit him! So that you perceive the skill of which so much I speak.
Post link
P.D. Beautiful initiative, let's continue supporting our artists
Hello @yidneth, I congratulate you for this beautiful "post" and give us the opportunity to express ourselves and make others happy with our comments, in this opportunity I wanted to refer to the brother @cabelinsay that I admire and appreciate a lot. Greetings friend and success always.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@cabelindsay/steemit-open-mic-week-103-so-many-angels-original-song
Hey, thanks so much for this nomination, brother! I sure appreciate your encouragement with the music. Like you, I greatly admire @yidneth and her creative spirit. This new initiative of hers feels brilliant and beautiful to me, and I'm delighted to be mentioned here among these wonderful artists. You yourself are a wonderful artist too, you know, and so your nomination is very meaningful.
You are welcome and thanks also for the lovely compliment,
you can also participate yourself leaving a feedback to any artist you may find underrated or simply want to make happy by a meaningful comment (something that proves you read, listen or enjoy their work) if posting here a mention of who you commented to and what, you'll participate in the mini-contest as well..: I'll reward 3 most encouraging comments :) and I think I'm encouraged to keep on doing these :)
That little witch made my day 💚
You are doing great with these curation posts of yours and putting really a lot of effort into them, very nice!
I am going to have the deletation for four weeks, these first two I'm super hectic but the other two I will try to do even more rounds of it featuring the four themes: high quality, music/art/writing, curation of curators and underrated (zerolanders), so anything fitting please feel free to suggest and I will try to have a look. There is a little engagement contest int his very post... if you go and post a comment that is meaningful to your favourite artist, poet or visual artist and show me it's meaningful and significant you can win 1 steem just for making another artist happy. :) Guidelines are at the beginning of the post.
i'll keep trying my best.
This post was shared in the Curation Collective Discord community for curators, and upvoted and resteemed by the @c-squared community account after manual review.
Thanks always for the support and recognition, it always makes my day!
This is such an amazing thing you do for Awsome people and their talents 😊 so many amazing artists and posts. I will check them out.
Thank you for sharing... Loved this 💖🤗💖
There is a little challenge at the beginning of the post, maybe I've not highlighted it enough cos everyone is missing to participate and it's super easy. If you go to your favourite artist song, painting or poem and you leave a long meaningful feedback to them, you can come here, and show me a link to your "interaction" and if I find it among the best 3 commenters i will send 1 steem to each of the selected... takes nothing but making "someone else" happy.