## A music-centric community content series, Music Today highlights past & upcoming events, news, Steemit Music community personalities, and content created within the Steemit Music community.
### Music Today was created to streamline current Steemit Music operations, increase awareness of the Steemit Music community on this platform and others, and raise support for ongoing community activities.
The post payouts of Music Today go to achieving these three main goals.
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### Today marks the second issue of Music Today.
Topics discussed in this issue of Music Today are:
- #### information and results from this past week's events from the Beat Battle , the Rap Challenge, and other events in the Steemit Music community
- #### incredible content created from all over the Steemit Music community
- #### information and schedule of upcoming events from all over the Steemit Music community.
Future issues of Music Today will also include interviews of individuals within the Steemit Music community. Leader of Steemit, @alao , is finishing up the touches on our first interview. Stay tuned to find out more behind the man, the myth , the legend, @alao .
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#### The first topic discussed in this issue of Music Today is the results from this past week's Steemit Music community competitions and challenges. Here are the results from three (3) Steemit Music community events:
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## For Beat Battle League results go here: https://steemit.com/beatbattle/@chiefmappster/beat-battle-week-one-results
## For Rap challenge results go here: https://steemit.com/rapchallenge/@rondonson/steemit-rap-challenge-week-8-winners-announced-breakdown-and-analysis-sponsored-by-decentralizd-rondonson-and-alao
## For Open Mic Night results go here: https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/steemit-open-mic-week-43-winners-see-who-won-open-mic-and-join-us-this-week
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A digest of amazing content created by members of the Steemit Music community is the second topic discussed in Music Today: Issue Two.
## The first of amazing content highlighted in this issue of Music Today is @vandigital 's freakin epic life piece titled: "How I Learned to Make Beats (Produce) and Why Y'all Have It So Easy Now!"
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@vandigital you freakin knocked it out of the park with this piece of content. You shared amazing life history with the community, taught us some serious knowledge, and shared some amazing, unique images and media. You deserve all the recogntion you got on this bad boy. Keep doing great things my brother.
#### Check out his epic piece of content here: https://steemit.com/music/@vandigital/how-i-leaned-to-make-beats-produce-in-1992-and-why-y-all-have-it-so-easy-now
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## @verbal-d 's amazing Steemit original piece of content titled: "Melodious Music Memoirs # 46: Official Song Release Of "I Flow" (Original Song)" is the second piece of awesome content created by the Steemit Music community highlighted in this issue of Music Today.
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I really enjoyed this piece of Steemit Original content because of how you involved two Steemians and made it a freakin soul hit. I feel like I was listening to a song on the radio man. Congrats again on this epic piece of content. you just keep producing for this Steemit Music community. Props to you man. Namaste :)
#### If you haven't heard the epic song yet and read the lyrics go here: https://steemit.com/originalmusic/@verbal-d/melodious-music-memoirs-46-official-song-release-of-i-flow-original-song
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The third and final piece of amazing content created by the Steemit Music community is @benja 's epic piece of content titled: "Steemit #Rapchallenge Week 8 Submission - Stop Foolin' Yourself."
https://youtu.be/N1gbnYeBYN0
Man @benja this is one of the best musical performances I have ever experienced. Your lyrics, flow, delivery, and energy were at all-time highs. I got goosebumps every time I listened to it, which has been several times haha. Last time I saw it was at 33 views and I don't know if you know the importance of 33 in numerology but it's the shit haha.
## I can't wait for the world to experience your music, energy, and positivity. You really are going to go down as one of the all-time greats. If you don't believe me bookmark this shit and come back in a year :)
#### Check out this most epic performance with full lyrics (love it) here: https://steemit.com/rapchallenge/@benja/steemit-rapchallenge-week-8-submission-stop-foolin-yourself
And if you want a full analysis of @benja and all the contestants of this week's past Rap challenge go here:
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#### The third and final topic discussed in this issue of Music Today is the schedule for this upcoming week's events. Schedule of events is below. If you have a Steemit Music community event you want included in Music Today's next issue, just comment below.
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#### This concludes Issue Two of Music Today. Stay tuned for Issue Three in a few days.
Make sure to follow @alao for information from some of the leaders of the Steemit Music community.
#### All post proceeds go to streamlining current Steemit Music community operations, increasing awareness of the music community to the whole platform and others, and support ongoing community activities.
#### Thank you as always for your time, support. and attention. It really means the world to mean, thanks again :)
## Namaste
@chiefmappster
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Just came across this! Awesome initiative @chiefmappster. Why don't you create another account dedicated to this? I am sure a lot of whales here would be ready to support this idea, may be delegate some SP so that you can also help the artists you put up in the music today issue? Maybe build a team around where you can have writers, researchers, etc working together to move ***Music Today*** forward? Don't know what your plan is but just throwing some ideas 😊 Also @benja that was dope man!! 🙌🏽
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Wow no that is the vision man holy smokes. I would love that. Let me know what the next step is. I love this place so definitely don't mind doing my part buddy. And right mannnnn one of the many reasons why I love the Steemit Music community sick artists like @benja o weeee
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Ya man! This can be like the Rolling Stone Magazine of Steemit. 😎 Are you on discord? We can catch up there.
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Hi @chiefmappster. Beats aren't my cupper, but here I am shamelessly drawing attention to something I wrote for the HardFork series. It'd be great if you told me whether or not it's quintuple legendary :-) See you around.
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Uhhhhhh yeah thank you so much for always reaching out. One day an easy chat functionality will be integrated. One can hope haha. On it buddy :)
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:-)
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This post received a 2.9% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @alao! For more information, [click here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@randowhale/randowhale-is-now-only-1-steem-sbd-per-vote-spread-the-news)!
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Wow thank you so much means the world o weeeee thanks again bud :)
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Big baller! Without music, life would be incomplete! I always listen to whatever type of music on my spotify or youtube whenever I'm on my laptop. Without music, I feel that there's something missing. Ayyyy! Namaste! :-D
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Ayyyyyyy you speak the truth o weee music is life they say :) Thanks as always for being you. Namaste :)
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See you in the US when I go wakeboarding! And bring a big ass speaker so we can listen to your music! Namaste! :D
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