On Bands About Bands, Steemian artists write a review about a fellow Steemian band or artist. We invite all of you to give a proper shoutout to a band or artist you discovered on Steemit, or is active on Steemit. 28 (!!!) amazing reviews have now been written so far.

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# In this post

- Rules / How to enter episode 3
- Prize pool / rewards episode 3
- Bands About Bands contestants season 1,2 and 3

We've come up with a reward structure that rewards all writers. All writers will earn SBD when competing this season. Thanks to @prc's (@dsound) support, the total prize pool will be **40 SBD** in season 4 and **10 SBD** in episode 1. 

# Rules / How to enter season 4 episode 1

- Follow this account (@ftlob)
- Resteem this post *(optional but helps promoting this contest)*
- 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 (Choon, 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)
- Submit your entry on August 27th at the latest.
- You have 8 days to enter this third episode. Contest will end on August 27th 23:59 CEST after which the Steemit community will have 24 hours to vote for their favourite review. 

# Prize pool / rewards
### 5 STEEM will be devided between all writers and bands/artists (75% writers / 25% bands/artists).
E.g. 5 contestants = 0,75 STEEM per writer + 0,25 SBD per band/artist 
### First prize 5 STEEM shared similarly between author and band/artist

On top of this, we’ll reward every entry (that qualifies) with 50 $INDIE. 
> $INDIE is the brand-agnostic reward token of The Indie Alliance - a collective of global Arts projects and blockchain awards brands. Sign up to [Bitshares](https://wallet.bitshares.org/?r=spawning-ro) to be able to receive them.


*With STEEM value dropping, the rewards pool might decrease.*

# Previous Bands About Bands contestants
@pechichemena 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 @ravenmus1c about @newenx @seenitallfilms about @juxtamusic @samprock about @juxtamusic, @plugdeux about @Shakazula and @thexreposts about @spawnband @allbums about @junkfeathers @davenavarro about @spawnband, @grizzle about @theturtleproject, @d-vine about @edprivat, @allbums about @ko-may, @ando79 about @tonesbeach @that.bass.guy about #ScaleTheSummit@jonmagnusson about @nakedverse @ylich about @yidneth @allbumsabout @jeffandhisguitar @d-vine about @onemedia @allbums about @nathankaye @ylich about @helyorsini @allbums about @faithcalls@davenavarro about @nostosmus @onemedia about @d-vine @yidnethabout @paintingangels and @davenavarro about @gjart 

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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

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Currently the following are the nine (9) contests in the Steemit Music League which is part of the Steemit Music Alliance (SMA) Click the tag to go to most recent related information]:
SMA | Contest Initiatives
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https://steemitimages.com/DQmUbrHbBjGCwB28cvRVJxMKFkn9bwhADEqnfsBrZkwbf58/image.png | **Steemit Music League Challenge** #smlchallenge (Hosted by @chiefmappster): An open music contest for rappers, MCs, singers, vocalists, musicians, and producers. 
https://steemitimages.com/DQmTcAnPt8CcjVYDUvudkoLpU5veDKM8deVv43J7MAyZuAy/image.png | **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. 
https://steemitimages.com/DQmVMgZbe7bQ83DwR6UTubMHb6qGatFsL6ZcyqYcqSFuDuR/image.png | **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. 
https://steemitimages.com/DQmTUsuW6K2Kfjgqm3YsiBa5rgKoFiMd4vr7LXWs3cUJPVB/image.png | **Chord Challenge** #chordchallenge (Hosted by @antminer): A weekly challenge for music producers to create music by using the provided chord progression.
https://steemitimages.com/DQmeF8CJsuu7uoFFULMthZEAfQAh3mAyVTopbY2Ad1qJZ1c/image.png | **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. 
https://steemitimages.com/DQmVqwhB5oUxobx56Ad2xMYzro745SBgCP93qjHof1Uabii/image.png | **Educator Showdown** #educatorshowdown (Hosted by @novili): A bi-weekly competition for people who make educational content revolving around music. 
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcQ8o9Xg9o2QWPjMkGTnruJZUuZgCfNMd4cMafRrszkiA/image.png) | **Poetry Slam** #poetryslam (Hosted by @jamesgetsit & @scuzzy): A weekly spoken word contest in the traditional poetry slam competition format.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmU4bh71TAxzi9yJKdc4d2FUTKrJkNhUStpTSbtLojFHjQ/image.png) | **Pitch Perfect** #pitchperfect (Hosted by @alejandra23): A weekly challenge for original music creators.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeZXqBmzGtjks7357PKZsSFTgAkYjMMWREzRCLixTd1rc/image.png) | **Bands About Bands** #BandsAboutBands (Hosted by @ftlob): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit.