<center>https://fortheloveofbands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bab-s03e01.jpg</center> <br/><h4>On Bands About Bands, Steemian artists pick up the pen and 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. 24 amazing reviews have now been written so far.</h4>
With 14 awesome reviews written in season 2, this was one heck of a season! We'll announce the winner of previous episode (S02E04) and also the winner of season 2 in this post. Furthermore, today marks the day that season 3, episode one starts.
<h1>In this post:</h1>
<ul>
 	<li>Rules / How to enter episode 1</li>
 	<li>Prize pool / rewards episode 1</li>
 	<li>Winner season 2, episode 4</li>
 	<li>Bands About Bands contestants season 1 and 2</li>
 	<li>Final results season 2 (winner ... )</li>
</ul>
Without further ado, we'd like to announce season 3 episode 1 of Bands About Bands today. We've come up with a reward structure that rewards all writers. <strong>All writers</strong> will earn SBD when competing this season. Thanks to @prc's (@dsound) support, the total prize pool will be <strong>60 SBD in season 3 and 15 SBD in episode 1</strong>.
<h1>Rules / How to enter</h1>
<ul>
 	<li>Follow this account (@ftlob)</li>
 	<li>Resteem this post</li>
 	<li>Write a minimum of 100 words about a Steemian band/artist’s song, album, EP or music video</li>
 	<li>Include a DSound / DTube link</li>
 	<li>Include links to other platforms (Musicoin, Spotify, Soundcloud)</li>
 	<li>Include artwork</li>
 	<li>Use #BandsAboutBands as tag</li>
 	<li>Tag the artist you're writing about</li>
 	<li>Include link to this contest</li>
 	<li>Add link to your submissions in the comments of the announcement post (this post)</li>
 	<li>Submit your entry on June 25th at the latest.</li>
</ul>
You have 8 days to enter this first episode. Contest will end on June 25th after which the Steemit community will have 24 hours to vote for their favourite review.
<h1>Prize pool / rewards</h1>
<h3>10 SBD will be devided between all writers and bands/artists (75% writers / 25% bands/artists).</h3>
E.g. 5 contestants = 1,5 SBD per writer + 0,5 SBD per band/artist
<h3>First prize 5 SBD shared equally between author and band/artist</h3>
On top of this, we’ll reward every entry (that qualifies) with 50 $INDIE.
<blockquote>$INDIE is the brand-agnostic reward token of The Indie Alliance - a collective of global Arts projects and blockchain awards brands. Sign up to <a href="https://wallet.bitshares.org/?r=spawning-ro">Bitshares</a> to be able to receive them.</blockquote>
<h1>Winner season 2, episode 4</h1>
@davenavarro won episode 4 with his review about new Steemians @nostosmus! What a way to welcome this artist to the platform. Well done &amp; congrats!

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@helyorsini, @faithcalls and @nostosmus all received 0,85 SBD for being the direct objects of this episode :-)
<h1>Bands About Bands contestants</h1>
In episode 1, <a href="https://steemit.com/@pechichemena">@pechichemena</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@olvidesantelmo">@olvidesantelmo</a> (with <a href="https://steemit.com/@luisferchav">@luisferchav</a> , <a href="https://steemit.com/@vera.carla">@vera.carla</a> , <a href="https://steemit.com/@roman.musica">@roman.musica</a> , <a href="https://steemit.com/@matiasmenarguez">@matiasmenarguez</a> and <a href="https://steemit.com/@ivan.deiana">@ivan.deiana</a> in the band), <a href="https://steemit.com/@darrenclaxton">@darrenclaxton</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@jonmagnusson">@jonmagnusson</a> and visa versa, <a href="https://steemit.com/@d-vine">@d-vine</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@jeffleinwand">@jeffleinwand</a> and <a href="https://steemit.com/@ravenmus1c">@ravenmus1c</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@newenx">@newenx</a>. In episode 2, <a href="https://steemit.com/@seenitallfilms">@seenitallfilms</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@juxtamusic">@juxtamusic</a>. In episode 3, <a href="https://steemit.com/@samprock">@samprock</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@juxtamusic">@juxtamusic</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/@plugdeux">@plugdeux</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@shakazula">@Shakazula</a> and <a href="https://steemit.com/@thexreposts">@thexreposts</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@spawnband">@spawnband</a> and in episode 4, <a href="https://steemit.com/@allbums">@allbums</a> wrote an awesome review about <a href="https://steemit.com/@junkfeathers">@junkfeathers</a>. In season 2, <a href="https://steemit.com/@davenavarro">@davenavarro</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@spawnband">@spawnband</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/@grizzle">@grizzle</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@theturtleproject">@theturtleproject</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/@d-vine">@d-vine</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@edprivat">@edprivat</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/@allbums">@allbums</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@ko-may">@ko-may</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/@ando79">@ando79</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/@tonesbeach">@tonesbeach</a> <a href="https://steemit.com/@that.bass.guy">@that.bass.guy</a> wrote about <a href="https://steemit.com/trending/scalethesummit"> #ScaleTheSummit</a> <a href="https://steemit.com/@jonmagnusson">@jonmagnusson</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@nakedverse">@nakedverse</a> <a href="https://steemit.com/@ylich">@ylich</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@yidneth">@yidneth</a> <a href="https://steemit.com/@allbums">@allbums</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@jeffandhisguitar">@jeffandhisguitar</a> <a href="https://steemit.com/@d-vine">@d-vine</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@onemedia">@onemedia</a> <a href="https://steemit.com/@allbums">@allbums</a> about <a href="https://steemit.com/@nathankaye">@nathankaye </a>@ylich about @helyorsini @allbums about @faithcalls and @davenavarro about @nostosmus
<h1>Leaderboard season 2</h1>

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<h3>@d-vine wins season 2 with 15 points and 15 SBD + 100 $INDIE earned. Congratulations! Awesome work and we'll hope to see you again in season 3!</h3><br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://fortheloveofbands.com/2018/06/17/bands-about-bands-s03e01-a-dsoun![]


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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 ten (10) contests in the Steemit Music League which is part of the Steemit Music Alliance (SMA) [click on contest/challenge name to go to most recent related information]:
SMA | Contest Initiatives
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https://steemitimages.com/DQmUbrHbBjGCwB28cvRVJxMKFkn9bwhADEqnfsBrZkwbf58/image.png | [Steemit Music League Challenge]( https://steemit.com/smlchallenge/@chiefmappster/steemit-music-league-challenge-s2-r11-announcement-or-dsound-community-initiative) (#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]( https://steemit.com/beatbattle/@chiefmappster/beat-battle-league-s2-r10-results) (#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]( https://steemit.com/dsound-contest/@inthenow/sma-feedback-contest-round-9-a-dsound-community-initiative) (#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]( https://steemit.com/dsound-contest/@antminer/chordchallenge-6-winners-announcement) (#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]( https://steemit.com/killthepad/@jamesgetsit/kill-the-pad-challenge-week-13-sponsored-by-sma-dsound-community-initiative) (#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]( https://steemit.com/educatorshowdown/@novili/educator-showdown-round-6-week-1-recap) (#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]( https://steemit.com/contest/@scuzzy/poetry-slam-contest-week-12-or-week-11-winners-week-12-theme-o-r-e-n-d-a-or-spoken-word-challenge-dsound-community-initiative) (#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]( https://steemit.com/pitchperfect/@alejandra23/pitchperfect-week-17-win-votes-and-sbd-with-your-musical-ability-dsound-community-initiative) (#pitchperfect) (Hosted by @alejandra23): A weekly challenge for original music creators.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeZXqBmzGtjks7357PKZsSFTgAkYjMMWREzRCLixTd1rc/image.png) | [Bands About Bands]( https://steemit.com/bandsaboutbands/@ftlob/15-sbd-prize-pool-or-bands-about-bands-s02-e01-or-a-dsound-community-initiative) (#BandsAboutBands) (Hosted by @ftlob): A weekly music review contest covering bands and musicians on Steemit.
https://steemitimages.com/DQmUbrHbBjGCwB28cvRVJxMKFkn9bwhADEqnfsBrZkwbf58/image.png | [Sprout]( https://steemit.com/sprout/@playitforward/sprout-from-seed-to-song-a-dsound-community-initiative-with-playitforward) (#sprout) (Hosted by @playitforward): A contest with a seed as inspiration each week.