We just want to make a quick announcement about Vibes and a change that will be permanent going forward. 

As I have mentioned in the past, when I was starting Vibes, I would be giving up my spot as the Vibes judge as soon as we found a suitable replacement for me. I will be focusing more on behind the scenes work and promotion leaving the music judging to musicians. 😎
This will save me quite a bit of time and allow me to do the work I do best. 

It took a few weeks to find someone that was as passionate about Vibes as me and Marica and the choice ended up being with one of the guys that were at the forefront of web3 music before anyone even knew to call it that. :)

But instead of me going on about him, Ill post a few words he wrote specifically for this announcement. 


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***Introduction:***

*My musician name is @verbal-d, and the D stands for "Disciple". I write and perform positive, deep, meaningful and impactful original music through which I share my testimony, experience and the gospel of Jesus Christ* 

*I am a husband and father of three children who are named Harmony, Cello and Symphony. Me and my wife met in gospel choir singing for the Lord in university and Music is truly a part of who I am. I've been a part of the Web3 and Web3 Music Community since 2016 when Hive was formerly known as Steemit, where I had the blessed opportunity to participate and win in the Steemit Open Mic Contest, through which I then became later on an official Judge. And now I have Thankfully won the Vibes contest as well, in week 2 and it is a pleasure to say that I will be a Curator and Official Judge, alongside Marica, of the Vibes Web3 Music Competition, which I know will be bigger, better and more expansive than what we have seen before.*

***Judging criteria:***

*A bit about me as a Judge, I look for various factors, like song originality, innovative creativity, tonality and deliverance, technical playing, live performance quality, consistency and constant passion, meaningful songs or songs that bring you a true feeling/emotion, level of instrumentation skills/composing, and overall effort in production/editing.*

*I look forward to all the future connections and entries that will be flowing into the Hive Community, especially with the promotion and growth of the Vibes Contest, and overall the increasing engagement, presence and activity of more new Hive Users who will join us through Ecency, not only for the Vibes Contest, but everything else that our Hive Community has to offer as a full Web 3 experience.* 

*I am grateful and humble to be granted such responsibility once again and handle it with great care, fairness and musical competence. I don't wish you all good luck, I only wish you the Best of Skill, it is within you...*

*Let your artistic talents flow and your musical performances inspire...*


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**As a reminder for week 8... It ends on April 20th 10AM CET.**

The community will be able to vote for the winners once again but we will be adjusting the vote % from the community to 1/3 instead of 1/2. 
That means that with Marica and Verbal-d, the community will act as a third judge.