🎵🎤Sup GWA Backstage Singers and "Singers"🎤🎵

First off, apologies that this monthly theme has taken a bit of an unintentional break...cuz, well...life. I've had such a blast hosting the GWAB Karaoke Challenge over the last 2 years and I'm constantly in awe of the participation and talent each and every month! So THANK YOU to all who participate, listen, and interact! At the end of the day, we are all searching for things to bring us joy and this is certainly doing that for me...hope it is for you all too!

I am excited to continue to help inspire and organize some of these themes as we spread some talent, content, and good vibes in this community through the gift of song!

While this event brings me so much joy, it IS a rather time-consuming task and one I can no longer commit to doing on a monthly basis. With that being said, I am now joined by a group of volunteers who will help keep this theme going so you will start to see them posting as we trade off each month!

If you've never heard of GWAB Karaoke Challenges before, well...

It's a themed FUN challenge we introduce at the beginning of each month. I emphasize FUN because it doesn't matter you are a Singer or a "Singer"! We welcome any and all singers at any and all levels!

If singing brings you joy, by golly I wanna hear you have fun!

Remember...you can't be Shy...I'm Chi! (JK...you can be...you do you...but if you someone looking for some gentle encouragement to step into the spotlight...consider this my nudge)

GWAB Karaoke Theme for SEPTEMBER is...🥁

🙌 🗣️ HYPE HITS 💪 👏

Sports and music are inextricably linked together. Whether you’re an athlete trying to create the perfect playlist to get you in a zone before stepping out on a field or a fan needing just the right track to match the rising energy before a game, the right pump up song can make or break an experience. Any song that evokes a sense of HYPE is welcome in this month's karaoke challenge!

When reserving your song, PLEASE include the Title, Artist, and Songwriter credit.

If you want some ideas to get the creative juices flowing...

Some song suggestions from Google

Some song suggestions from Spotify

^\*Disclaimer: these lists are not all inclusive. You are not required to choose a song from this list to participate!**)

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY

Comment on this post requesting to reserve a song that fits this month's theme. You can reserve up to 2 songs per username. Reservations will be published below as a table on a first come, first serve basis. Any songs you all pick will be listed here, and in an effort to stop fourteen versions of the same from populating the karaoke bar, we only allow one version of a song per language per solo singer, so get your songs/versions reserved ASAP!

Collaborations are more than welcome! Collaborations do not count against the 2 song limit.

HERE'S HOW TO SUBMIT

Comment on your initial reservation comment on this post with one of the two following links:

A) a direct link to your submission using whatever audio hosting site you frequent (i.e. Soundgasm, etc.) Use this option if you don't wish to link to a post you made on either your userpage or other subreddit.

B) a link to your submission that you posted to your userpage, r/GWABacktage, or other subreddit. PLEASE: If you do this, please link THIS post to yours to help promote this challenge and the fellow singers who submitted.

If you don't provide a link to your post in the comments below, it is not my responsibility to locate it.

DEADLINES

The closing date for this GWAB Karaoke Challenge is 11:59pm on Sunday , October 1st 2023 in UTC/GMT. While this is not a hard deadline, a "That's a Wrap" Post will be posted the following day ^{(HOPEFULLY 😬}) and focus will shift to next month's theme. This means we will no longer update the chart so if you wish to have your work shared via that post, ensure you submit on or before the deadline.

RESERVATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS

Want to suggest a theme for future months?! SUBMIT YOUR SUGGESTIONS HERE

Have FUN and I look forward to hearing everyone's creations!

Chi

💙🐺