12-09-2014, 06:25 AM
Sorry, you jumped in before I had posted, and I didn't see you're latest post.
Oh, it's just to his blog Leanne, nothing commercial, no need to ban him just yet. It's surprisingly adequate. One should definitely check at the vid of Jill Scott, the rest seemed to have gotten their training from NPR. As I said before, the style in slam tends to be trendy, but the style really has nothing to do with slam, other than slam allows any kind of vocal presentational style. What defines slam is that it is a contest, judged by the audience, and as such the "poet" is trying to please the audience by using whatever style and subject matter they think will get the best reaction from the crowd. I think by it's nature, anyone who participates in slam debases their selves because it quits being about the poetry and becomes about giving the audience what it wants (one should think upon that for awhile) in an effort to win. I'm not slamming slam, I just don't think it has much to do with poetry, not because I have a bias against slam, I just don't see how you can put poetry first when you are trying your best to use it to win a contest based on the goodwill of the crowd ( even though a limited number of judges are pick from the crowd to judge, they are certainly swayed by the crowds reaction to the presentation).
digital_poet If you want to post a link to your blog, post it in your signature line, it is access from the user CP, which is at the top of this page (actually most pages), on the left hand side under the black bar, in the gray bar. Once on the user CP page, go to your profile-->change signature. On the text page at the right provided insert the link to your blog.
BTW commenting on this does not count as one of the five critiques you need to begin posting outside of the Newly Registered Forum.
Welcome to the site,
Dale
Oh, it's just to his blog Leanne, nothing commercial, no need to ban him just yet. It's surprisingly adequate. One should definitely check at the vid of Jill Scott, the rest seemed to have gotten their training from NPR. As I said before, the style in slam tends to be trendy, but the style really has nothing to do with slam, other than slam allows any kind of vocal presentational style. What defines slam is that it is a contest, judged by the audience, and as such the "poet" is trying to please the audience by using whatever style and subject matter they think will get the best reaction from the crowd. I think by it's nature, anyone who participates in slam debases their selves because it quits being about the poetry and becomes about giving the audience what it wants (one should think upon that for awhile) in an effort to win. I'm not slamming slam, I just don't think it has much to do with poetry, not because I have a bias against slam, I just don't see how you can put poetry first when you are trying your best to use it to win a contest based on the goodwill of the crowd ( even though a limited number of judges are pick from the crowd to judge, they are certainly swayed by the crowds reaction to the presentation).
digital_poet If you want to post a link to your blog, post it in your signature line, it is access from the user CP, which is at the top of this page (actually most pages), on the left hand side under the black bar, in the gray bar. Once on the user CP page, go to your profile-->change signature. On the text page at the right provided insert the link to your blog.
BTW commenting on this does not count as one of the five critiques you need to begin posting outside of the Newly Registered Forum.
Welcome to the site,
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
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The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.