Poetry
By chance I'm catching "Brave New Voices" on tv. Happened to catch the ABQ team and Kenn Rodriquez, which was cool.
But listening to all the performers, I'm still hearing what turned me sour on slams at the end - everyone sounds the same. Everyone has the same staccato delivery, the same studied emphasis at the same key points ... and all I hear any more is the cadence; the words are lost. Which sucks, because the words I catch are good- but they're lost. The words aren't important anymore; just the melody they create.
But listening to all the performers, I'm still hearing what turned me sour on slams at the end - everyone sounds the same. Everyone has the same staccato delivery, the same studied emphasis at the same key points ... and all I hear any more is the cadence; the words are lost. Which sucks, because the words I catch are good- but they're lost. The words aren't important anymore; just the melody they create.