Tonight, I plan on finally doing something to get a video of myself performing that will be put online without having to pay significant money to do so. This will be possible through the Bam Bam Slam open mic at Nightingale Lounge, which seems to be the only open mic that makes internet clips of everyone who performs there presumably as long as the performer gives permission. But they don't charge, which is great and why I'm doing it. Sure the video will have Bam Bam Slam in the background, but I don't think that's any less legitimate than performing in front of a brick wall to people that the performers brought to stare at said wall and possibly be enertained if quality entertainment is provided.
The reason why the provide free video taping is to promote and increase participation in the competition that is the Bam Bam Slam. More details can be found at their website, www.bambamslam.com, but basically anyone who wants to enter the competition pays a little bit of money to compete in a round against five other videos. If somebody wins the six video match I think that they can enter another match without paying, and if your video wins six times without failing to win more than three times then you win a lot of money. Nobody has done that yet. No video has won more than two rounds. But it is still a new site and maybe eventually that will change. Maybe not. But it's still good to get a video clip online.
There is one thing that I don't understand about the Bam Bam Slam that I might ask about tonight. The winner of the round is determined by the votes of fellow competitors ranking videos from best to worst, so voting could easily be dishonest. Voting down stronger videos and voting up weaker videos would give someone a better chance of winning assuming most people are voting honestly. Is anything being done to discourage this? I hope so.
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