Sep 9 2009

back on the horse…

went back to annies social club for some open mic action (i know the title of the video is misleading, as its actually my 3rd time on stage, but only my 2nd recorded set).

basically all new material, the only two carry-overs being my bit about adopting kids in africa and having a female president.

the african kid joke was actually the most popular joke in my last act but it was in the middle of my act.
this time around i tried opening with the joke, and it didn’t work at all, so def need to put it back in the middle of my routine if i want to keep using it.

overall i wasn’t super happy with the set, almost like i took a step backwards in my progress, altho it was prolly just an off-night for me.
i just didnt feel as though my interaction with the crowd/overall comfort level on-stage was as good as it was my second time on-stage which is kinda weird.

not sure if thats due to the fact that it has been over a month since i last went up, or just cuz the energy of the audience was so much better last time i was there.

one thing that i did way more of this time was curse (i basically didn’t curse at all in my 2nd set) and i def think that is a result of my discomfort on-stage.

in general with my comedy style i feel as though the smoother things go, and the better i feel, the less i curse.
and when i do curse its a sign that im not really in the groove.

but there is def major improvement from my first time up which is encouraging.

ps: the very end gets cut off, but it was pretty much the end anyways, just miss the roaring uncontrollable applause of the audience :)

as usual any comments/feedback is appreciated.

cheers.