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FIRST COMEDY TIP OF THE NEW YEAR!!
| Posted on January 9, 2014 at 11:34 AM |
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Happy
New Year Funny People! Let's get to work! Help each other. Fear
is for the ill prepared. Nothing diminishes fear like positive
experience. A constant reinforcement of positive experience is
fertile ground for amazing confidence and courage, both sorely needed
in stand up comedy artists. For this reason I can't understand comics that spend so much time at pointless
and lifeless open mics where there is no audience other than the
bitter posse of jaded comics (only a year or less in -ha!) usually at
the back of the room and leaning on the bar. Which would be OK, but
most of them aren't even listening to the act on stage. They're all
engrossed in the weeks latest gossip...inside voices at least
please!! There is very little to no way an act can develop all there
is to develop in stand up comedy in such an environment. Comedy is
FULL of nuances that one must understand... and it takes time...you
will never get them down in poorly run unattended open mic nights.
Never. That's
why an audience is so important. Better yet learning to be a good
audience member is just as important in comedy. Comics who listen,
laugh and help each other will accelerate each others act to an
amazing level. Knowing this and more importantly having experienced
this all over the country, my vote would be for open mics to be
policed by the best security a comedy night could have, comedians.
Don't be afraid to ask an unruly comic to quiet down, don't talk to his/her
friends during the show, or ask them to please go outside to make a
call. Lead by example and watch other acts. Get involved. Laugh at
some of their stuff that is funny and original and when you can, slip
them some tags or some advice notes after their show....would it kill
ya?? ;) An
open mic is really a great place to workshop so don't waste your time
at ones that are a drain on your creative energy. Comedy is all about
energy and forward motion, so when you discover an open mic that is
stymied and is unwilling to cooperate with a positive flow, just go.
Leave it to the posers that don't have a clue they're wasting their time...and
unfortunately others. The
resurgence of stand up comedy must be attended to by artists that are
obsessed with the positive and will accept nothing less than a great
effort to build and expand. At least give it your best or go home,
either way you'll be doing your comedy a favor. ;) |