So you have spent a while honing your craft, timing your jokes and standing in the mirror shouting “I can do this” every time before you leap on stage. The obvious next step towards getting paid in comedy is turning it from a hobby into a career. The time for this transformation to happen isn’t […]
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What are your comedy goals? Have a Netflix special or sell out Madison Square Garden? As big as your ambitions are, the goals that you need to set need to be a lot more bite sized. If you set your sights too high too fast you run the risk of hindering your motivation as you […]
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If you were to take a survey of stand-up comedians you would find out that the draw to the stage is only about 45 percent because they want to share their thoughts with the world and about 55 percent the need to be a centre of attention. Being the centre of attention is necessarily a […]
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One of the most commonly asked questions to a veteran comic is, “how did you find your voice?” This can be a tricky question to answer as the path to “finding yourself” as a comic can be different for everyone. There is only really one guaranteed answer and that is the voice that you start […]
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Many of us considered a career in comedy impossible until Amy Schumer came along and our once lost passion ignited into an explosion, like God having an orgasm. The pleasant art of writing comedy takes many different forms. For some, its researching topical news stories and embezzling them into humor while for others, it’s more […]
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Be authentic. The worst thing to watch is a bland, obviously rehearsed comedy act. Comedians who give a performance that’s deemed rehearsed or memorized, are boring and awkward. You want to be comfortable with your audience as if they were your childhood friends that used to laugh their asses off to…well…you. An authentic performance is […]
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As a comedian, I get folks all the time that come up to me after shows and say “Yeah, I’m told I’m funny. I could do this.” What people that do this fail to realize is that saying that is a slap in the face to a comic. There is so much more to being […]
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We did it! When the stars align great things happen. This site, of which the book is a start, will be about “Helping To Make The World A Funnier Place” This site is dedicated to improving starting and seasoned comedian’s ability to continue to produce and deliver quality material. We will have featured blogs by […]
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