Records

It's funny how quickly things change.  A little more than a month ago, I posted about doing 21 shows in 14 days and how that was a personal record for me.  I just looked at my calendar and realized that, since moving to New York 9 days ago, I've performed on 26 shows!  Living in New York - which drastically cuts out most of my commute to comedy clubs  - definitely has its advantages!  

I should note that the reason the number of shows is important is not so much for the number itself but the amount of material I can work on and polish with the stage time I have available.  I look at every performance as a means for making my act and me as a performer better, so the more shows I do, the better my act and me as a performer gets.  Over the last 15 or so shows, for example, I've managed to add several new jokes I really love, tweak some classic stuff and add some solid laugh lines, and redo my on-stage look a bit.  I've also I also have been hard at work carving out a solid 30-45 minute feature set, firming up jokes, adding them to a master set list, and then putting them aside for a bit to free up room for firming up new jokes.  Yesterday at HA!, I did a 20+ minute set that went really, really well - I love what you're able to do in that amount of time in terms of character development and the relationship with the audience you're able to build.  As I gear up for road work and touring, I look forward to more and more of these longer sets!

Thanks to everyone who has come out to see me perform - you're the reason I'm able to do this crazy awesome job (can I even call it a "job"?) every night, so I can't thank you all enough!